... The Five Stairsteps, from Chicago, (right down the street from the Jacksons.) Love these guys (and gal.)





The Shadow Of Your Love, love this F-N track.

When we gon' get a Sylvers thread?

The Sylvers?

bboy87 said:

The Sylvers gonna get them there's in a few months. It's gonna be DeBarge (Pt. II) up in this mug in a few months. Just showing loves for the the 'Steps.

bboy87 said:

lmao I use to be in love wit Foster!!!!

Are these the cats that later became the Invisible Man band of
All night thing fame?

phunkdaddy said:

Yes sir, Keni Burke is a bad brotha on bass too. After leaving the band(s) he did his solo thang for a while, I know you know this track.

I am not having a Debarge Pt 2 up in here. No sirree.

I'm quite fond of this late-period Stairsteps song:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

That's my steppin song! Not only is Mr. Burke a bad bass player, he has some serious chops on guitar too.

Many have mistakenly thought the bass line from the 1983 song "All Night Long" by the Mary Jane Girls is the one rappers/hip hop artist sampled... but it was "Risin' To The Top".
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Yeah, I thought this was a Sylvers thread, too.

I was wondering when someone was going to do a post on The Five Stairsteps Now, all we need is a post on Tavares!

Slenderoni1978 said:

LOL ... "Who don it!"

this one sounds like a Curtis Mayfield composition


i believe he discovered them

funkpill said:

Yep, both from Chi-town. Five Staorsteps recorded for both Windy-C and Curtom labels. The Impressions recorded a version of this track first, I belie.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

On DC's "Where The Action Is"



The Steps getting funky on this tune from 68










Keni Burke solo track Hang Tight

these 2 are classics

funkpill said:

I love "You Waited Too Long" and a similar sounding track to "Danger! She's A Stranger" is "Something's Missing"