So, with Wiki as my friend, I was fully preparing to let you all know they died of the aids shortly after this video, because it is indeed SUPER GAY....but alas, here's the story...
chalk it up to "WHO KNEW
???"
The group consisted of singer and guitarist
Ish "Angel" Ledesma, percussionist Richard "Richie" Puente, keyboardist Charlie Murciano, bass guitarist Arnold Paseiro, and drummer Joe Galdo. Carlo Driggs contributed vocals/percussion and shared songwriting credits on their second album,
Get Off.
[1] Puente, who died on July 18, 2004 aged 51 of viral encephoplopathy following an assault,
[2] was the son of the famous bandleader
Tito Puente.
Their biggest hit was "
Get Off" in 1978 (written by Ledesma and Driggs), which peaked at #9 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the
Soul chart for two weeks. It was their only release from the 1978 album
Get Off, which was released in 1978. In early 1979, the band (and session musician
George Terry) were in
Criteria Studios, Miami, where they played on the backing track of
ABBA's song "
Voulez-Vous", the only time ABBA recorded outside of Sweden.
[3]
Their third album
Hot Numbers was released the following year. The first single, "Hot Number" peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #4 on the Soul chart in 1979.
Ish Ledesma later formed the groups
Oxo in 1983 and
Company B in 1986, the latter with his wife Lori L., her sister Lezlee Livrano, and Susan Johnson.
In addition to his involvement and writing credits with Foxy,
[1] Carlo Driggs was the lead singer of
Kracker, which released three albums. Driggs was also the lead singer of
Paul Revere and The Raiders for over 20 years. Carl died in Miami, Florida on May 31, 2017 of a sudden massive heart attack after playing with his band at home at age 67.
Oh yeah, there's the road.
