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Ohio Express | |
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Also known as | The Rare Breed Sir Timothy and the Royals |
Origin | Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. |
Genres | Bubblegum |
Years active | 1967 | –present
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Website | theohioexpress |
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.