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1) The Crusaders were an American jazz fusion group that was successful from the 1960s to the 1980s. The group was known as The Jazz Crusaders from its formation in 1960 until shortening its name in 1971.
High school friends Joe Sample (piano), Wilton Felder (tenor saxophone) and Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (drums) formed their first band together, the Swingsters, in Houston, Texas in 1954. They played a mixture of jazz and R&B, and were joined by Wayne Henderson (trombone), Hubert Laws (flute), and Henry Wilson (bass). The group soon turned more to hard bop, and renamed themselves the Modern Jazz Sextet, but also recorded in a more R&B vein as the Nighthawks (or Nite Hawks).
In 1960, Sample, Felder, Hooper and Henderson moved to Los Angeles, and formed the Jazz Crusaders as a quintet with a succession of different bass players. Influenced by musicians such as Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey and John Coltrane, the band signed to the Pacific Jazz label in 1961, and released 16 albums on the label over the subsequent eight years. With a front-line horn section of Felder and Henderson, the group's sound was rooted in hard bop, but with a slant towards R&B and soul music.
Their first two albums, with Jimmy Bond on bass, were Freedom Sound (1961), and Lookin' Ahead (1962), followed by the live album At the Lighthouse (1962) and Tough Talk, the first of several albums with bassist Bobby Haynes. In all, the group recorded five live albums in the 1960s, four of which were recorded at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach. They also had their first chart entry, their treatment of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" reaching No.95 on the Hot 100 in 1966. The group's 1969 album, Powerhouse, was their first to reach the Billboard 200 album chart, reaching No. 184, and was also their last studio album for Pacific Jazz.
The group then signed with the Chisa label, co-owned by trumpeter Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine. Their 1970 album Old Socks, New Shoes reached No. 90 on the album chart, and was their last as the Jazz Crusaders. The decision was taken to call the group simply the Crusaders, so as not to limit their scope and potential audience. After a second album with Chisa, (Pass the Plate, 1971), and one album for the MoWest label (Hollywood, 1972) they signed with Blue Thumb Records, where they remained until the late 1970s. Their recordings increasingly adopted a jazz-funk style. They incorporated electric guitar and bass into their shows and recordings, as well as using Sample's electric piano and clavinet. Guitarist Larry Carlton joined, and featured on their albums in the early part of the decade. Bass duties were often handled by Felder, though Robert "Pops" Popwell joined later in the decade.
According to jazz critic Scott Yanow at Allmusic, however, "after a few excellent albums during the early part of the decade... the group began to decline in quality." Sample later commented that the group was under commercial pressure from record companies to record jazzed-up versions of contemporary popular songs. Henderson left to become a record producer in 1975, and the other musicians regularly and increasingly worked as session musicians with artists such as the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, and Randy Newman. With a growing crossover appeal, the group's most commercially successful recordings included the single "Put It Where You Want It" (No.52 pop, 1972), and the albums The 2nd Crusade (No.45 album, 1973), Southern Comfort (No.31 album, 1974), Chain Reaction (No.26 album, 1975), Those Southern Knights (No.38 album, 1976), and Images (No.34 album, 1978).
The peak of the group's commercial success came with 1979's Street Life, with Randy Crawford as featured singer. The album peaked at No. 18 on the pop album charts and the title track made the Top 10 on the R&B chart, No. 36 on Billboard′s Hot 100 chart, and No.5 in the UK. Later albums by the group featured singers Bill Withers and Joe Cocker. The live 1982 album Royal Jam featured guitarist B. B. King, bassist James Jamerson, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Hooper left in 1983, and though Felder and Sample kept the group operating through the 1980s, the group's commercial success diminished.
Felder and Henderson reunited in the mid-1990s as the Crusaders. Henderson later led a band called the Jazz Crusaders, in which Felder and Carlton also played, and Felder and Sample reunited as the Crusaders in 2003.
Wayne Henderson died on April 5, 2014. Joe Sample died in Houston on September 12, 2014. Wilton Felder died on September 27, 2015.
2) a European Oi band.
