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Dayton Was A Funk Band Formed In Dayton Ohio USA By Chris Jones Trumpet/keyboards/vocals Of The Band Sun And Shawn Sandridge Guitar/vocals From Over Night Low. Derrick Armstrong Vocals Kevin Hurt Drums/percussion Jennifer Matthews Vocals And Rachel Beavers Vocals Completed The Line Up. Former Sun Member Dean Hummons Played The Keyboards On The First Two Dayton Albums As Well. The Group Signed To Liberty Records In 1980 And Soon Released Their Self-Titled Debut Album Which Included The Memorable Track “Eyes On You”. Dayton Was Highly Respected And Also Toured With Such Musicians As Ashford & Simpson Quincy Jones And Stephanie Mills. They Recorded A Second Liberty Album Cutie Pie In 1981. Guest Musicians Included James "Diamond" Williams Keith Harrison Clarence "Chet" Willis Billy Beck Wes Boatman And Vincent Andrews. Dayton Introduced Rahni Harris As Vocalist/keyboard Player On Their Third Album “Feel The Music” In 1982 Which Included The Dancefloor Classic “The Sound Of Music”. The Song “Love You Anyway” Was Produced By Zapp’s Roger Troutman. Rahni Did Most Of The Songwriting And Production Chores. The Group Switched To Capitol Records In 1983 And Delivered The Album “Hot Fun ”. This Record Included "Krackity-Krack" With A Guest Appearance By Bootsy Collins And Their Hit Remake Of Sly Stone's "Hot Fun In The Summertime." They Released Their Last Album “This Time” In 1985 Also Produced By Rahni Harris. It Didn’t Match To Their Previous Efforts And Effectively Marked The End Of Dayton.

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