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Odyssey Band - Live
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Odyssey Band - Live

Thursday May 4th, 2017 from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm
@ The Jazz Cafe in London
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Originally formed in 1968 as a "family act", when Virgin Islands born sisters Carmen, Lillian and Louise Lopez gathered together to sing in harmony as The Lopez Sisters. The trio found work in and around New York, mainly the usual gigs such as weddings, parties, and small clubs. After struggling for many years without success, sister Carmen chose to opt out.

Lillian and Louise decided that a new sound was needed to enhance their chances for success, enter Manilla-born Tony Reynolds. With the new line-up a name change was in order. Lillian and Louise were embarking on a new odyssey with a male singer and a more pop oriented sound.

Currently the band is led by by Steven Collazo (Lillian Lopez's son) and featuring vocalist twins Annis and Anne Peters.

A string of albums and singles followed and the group managed another R&B chart hit, "Inside Out".

In the United Kingdom, the band, with its diverse musical style had more chart success, totalling five Top Ten hits between 1977 and 1982. One of them, "Use It Up and Wear It Out", reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in 1980. The UK follow-up single, "If You're Lookin' for a Way Out" had Lillian Lopez on lead vocals; the single reaching no. 6 in 1980 and spending a total of fifteen weeks in the UK chart.

Odyssey thus became the third US act of the year (after Fern Kinney and M.A.S.H.) to reach number one in the UK despite not charting in their home country. They then had further success with later hit "Going Back to My Roots".

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