The Olympic Runners were a 1970s British funk band, put together by record producer Mike Vernon who also played percussion, and fronted by singer George Chandler. They also included multi-instrumentalist Pete Wingfield, and had a number of hit singles in both the US and the UK. == History == In 1973, Mike Vernon, a British record producer and founder of Blue Horizon, put together a group of session musicians to play on an album with blues musician Jimmy Dawkins, to... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Sir Dancealot - #2: Get It While You Can - #3: The Bitch - #4: Keep It Up - #5: Whatever It TakesDate  | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1974-1975 | Put the Music Where Your Mouth Is | 14 | MP3  | ||||
| 1. | 06/1974 | 5 | US 107 • US R&B 72 | MP3 | instrumental US B side to Put the Music Where Your Mouth Is [London 202] written by Bee Hammond | |||
| 2. | 08/1974 | 5 | US 103 • US R&B 72 | MP3 | instrumental [London 202] written by Bee Hammond | |||
| 3. | 01/1975 | 5 | US 103 • US R&B 73 | MP3 | instrumental [London 216] written by Bee Hammond | |||
| 2. | 1975 | Out in Front | 4 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 08/1975 | 4 | US 109 • US R&B 92 | MP3 | [London 219] written by Pete Wingfield, Joe Jammer, DeLisle Harper, Glen LeFleur & Mike Vernon | |||
| 3. | 1976 | Don't Let Up | 1 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1976 | 1 | US R&B 97 | MP3 | [London 233] written by DeLisle Harper, George Chandler, Glen LeFleur, Joe Jammer, Mike Vernon & Pete Wingfield | |||
| 4. | 1977 | Keepin' It Up | 20 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 09/1977 | 20 | US dance 27 • UK 54 | MP3 | written by DeLisle Harper, Glen LeFleur, Joe Jammer, Mike Vernon & Pete Wingfield | |||
| 5. | 1978-1979 | Dancealot | 69 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 10/1978 | 23 | UK 35 | MP3 | written by DeLisle Harper, George Chandler, Joe Jammer, Mike Vernon & Pete Wingfield | |||
| 2. | 01/1979 | 23 | UK 35 | MP3 | written by DeLisle Harper, George Chandler, Joe Jammer, Mike Vernon & Pete Wingfield | |||
| 3. | 07/1979 | 22 | US dance 85 • UK 37 | MP3 | written by Biddu & Don Black | |||
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