Five Stairsteps

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Five Stairsteps
The Five Stairsteps in 1966
Background information
Also known as	The Five Stairsteps & Cubie; The Stairsteps; The Invisible Man's Band
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Chicago soul soul psychedelic soul funk disco
Years active	1965–1976 1978–1983 (as the IMB)
Labels	Cameo-Parkway Buddah Mango Dark Horse
Past members	Clarence Burke Sr. Alohe Burke Clarence Burke Jr. James Burke Charles Bryant Dennis Burke Kenneth "Keni" Burke Cubie Burke Dean Gant

The Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul" and later "The Invisible Man's Band",^[1] were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth "Keni", and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the 1970 song "O-o-h Child", listed at number 402 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.