A funk band with a slight disco flavour from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Fat
Larry's Band is at least as well known in Europe as it is in the USA. Their only
chart success came with "Zoom" in England in 1982. The title track that crossed
eras and became a funk classic, "Act Like You Know" also in 1982, had to make do
with the specialized R&B and dance charts. Without being exceptional, Fat
Larry's Band made some honest records with Off the Wall (1978) on Stax, Stand Up
(1980), and Breakin' Out and its hits in 1982. Fat Larry's Band didn't go any
further than December 5, 1987, wi...