Pockets (group)
| Pockets | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Pockets |
| Origin | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Genres | Soul, Funk |
| Years active | 1970s to 1980s, 2016 to present |
| Labels | Columbia, ARC |
| Past members | Kevin Barnes Gary Grainger Glenn Grainger George Gray Larry Jacobs Irving Madison Al McKinney Jacob Sheffer Charles Williams |
Pockets were a soul group from Baltimore who had three top 40 R&B hits in the late 1970s. They are best known for their single "Come Go With Me".
They were an eight-man group who were signed to Columbia in 1977. Their debut album was produced by Verdine White who is credited as having discovered them. According to FunkMySoul website, the group that time, a septet had recorded some demos in 1975 at Sheffield Studios and made 200 cassettes containing top 40 covers as well as four of their originals. They didn't make any real headway. One day Al McKinney happened to meet John Mackey of the Baltimore Colts. Mackey happened to be Verdine White's next-door neighbor, so the cassette tape was passed on and it apparently made an impression on White. White brought in Larry Jacobs from San Francisco to be the group's lead vocalist. The band's name is said to have been Luther Ingram which was a description of their music.
The group already had their album Come Go With Us as well as the debut single "Come Go With Me" out by early October 1977. They had a hit on the R&B charts with "Come Go With Me". The song debuted in the charts at no 92. By February 1978, the song was in its sixth week in the charts and now at 88. In the Hot 100, the song only got as far as no 84, but it eventually made it to no 17 in the R&B charts. Later in 1978, they released "Take It On Up" / "Sphinx". With this entry, they were in the charts again with "Take It On Up", which made it to no 24 in the R&B charts. The second album Take It On Up Columbia JC 35384, was produced by Verdine White and Robert Wright. Maurice White was the album's executive producer. They would go on to have a third R&B top 40 hit with "So Delicious" which made it to no 34. Other songs that charted were "Catch Me", and "Happy for Love". The latter charted at 69 in the R&B chart and no 79 in the dance chart.
The band has reformed and along with another seventies act from Philly, Breakwater, it has been announced that they will both appear in the UK at London's The Brooklyn Bowl on January 7th, 2017.
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