Had seven top 40 hits

The band had seven top 40 hits between 1973 and 1976. These included ” Fire ” (No. 1 on both the R&B and pop chart for two weeks and one week respectively in February 1975 and another million seller) and ” Love Rollercoaster ” (No. 1 on both the R&B and pop charts for one week in January 1976; another gold disc recipient). The group also took on saxophonist James Johnson. The group’s last big hit was ” Who’d She Coo? ” a No. 1 R&B hit in August 1976. It was their only success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 43 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1976. Their title track “Ecstasy” from the 1973 album Ecstasy was sampled by Jay-Z on ” Brooklyn’s Finest “, featuring The Notorious B.I.G. from the 1996 album Reasonable Doubt .