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The Ritchie Family was an American vocal group, based in Philadelphia, who achieved several hits during the disco era.

They were originally known as Honey & The Bees. Then they were reformed as a trio with Cheryl Mason-Jacks, Cassandra Wooten, and Gwen Oliver as the new line-up. (Honey and the Bees was a totally different group) Honey and the Bees was managed by Jimmy Bishop, a successful Philadelphia radio personality. He also managed Barbara Mason. After Honey and the Bees disbanded Cheryl Mason-Jacks, Gwendolyn Oliver and myself Cassandra Wooten begin singing with the idea to do background vocals. A few years before Nadine Felder and myself had done background work for Jacque Morali. He called a few years later when he wanted to form a group. By then Gwen, Cheryl and myself were preparing to get session work. Jacque liked our sound and thus the Ritchie Family was born.

Their first hit single, a reworking of the 1930s song "Brazil" reached the Top 20 in the United States in 1975, and the album, also titled Brazil, sold well. The following year they released the album Arabian Nights, and with it the single "The Best Disco In Town". The song was essentially a medley of recent disco songs linked together with an original chorus and it became a worldwide hit.