HISTORY

Floaters' single No Stranger Love was re-released.

Floaters' single I Am So Glad I Took My Time was re-released.

Compilation album titled Float On: The Best of the Floaters was released.

The Floaters' album Get Ready for the Floaters & Shu-Ga featuring singles For Your Love and Get Ready was released.

The Floaters' third album Into the Future was released, featuring the single Levitation.

The Floaters' sophomore album Magic was released featuring the single The Time is Now, as well as, I Just Want to Be With You which reached 36 on the U.S. R&B chart.

The Floaters' self-titled debut album was released featuring their hit song Float On. Written by James Mitchell, Arnold Ingram and Marvin Willis. and produced by Woody Wilson. Float On became a worldwide hit in 1977 on ABC Records, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart, No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Single You Don't Have to Say You Love Me reached 28 on the U.S. R&B chart.

The Floaters' first single I Am So Glad I Took My Time was released.

The band was formed by the former Detroit Emeralds' singer James Mitchell, with his brother Paul Mitchell, Larry Cunningham, Charles Clark, and the unrelated Ralph Mitchell. Most of The Floaters were from Northeast Detroit, bordering Hamtramck on Detroit's Eastside.