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Lakeside - It's All The Way Live (Live in 1979)

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In 1977 they recorded an album for the label, ABC Records. This time things were really turning up for the nine piece band with a move to SOLAR Records. They dropped the "Express" from their name, and began to make the R
B charts, starting with "It's All the Way Live" (#4 R
B). Bassist Marvin Craig, drummer Fred Alexander, percussionist Fred Lewis, guitarist Steve Shockley, and four male vocalists including Mark Wood's sound stemmed from years of playing together. The band dressed in costumes on their album covers, including pirates, 1920's police officers, cowboys, Arabian knights, and even Robin Hood.
Lakeside's biggest hit came in 1980 with "Fantastic Voyage" which topped the R
B charts, and also made the pop charts, the first and last time for the band, peaking at number 55. They followed the song up with a remake of the Beatles' song, "I Want to Hold Your Hand," which made the R
B Top Ten again. More hits on the R
B charts kept the group going until their split in the late '80s.
Coolio took a rap version of "Fantastic Voyage" to number three on the pop charts in 1994.