Chairmen of the Board are an American-Canadian soul music group, based in Detroit, Michigan, who saw their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. == Recording career == General Johnson (1941–2010) had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen in the early 1960s, with the New Orleans rock and roll anthem "It Will Stand" and Carolina Beach classic "39-21-40 Shape". When Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of record labels, they teamed Johnson... [more on Wikipedia]