Brick is an American

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that created a successful merger of

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the mi ...

and

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in the 1970s. Their most popular single was "

Dazz "Dazz" is a song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco, funk and jazz, hence the title "Dazz", a combination denominator for "Disco Jazz". Released in 1976 from their debut album '' Good High'', it would become their biggest ...

", (#3 U.S. Pop, #1 U.S. R&B, #36

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) which was released in 1976.

History

Brick was formed in

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, in 1972 from members of two bands - one

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and the other jazz. They coined their own term for disco-jazz, "dazz". They released their first single "Music Matic" on Main Street Records in 1976, before signing to the independently distributed Bang Records. Their next single, "

", (#3 Pop, #1 R&B) was released in 1976. The band continued to record for Bang records until 1982. Other

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followed: "That's What It's All About" (R&B #48) and "

Dusic "Dusic" is a song by Brick, issued as the lead single from the band's eponymous second album. The song was the band's final hit single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at No. 18 in 1977. MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 3 ...

" (#18 Pop, #2 R&B) in 1977, and "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" (#92 Pop, #7 R&B) in 1978. Their last Top Ten R&B hit was "Sweat (Til You Get Wet)" in 1981. Donald Nevins died on August 7, 2011, at the age of 62. Co-founder and guitarist Regi Hargis died on October 15, 2021, at the age of 70.

Members

* Jimmy Brown (lead vocals, saxophone, flute, trombone) * Jyrin Cox (keyboards) * Eric Florence (bass guitar) * Victor Alexander (drums and percussion) Former members include:
* Regi Hargis (guitar/bass guitar/vocals); died 2021 * Ray Ransom (lead vocals/bass/keyboards/percussion) * Donald Nevins (vocals/acoustic piano/

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/Moog); died 2011 * Edward D. Irons Jr. (lead vocals/drums/keyboards) * Ambric Bridgeforth (vocals/keyboards)

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

*''The Best of Brick'' (1995) *''Super Hits'' (2000)

Singles

References

External links

Official website

Facebook page
* * 1972 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) African-American musical groups American disco groups American funk musical groups Musical groups established in 1972 Musical groups from Georgia (U.S. state) Bang Records artists Musical groups from Atlanta {{US-R&B-band-stub