Effective period / Period of releases: 1974

Members: Izell Gooch, Sylvester Howell

This five-member harmony group showcased the vocal talents of Tommy Clegg, Izell Gooch, Sylvester Howell, James Jenkins, and Cager Perry. Backed up by The Black Experience Band, the Communicators’ debut recording in 1973 was a pleading love ballad called “One Chance.” Originally a regional sensation, the record was later picked up by Sylvia Robinson’s Turbo label out of New Jersey. The group followed up with “Has Time Really Changed” in 1974, but disc jockeys considered it too political, and gave it much less airplay than “One Chance.”