Radio de Odyssey
Filipino singer Tony Reynolds was added, at which point the band became known as Odyssey.[1] The group was best known for its December 1977 hit "Native New Yorker", which reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was later covered by Frankie Valli. Although a string of albums and singles followed, the group managed only one other R&B chart smash, the Slave produced "Inside Out", written by Jesse Rae, which peaked at #12 in 1982.[2] Reynolds, for unknown reasons, left after the first album and was replaced by Fayetteville, North Carolina native William "Bill" McEachern, who remained with the group throughout the remainder of its RCA record label output. Tony Reynolds died on February 4, 2010 while residing in his home in Jamaica, Queens, New York. In the United Kingdom, the band with its gentle Caribbean style had more success, totalling five Top Ten hits between 1977 and 1982.[3] One of them, "Use It Up and Wear It Out", reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in 1980.[3] Odyssey thus became the third U.S. act of the year (after Fern Kinney and M.A.S.H.) to reach Number one in the UK despite failing to chart in their home country.[4] Later hit "Going Back to My Roots" was written by Lamont Dozier.