Produced by
Howie Casey
(
KC
) and
Rick Finch
who also wrote the eight tracks, the session players are the same guys who play on
KC & the Sunshine Band
's records, which makes
Dance Across the Floor
essentially a
album with a superior vocalist. Not your typical soul singer,
Jimmy "Bo" Horne
's parents are educators, and he has a degree in Sociology. He also had a good voice, which he used to good effect on earlier singles, but he got typecast with this album as a disco artist.
"Dance Across the Floor"
was obviously influenced by
B.T. Express
' number one hit
"Do It Til You're Satisfied,"
the two grooves are very similar. It became his biggest seller, cracking the R&B Top 10 at number eight, and entering the Pop Top 40 at number 38; it went gold internationally. Its successor,
"Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover),"
didn't do as well, only reaching number 60 R&B, no Pop action at all. The rest of the album contains earlier singles. The assuring
"Don't Worry About It,"
a 1975 release that didn't chart, has a mature lyric for
Casey
and
Finch
, and gives
Horne
space to exercise his vocal chords.
"Gimme Some,"
also a 1975 release, achieved Gold status in Canada and Europe.
"Get Happy,"
another upbeat ditty, went to number 46 R&B in 1977. A prolific artist,
Bo Horne
released more than 25 singles for
Henry Stone
's
T.K. Enterprises
commencing in 1967 on
Dade Records
. ~ Andrew Hamilton