3) an Australian garage surf band who recorded two albums in the late 1990s.
4) a Christian garage band active 1966-67.
1) The Crusaders were… Read Full Bio ↴There are several artists named The Crusaders;
1) The Crusaders were an American jazz fusion group that was successful from the 1960s to the 1980s. The group was known as The Jazz Crusaders from its formation in 1960 until shortening its name in 1971.
High school friends Joe Sample (piano), Wilton Felder (tenor saxophone) and Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (drums) formed their first band together, the Swingsters, in Houston, Texas in 1954. They played a mixture of jazz and R&B, and were joined by Wayne Henderson (trombone), Hubert Laws (flute), and Henry Wilson (bass). The group soon turned more to hard bop, and renamed themselves the Modern Jazz Sextet, but also recorded in a more R&B vein as the Nighthawks (or Nite Hawks).
In 1960, Sample, Felder, Hooper and Henderson moved to Los Angeles, and formed the Jazz Crusaders as a quintet with a succession of different bass players. Influenced by musicians such as Cannonball Adderley, Art Blakey and John Coltrane, the band signed to the Pacific Jazz label in 1961, and released 16 albums on the label over the subsequent eight years. With a front-line horn section of Felder and Henderson, the group's sound was rooted in hard bop, but with a slant towards R&B and soul music.
Their first two albums, with Jimmy Bond on bass, were Freedom Sound (1961), and Lookin' Ahead (1962), followed by the live album At the Lighthouse (1962) and Tough Talk, the first of several albums with bassist Bobby Haynes. In all, the group recorded five live albums in the 1960s, four of which were recorded at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach. They also had their first chart entry, their treatment of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" reaching No.95 on the Hot 100 in 1966. The group's 1969 album, Powerhouse, was their first to reach the Billboard 200 album chart, reaching No. 184, and was also their last studio album for Pacific Jazz.
The group then signed with the Chisa label, co-owned by trumpeter Hugh Masekela and producer Stewart Levine. Their 1970 album Old Socks, New Shoes reached No. 90 on the album chart, and was their last as the Jazz Crusaders. The decision was taken to call the group simply the Crusaders, so as not to limit their scope and potential audience. After a second album with Chisa, (Pass the Plate, 1971), and one album for the MoWest label (Hollywood, 1972) they signed with Blue Thumb Records, where they remained until the late 1970s. Their recordings increasingly adopted a jazz-funk style. They incorporated electric guitar and bass into their shows and recordings, as well as using Sample's electric piano and clavinet. Guitarist Larry Carlton joined, and featured on their albums in the early part of the decade. Bass duties were often handled by Felder, though Robert "Pops" Popwell joined later in the decade.
According to jazz critic Scott Yanow at Allmusic, however, "after a few excellent albums during the early part of the decade... the group began to decline in quality." Sample later commented that the group was under commercial pressure from record companies to record jazzed-up versions of contemporary popular songs. Henderson left to become a record producer in 1975, and the other musicians regularly and increasingly worked as session musicians with artists such as the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, and Randy Newman. With a growing crossover appeal, the group's most commercially successful recordings included the single "Put It Where You Want It" (No.52 pop, 1972), and the albums The 2nd Crusade (No.45 album, 1973), Southern Comfort (No.31 album, 1974), Chain Reaction (No.26 album, 1975), Those Southern Knights (No.38 album, 1976), and Images (No.34 album, 1978).
The peak of the group's commercial success came with 1979's Street Life, with Randy Crawford as featured singer. The album peaked at No. 18 on the pop album charts and the title track made the Top 10 on the R&B chart, No. 36 on Billboard′s Hot 100 chart, and No.5 in the UK. Later albums by the group featured singers Bill Withers and Joe Cocker. The live 1982 album Royal Jam featured guitarist B. B. King, bassist James Jamerson, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Hooper left in 1983, and though Felder and Sample kept the group operating through the 1980s, the group's commercial success diminished.
Felder and Henderson reunited in the mid-1990s as the Crusaders. Henderson later led a band called the Jazz Crusaders, in which Felder and Carlton also played, and Felder and Sample reunited as the Crusaders in 2003.
