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Ohio Players

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Interesting facts and trivia about Ohio Players. By Songfacts®.

Marshall Jones, Clarence Satchell, and Ralph Middlebrooks were members of The Ohio Untouchables, a Dayton-based blues band fronted by Robert Ward. They heated up the Dayton music scene, but Ward's habit of walking off stage in the middle of a set didn't sit well with his bandmates. Tensions escalated into a fistfight between Ward and Jones in 1964 and the band split up. The aforementioned trio went on to form a different group called the Ohio Players and brought on guitarist Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, who shifted their sound into R&B funk.

Jones wanted a band name that would reflect their Ohio roots and their musical ability, hence the name Ohio Players. The rest of the guys liked the "Players" tag because it also boasted their romantic prowess with the ladies.

Their 1972 novelty hit "Funky Worm," featuring Walter "Junie" Morrison as the voice of a hip granny, was influential in the West Coast hip-hop scene of the '80s and '90s and was sampled in many rap tunes, including "Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince."

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