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          Chocolate Milk (band)  

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          Chocolate Milk is a former Americanfunk and soul band from New Orleans, Louisiana, active in the 1970s and early 1980s.

          Biography

          Chocolate Milk was formed in 1974 in New Orleans, LA after the emergence of the bands Kool & the Gang and Earth, Wind & Fire.

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          5. The eight-piece band included lead singer Frank Richard, Saxophonist Amadee Castenell, Trumpter Joseph Fox, Guitarist Mario Tio, Bassist Earnest Dabon, Pianist Robert Dabon and Drummist Dewight Richards. The band also worked as the studio band for songwriter and producerAllen Toussaint, following the tenure of The Meters as Toussaint's band.

          Chocolate Milk backed Toussaint as a live band and on his album New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (1976), and also recorded with Paul McCartney. The band then signed with RCA Records.

          Their first of eight albums released on RCA was Action Speaks Louder Than