Philly soul - disco - funk band Formed in 1976, Philadelphia. Fronted by drummer Fat Larry James. Within a decade they released nine albums at labels as WMOT Records, Fantasy, Virgin and Omni Records. Their biggest hits were "Act Like You Know", "Zoom", "Looking For Love". Larry James also played with the The Delfonics and Blue Magic and managed the group Slick. The group folded after the premature death of Larry James in 1987 at age 38.
Fat Larry's Band was an American R&B/funk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which enjoyed some commercial success in the late 1970s and early 1980s.