Band · US R&B-based horn section & band
Tower of Power
Albums
80
Members
25
Active
1967–present
Origin
United States
Biography
Tower of Power (or TOP for short) is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing since 1968. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section and precisely syncopated bass-guitar lines. There have been several lead vocalists, the most famous being Lenny Williams, who fronted the band between early 1973 and late 1974, the period of their greatest commercial success. Their biggest hits include "You're Still a Young Man", "So Very Hard to Go","Soul With a Capital S", "Soul Vaccination", "What Is Hip?", and "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)."
Discography
Great American Soulbook
40th Anniversary The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
40th Anniversary: The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco
Original Album Classics
Hipper Than Hip
Original Album Series
Original Album Series
East Bay Grease / Bump City
Live At Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, NY
Soul Side of Town
You Ought to Be Havin' Fun: The Columbia/Epic Anthology
Step Up
50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at the Fox Theater – Oakland
It's Christmas
It's Christmas
1973-06-03: Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
1998: Stockton, Ca, Usa
Live - Ultrasonic Studios
What Is Hip? / This Time It’s Real
You're Still A Young Man / So Very Hard To Go
Credits
Ranked #2,848 of 14,615 producers — 472.41 career Groove across 4 records.
That What Is Not
Stuck On You
Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys
Carry On
Coconuts High
Something About You
But What Will the Neighbors Think
Jesse Barish
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tattoo Man
Waiting for Columbus
We Came to Play
An Insatiable High
Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now
Jaye P. Morgan
Live and in Living Color
In the Slot
The Last Record Album
Urban Renewal
Back to Oakland
Tower of Power
What Is Hip? / Clever Girl
Bump City
Santana
Be a Brother
Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now / Because I Think The World Of You
Back On The Streets
Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) / I Got The Chop
Double Tuff
Down To The Night Club / What Happened To The World That Day
Everything You've Heard Is True
For My Love...Mother Music
Gavin Christopher
Give Me The Proof / Only So Much Oil In The Ground
Have Yourself Committed
In Due Time / And You Know It
It's Not The Crime / Only So Much Oil In The Ground
Live And Learn
One
Oversea
Randy Meisner
Rock Baby / Heaven Must Have Made You
Seize The Moment
So Very Hard To Go
This Time It's Real / Soul Vaccination
Time Will Tell / Oakland Stroke
Treat Me Like Your Man / The Soul Of A Child
What Is Hip? The Tower Of Power Anthology
What Is Hip? / This Time It’s Real
Willing To Learn / Walkin' Up Hip Street
You're So Wonderful, So Marvelous
You're Still A Young Man / Skating On Thin Ice
You're Still A Young Man / So Very Hard To Go