B. B. & Q. band

B. B. & Q. Band
Origin	Bologna, Italy New York, United States
Genres	Post-disco, funk
Years active	1979–1987
Labels	Capitol Records Elektra Records
Associated acts	Change
Past members	Chieli Minucci Curtis Hairston Kevin Nance Kevin Robinson Mauro Malavasi Paolo Gianolio Paris Ford Terry Silverlight Timmy Allen Tony Bridges

The B. B. & Q. Band discography
Studio albums	4
Compilation albums	3
Singles	12

B. B. & Q. Band (which stands for the Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens Band), was an American post-disco/funk band, which formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1987.

The B. B. & Q. Band was a studio concept created in 1979 by the businessman Jacques Fred Petrus. After the success with Change in 1980, and also with Macho and the Peter Jacques band in the late 1970s, Petrus and his close co-worker Italian Mauro Malavasi decided to launch a new project, named after the three boroughs in New York that the band members came from. Fred Petrus pulled several musicians together of which New York session bassist Paris Ford(credited as Peewee Ford) and his musicians became the band.

The self-titled debut album on Capitol provided several melodies of which Malavasi wrote all except one. The biggest hit single "On the Beat", which reached #8 on the US Billboard Black Singles chart. Also "Time for Love" (#72 on the same chart) mixed a melody with vocals by the lead singer, Ike Floyd.

After the debut Petrus invited guitarist Kevin Robinson, a former member of the band Kinky Fox that he had met already in 1980, to take over to lead the band. The new line-up included Chielli Minucci, Kevin Nance, and Tony Bridges and for the first time B. B. & Q. band had a more defined role as a band.

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