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Members
5 Male
Origin
Florida, USA
Genre
Disco
Style
Latin
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5 MaleOrigin
Florida, USAGenre
DiscoStyle
LatinMood
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Born
1976
Active
1976 to Present...
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Current Record Label
T.K. Records
Most Loved Tracks4 users
Foxy - Get Off4 users
Foxy - Madamoiselle4 users
Foxy - Hot Number2 users
Foxy - Tena's Song
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Foxy is a Latin dance/disco group formed in 1976 in Hialeah, Florida.
Career
The group initially consisted of singer and guitarist Ish "Angel" Ledesma, percussionist Richard "Richie" Puente, keyboardist Charlie Murciano, bass guitarist Arnold Paseiro, and drummer Joe Galdo, and (for the first album) co-lead vocalist Gary Ortiz. Shortly after the first album was issued, Ortiz was replaced by Carlo Driggs, who contributed vocals/percussion and shared songwriting credits on Foxy's second album, Get Off.
Foxy's biggest hit was "Get Off" in 1978 (written by Ledesma and Driggs), which peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Soul chart for two weeks. It was their only release from the 1978 album Get Off, which was released in 1978. In early 1979, the band (and session musician George Terry) were in Criteria Studios, Miami, where they played on the backing track of ABBA's song "Voulez-Vous", the only time ABBA recorded outside of Sweden.
Driggs left shortly before Foxy's third album was recorded, and was not replaced. The group's third album Hot Numbers was released in 1979. The first single, "Hot Number" peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #4 on the Soul chart in 1979.
Keyboardist Charlie Murciano departed the band later in 1979, and the group, now a quartet (with session musicians on keyboards), issued one final album Party Boys before breaking up in 1980.
Ish Ledesma later formed the groups Oxo in 1983 and Company B in 1986, the latter with his wife Lori L., her sister Lezlee Livrano, and Susan Johnson.
In addition to his involvement and writing credits with Foxy, Carlo Driggs was the lead singer of Kracker, which released three albums. Driggs was also the lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders for over 20 years. Driggs died in Miami, Florida on May 31, 2017 of a sudden massive heart attack after playing with his band at home at age 67.
Puente, who died on July 18, 2004 at aged 51, was the son of the famous bandleader Tito Puente. A news report on the website allaboutjazz.com said Richard Puente "was hospitalized after suffering from viral encephoplopathy due to a prior brain injury that was the result of a mugging over 10 years ago. Since his release from the hospital, Richie had been nonverbal, confined to a bed and wheelchair and relegated to tube feeding. He resided at home with his 95-year-old grandmother and his mother, Ida Carlini."
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