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Although a string of albums and singles followed, the group managed only one other R\u0026amp;B chart smash, the Slave-produced \"Inside Out\", written by Jesse Rae, which peaked at US #12/UK #3 in 1982. Reynolds, for unknown reasons, left after the first album and was replaced by Fayetteville, North Carolina native William \"Bill\" McEachern, who remained with the group throughout the remainder of its RCA record label output. Tony Reynolds died on February 4, 2010 while residing in his home in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Tony worked as an electrician for the NYC Police Department for over 20 years. He loved music so much that he even formed a band within the Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the United Kingdom, the band with its gentle Caribbean style had more success, totalling five Top Ten hits between 1977 and 1982. One of them, \"Use It Up and Wear It Out\", reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in 1980. Odyssey thus became the third U.S. act of the year (after Fern Kinney and M.A.S.H.) to reach Number one in the UK despite failing to chart in their home country. Later hit \"Going Back to My Roots\" was originally recorded by songwriter Lamont Dozier, who for many years was one third of the legendary Motown writing/production team of Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Odyssey","playStationPath":"/stations/105048609/play","stationId":105048609,"bioPath":"/music/Odyssey/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/LaBelle","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e21/e21d3b62f9c4a0ae441aa72d4d6349ea_md.jpg","artistName":"LaBelle","artistId":4693,"station_id":113635752},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Paul+Young","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8d0/8d01d5681a9f54d05c081978a516d0f9_md.jpg","artistName":"John Paul Young","artistId":7112,"station_id":113536934},{"musicPath":"/music/Tina+Charles","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a2d/a2d85de8cb3ccd962510d72462f663bb_md.jpg","artistName":"Tina Charles","artistId":4598,"station_id":113415716},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Blackbyrds","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/139/13932e1bdd37081fef6c2753801b0ddd_md.jpg","artistName":"The Blackbyrds","artistId":9158,"station_id":113545616},{"musicPath":"/music/Diana+Ross","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1af/1af916d38cce0b191371faeea17627f5_md.jpg","artistName":"Diana Ross","artistId":313,"station_id":113266526},{"musicPath":"/music/Chaka+Khan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a5f/a5f112d5027643edf2c5beb3b7b3a33a_md.jpg","artistName":"Chaka Khan","artistId":255,"station_id":113278529},{"musicPath":"/music/Barry+White","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6df/6dfc98551fe302f367953920d03e34dc_md.jpg","artistName":"Barry White","artistId":134,"station_id":113272236},{"musicPath":"/music/Eddie+Kendricks","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a9c/a9ce320f6841b1455145a62de8f8667e_md.jpg","artistName":"Eddie Kendricks","artistId":3639,"station_id":113317260},{"musicPath":"/music/Slave","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f7c/f7ca57e0542275d64afb77e69d1d0fa5_md.jpg","artistName":"Slave","artistId":73118,"station_id":265425203},{"musicPath":"/music/Indeep","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/97f/97f57ce9f65efbed9d83b31a6b8c1c25_md.jpg","artistName":"Indeep","artistId":4730,"station_id":113561765},{"musicPath":"/music/Freeez","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/344/3447f00d3002d27a7211866f9df2bf47_md.jpg","artistName":"Freeez","artistId":9190,"station_id":114067941},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Jacksons","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2e7/2e7d2e04e32efd232563fd915cc12165_md.jpg","artistName":"The Jacksons","artistId":3512,"station_id":113370974},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Jones+Girls","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a99/a99eeb0010ba628447411bf8c3632247_md.jpg","artistName":"The Jones Girls","artistId":1659,"station_id":113601446},{"musicPath":"/music/Silver+Convention","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2f5/2f5fd7128ad0667ecaf099687672a559_md.jpg","artistName":"Silver Convention","artistId":3599,"station_id":113623010},{"musicPath":"/music/Loose+Ends","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/312/312826fe99953b0ff1ab6576bdc1d18e_md.jpg","artistName":"Loose Ends","artistId":4835,"station_id":113455519},{"musicPath":"/music/Rose+Royce","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/812/812c0a51f2df7675d1c4ccae31492674_md.jpg","artistName":"Rose Royce","artistId":2584,"station_id":113274777},{"musicPath":"/music/People+s+Choice","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/779/779ba2cd5e7621f3a144594bbdae4b5c_md.jpg","artistName":"People's Choice","artistId":3511,"station_id":113613970},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Nolans","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4ce/4ceb9553bc4a80edd8d844cc6cb04286_md.jpg","artistName":"The Nolans","artistId":131218,"station_id":285482978}]}