All Sports Band

All Sports Band
GenresRock, pop, Power pop
Years active1981 (1981)–1982 (1982)
LabelRadio Records
Past members
  • Alfonso Carey
  • Jimmy Clark
  • Cy Sulak
  • Chuck Kentis
  • Michael John Toste

All Sports Band was an American pop/rock musical group who saw minor Billboard chart success in the early 1980s. The band was founded by Tracy Coats, who sought to appeal to a youthful market by dressing the band members as sports figures. Coats spent 18 months auditioning tapes before selecting the band members. The represented sports were auto racing, baseball, boxing, football, and martial arts. The band appeared on both Solid Gold and American Bandstand.

Coats explained his concept for the band, saying, "Most of the athletes I've known were closet rock 'n' rollers, and most of [the] musicians I've known were closet athletes. It seemed only natural to combine the two obsessions."

Personnel

Discography

All of the band's recordings appeared on Radio Records, a short-lived imprint of Atlantic Records.

Album

All Sports Band

  • Released: 1981
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Radio Records
  • Writers: Alfonso Carey, Jimmy Clark, Chuck Kentis, Cy Sulak, Michael John Toste
  • Producer: Joey Carbone and Richie Zito
  • Tracks: 10
  • Singles: "I'm Your Superman", "Opposites Do Attract"

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
1981 "I'm Your Superman" 93 All Sports Band
"Opposites Do Attract" 78
1982 "Givin' Your Love To Me" — Non-album single
1982 "Jet Set" — Non-album single

"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nite, Norm N. (1985). Rock On - The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock n' Roll. New York: Harper & Row. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-06-181644-2.
  2. 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (2000). Top Pop Singles 1955-1999. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. p. 12. ISBN 0-89820-139-X.
  3. ↑ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. November 14, 1981. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Ressner, Jeffrey (March 6, 1982). "Points West". Cash Box. p. 14.