Floaters (album) explained

Floaters
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Floaters
Cover:	The Floaters Floaters album.jpg
Released:	May 1977
Studio:	PAC 3 (Detroit, Michigan) Sound Studio (Detroit, Michigan)
Genre:	Soul, R&B
Length:	42:05
Label:	ABC
Producer:	James Mitchell, Marvin Willis
Next Title:	Magic
Next Year:	1978

Floaters is the debut studio album recorded by American R&B group The Floaters, released in 1977 on the ABC label.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 1 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 10 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single "Float On", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles and UK Singles Charts, and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", originally recorded by Dusty Springfield, charted at No. 28 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Personnel

The Floaters

• Larry Cunningham – tenor
• Paul Mitchell – baritone
• Charles Clark – tenor
• Ralph Mitchell – tenor

Musicians

• Kenny Goodman – guitar
• Buster Marbury – drums
• Brimstone Ingram – piano, Fender Rhodes
• Guy Hutson – bass
• Dennis Coffey – guitar, sitar
• Marvin Willis – trumpet
• Larry Nozero – balto saxophone, flute
• Jack Brokensha – vibraphone, bells
• Lorenzo "Bag of Tricks" Brown – congas
• Gary Schunk – clarinet, ARP synthesizer
• Brandye, James Mitchell – background vocals

Charts

Album

Chart (1977)	Peaks ^[1]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	10
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1
Australia (Kent Music Report)	28^[2]

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US	US R&B	AUS
1977	"Float On"	2	1	16
	"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"	-	28	-

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1977 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3AFloaters&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Floaters US Charts > The Floaters]. Billboard. 21 April 2017.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 114.