The Floaters were a quintet out of Detroit, consisting of James Mitchell and his brother Paul, Larry Cunningham, Charles Clark, and Ralph Mitchell (no relation to the other Mitchells). James Mitchell wrote "Float On" with Arnold Ingram and Marvin Willis, but didn’t sing on the track. The full song runs over eleven minutes long; the single just under five minutes. It was a huge international hit when it came out, reaching #2 on the Hot 100, #1 on the R&B chart, #4 in Canada, #1 in the UK, #5 in Ireland, $2 in The Netherlands, and #1 in New Zealand in 1976. They were never able to duplicate their success, but stayed together until 1982.
I like these groups you are featuring…never heard these guys but I like them.
LikeLike
After this week I won’t be featuring soul exclusively, but I’ll do it pretty frequently. The Floaters were a pretty short-lived group, when you consider so many had been around since the ’50’s.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I like this one and the Dramatics.
LikeLike
A lot of those groups disappeared as quickly as they appeared. They left a lot of great music behind.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Funny that I never heard this song nor am I familiar with the group. With that said, I always enjoyed these older groups and their precision movements. Too late now but seems they could have selected a less controversial name for the group.
LikeLike
I don’t think they were thinking of anything controversial or gross when they named the group. I think they might have been thinking of this song when they named themselves.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Agreed!
LikeLiked by 1 person
That name is not the best name because I think of something floating in the toilette or some body in a river. Ok aside from that, this is. Good song.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Glad you like the song, anyway.
LikeLike
The word floaters has a whole different connotation in the UK. 💜
LikeLike
I’m sure it does…😜
LikeLike
Toilet humour
LikeLiked by 1 person