{{Short description|Bahamian band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = T-Connection | origin = Nassau, the Bahamas | genre = Funk, disco | years_active = 1975–1984 | label = Capitol Records, TK Records | past_members = Monty Brown<br>Theophilus "T" Coakley<br>Kirkwood Coakley<br>David Mackey<br>Anthony Flowers<br>Berkley Van Byrd }}
'''T-Connection''' was a funk and disco group from Nassau, the Bahamas, who scored two hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five Top 10 hits, including "Do What You Wanna Do", which reached #1, and "Everything Is Cool", which peaked at #10 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/t-connection-mn0000004553/biography|title=Artist Biography|first=Andy|last=Kellman |website=AllMusic|accessdate=2010-05-10}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, they scored five entries in the UK Singles Chart, with "Do What You Wanna Do" their highest placed success at #11.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|location=London|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=545}}</ref>
Their track "Groove to Get Down" has been heavily sampled due to its inclusion on the 1986 ''Ultimate Breaks and Beats'' series.
Group members included the brothers Theophilus "T" and Kirkwood Coakley, plus guitarists David Mackey and Monty Brown and drummer Anthony Flowers.<ref name="AllMusic"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-28|title=T-Connection Fans Facebook page|url=https://m.facebook.com/thetconnection/photos/a.10157390651783464/10158049794013464/|access-date=2022-01-05|website=Facebook}}</ref>
Calvin Harris has stated that "Do What You Wanna Do" was a formative influence on him when he was beginning to produce music at a young age <ref> Calvin Harris speaks to Dave Pearce https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p010z439 </ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Magic'' (TK Records, 1977) * ''On Fire'' (TK Records, 1978) * ''T-Connection'' (TK Records, 1978) * ''Totally Connected'' (TK Records, 1980) * ''Everything Is Cool'' (Capitol, 1981) * ''Pure & Natural'' (Capitol, 1982) * ''The Game of Life'' (Capitol, 1983) * ''Take It to the Limit'' (Capitol, 1984)
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Single ! scope="col" colspan="4"|Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:45px;"|<small>US Dance</small><br><ref name="VF">{{cite web|title=T-Connection Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography |url=https://www.musicvf.com/T-Connection.art|website=Music VF|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> ! style="width:45px;"|<small>US R&B</small><br><ref name="VF"/> ! style="width:45px;"|<small>US Pop</small><br><ref name="VF"/> ! style="width:45px;"|<small>UK</small><br><ref name="UK">{{cite web|title=T-CONNECTION - full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16303/t-connection/|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> |- | rowspan="1"| 1976 | "Disco Magic" | align=center | 10 | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | rowspan="3"| 1977 | "Do What You Wanna Do" | align=center | 1 | align=center | 15 | align=center | 46 | align=center | 11 |- | "On Fire" | align=center | 5 | align=center | 27 | align=center | 103 | align=center | 16 |- | "Let Yourself Go" | align=center | 7 | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | 52 |- | rowspan="1"| 1978 | "At Midnight" | align=center | 3 | align=center | 32 | align=center | 56 | align=center | 53 |- | rowspan="5"| 1979 | "Saturday Night" | align=center | ― | align=center | 28 | align=center | — | align=center | 41 |- | "Ecstasy" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | "Let's Do It Today" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | "Choosing" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | "That's Love" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | rowspan="3"| 1981 | "Groove City" | align=center | ― | align=center | 47 | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | "Everything Is Cool" | align=center | ― | align=center | 10 | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | "A Little More Love" | align=center | ― | align=center | 37 | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | rowspan="2"| 1982 | "Party Night" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | "Girl Watching" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | rowspan="1"| 1983 | "Love Odyssey" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | rowspan="2"| 1984 | "You Can Feel the Groove" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | "Take It to the Limit" | align=center | ― | align=center | 73 | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}
==See also== *List of Billboard number-one dance club songs *List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs artist}}
{{Authority control}} Category:Disco groups Category:Bahamian musical groups