Ohio Express

Ohio Express
Black and white photo of five men in their late twenties with long hair.
L-to-R: Tim Corwin, Dean Kastran, Dale Powers, Buddy Bengert and Doug Grassel (touring group)
Background information
Also known asThe Rare Breed
Sir Timothy and the Royals
OriginMansfield, Ohio, U.S.
GenresBubblegum
Years active1967 (1967)–present
Labels
Members
  • Tim Corwin
  • Jeff Burgess
  • Warren Sawyer
  • John Baker
  • Greg Weber
  • Stanley W Rust
Past members
  • Bill Hutchman
  • Buddy Bengert
  • Michael Fenneken
  • Fred La Susa
  • Davy Keaton
  • Dale Powers
  • Doug Grassel
  • Jim Pfahler
  • Russell Powell
  • Ron Smallcomb
  • Dean Kastran
  • Joey Levine
  • Mike Brumm
  • Dennis Eggerton
  • Kirk Luther
  • Mark Norris
  • Bruce Knott
  • David Haag
  • Guy Hoffman
  • Les Commo
Websitetheohioexpress.com

The Ohio Express is an American bubblegum pop band formed in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1967.[1] Though marketed as a band, it would be more accurate to say that the name "Ohio Express" served as a brand name used by Jerry Kasenetz's and Jeffry Katz's Super K Productions to release the music of a number of different musicians and acts. The best known songs of Ohio Express (including their best-scoring single, "Yummy Yummy Yummy") were actually the work of an assemblage of studio musicians working in New York, including singer/songwriter Joey Levine. Other recorded "Ohio Express" work included material recorded by an early group of Joe Walsh, as well as a later single written and sung by Graham Gouldman (which was performed by the four musicians who would later be known as 10cc).

A band previously known as Sir Timothy and the Royals was renamed "The Ohio Express" and hired to promote the singles by appearing at all live performances. This is the same group photographed on the record covers.

  1. ^ Thomas, Fred. "Ohio Express - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2015.