Formed 1975 in Nassau, Bahamas.
T Connection comprised of:
T. Coakley (vocaIs / keyboards / guitar / percussion)
Kurt Coakley (bass guitar and background vocals)
Berkley Van Byrd (drums and background vocals)
Monty Brown (guitars and background vocals)
and Tony Flowers (all percussion and background vocals)
T Coakley commenced his music career in 1965 playing maracas in a calypso band in the Bahama Islands.
In 1975 he left to form T-Connection which fast became the most popular group in the Grand Bahamas.
A year later they went to Miami and signed to TK Records.
Here their debut album 'Magic' featured 'Do What You Wanna Do' (U.K. Top 20, 1977), one of the first records to be released in 12 inch single format and a classic record of the disco era.
Follow-up UK singles were 'On Fire' (Top 20) and 'Let Yourself Go' (Top 60), prior to a 1979 album 'T-Connection' and further Top 75 UK hits 'At Midnight' and 'Saturday Night'.
'Totally Connected' (1980) followed before the group switched to Capitol.
Here they released 'Everything Is Cool' (1981), 'Pure & Natural' (1982), 'The Game Of Life' (1983) and 'Take It To The Limit' (1984).
Albums:
Magic (RCA 1977)
T-Connection (TK 1978)
On Fire (TK 1979)
Totally Connected (TK 1980)
Everything Is Cool (Capitol 1981)
Pure & Natural (Capitol 1982)
The Game Of Life (Capitol 1983)
Take It To The Limit (Capitol 1984)
