C. J. & Company

C.J. & Company (also C.J. & Co. or C.C. & Co.) was a disco group from Detroit, Michigan. They were the partnership of producers Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore. Their highest charting single in the US was "Devil's Gun", which reached #36 on the Billboard pop chart, spending 29 weeks on the HOT 100. It wound up being the #100 song of the year on the Billboard's year end charts, (though only peaking at #36), and #2 on the R&B chart in 1977.[2] It also peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] That song, along with "We Got Our Own Thing" (later sampled by Heavy D and the Boyz) and "Sure Can't Go to the Moon," hit #1 for five weeks on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.[4]

C.J. & Company
OriginDetroit, USA
GenresDisco, R&B
Years active1977–1979[1]
MembersCurtis "CJ" Durden
Connie Durden
Joni Tolbert
Charles Clark
Cornelius Brown

They released two full-length LPs, Devil's Gun (1977) and Deadeye Dick (1978) both for Westbound Records. In 1998 a compilation CD was released with full length selected tracks from both LPs.

"Devil's Gun" was the first record played at the opening of Studio 54 by DJ Richie Kaczor.[5]

Discography

Studio albums
Year Title Peak chart positions Record label
US
[6]		 US
R&B
[6]		 CAN
[7]
1977 Devil's Gun 60 12 67 Westbound
1978 Deadeye Dick — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions
US
[6]		 US
R&B
[6]		 US
Dan
[6]		 CAN
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 SWE
[9]		 UK
[10]
1975 "Day Dreamer" [A] 91 — — — — — —
1977 "Devil's Gun" 36 2 1 55 17 19 43
"We Got Our Own Thing" — 93 — — — —
"Sure Can't Go to the Moon" — — — — — —
1978 "Big City Sidewalk" 106 — 18 — — — —
"Deadeye Dick" — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
  • A Single credited to C. J. & Company

See also

References
  1. Henderson, Alex. "Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 89. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 356.
  5. "Disco-Disco: A history of Studio 54". Disco-Disco.com.
  6. "US Charts > C. J. & Company". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  7. "CAN Charts Search > C. J. & Company". RPM. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  8. "NLD Charts > C. J. & Company". MegaCharts. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  9. "SWE Charts > C. J. & Company". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  10. "UK Charts > C. J. & Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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