Wayne Henderson died on April 5, 2014. Joe Sample died in Houston on September 12, 2014. Wilton Felder died on September 27, 2015.
2) a European Oi band.
3) an Australian garage surf band who recorded two albums in the late 1990s.
4) a Christian garage band active 1966-67.
Chain Reaction
The Crusaders Lyrics
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A/R/N/O In one sentence I receive more payments Get it independent d…
Accept Another lousy night Out on the tiles again Tired of the ro…
Amebix Rise into the light, and set a flame to the…
Bark Counting the dead They are left as a trail A…
Barry Gibb You took a mystery and made me want it You…
Beck Are you, are you breaking down? Or is it just the…
Bee Gees /Diana Ross You took a mystery and made me want it You…
Bryan Ferry From time to time you get the sign Move your body…
Can Elephant dominating Russian Don't be running hurt Elephant…
Catherine Moan When I was young I took for granted what I…
Cheap Thrills Sometimes i ask myself what is my purpose in this…
Cloud Cult You have eyes like mine Are we strangers or am I…
Cobra Man There's a place to go Where the party lights are gonna…
Control Top Runaway chain reaction Burning up satisfaction Light the wic…
Crossfire Well, after all the tears and laughter You and I've been…
Cuban Link Yeah cubanito marielito! Representando con el boricua Zion!…
Dave Weckl Band Kaboem KaboemKaboemvKaboemKaboemvKaboemKaboemv KaboemKaboem …
David Blazer If I could only have that one last wish It would…
Defleshed Face the wrath of an avalanche In its path no more…
Diana Ross You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
Diana Ross (Karaoke) You took a mystery and made me want it You…
Diana Ross feat. Bee Gees You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
Die Form libera me, lux aeterna libera me, inviolata chain re…
Die Form/Phillipe Fichot You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
Don Diablo & Kris Kiss Jumping in the beat like Geronimo If it ain't raw I…
Don Diablo feat Kris Kiss Jumping in the beat like Geronimo If it ain′t raw, I…
Drew Dean This is a vibration Let's start a chain reaction L.O.V.…
E.V.O.X. Ayo Tory play that shit out loud Yeah 2021 Let’s get it You…
Farnham John One shot in a revolution One drop from a poison pen One…
Ferry (Bryan) From time to time you get the sign Move your body…
Harel Atias Tell me if it's just for now Then why's it always…
Hurricane #1 I came in like a loser and laid my burden…
Jay-L Yo, this fuckin' Vinnie Paz baby Esoteric baby, 7L baby We t…
John Farnham One shot in a revolution One drop from a poison pen One…
John The Whistler I think I'm burning inside I must be out of my…
Journey I bet you, she's the one Who helped you, come undone Those…
Joy Downer Are you, are you breaking down? Or is it just the…
Katana Sounds Vs. L.E.D.-G feat.NO CHIN [Vinnie Paz talking] Yo, this fuckin' Vinnie Paz baby Esot…
Ke$ha Action Chain reaction-action Chain reaction-action I fe…
KITCHEN - Diana Ross You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
Level-C It’s a chain reaction And you can get My niggas outside And …
Martin Frawley I saw your reaction I saw it through your disguise There’s n…
Mercury & the Architects Swinging back and forth Like a pendulum What's mine is yours…
Michael Franks Well, after all the tears and laughter You and I've been…
Moon Martin I feel a heartbreak, heartbreak comin' on soon Shadows fal…
Negative Zero They'll bargain till they deplete it, they'll cut you off 'T…
Never Heard of It Chain reaction who'd a known Made something out of nothing …
Nine Shrines I gave you the satisfaction You took it all away from…
Nothing's Carved In Stone I'm lying 留まる予感に怯え 朽ちてゆくboy 寂しさで そうなんだって今はもう 「張り付いたまま」のフィルム …
Paul Brandt My eyes saw you and sent a warning Straight to my…
Pomeroy You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
Primitive Radio Gods I got caught in an astroplain And all the physicists are…
Q.O.P I was talking to the streets the other day And they…
Ratt Ah yeah yeah Wedding rings and pawns Like the calm before t…
Rocking Chairs Fools drowned in the ocean Time has had its way Now, it's…
Ross Diana You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
