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American R&B and funk band

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Tower of power lead singer dies

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Tower of power 1970s

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For the band's namesake album, see Tower of Power (album). For other uses, see Tower of Power (disambiguation).

Tower of Power is an American R&B and funk based band and horn section, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing since 1968.^[1] The band has had a number of lead vocalists, the best-known being Lenny Williams, who fronted the band between early 1973 and late 1974, the period of their greatest commercial success.

They have had eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100;^[2] their highest-charting songs include "You're Still a Young Man", "So Very Hard to Go", "What Is Hip?", and "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)".^[3][4]

History

In the summer of 1968, tenor saxophonist/vocalist Emilio Castillo met Stephen "Doc" Kupka, who played baritone sax.

Castillo had played in several bands, and hired Kupka after a home auditi