C.J. & Co.

Best known for its number two R&B hit "The Devil's Gun," C.J. & Co. was a short-lived vocal group that combined disco with Detroit soul. The quintet was assembled in the Motor City by guitarist Dennis Coffey, who was among Detroit's busiest R&B session players of the 1960s and 1970s. Coffey formed C.J. & Co. in 1977, uniting three male singers (Cornelius Brown Jr., Curtis Durden, and Charles Clark) with two female singers (Joni Tolbert and Connie Durden). That year, C.J. & Co. signed with Westbound and recorded their debut album, which was also titled The Devil's Gun and was p...