70s

Bill Deal and the Rhondels 1974

Pictured from front left to right:

Ammon Tharp (drums and lead vocals), Gary Brown (lead vocals), Randy Pope (guitar and lead vocals, Gary H (trumpet), Bill Deal (keys and lead vocals), Mark Maynard (trombone), George Bell (sax and lead vocals), Mike Kerwin (lead guitar), Benny Bialy (bass)

Billboard Hot 100 Hits

Hotcakes 1975

Founding members pictured below from front to back:

Mark Maynard (trombone), Jon Etheridge (drums), George Bell (sax), Benny Bialy (bass), Randy Pope (guitar), Chatty Chooper (congas)

Take The A Plane

Hotcakes Original written by Randy Pope and released in 1976

Harlem Shuffle

1976 Hotcakes original arrangement of the Bob Relf and Earl Nelson composition from 1963

Hotcakes 1979

Randy Pope (Guitar), Eddie C (Percussion), Bobby Smith (Bass), Leon (Drums), Stephen Smith (Keys, Guitar), George Bell (Sax), David Britt (Trumpet), Mark Mark Maynard (Trombone)

Live at Peabody’s Warehouse Va, Beach 1979

Warning: These camcorder video and audio recordings are grainy and distorted. Please be ready to reduce the volume accordingly to allow more focus more on the energy and tightness of the band.

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