The Olympic Runners were a 1970s British funk band, put together by record producer Mike Vernon who also played percussion, and fronted by singer George Chandler.
The musicians included keyboard player and vocalist Pete Wingfield, singer George Chandler, guitarist Joe Jammer, bassist DeLisle Harper, and drummer Glen LeFleur,[1] of whom Chandler, Harper and LeFleur were also members of jazz-funk band Gonzalez.
Vernon then sold the track, "Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is", credited to the Olympic Runners, to London Records in New York City, and in 1974 it became a hit on the US R&B Chart, reaching no.
[4] In 1979 they also performed the theme tune for the film The Bitch, starring Joan Collins,[1] which gave them a third UK top 40 hit.
Vernon and Wingfield later joined Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, and the other band members continued as session musicians.