Chairmen of the Board were one of the most popular soul acts to emerge from Detroit in the early Seventies, achieving success with soul classics such as ‘Give Me Just A Little More Time’ (US #3) which sold over a million copies. 62 tracks are featured across 3 CDs including top ten hits ‘Chairman of the Board’ and ‘Finder’s Keepers’.The group were the flagship act on the Invictuslabel, founded by legendary song writing and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland (the trio behind 10 US #1 singles for the Supremes). Known for the distinctive vocals of frontman, General Johnson, Chairmen of the Board put themselves on the R&B map with top ten hits including ‘Chairman of the Board’ and ‘Finder’s Keepers’. The group also recorded the original version of ‘Patches’ (co-written by Johnson) which would become a hit for Clarence Carter and go on to win a Grammy award in 1971.
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1. You Got Me Dangling On a String
2. Give Me Just a Little More Time
3. Everything's Tuesday
4. Working On a Building of Love
5. Pay To the Piper
6. Elmo James
7. I'm On My Way To a Better Place
8. Hanging On To a Memory
9. Finder's Keepers
10. Patches
11. Men Are Getting Scarce
12. Everybody's Got a Song To Sing
13. Chairman of the Board
14. Everybody Party All Night
15. Skin I'm In
16. You've Got Extra Added Power In Your Love Feat. Prince Haro