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Mass Production is an American funk/disco musical group, best known for their 1979 hit, Firecracker. Based in Norfolk, Virginia, the ten-piece group had a series of minor R&B hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. "Firecracker" is commonly misattributed to the similarly named (and sonically/stylistically similar) band Brass Construction. The band consisted of Kevin "D'No" Douglas (bass and vocals), James "Otiste" Drumgole (trumpet, flugelhorn, and vocals), Agnes "Tiny" Kelly (lead vocals, vocoder; later replaced by Dee (DeeDee) Henderson), Larry Marshall (lead vocals, percussion), Gregory McCoy (saxophone), Emmanuel Redding (percussion), Ricardo Williams (lead vocals, drums, percussion), Tyrone Williams (keyboards), Rodney Phelps (lead guitar, keyboards) and LeCoy Bryant (rhythm guitar, vocals). Phelps left the band prior to the recording of their 1980 Massterpiece album, leaving Bryant to handle all guitar duties. Phelps was later replaced by Dan Harris (lead guitar). Dan Harris toured with the group as a freelance guitarist for a couple of years then left the band to work as a recording session musician. The band would soon expand back to ten, with Samuel Williams joining on drums in the early 1980s, allowing Ricardo Williams to concentrate more on vocals. In addition to "Firecracker," which hit number four on the R&B chart in the late summer of 1979, other hits by the band include "Cosmic Lust", "Groove Me", and "Shante." The group stayed together for several more years, scoring a string of small hits, before deciding to disband in 1983.

Below is a list of Mass Production songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Cotillion 44213
chart position: RandB #32, US #68, UK #44, US dance #5
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Welcome to Our World
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production Welcome to Our World (Of Merry Music)
1977 Cotillion
2 record label: Cotillion 44254
chart position: RandB #4, US #43
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: In the Purest Form
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production Firecracker
1979 Cotillion
3 record label: Atlantic 11475
chart position: RandB #49, UK #59
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Massterpiece
comments: [instrumental]
Mass Production Shante
1980 Atlantic
4 record label: Cotillion 44221
chart position: RandB #60, US Dance #28
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: Believe
Mass Production I Believe in Music
1977 Cotillion
5 record label: Cotillion 46013
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Turn Up the Music
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production Turn Up the Music
1981 Cotillion
6 record label: Cotillion 45009
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Massterpiece
Mass Production Forever
1980 Cotillion
7 record label: Cotillion 44248
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Gregory McCoy and James
album: In the Purest Form
Mass Production Can't You See I'm Fired Up
1979 Cotillion
8 record label: Cotillion 44233
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: Three Miles High
Mass Production Just Wanna Make a Dream Come True (Mass in F Minor)
1978 Cotillion
9 record label: Cotillion 47004
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: In a City Groove
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production Inner City
1982 Cotillion
10 record label: Cotillion 44239
chart position: RandB #85
written by: Gregory McCoy and James
album: Three Miles High
Mass Production Sky High
1978 Cotillion
11 record label: Cotillion 46011
chart position: RandB #90
written by: Ricardo Williams and Tiny Kelly (as Agnes Kelly)
album: Turn Up the Music
Mass Production I Can't Believe You're Going Away
1981 Cotillion
12 record label: Cotillion 44225
chart position: RandB #92
written by: Gregory McCoy
album: Believe
comments: [instrumental]
Mass Production Cosmic Lust
1977 Cotillion
-- record label: Paran 118
written by: G. McCoy, O. Drumgole, S. Williams, T. Ellerbe
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production Come Get Some Of This
1984 Paran




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