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unusual facts about The O'Jays


The Chips

Only Sammy Strain went on to success in the music industry, as a member of Little Anthony & The Imperials from about 1961 to 1972 when he left to join The O'Jays.


Alan Colmes

Colmes has continued as a commentator on Fox News, most often on The O'Reilly Factor where he frequently appears with his conservative sister-in-law, Monica Crowley.

Bang Gang

For example the song "Follow" was used in Fox TV show The O.C.; "Inside" was used for an Emporio Armani advertisement and was featured in the movie Cashback and the trailer for the film Triage; and "Find What You Get" has been used in commercials for the car Lancia Musa.

Cle Shaheed Sloan

Sloan was featured on Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor and Anderson Cooper 360° speaking out against gang violence on behalf of his non profit organization AKTIVE which is helping to "Change the gangs from the inside" by working with active gang members in communities nationwide.

Daniel C. Esty

He is a frequent commentator on NPR and has appeared on national TV talk shows such as The Colbert Report, The O'Reilly Factor, and Glenn Beck, to speak on issues of business innovation and the environment.

DJ Sharaz

His influences are largely soul/funk but also include: Eddie Kendricks, Isaac Hayes, Candi Staton, Otis Redding, Elvis Presley, Zapp, The Stylistics, O'Jays, Bill Withers, Lyrics Born, Sparlha Swa, Slave, Midnight Star, Stevie Wonder (pre-1980), Al Green, etc.

Dwight Hicks

He also made appearances on various television shows, including How I Met Your Mother, Castle, Body of Proof, Cold Case, The Practice, The X-Files, ER and The O.C..

Educated Horses

"Foxy Foxy" was featured on the April 13, 2006, episode of The O.C., "The Dawn Patrol".

Enterprise Radio Network

Talk show hosts and update announcers included John Sterling, the current voice of the New York Yankees; Don Chevrier, the longtime TV voice of the Toronto Blue Jays; network radio veterans John O'Reilly and Bob Buck; Jay Howard, the radio voice of the San Antonio Spurs' first NBA championship; and Bill Denehy, a former major league pitcher.

Faneuil Hall

It is also still used for political debates between Massachusetts candidates as well as political shows, such as The O'Reilly Factor.

Five Stairsteps

Burke worked as a writer/producer (frequently with keyboardist Dean Gant and former Average White Band drummer Steve Ferrone) with The O'Jays, The Jones Girls, The Whispers, Keith Sweat, George Howard, Peabo Bryson, Bill Withers, and Perri, among others.

Glen Stassen

Stassen is also contributor to Sojourners Magazine and has frequently appeared in the media, including the Los Angeles Times and The O'Reilly Factor.

Gregg Martinez

He signed a recording contract with multi-platinum songwriter/producer/musicians Victor Carstarphen and Keith Benson - veterans of the Philadelphia, PA recording scene which included Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays, and Patti Labelle.

Heidi Van Horne

Besides modeling, she has acted in independent films and on several TV series, including ER, The O.C., and Gilmore Girls and as the prize girl on the revival of The Gong Show with Dave Attell for Comedy Central and Happy Madison Productions.

Ian Broudie

The first song on the album, "Song for No One", featured in the opening episode of the 3rd season of the U.S. TV series The O.C..

Jayhawk Collegiate League

Tahlequah Fielders/Clan/Easterners/Blue Jays/(Silver)Hawks,

John Cerutti

After his playing career, he went into broadcasting and started doing Blue Jays games alongside Brian Williams on CBC before becoming a TV analyst for the team's new flagship station, Rogers Sportsnet.

Kevin Pillar

Pillar was called up to the Blue Jays for the first time in his career on August 14, 2013, after center fielder Colby Rasmus was placed on the 15-day disabled list and utility player Emilio Bonifacio was traded to the Kansas City Royals.

Kevin Volchok

Kevin Volchok (often simply referred to as Volchok) is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., portrayed by Cam Gigandet.

Kind of Light

The album includes the songs "How Good It Can Be" and "Hard to Be You" which have featured on The O.C.

Loucas George

Loucas is a member of the Directors Guild of America and has been a producer on a number of shows including Commander in Chief, Ed, The O.C., Early Edition, 12 Miles of Bad Road and Life.

Love Me or Hate Me

It was also featured on the season 4 episode "The Metamorphis" of cult teen-drama The O.C..

Mark O'Keefe

Mark created the short-lived TV show The O'Keefes, which was loosely based on his family (except that Larry was turned into a girl, named Lauren).

Mary Katharine Ham

Ham appears regularly on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News program, The O'Reilly Factor, usually with Juan Williams, and she has been a guest panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.

