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The Ohio Express is an American musical recording unit, mainly active from 1967 through 1970, and continuing intermittently to this present day. Though marketed as a band, it would be more accurate to say that the name "Ohio Express" served as a brand name used by Jerry Kasenetz's and Jeffrey Katz's Super K Productions to release the music of a number of different musicians and acts. Several other "Ohio Express" hits were the work of other, unrelated musical groups, including The Rare Breed, and an early incarnation of 10cc. In addition, a completely separate touring version of Ohio Express appeared at all live dates, and recorded some of the band's album tracks. he question of who is the 'real' Ohio Express is difficult. The first record credited to Ohio Express was "Beg, Borrow And Steal", a Top 40 hit in the US and Canada in late 1967. However, exactly the same record had initially been issued as by The Rare Breed in early 1966 on Attack Records. The band's original recording of "Beg, Borrow & Steal" was then re-mixed and re-issued in August 1967 on Cameo Parkway Records, now credited to The Ohio Express. With no group available to promote the single by playing live dates, Super K Productions hired a Mansfield, Ohio band known as Sir Timothy & The Royals and renamed them The Ohio Express. Ohio Express then moved to the home label of bubblegum pop, Buddah Records. At the same time, Joey Levine was coming up with new material for The Ohio Express. He recorded a demo version of the track "Yummy Yummy Yummy". Two months after its issue it had sold over one million copies. The success of the Levine-led "Yummy Yummy Yummy" set a pattern for The Ohio Express. They released four LPs and a multitude of singles for Buddah between 1968 and 1970, but the "official" group that appeared on album sleeves and at live shows contributed not a single note to their hit singles. After five straight singles co-written and sung by Joey Levine, Levine grew dissatisfied with the amount of money he was receiving from his production deal, and left Super K Productions in early 1969. After Levine left, Ohio Express never again made the top 40 in North America. One later minor hit single, "Sausalito" was co-written and sung by Graham Gouldman, and performed by the four musicians who would later make up 10CC. By 1970, with the hits having stopped, the group name Ohio Express was quietly retired. A new touring version of Ohio Express was convened in the 1980s and still touring today.

A long list of members can be found here.

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Love Equals Love
Peanuts
Spain
Buddah 20 11.007
Value: 10 €

Love Equals Love
Peanuts
USA
Buddah BDA 160
Value: 15 €

Love Equals Love
Peanuts
Yugoslavia
RTB Buddah S53 589 Bu
Value: 15 €

Love Equals Love / Shake
Ooh La La / Hot Dog
Mexico
Buddah 2204-008
Value: 25 €

Mercy
Roll It Up
France
Buddah 610 029
Value: 10 €

Mercy
Roll It Up
Germany
Buddah 201 046
Value: 5 €

Mercy
Roll It Up
Holland
Buddah H 610 029
Value: 10 €

Mercy
Roll It Up
Italy
Buddah BD 75.022
Value: 10 €

Mercy
Roll It Up
Japan
Buddah LL-2264-DA
Value: 10 €

Mercy
Roll It Up
Spain
Buddah 201 046
Value: 10 €

Mercy
Roll It Up
Sweden
Buddah 201 046
Value: 10 €

Mercy (Grazia)
Sausalito
Italy
Buddah BD 75.021
Value: 15 €
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Mercy / Roll It Up
Pich Me / Peanuts
Israel
Buddah EP-IB 1031
Value: 30 €

Mercy / Roll It Up
The Time You Spent With Me
Portugal
Buddah 202 022
Value: 20 €

Mercy / Roll It Up
Yes Sir / Little Girl
Mexico
Buddah EPB-1583
Value: 20 €

Nina Simone: Ain't Got No, I Got Life / Ohio Express: Down At Lulu's
Beatles: Oh Darling / The Youngbloods: Sunlight
Thailand
M.T.R. MTR-372
Value: 25 €

Ohio Express: Mercy / John Anderson: Down In Tennessee
Tommy James: Sweet Cherry Wine / Bee Gees: First Of May
Thailand
TK Records TK-291
Value: 20 €

Pinch Me
Peanuts
France
Buddah 610 035
Value: 15 €

Pinch Me
Peanuts
Germany
Buddah 201 053
Value: 10 €

Pinch Me
Peanuts
Holland
Buddah H 610 035
Value: 10 €

Pinch Me
Peanuts
Japan
Buddah LL-2279-DA
Value: 25 €

Pinch Me
Peanuts
Spain
Buddah 201 053
Value: 15 €

Run To Her / You Don't Have To
Sweeter Than Sugar / Bitter Lemon
Mexico
Buddah 2204-011
Value: 25 €

Sausalito
Make Love Not War
Belgium
Buddah BE 610 043
Value: 15 €

Sausalito
Make Love Not War
France
Buddah 610 043
Value: 15 €

Sausalito
Make Love Not War
Germany
Buddah 201 065
Value: 10 €

Sausalito
Make Love Not War
Holland
Buddah 201 065
Value: 10 €

Sausalito
Make Love Not War
Japan
Buddah LL-2307-DA
Value: 25 €

Sausalito
Make Love Not War
Singapore
Buddah 201 065
Value: 15 €

Sausalito
Make Love Not War
Spain
Buddah 201 065
Value: 15 €

Sausalito
Mercy
Italy
Buddah BD 75.021
Value: 15 €

Sausalito / Make Love Not War
Pinch Me / Peanuts
Mexico
Buddah EPB-1645
Value: 25 €

Steppenwolf: Magic Carpet Ride / The O'kaisions: Girl Watcher
Ohio Express: Chewy Chewy / Cream: White Room
Thailand
M.T.R. MTR 286
Value: 20 €

Sweeter Than Sugar
Nothing Is Sweeter Than My Baby
France
Buddah 610 026
Value: 10 €

Sweeter Than Sugar
Nothing Is Sweeter Than My Baby
Germany
Buddah 201 038
Value: 10 €

Sweeter Than Sugar
Nothing Is Sweeter Than My Baby
Holland
Buddah H 610 026
Value: 15 €

Sweeter Than Sugar
Nothing Is Sweeter Than My Baby
Japan
Buddah LL-2242-DA
Value: 15 €

Sweeter Than Sugar
Nothing Is Sweeter Than My Baby
Spain
Buddah 201 038
Value: 10 €

Sweeter Than Sugar / Mary Ann
Into This Time / Winter Skies
Portugal
Buddah 202 019
Value: 30 €

That's The Way A Woman Is
Talkin 'Bout You
Germany
Hansa 10 043 AT
Value: 25 €

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