The Floaters were an American R&B vocal group, from the Sojourner Truth housing projects in Detroit, Michigan, that formed in 1976. The group are best known for their 1977 song "Float On", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 5 on the Irish Singles Chart.
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The Detroit Emeralds
band
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Bar-Kays
American band
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The Spinners
American soul music vocal group
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The Dramatics
American rhythm and blues group
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Next
American R&B musical group
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The Trammps
American soul band
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Bread
1970s American soft rock band from California
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The Box Tops
American rock band
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Wild Cherry
American funk rock band
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John Miles
English rock musician and singer
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Haircut One Hundred
British new wave/jazz-funk group
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Wet Wet Wet
Scottish band
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Freda Payne
American singer and actress
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Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Archie Bell & the Drells
American vocal group
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Edwin Starr
American singer
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Frijid Pink
band
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Earth, Wind & Fire
American band
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The Real Thing
British soul group
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Raydio
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Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Atlantic Starr
American R&B band
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Dire Straits
British rock band
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Hot Chocolate
British soul band
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Surface
American band
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Yarbrough and Peoples
American R&B duo
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The Silkie
English folk group
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Juliet Roberts
British musician
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Carl Carlton
Popular American Singer-Songwriter
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Dazz Band
American funk band
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Phillip Mitchell
singer and songwriter
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Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
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Stereo MCs
English hip hop/electronic dance group
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Willie Mitchell
American record producer and arranger
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Five Stairsteps
American Chicago soul group; sibling band
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Graham Lyle
Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
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Del Shannon
American musician
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Eddy Grant
Guyana born British reggae musician
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The Newbeats
band
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Len Barry
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Bronski Beat
British synthpop trio
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Odyssey
American-British band
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Blue Magic
American R&B and soul group
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Garnet Mimms
American musician
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The Stylistics
American musical group founded in Philadelphia
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Michael Bolton
American singer-songwriter
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Imagination
British soul and funk band
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Van McCoy
American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor
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Ace
British rock band