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Biography
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Five Special
Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 1986
Members: Steve Boyd, Bryan Banks, Greg Finley, Steve Harris (27), Mike Petillo (2)
Disco-soul band formed in 1978 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. They got off to a promising start in 1979, as their Elektra single "Why Leave Us Alone" made it to No. 9 on the R&B charts. It was their lone big hit of in total three recorded albums. They disbanded in 1981.