Five Stairsteps

Five Stairsteps
The Five Stairsteps in 1966
The Five Stairsteps in 1966
Background information
Also known asThe Five Stairsteps & Cubie; The Stairsteps; The Invisible Man's Band
OriginChicago, Illinois, United States
Genres
Years active1965–1976
1978–1983 (as the IMB)
LabelsCameo-Parkway
Buddah
Mango
Dark Horse
Past members
  • Clarence Burke Sr.
  • Alohe Burke
  • Clarence Burke Jr.
  • James Burke
  • Charles Bryant
  • Dennis Burke
  • Kenneth "Keni" Burke
  • Cubie Burke
  • Dean Gant

The Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul" and later "The Invisible Man's Band",[1] were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth "Keni", and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the 1970 song "O-o-h Child", listed at number 402 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

  1. ^ Pruter, Robert (1992). Chicago Soul. University of Illinois Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-252-06259-0.