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A Taste of Honey was the name of an American recording act which scored one of the biggest hits of the disco era [1]. Formed as early as 1971, A Taste of Honey hailed from Los Angeles, California. The members of the band consisted of Janice Marie Johnson (vocals, co-writer, bass), Hazel Payne (vocals, guitar), Perry Kibble (keyboards, co-producer, co-writer) and Donald Ray Johnson (drums). Long time friends, Kibble and Johnson (no relationship with Donald Ray) were the original members of the band. Each had left a band to join forces and, after going through several drummers, they settled on Johnson, as well as replacing lead singer "Coco" with Payne. Gregory Walker was also the keyboard player in the original group, though he left the band just prior to the successful release of "Boogie Oogie Oogie" to join Santana. As Kibble recounted, despite his misgivings for his son's musical aspirations, Mr. Kibble (Perry's father) was instrumental in their future success as he had set up a rehearsal studio wherein the group could experiment with various sounds. With the number of changes the band had underwent, it was finally Kibble's idea to have the two women do more than sing (although Payne already played guitar). This innovation was unheard of in its time, nonetheless, it created a whole wave of female bass and guitar players. Kibble had been the bassist in the band, which meant that he had to switch to keyboards. Learning a new instrument was nothing new to Kibble, he had already switched mid-way through a band tour in the late sixties from saxophone to bass. When the bass player dropped out of the band, Kibble took two weeks to practice each of the tunes just so that he could stay on the road. Johnson gives him credit for teaching her the fundamentals of playing bass and guiding the two women to improve their musicianship, which proved to be important when they were being considered for a record deal.