Banks & Hampton - Caught In The Act (Of Gettin' It On)

Homer Banks and Carl Hampton met at Stax in the late 1960's and formed a writing and production partnership that would result in classics such as If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right, and the Soul Children's entire Friction album. Banks had recorded solo for Minit in the 60's, and was writing hits for Johnnie Taylor and The Staple Singers, as part of We Three with Bettye Crutcher and Raymond Jackson, before meeting Hampton. The duo signed to Warner Bros. after Stax went under in 1975 and released two 45s before releasing the Passport To Ecstasy album in 1977. Caught In The Act was the first of these 45s and has the better known Make Due With Whatcha Got on the flip, but - of course - the ballad side is by far the best... Banks died in 2003 from cancer, aged 61.