T-Connection Explained

T-Connection
Origin:	Nassau, the Bahamas
Genre:	Funk, disco
Years Active:	1975–1984
Label:	Capitol Records, TK Records
Past Members:	Monty Brown Theophilus "T" Coakley Kirkwood Coakley David Mackey Anthony Flowers Berkley Van Byrd

T-Connection was a funk and disco group from Nassau, the Bahamas, who scored two hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five Top 10 hits, including "Do What You Wanna Do", which reached

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, and "Everything Is Cool", which peaked at #10 on the US Billboard R&B chart.^[1] In the United Kingdom, they scored five entries in the UK Singles Chart, with "Do What You Wanna Do" their highest placed success at #11.^[2]

Their track "Groove to Get Down" has been heavily sampled due to its inclusion on the 1986 Ultimate Breaks and Beats series.

Group members included the brothers Theophilus "T" and Kirkwood Coakley, plus guitarists David Mackey and Monty Brown and drummer Anthony Flowers.^{[1] [3]}

Calvin Harris has stated that "Do What You Wanna Do" was a formative influence on him when he was beginning to produce music at a young age ^[4]

Discography

Albums

• Magic (TK Records, 1977)
• On Fire (TK Records, 1978)
• T-Connection (TK Records, 1978)
• Totally Connected (TK Records, 1980)
• Everything Is Cool (Capitol, 1981)
• Pure & Natural (Capitol, 1982)
• The Game of Life (Capitol, 1983)
• Take It to the Limit (Capitol, 1984)

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Dance ^[5]	US R&B	US Pop	UK ^[6]
1976	"Disco Magic"	align=center	10	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
1977	"Do What You Wanna Do"	align=center	1	align=center	15	align=center	46	align=center	11
	"On Fire"	align=center	5	align=center	27	align=center	103	align=center	16
	"Let Yourself Go"	align=center	7	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	52
1978	"At Midnight"	align=center	3	align=center	32	align=center	56	align=center	53
1979	"Saturday Night"	align=center	―	align=center	28	align=center	—	align=center	41
	"Ecstasy"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
	"Let's Do It Today"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
	"Choosing"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
	"That's Love"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
1981	"Groove City"	align=center	―	align=center	47	align=center	―	align=center	―
	"Everything Is Cool"	align=center	―	align=center	10	align=center	―	align=center	―
	"A Little More Love"	align=center	―	align=center	37	align=center	―	align=center	―
1982	"Party Night"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
	"Girl Watching"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
1983	"Love Odyssey"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
1984	"You Can Feel the Groove"	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―	align=center	―
	"Take It to the Limit"	align=center	―	align=center	73	align=center	―	align=center	―
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

See also

• List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artist Biography. Andy. Kellman . AllMusic. 2010-05-10.
2. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 545.
3. Web site: 2020-01-28. T-Connection Fans Facebook page. 2022-01-05. Facebook.
4. Calvin Harris speaks to Dave Pearce https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p010z439
5. Web site: T-Connection Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography . Music VF. 21 November 2021.
6. Web site: T-CONNECTION - full Official Chart History . Official Charts Company. 21 November 2021.