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((Short description|British soul and funk band))
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((Infobox musical artist
| name            = Imagination
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| landscape       = yes
| caption         = Imagination & others (1984)
| origin          = [[London]], England
| genre           = ((hlist|[[Post-disco]]<ref>((cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= U.K.'s Leee John Branches Out into Song writing, Producing |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 14 February 1998 |page= 24 |volume= 110 |issue= 7 |quote= the U.K.-rooted John is best known to dance enthusiasts as the leader of famed post-disco trio Imagination |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5A0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22post-disco%22&pg=PA24 |issn= 0006-2510))</ref>|[[funk]]<ref>((cite book|first= Colin |last= Larkin |author-link= Colin Larkin (writer) |title= [[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |year= 2011 |edition= 5th |publisher= [[Music Sales Group|Omnibus Press]] |chapter= Imagination |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=%22imagination%22&pg=PA240 |isbn= 978-0-85712-595-8))</ref>|[[Soul music|soul]]<ref>((cite web|title= Imagination's Flashback Set Pus New Songs |publisher= SongLink International |url= http://www.songlink.com/news20130903-imaginations-flashback-set-plus-new-songs.html |date=3 September 2013 |access-date= 8 June 2014))</ref>))
| years_active    = 1981–1992
| label           = ((hlist|[[R&B Records|R&B]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]))
| associated_acts = [[Central Line (band)|Central Line]]
| website         = ((url|imaginationband.com))
| past_members    = ((ubl|[[Leee John]]|Ashley Ingram|[[Errol Kennedy]]))
))

'''Imagination''' were an English trio, who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They had [[Hit record|hits]] in 28 countries, earning four [[Music recording sales certification|platinum discs]], nine [[Music recording sales certification|gold discs]], and more than a dozen [[Music recording sales certification|silver discs]] around the world between 1981 and 1983.<ref>((cite magazine|first= Pete |last= Lewis |title= Imagination: Flash Forward |magazine= [[Blues & Soul]] |issue= 1094 |date= 8 November 2019 |access-date= 9 May 2020 |url= http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/875/imagination_flash_forward/))</ref>

==History==
===Background===
Singer/keyboardist [[Leee John]] (born 23 June 1957, [[Metropolitan Borough of Hackney|Hackney, London]]) was working as a backing vocalist for [[the Delfonics]], [[Chairmen of the Board]], [[the Velvelettes]] and [[the Elgins]]<ref name="AM">((cite web|first= Andy |last= Kellman |title= Imagination – Artist Biography |publisher= [[AllMusic]]. [[All Media Network]] |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/imagination-mn0000078255/biography |access-date= 3 March 2009))</ref> when he met Ashley Ingram, a guitarist/bassist (born 27 November 1960, [[Northampton]]). John and Ingram formed a songwriting partnership, resolving to start their own "slinky, sexy, and erotic" group, working in a short-lived band called Fizzz. While they were auditioning for another short-lived band, Midnight Express, they met drummer [[Errol Kennedy]] (born 9 June 1953, [[Montego Bay]], [[Jamaica]]), who at a very young age had learned to drum in the [[Boys' Brigade]] and [[Air Training Corps]]. Kennedy was a member of the London-based soul-funk band TFB (Typical Funk Band), later known as [[Central Line (band)|Central Line]], prior to co-founding Midnight Express.

===Career===
Formed in early 1981,<ref name="AM"/> the trio took a demo tape of a track called "[[Body Talk (Imagination song)|Body Talk]]" to producers [[Jolley & Swain]]. It was released as a single in April 1981 under the group name "Imagination", which the group chose as a tribute to [[John Lennon]].<ref>((Cite web |date=2013-10-15 |title=Not Just An Illusion ((!)) Leee John Interview |website=Polarimagazine.com |url=http://www.polarimagazine.com/interviews/just-illusion-interview-leee-john/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |language=en-GB))</ref> The track reached number 4 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in July 1981, selling 250,000 copies in the UK and spending 18 weeks in the Top 50. They had two more [[hit single]]s that year, "In and Out of Love" (September 1981) and "Flashback" (November 1981), both of which peaked at number 16, all from their debut album, also called ''[[Body Talk (Imagination album)|Body Talk]]''.

Their biggest hit, "[[Just an Illusion]]", peaked at number two in March 1982 ("Just an Illusion" would later be used as the end title song to the 1986 film, ''[[F/X]]''), followed by "Music and Lights" (number five in June), "In the Heat of the Night" (number 22 in September, also the name of their second album), and "[[Changes (Imagination song)|Changes]]" (number 31 in December).<ref name="UK">((cite book|first= David |last= Roberts |year= 2006 |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |edition= 19th |publisher= [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Records Limited]] |location= London |page= 267 |isbn= 1-904994-10-5))</ref> This was accompanied by a sell-out [[concert tour]] of Europe, with 22 dates in the UK. The trio frequently appeared on [[BBC Television]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', and other pop music television programmes, with a distinctive [[Exotic dancer|exotic]] style, reminiscent of [[Roman Senate|Roman senators]], [[harem]] orderlies and [[Slavery|slaves]]. John made a guest appearance on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in 1983. They were also known for their esoteric album [[Liner notes|sleeve notes]].

Following this, the success of the group in the UK waned, but they continued to perform, tour and record.<ref name="AM"/> In 1987, they were signed to [[RCA Records]], but by the end of that year Ingram and Kennedy left the band. John with new members, Nat Augustin and Peter Royer, continued and recorded a last album, ''The Fascination of the Physical'', in 1992. The band split up the same year.

John went back to acting, but re-surfaced as a singer in the reality television show ''[[Reborn in the USA]]''. Ingram also enjoyed success as a songwriter for [[Des'ree]].

==Discography==
((Main|Imagination discography))
*''[[Body Talk (Imagination album)|Body Talk]]'' (1981)
*''[[In the Heat of the Night (Imagination album)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1982)
*''[[Scandalous (Imagination album)|Scandalous]]'' <small>(US: ''New Dimension'')</small> (1983)
*''Trilogy'' (1986)
*''Closer'' (1987)
*''The Fascination of the Physical'' (1992)
*''Retropia'' (2016)

==See also==
*[[List of Billboard number-one dance hits]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/imagination-mn0000078255/biography Biography at AllMusic]
*[http://www.leeejohn.com/ Imagination featuring Leee John]
*[http://www.imaginationband.com/ Imagination featuring Errol Kennedy]
*[http://www.myaism.com/ Ashley Ingram Sound and Music Productions]

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