Michael Zager

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Michael Zager (born January 3, 1943, in Passaic, New Jersey) is a disco keyboardist and producer, who has also released singles as the Michael Zager Band. He was a member of Ten Wheel Drive from 1968 to 1973, and has worked with vocalists Whitney Houston, Peabo Bryson and Alvin Fields.

Zager first hit the U.S. disco chart in 1975, when he assembled the studio project Love Childs Afro-Cuban Blues Band, (later shortened to Afro-Cuban Band). His biggest Hot 100 entry was "Let's All Chant" co-written with Alvin Fields (released under the Michael Zager Band name), which was featured in the Faye Dunaway film, "The Eyes of Laura Mars", and reached #36 in 1978. The song went to Number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, along with the track "Love Express" featuring Fields as the co-writer and lead vocalist.

Zager produced the 12-inch disco single "Benihana" for porn star, Marilyn Chambers, on the Roulette Records label. That single hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. To his credit are also compositions co-written with Fields, and productions for Cissy Houston (1977, 1978, 1979) and Ronnie Dyson (1979).

In 1998 and 2000 "Bang Bang", a track originally released in 1975 by the Love Childs Afro-Cuban Blues Band, hit the dance chart twice due to new remixes.