Noah Syndergaard

On December 17, 2012, the Blue Jays traded Syndergaard, Travis d'Arnaud, John Buck, and Wuilmer Becerra to the New York Mets for R.A. Dickey, Josh Thole, and Mike Nickeas.

Noura Erakat

Erakat has appeared on such programs as The O'Reilly Factor and Politically Incorrect, and on Al-Jazeera (both Arabic and English).

OK Blue Jays

"OK Blue Jays" is the song played during the seventh-inning stretch of home games of the Canadian Major League Baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays.

Pat Borders

Borders also received the honour of catching the ceremonial first pitch from then Blue Jays manager (and fellow 1992/93 World Series alumnus) Cito Gaston before the Toronto Blue Jays played host to the Baltimore Orioles.

Peter Walker

Pete Walker (born 1969), baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays

Rajaei

Rajai Davis, American baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays

Robert Jeffress

In an interview with The O'Reilly Factor, which aired on December 11, 2012, on the Fox News Channel, the Jeffress questioned why many clergy falsely perceive Christ as

Ryan Goins

Goins was called up by the Blue Jays on August 22, 2013, when Maicer Izturis was placed on the 15-day disabled list.

Samantha Bee

In December 2005, on The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly used a clip of Bee from The Daily Show as an example of "The War on Christmas", presenting it as having aired recently.

Sanford Bookstaver

As a television director, some of Bookstaver's episodic credits include Prison Break, The O.C., Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, House, Harper's Island, Jericho, White Collar, Fastlane and Bones.

Scott Schreer

Scott Schreer is an award-winning BMI composer and producer of theme songs for television programs, including NFL on Fox, NHL on Fox, MLB on Fox, NASCAR on Fox, Hope and Faith, The Cosby Show, and The O'Reilly Factor.

Sounds Like Chicken

This trio did not get off the ground and so Nyall's brothers Elliot and Joel Dawson joined to form Sounds Like Chicken, a ska project taking influences from Voodoo Glow Skulls, The O.C. Supertones, The Insyderz and Five Iron Frenzy.

Sounds Like Chicken shared stages and toured with such bands, including Reel Big Fish, Mad Caddies, Crowned King, Hilltop Hoods, Kisschasy, Area-7, Gyroscope, Bodyjar, 28 Days, Killing Heidi, The O.C. Supertones, and Antiskeptic.

Steve Malzberg

Throughout his career, Malzberg has also served as a substitute talk show host (on radio and television) and political pundit on various cable news shows, such as Heartland (hosted by Republican ex-congressman John Kasich), Fox & Friends, Hannity & Colmes, The O'Reilly Factor, Dayside, and several other programs on the Fox News Channel and CNN.

Sunrise Adams

On August 2, 2004, Adams appeared with Savanna Samson on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor, to promote their book, How to Have a XXX Sex Life.

The O'Brien's Group

Following that event the United States enacted the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, requiring ships to carry sufficient insurance and hire a management company to handle any oil spill.

The O'Rahilly

O'Rahilly's family for many years owned the port of Greenore in County Louth not far from the present day border with Northern Ireland, while his grandson Ronan O'Rahilly achieved some fame during the 1960s as the founder of the offshore radio station Radio Caroline, and was also involved in the production of some films and the promotion of several recording artists including Georgie Fame and The Animals.

The Very Best of the O'Jays

Every song on the album has placed somewhere within the Top 20 of the R&B chart, and many of them went to the top of the chart including "Back Stabbers," "Love Train," "For the Love of Money," and "Use ta Be My Girl,"

Tyler Pastornicky

On July 15, 2010, the Blue Jays traded Pastornicky along with Álex González and Tim Collins to the Atlanta Braves for Yunel Escobar and Jo-Jo Reyes.

Wattles Mansion

The mansion was featured on the television series The O.C. and Buffy the Vampire Slayer ("Reptile Boy"), in the movie Troop Beverly Hills, and the sanatarium scenes in the film Rain Man were shot there as well.

WDAS-FM

The station playlist included R&B, soul and funk, playing what would become the classics of their genre and launching careers of national artists like Lou Rawls and "Philadelphia Sound" acts such as The O'Jays, The Stylistics, Patti LaBelle and the Blue Bells, and Teddy Pendergrass.

Why Can't I?

The song was featured in the films How to Deal, 13 Going on 30, and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! It was also featured in the television series The O.C. and in the tenth season promo for Friends.


see also

Levert

Eddie Levert, (1942–), American singer, lead vocalist of The O'Jays and father of Gerald and Sean Levert

Message in the Music

In 2004, Message in the Music was reissued by Demon Music in the UK in a double package with The O'Jays' 1977 album Travelin' at the Speed of Thought.