The Floaters

The Floaters were an American R&amp;B group. They formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1976. The group members were Paul Mitchell, Ralph Mitchell, Larry Cunningham and Charles Clark.
James Mitchell, the brother of Paul, took part in forming The Floaters. The group's only major hit song was "Float On" in 1977. The song hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart, in New Zealand and the United States' R&amp;B chart. It was #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Two other songs that followed didn't do as well.
"Float On" was covered by other music groups. Those include Full Force and Stetsasonic. It was also sampled for other songs, including the MC ADE song "Romantic Rhyme" in 1987 and "Float On" from the Dream Warriors in 1996.
Larry Cunningham (born June 23, 1951) died on January 10, 2019 at age 67.
The group broke up in 1982.