T-Connection was a
funk and
disco group from
Nassau,
the Bahamas
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, who scored two
hits
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on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five
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hits, including "
Do What You Wanna Do
"Do What You Wanna Do" is the debut 1977 single by Nassau
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", which reached
#1, and "Everything Is Cool", which peaked at #10 on the US ''
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''
R&B chart.
In the
United Kingdom
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, they scored five entries in the
UK Singles Chart
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, with "Do What You Wanna Do" their highest placed success at #11.
Their track "Groove to Get Down" has been heavily
sampled
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due to its inclusion on the 1986 ''
Ultimate Breaks and Beats'' series.
Group members included the brothers Theophilus "T" and Kirkwood Coakley, plus guitarists David Mackey and Monty Brown and drummer Anthony Flowers.
Discography
Albums
* ''
Magic'' (
TK Records
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, 1977)
* ''
On Fire'' (TK Records, 1978)
* ''T-Connection'' (TK Records, 1978)
* ''Totally Connected'' (TK Records, 1980)
* ''Everything Is Cool'' (Capitol, 1981)
* ''Pure & Natural'' (Capitol, 1982)
* ''The Game of Life'' (Capitol, 1983)
* ''Take It to the Limit'' (Capitol, 1984)
Singles
See also
*
List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
*
References
External links
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Disco groups
Bahamian musical groups