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King Floyd (February 13, 1945 – March 6, 2006) was a New Orleans soul music singer, best known for his top 10 hit from 1970, "Groove Me".
At first, "Groove Me" was a B-side to another Floyd song, "What Our Love Needs." New Orleans radio disc jockey started playing "Groove Me" and the song became a local hit. Atlantic Records picked up national distribution of "Groove Me," which topped the United States R&B chart and reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. This disc sold over one million copies, and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A. in December 1970. Floyd quit his job at the post office to perform a U.S. tour. His follow-up single, "Baby Let Me Kiss You" climbed up to number 29 on the Billboard top 40 charts in 1971.
Differences with Quezergue emerged and his 1973 follow-up album, Think About It, failed to make a commercial impact. However, Atlantic released a song from the album, "Woman Don't Go Astray," as a single. His 1975 album, Well Done, was released through TK Records with Atlantic distributing. "I Feel Like Dynamite" from the album, written by Larry Hamilton, was released as its single. Reviewing the album in (1981), Robert Christgau said, "Floyd's quiet, chocolatey voice—cf. Lee Dorsey, Aaron Neville—is prized by seekers after the New Orleans dispensation, but he's never grooved me without skipping like a cheap bootleg. So I'm pleased to report that side one of his fourth LP, climaxing with the neglected regional hit "I Feel Like Dynamite", provides songs as winsome as the straight-ahead Caribbeanisms (even some reggae) of the New Orleans R&B behind. Location of studio: Jackson, Mississippi."Robert Christgau (1981). 089919026X, Ticknor & Fields. 089919026X
| 1969 | A Man in Love | — | — | Pulsar Records | |
| 1971 | King Floyd | 130 | 19 | Cotillion/Malaco Records | |
| 1973 | Think About It | — | — | ATCO Records | |
| 1975 | Well Done | — | — | Chimneyville Records | |
| 1977 | Body English | — | — | ||
| 2000 | "Old Skool Funk" | — | — | Malaco Records | |
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| 1970 | "Groove Me" | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
| "Baby Let Me Kiss You" | 29 | 5 | 69 | ||
| "Got to Have Your Lovin'" | — | 35 | — | ||
| 1972 | "Woman Don't Go Astray" | 53 | 3 | — | |
| 1973 | "Think About It" | ― | 49 | — | |
| "So Much Confusion" | ― | 95 | — | ||
| 1974 | "I Feel Like Dynamite" | ― | 35 | — | |
| "Don't Cry No More" | ― | 96 | — | ||
| 1975 | "We Can Love" (with Dorothy Moore) | ― | 76 | — | |
| 1977 | "Body English" | ― | 25 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
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