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Kleeer

As a New York-based funk band that had a string of minor R&B hits on Atlantic Records during the late '70s and early '80s. Featuring Paul Crutchfield (vocals, percussion), Richard Lee (guitar), Norman Durham (bass) and Woody Cunningham (drums) formed in 1972. Originally, they called themselves Pipeline, but they changed their name to the Jam by the mid-'70s. In 1977, they were forced to change their name again, as the British punk band the Jam became a sensation; their new name was the Universal Robot Band. In 1979, they signed to Atlantic Records, and by the time they released their first album, they had changed their name to Kleeer, which admittedly was more commercial than the Universal Robot Band. For the next six years, they had a steady string of minor R&B hits. They rarely boke into the Top 40 -- only 1979's "Tonight's the Night (Good Time) (peaked at #33), 1980's "Winners" (#23) and 1981's "Get Tough (#15)" accomplished the feat -- but they retained a cult audience until the mid-'80s,

Kleeer recorded seven albums between 1979 and 1986. Members of the touring band "The Universal Robot Band" (originally a studio concept in 1976) teamed up on their own as "Kleeer", and played on many of the so-called 'loft classics' such as "Jingo", "Thousand Finger Man" and "Dancing & Prancing" for Candido. Kleeer who toured the world through the 70s and 80s notching up heavy duty sales of albums "I Love To Dance", "Winners", "License To Dream", "Intimate Connection" and "Seeekret".The Kleeer sound continued into the 90s with "Delicious" for the Image label.

when their popularity slipped. Kleeer quietly disappeared from the spotlight after 1985. In 1998, Rhino Records released The Very Best of Kleeer, which marked the first time the group had an album available on CD.