The Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul", were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth "Keni", and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the 1970 song Ooh Child, listed #392 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. History The Chicago group was dubbed "First Family of Soul" because of their successful five-year chart run; the moniker was later passed on to the Jackson 5.

Five Stairsteps in the news

	Paul Stanley's Soul Station Releases "I, Oh I," First Original Track From Forthcoming Album (05/03/2021)
	Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer Paul Stanley Releases First Full-Length Soul Station Album (15/01/2021)
	Out Today: The First-Ever Vinyl Release Of Daryl Hall & John Oates' Top 5 Charting LP, 'Our Kind Of Soul' (14/02/2020)
	Every Soul's A Star On New Dave Keller CD, Due From Catfood Records On October 19, 2018 (12/09/2018)
	Hollywood Records And Marvel Set To Release Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Deluxe Soundtrack, Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 1 And Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Digital Score Soundtrack (10/07/2014)
	Mutiny "Funk Road" From Former Parliament Funkadelic, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey (08/08/2013)
	Collectors' Choice To Reissue ABKCO's Cameo-parkway Classics By Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker, Clint Eastwood, The Orlons And Terry Knight & The Pack (22/04/2010)
	Legendary performers Michael McDonald and Daryl Hall & John Oates co-headline 'Rock N Soul' Revue Tour (25/10/2004)