[2] They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, the Spinners, Wilson Pickett, and Billy Paul.
The line-up of musicians included Karl Chambers, Earl Young, and Norman Fearrington on drums; Norman Harris, Roland Chambers, Bobby Eli, and T. J. Tindall on guitar; Winnie Wilford and Ronnie Baker on bass; Vincent Montana Jr. on vibes, timpani, orchestra bells, chimes, percussion, arrangements and conductor, and Larry Washington on congas and bongos, Harold Ivory Williams Jr. Jr. on keyboards, plus Leon Huff and Thom Bell on keyboards and Don Renaldo on strings and horns featuring Rocco Bene on trumpet.
[citation needed] MFSB's disco sound first hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts as the backing band for the O'Jays' "Love Train" in March 1973.
The lineup included himself on drums, Jimmy Williams and Stacey McGee on bass,|Dennis Harris and Barton French on guitars, Carla Benson and Michael Clark on vocals.
In October 2004, the song appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on funk radio station, Bounce FM.
[citation needed] For decades, MFSB's "My Mood" has been the closing theme music for the Friday 6 p.m. news on WRC-TV, NBC's owned-and-operated television station in Washington, D.C.
Longtime WRC-TV anchor Jim Vance said the theme was chosen to help soothe viewers after a week of particularly difficult news but also gave the station a chance to acknowledge the staff responsible for gathering it.
[8][9] MFSB's "TLC" (Tender Lovin' Care) was used for decades as the closing credits theme for the Washington, DC, version of the It's Academic quiz show recorded at WRC-TV.