{{Short description|American funk group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Niteflyte | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = United States | genre = {{flat list| *Funk *soul }} | years_active = 1979–1981, 2003 | instrument = | label = Ariola Records | past_members = Howard Johnson<br>Sandy Torano }}
'''Niteflyte''' was an American funk group, whose main members were Howard Johnson and Sandy Torano. They released an album on Ariola Records in 1979, which peaked at #59 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart, and a single, "If You Want It", which hit #37 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits|edition=9th|date=18 July 2012|publisher=Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed|isbn=9780307985125|page=476}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://berlinspectator.com/2019/12/03/sounds-of-1980-the-10-most-wonderful-soul-tunes-of-all-time/|last=Marcus|first=Imanuel|title=Sounds of 1980: The 10 Most Wonderful Soul Tunes of All Time|website=The Berlin Spectator|date=February 2, 2020|accessdate=August 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4y1LAAAAYAAJ|title=Blues & Soul: Issues 435-447|pages=10|date=1985|publisher=Napfield Limited|accessdate=August 11, 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oStLAAAAYAAJ|title=Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 2|pages=10|date=1979|publisher=IPC Specialist & Professional Press|accessdate=August 11, 2020|via=Google Books}}</ref>
A second album followed in 1981 on Ariola, but failed to attain the success they had. After the album's release, the band split and Johnson embarked on a solo career.
==Discography== ===Albums=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |- ! rowspan="2"|Year ! rowspan="2" width="100"|Album ! colspan="1" width="50"|Chart positions |- ! <small>US R&B</small> |- | 1979 | align="left"| ''Niteflyte'' | 59 |- | 1981 | align="left"| ''Niteflyte II'' | — |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="4"| Chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"| US<br><ref name="MVF">{{cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Niteflyte.art|title=Niteflyte Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|website=Music VF|accessdate=August 11, 2020}}</ref> ! width="35"| US<br>R&B<br><ref name="MVF"/> |- | 1979 | align="left"| "If You Want It" | 37 | 21 |- | 1980 | align="left"| "All About Love" | — | 97 |- | rowspan="2"|1981 | align="left"| "You're Breaking My Heart" | — | — |- | align="left"| "You Are" | — | 79 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan="5"| <small>"—" denotes the release failed to chart</small> |}
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==External links== * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/399425-Niteflyte Discogs]
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