The S.O.S. Band
The S.O.S. The band released in the 1980s, several top - ten hits in the U.S. R & B charts.
The sound was there coined by the producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as well as the sound of the then famous Roland TR -808 analog drum synthesizer. Also in Germany reached the four single releases Take Your Time (Do It Right) (1980 Course 40) Just The Way You Like It (1984 No. 34 ), The Finest (1986 No. 26 ) and Borrowed Love (1986 # 37 ) the top 75 in the German single charts.
Probably the most famous title Just Be Good To Me by 1983 was in the German discotheques a guarantee of full dancefloors and pushed down to # 2 on the U.S. R & B charts and number 13 on the UK Singles Charts. The song experienced mid-1990s, a rebirth, as he was carried forward almost unchanged by Mariah Carey at many of their live performances with great enthusiasm of the audience.
The original name of the band was Santa Monica. In this place, the band gave a successful concert, which led according to a statement keyboardist Jason Bryant to this naming. However, the first songwriter of the band Sigidi Abdullah changed the name in 1979 SOS Band, which means something like "Sounds of Success" meant.
He was right to have the name right, because already the first of Abdullah produced and has been written by single Take Your Time (Do It Right) sold two million copies, finished in 1980 for a five weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. R & B charts and made it to number 3 the American Billboard charts in the spring of 1980.
The debut album S.O.S. of 1980, sold over 800,000 copies, reaching gold status. After the rather average album Too by 1981, the collaboration with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis started as a producer for the re- successful third album SOS Volume III. (1982)
With the fourth album On The Rise in 1983, which has now influenced more and more by the sound of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the band managed a peak of her career. The album reached "Gold" and reached # 7 on the U.S. R & B album charts. Decoupling Just Be Good to Me made it to # 2 on the R & B singles chart, the single Tell Me if You Still Care to # 5
From Just Be Good To Me then appeared on various versions Maxi Single, particularly the long version of Just Be Good To Me with one at the end has particularly interesting for DJs A cappella part until today highly collectible.
On a tour in 1983, they could convince even from the extraordinarily good live qualities and improvisational talent of the band in Germany.
This was followed in 1984, the album Just the Way You Like It with the single releases Just the Way You Like It and No One 's Gonna Love You. It reached # 7 on the U.S. R & B album charts, and number 44 in the German album charts.
With the album Sands of Time in 1986, the band reached its final climax. The album went "gold" and reached # 4 on the U.S. R & B album charts ( in Germany ranked 20th album charts ), and the single from the album The Finest with vocal support by Alexander O'Neal reached again # 2 on the U.S. R & B singles chart.
With the departure of lead singer Mary Davis in 1987, the musical Miss success of the band began. The albums Diamonds in the Raw of 1989 and One of Many Nights 1991 were the splendor and magic of classic SOS No longer come close band.
With the return of Mary Davis mid-1990s, now a part of the original band goes on tour again and thrilled with many of their classics the audience at events and private bookings to the present day.