
One more time for new members, my hometown is Norfolk, Virginia. Now you would think that growing up in a city few people ever hear about must be dull. But the more I surf the web the more convinced I am that Norfolk was a happening place. Close enough to the nation's Capital and NYC, but far enough away to keep it real!
So check this out - 38 years ago in mid December, a Norfolk native son was tearin' up the soul charts with a hit song that made it to #14 on the pop charts across the country and hit #3 on the eastern seaboard regional charts.
The name of the band:
Chairmen of the Board
The name of the song:
"Pay To The Piper"
And on lead vocals, the unstoppable
General Norman Johnson!
Let me tell ya, General Johnson in live concert can set the stage on
fire! And at 66 years old, the man still hasn't missed a beat and can sing his heart out like a man half his age. And yes, General Johnson and the two surviving Chairmen of the Board have reunited and are still in concert across the country today. They're on facebook too.
Here it is, but
"Pay To The Piper" is [u]not[/u] a holiday song, it's R&B dance music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGQizt8o6gU
