Mass Production is an American funk/disco musical group, best known for their 1979 hit, "Firecracker." Based in Norfolk, Virginia, the ten-piece group had a series of minor R&B hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. "Firecracker" is commonly misattributed to the similarly named (and sonically/stylistically similar) band Brass Construction. == History == The band consisted of Kevin "D'No" Douglas (bass and vocals), James "Otiste" Drumgole (trumpet, flugelhorn, clarinet, flute, piccolo and vocals), Agnes "Tiny" Kelly (lead vocals, vocoder; later... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Welcome to Our World (Of Merry Music) - #2: Firecracker - #3: Shante - #4: I Believe in Music - #5: Turn Up the Music| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1976 | Welcome to Our World | 49 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 11/1976 | 49 | US 68 • US dance 5 • US R&B 32 • UK 44 | MP3 | charted as Welcome to Our World (Of Merry Music) / Wine-Flow Disco in US dance charts [Cotillion 44213] written by Tyrone Williams | |||
| 2. | 1977 | Believe | 8 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 08/1977 | 7 | US dance 28 • US R&B 60 | MP3 | [Cotillion 44221] written by Ricardo Williams | |||
| 2. | 12/1977 | 1 | US R&B 92 | MP3 | instrumental [Cotillion 44225] written by Gregory McCoy | |||
| 3. | 1978 | Three Miles High | 3 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1978 | 2 | US R&B 46 | MP3 | [Cotillion 44233] written by Ricardo Williams | |||
| 2. | 08/1978 | 1 | US R&B 85 | MP3 | [Cotillion 44239] written by Gregory McCoy & James "Otiste" Drumgole | |||
| 4. | 1979 | In the Purest Form | 40 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 03/1979 | 2 | US R&B 43 | MP3 | [Cotillion 44248] written by Gregory McCoy & James "Otiste" Drumgole | |||
| 2. | 06/1979 | 38 | US 43 • US R&B 4 | MP3 | [Cotillion 44254] written by Ricardo Williams | |||
| 5. | 1980 | Massterpiece | 17 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 03/1980 | 3 | US R&B 42 | MP3 | [Cotillion 45009] written by Tyrone Williams | |||
| 2. | 05/1980 | 14 | US R&B 49 • UK 59 | MP3 | instrumental [Cotillion 45018] written by Tyrone Williams | |||
| 6. | 1981 | Turn Up the Music | 4 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 04/1981 | 1 | US R&B 90 | MP3 | [Cotillion 46011] written by Ricardo Williams & Agnes Kelly | |||
| 2. | 05/1981 | 3 | US R&B 36 | MP3 | [Cotillion 46013] written by Tyrone Williams & Ricardo Williams | |||
| 7. | 1982 | In a City Groove | 2 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 04/1982 | 2 | US R&B 61 | MP3 | [Cotillion 47004] written by Ricardo Williams | |||
Coy Bryant • Emanual Redding • Gregory McCoy • James Drumgole • Kevin Douglas • Larry Marshall • Ricardo Williams • Rodney Phelps • Tiny Kelly • Tyrone Williams
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