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The O'Jays (they took their name from that of their manager, Eddie O'Jay) formed in 1958 in Canton, Ohio, as The Triumphs. The group members were all students at Canton's McKinley High School. They went through a few name changes before settling on The Mascots, under which they cut several records in 1961... See full bio »

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2013 Justified (TV series)
– Decoy (2013) (writer: "Love Train" - uncredited / performer: "Love Train" - uncredited)
 
2012 Scandal (TV series)
– The Other Woman (2012) ("For The Love Of Money" - uncredited)
 
2011 The Celebrity Apprentice Australia (TV series)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Sporty, Rich & Sexy (2010) (performer: "For the Love of Money" - uncredited)
 
2009 The Firm (performer: "Put Our Heads Together")
 
2009 Nip/Tuck (TV series)
– Ronnie Chase (2009) (performer: "Back Stabbers" - uncredited)
 
2008 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
– Top 18 Results (2008) (performer: "Livin' for the Weekend")
 
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game) ("Give the People What They Want")
 
2007 Saving Grace (TV series)
– Would You Want Me to Tell You? (2007) (performer: "Love Train")
 
2007 Eye See Me (performer: "Family Reunion", "For the Love of Money")
 
2007 Pride (performer: "BACK STABBERS", "I LOVE MUSIC", "LOVE TRAIN")
 
2006 Cold Case (TV series)
– Fireflies (2006) (performer: "Love Train")
 
2006 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series)
– Everybody Hates the Class President (2006) (performer: "Give the People What They Want")
 
2006 The Wire (TV series)
– Alliances (2006) (performer: "Back Stabbers")
 
2005 The Honeymooners (performer: "For the Love of Money")
 
2005/I Hitch (performer: "Love Train" 1972)
 
2004 The Apprentice (TV series)
 
2003 Radio (performer: "Put Your Hands Together" 1973)
 
2003 The Fighting Temptations (performer: "Loves Me Like A Rock", "Down By The Riverside/To Da River", "Come Back Home")
 
2003 History Detectives (TV series documentary)
– Mexican Currency/Pirate Spyglass/Railroad Station (2003) (performer: "For the Love of Money" - uncredited)
 
2002 Undercover Brother (performer: "Love Train")
 
2002 All About the Benjamins (performer: "For the Love of Money" / as O'Jays)
 
2002 The Simpsons (TV series)
– The Bart Wants What It Wants (2002) (performer: "Use ta Be My Girl")
 
1999 Muppets from Space (performer: "Survival")
 
1999 Friends (TV series)
– The One in Vegas: Part 1 (1999) (performer: "For the Love of Money" - uncredited)
 
1998 The Last Days of Disco (performer: "Love Train")
 
1998 Woo (performer: "Money" / as The O-Jays)
 
1995 Dead Presidents (performer: "Love Train")
 
1994 Mixed Nuts (performer: "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?")
 
1994 Above the Rim (performer: "Pour Out a Little Liquor")
 
1993 Carlito's Way (performer: "I Love Music", "Back Stabbers")
 
1993 Poetic Justice (performer: "Family Reunion", "Backstabbers" / as O'Jays)
 
1993 Twenty Bucks (performer: "For the Love of Money")
 
1992 White Men Can't Jump (performer: "CAN YOU COME OUT AND PLAY")
 
1991 Get a Life (TV series)
– Health Inspector 2000 (1991) (performer: "For the Love of Money")
 
1991 The Taking of Beverly Hills (performer: "For The Love Of Money")
 
1991 Young Soul Rebels (performer: "Message In Our Music")
 
1991 Quantum Leap (TV series)
– Private Dancer - October 6, 1979 (1991) (performer: "For the Love of Money" - uncredited)
 
1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (performer: "For the Love of Money")
 
1985 Moonlighting (TV series)
– Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde? (1985) (performer: "For the Love of Money")
 
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar (performer: "Back Stabbers" 1972)
 
1977 The Richard Pryor Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.2 (1977) (performer: "Work on Me")
 
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2008 The Apprentice (TV series) (music: main title - 4 episodes, 2008) (composer: main title music - 3 episodes, 2008)
– Under the Hammer (2008) (music: main title)
– Going Once, Going Twice, You're Fired (2008) (music: main title)
– The Money Shot (2008) (music: main title)
– Window of Opportunity (2008) (composer: main title music)
– The Croc and the Rat (2008) (composer: main title music)
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2011 19th Annual Trumpet Awards (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2010 The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (TV movie)
Themselves
 
2010 VH1 Rock Docs (TV series)
Themselves
– Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America (2010) … Themselves
 
2009 BET Awards 2009 (TV special)
Themselves
 
2009 Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia (TV documentary)
Themselves
 
2006 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Themselves
– Episode dated 14 February 2006 (2006) … Themselves
 
2002 The 16th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Themselves
 
1993 Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (TV special documentary)
Themselves
 
1991 The Full Moon Show (TV series documentary)
Themselves
– The New York Tri-State Link (1991) … Themselves
 
1990 The 17th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Themselves
 
1988 Lou Rawls Presents Black Gold Hits (TV movie)
Themselves
 
1981 The 8th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Themselves
 
1978 Grease Day USA (TV documentary)
Themselves - Performers
 
1974 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Guests
– The Best of Soul Train: 1973-1974 (1974) … Guests
 
1974 Rock Concert (TV series)
Themselves
– Episode #2.1 (1974) … Themselves
 
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2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
 
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They took their name "The O'Jays" from the last name of their manager, Eddie O'Jay. See more »