Five Flights Up was an American five-person R&B ensemble including Geneva Crawford, Blanton McFarlin, Carlnetta Kelly, Charles Termell and J.B. Bingham. They had a hit in 1970 with the song "Do What You Wanna Do", which was written by J.B. Bingham, arranged by

Ernie Freeman Ernest Aaron Freeman (August 16, 1922 – May 16, 1981) was an American pianist, organist, bandleader, and arranger. He was responsible for arranging many successful rhythm and blues and pop music, pop records from the 1950s to the 1970s. B ...

, and produced by John Florez. The song, released on T-A Records, hit #37 on the

Hot 100 The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), o ...

but top 10 in Chicago, #9 on WCFL and #6 on WLS. In Canada, the song reached #64 on the national charts and #22 on Toronto's

CHUM Chart The CHUM Chart is a long-running Canadian hit parade countdown radio show, originally aired on Toronto radio station CHUM AM then later revived on its sister station CHUM-FM. It consisted of 50 top tunes from May 1957 to July 1968, but in Augus ...

. A follow-up single, "After the Feeling Is Gone," peaked at #89 on the Billboard pop chart.

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* American rhythm and blues musical groups Oak Records artists {{US-R&B-band-stub