Sly-One It’s a chain reaction And you can get My niggas outside And …
Sonyeoshidae소녀시대 (Shojojidai少女時代) a.k.a Girls' Generation걸스 제네래이션 Two ops beefing and they die at the same time That's…
Steps You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
The Pietasters I don't know why you didn't really want it, You want…
The Rocket Another day, another night I don’t think I will survive with…
The Shadows Do you remember the day we passed by? I lost my way…
The Steps You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
Vinnie Paz Yo, this fuckin' Vinnie Paz baby Esoteric baby, 7L baby We t…
Warlord U.K. Two ops beefing and they die at the same time That's…
X-Queen of the Astronauts Ayo Tory play that shit out loud Yeah 2021 Let’s get it You…
Young Divas You took a mystery and made me want it You got…
ＳＨＡＤＯＷＳ Do you remember the day we passed by? I lost my way…
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A Healing Coming On Momma said in this old world The trouble's down to find…
Be My Girlfriend Be my wife Be my life Be my bride My brightest hope Be my…
Better Not Look Down I´ve been around and i´ve seen some things People moving fas…
Blues Up Tight Baby, everything is all right, uptight, out of sight Baby, e…
Crusaders I'm so glad I'm standing here today There were times I…
D.C. I've never dreamed before I'm gonna knock the door Into the …
Don't Let It Get You Down [Instrumental]…
Eleanor Rigby Ah look at all the lonely people Ah look at all…
Eleanor Rigby From Lighthouse '68 Ah look at all the lonely people Ah look at all…
Fairy Tales Why don't you gonna break? You know how they gonna take Why…
Give It Up Let's talk about with me "Friday, I'm in love" The best fore…
Golden Slumbers Once there was a way, To get back homeward. Once there…
Help When I was younger, so much younger than today yeah Never…
Hey Jude Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and…
Hold On Turn out the light, sleep won't come I think about what's…
Hold On ) Turn out the light, sleep won't come I think about what's…
I Felt The Love Oh I am lost in your eyes And the beauty of…
I Just Can You let me down All over town I guess by now I…
I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today I'm so glad I'm standing here today There were times I…
Imagine Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below…
It Happens Every Day 3amrak ghatchof rassi me7ni labghaw y9t3oh gha y9t3oh ghanmo…
Keep That Same Old Feeling Keep on. keep that same old feeling, Keep on. keep that…
Let's dance together One fine day on my way There's a bear In a deep forest Run…
Never Make A Move Too Soon Three days of snow in Birmingham Thought you would wonder wh…
Never Make A Move Too Soon ) Three days of snow in Birmingham Thought you would wonder w…
Never Make Your Move Too Soon Three days of snow in Birmingham Thought you would wonder wh…
On Broadway They say the neon lights are bright On Broadway They say…
One Day I'll Fly Away I may get along, when love is gone Still, you made…
So Far Away So far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place any more? It…
So Far Away ) So far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place any more? It…
Soul Shadows San Francisco morning coming clear and cold Don't know if I'…
Spanish Harlem There is a rose in Spanish Harlem A red rose up…
Street Life I still hang around neither lost nor found Hear the lonely…
Streetlife I still hang around neither lost nor found Hear the lonely…
Sweet Dreams Happend already, split your money Walking gobshine, hollow l…
THE CRUSADERS I'm so glad I'm standing here today There were times I…
the thing Baby I don't know where it's going And Baby I don't know whe…
The Thrill Is Gone The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The thrill is…
The Way It Goes I'm comin' home, baby now I'm comin' home now, right away …
This Old World's Too Funky For Me Spend my time chasing down Got no rest from the…
Thrill Is Gone The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The thrill is…
Way Back Home Oh Nuguna songarakjil badeul ttaemyeon Gaseum han kyeoni tte…
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