Flashback: Love Unlimited Orchestra

By Mick Harper

Pop, Rock, and Soul Trivia.

1. The Love Unlimited Orchestra was the band for which vocal artist?

2. Which doo-wop group released "Under the Boardwalk"?

3. Who released "Let the Little Girl Dance"?

4. Which group released "Cold as Ice"?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: "I'm out of work, I'm out of my head, out of self-respect, I'm out of bread, I'm under loved, I'm underfed, I wanna go home."

Answers

1. Barry White. The orchestra was a 40-piece mostly string group. They also backed up White's female trio, Love Unlimited. They were with White for the '70s decade and periodically released their own albums.

2. The Drifters, in 1964. The song climbed to No. 1 on the R&B chart and has since been covered by several artists, including the Rolling Stones (their cover went to No. 1 in Australia and South Africa).

3. Billy Bland, in 1960. Bland overheard another artist recording the song and gave suggestions about how it should be sung. Bland recorded it just that once ... and that is the version that was released.

4. Foreigner, in 1977.

5. "It Never Rains in Southern California," by Albert Hammond in 1972. The song was released on Hammond's debut album of the same name.

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