SOS BAND VIDEOS 

Live concert in Indianapolis, IN.

Excerpts from the SOS band live in concert at the Lucas Oil Estate.

4th of July Weekend at Nashville's Funk Fest 2022

Video presentation of the SOS Band's "Groovin" song.

The famous FAMU marching band in Paris!

CD " The Best Of S.O.S. Band "

The Full Moon Show with Robbie Robertson ~ Music Across America / Georgia On The Mind part5 Host - Robbie Robertson , 1. Sometimes I Wonder 2. I only Want You / The S.O.S. Band Chandra Currelley - Lead Vocals Bruno Speight - Guitar Abdul Ra'oof - Vocals, Trumpet & Flugelhorn Jason Bryant - Keyboards & Vocals Sam Haygood - Keyboards & Vocals Marcus Williams - Drums Patdro Harris - Vocals & Dance

This is my 12" vinyl single to digital transfer that includes a reverse loop at the beginning that isn't in the original mix. I had fun with this one and it's one of the funkiest bass lines in the history of music. Thank you Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. From the LP "Just The Way You Like It" - U.S. Billboard Top Black Albums - #6 and released single #15 - R&B (1984)

HIT FROM 80 FUNK

4K-HD Remaster/HIFI (c)1983 UMG/Tabu/True Core

Just Get Ready - Single The S.O.S. Band - Purchase Now @ Click This Link For All Things THE S.O.S. BAND: https://linktr.ee/thesosband Shop Music - Merchandise and Booking Formed: 1977 in Atlanta, GA Genre R&B/Soul Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s The S.O.S. Band hit with a two-million-selling single, "Take Your Time (Do It Right)," their first time out, before having several hit singles written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The Atlanta, GA-borne band was started in 1977, when keyboardist/vocalist Jason Bryant, saxophonists Billy Ellis and Willie "Sonny" Killebrew, guitarist Bruno Speight, bassist John Alexander Simpson, drummer James Earl Jones III, and lead vocalist Mary Davis formed a group called Santa Monica that played at Atlanta nightclub the Regal Room. Their manager, Bunny Jackson-Ransom (who later managed Cameo), sent a demo to Clarence Avant, head of Tabu Records. After signing the band to Tabu, Avant suggested that the band work with songwriter/producer Sigidi Abdullah. Abdullah was curious as to why an Atlanta-based band named itself Santa Monica. Keyboardist Jason Bryant replied that the band had an enjoyable concert in Santa Monica, CA. Abdullah then came up with a new band name, the S.O.S. Band, with S.O.S. standing for "Sounds of Success." Abdullah produced and co-wrote "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" with Harold Clayton, which went platinum, parking at number one R&B for five weeks and peaking at number three pop on Billboard's charts in spring 1980. The debut LP, S.O.S., went gold, selling over 800,000 copies and holding the number two R&B spot for three weeks. While the band was on its world tour, trumpeter/vocalist/percussionist Abdul Ra'oof joined them. Their second album, Too, went to number 30 R&B in summer 1981. On the band's third LP, S.O.S. Band III, they worked with producer Leon Sylvers III and the Time's Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The breaking single, "High Hopes," hit number 25 R&B in the fall of 1982 while the album went to number 27 R&B in late 1982. On their fourth LP, On the Rise, Jam and Lewis took over the production chores. Scoring with the slammin' number two hit "Just Be Good to Me" and the number five beatbox ballad "Tell Me if You Still Care," On the Rise became their second gold album hitting number seven R&B in summer 1983. The formula continued working: Just the Way You Like It (including the number six R&B single "Just the Way You Like It") went to number six R&B in fall 1984 and Sands of Time (including the number two R&B hit "The Finest") went gold and hit number four R&B in spring 1986. Many of these releases as well as the sound of early releases of Chicago-borne house music helped to popularize the now-classic sound of Roland drum machine the TR-808. In 1987, vocalist Mary Davis left the S.O.S. Band to pursue a solo career. The band recorded two more albums: Diamonds in the Raw (number 43 R&B in fall 1989), produced by Eban Kelly and Jimi Randolph, and One of Many Nights, produced by Curtis Williams. In August 1994, former lead vocalist Mary Davis reunited with Abdul Ra'oof and Jason Bryant, and together they reconstructed a new band with the same funky S.O.S. sound, appearing on comedian Sinbad's HBO concert specials and Rhino's various-artists set United We Funk issued October 5, 1999. ~ Ed Hogan #thesosband #oldschoolmusic #rnb

SOS BAND Opens their set, OC Funkfest 2017

Live concert by The S.O.S. Band on februari the 2nd 2017 in packed Paradiso

'An Evening With' Presents; The SOS Band in Paradiso Amsterdam. Copyright by Zandoka Photography Music ; - 'Even When You Sleep [Remix] SOS Band ' - ' All That Matters - Zandoka '