| "Love Rollercoaster" was a song by American funk/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album "Honey". The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts, and still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations. The song uses the roller coaster, a common theme park attraction, as a metaphor for the ups and downs of dating and romantic relationships. "Honey" was the third Mercury album by The Ohio Players, released in 1975. Like previous albums, "Honey" is known for its very sexy cover photo. In this case, the model was Playboy magazine's October 1974 Playmate of the Month, Ester Cordet. An urban legend surrounded the song "Love Rollercoaster" that the girl on the album cover was attacked or killed near the studio and her screams are heard on the song. This was a hoax, since the scream was actually that of keyboardist Billy Beck. The woman on the album cover, Panamanian-born model Ester Cordet, is still alive. The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. The band formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 as The Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward (vocals/guitar), Marshall 'Rock' Jones (bass), Clarence 'Satch' Satchell (saxophone/guitar), Cornelius Johnson (drums), and Ralph 'Pee Wee' Middlebrooks (trumpet/trombone). The Ohio Untouchables broke up in 1963 with Ward leaving for a solo career, but the core members of the group returned to Dayton and added ... |
