Chairmen of the Board

American Canadian soul band

Chairmen of the Board is an American Canadian, Detroit, Michigan based soul music group, who saw their greatest commercial success in the 1970s.

General Johnson (1941–2010) had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen in the early 1960s, Chairmen of the Board also charted with "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String", "Everything's Tuesday", "Pay to the Piper", "Finders Keepers" and (in the UK) "Working on a Building of Love" and "Elmo James". In 1980, the new Chairmen founded Surfside Records and began recording beach music. General Johnson continued to perform with Woods and Knox as the "Chairmen of the Board" until his death from lung cancer in 2010. In 2012, Chairmen of the Board released a single, "You", which was written and produced by Knox. In 2013, former member Harrison Kennedy was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the "Acoustic Artist" category. Danny Woods (born Daniel Woods, Jr. on March 27, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia) died on January 12, 2018, at the age of 75. In 2021, Chairmen of the Board partnered with producer Wheeler del Torro to bring a new, modern edge to their sound. Del Torro assembled group of remixers, including Severino Panzetta (Horse Meat Disco, Beating Cells) and Doug Gomez to remix their newest single, "Reach Out".

Year Album Peak chart positionsUS Top 200US R&BUK1970"Give Me Just a Little More Time"/ "Since the Days of Pigtails"The Chairmen of the Board38903"(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String"/ "I'll Come Crawling"3819—5"Everything's Tuesday"/ "Patches"In Session3814—121971"Pay to the Piper"/"Bless You"1346734"Chairman of the Board"/"When Will She Tell Me She Needs Me"4210—48"Hanging On to a Memory"/"Tricked and Trapped"—28——"Try On My Love for Size"/"Working on a Building of Love"—48 ——20"Men Are Getting Scarce"/"Bravo, Hooray"Bittersweet—33——1972"Everybody's Got a Song to Sing"/"Working on a Building of Love"—30 ———"Elmo James"/"Bittersweet"Bittersweet———21"I'm On My Way to a Better Place"/"So Glad You're Mine"Fresh———301973"Finders Keepers"/"Finders Keepers" (Instrumental)Skin I'm In597—211974"Everybody Party All Night"/ "Morning Glory" (Instrumental)—80——1976"You've Got Extra Added Power in Your Love"/ "Someone Just Like You" (credited as Chairmen of the Board featuring Prince Harold)————1980"Carolina Girls"(credited as General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board)Success————1986"Lover Boy" (credited as General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board)The Music———562012"You" (as Chairmen of the Board)———— "—" denotes releases that did not chart.