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Soon after its release, the band switched to RCA. That year they had their final charting album, Wild and Free. The Dazz Band switched labels to Geffen in 1986. While they never reached those heights again, the Dazz Band had a string of six consecutive Top 100 albums that ran until 1986 during that time, they scored two other Top 100 singles, "Joystick" and "Let It All Blow." In 1985, Fearman and Frederick left the band they were replaced by Marlon McClain and Keith Harrison, respectively. "Let It Whip," taken from their second album Keep It Live (1982), reached number five and won a Grammy Award for Best Performance by an R&B Vocal Duo or Group. ‘Let It Whip’ was Dazz Band’s biggest US hit. Once the group veered away from the more melodic, pop-oriented dance music that dominated their debut and started playing a tougher, more groove-oriented funk, the Dazz Band began racking up the hits. Invitation to Love, the band's first release for the record label, was released in 1980. Let It Whip Shake What You Got Joystick Let it Whip Magnetized Tryin' to Get My Groove On Party Right Here Keep It Live (On the K.I.L.) Shake It Up Let It All Blow Invitation to Love I Searched Around Single Girls Hello Girl Dazz Bandz A Make Her Dance - clean (ULTI-reMIX by DJ Volume) Open Sesame Skate Lovers One Time Lover. After Calhoun left they changed their name to the Dazz Band in 1980 and signed to Motown. Under that name, the group had two small hits in the U.S.A. Dazz’s first album for Motown was Invitation to Love (1980), a self-produced set, whose title track, the ballad Invitation to Love, began a string of hits for the band starting in March 1981. Harris and lead songwriter/guitarist Mike Calhoun's concept for the group was "danceable jazz" he shortened the description to "dazz" and called the group Kinsman Dazz. They had their first hit with Shake It Up in 1980. After myriad lineup changes, the end result was an eight-piece band featuring Harris, Skip Martin III, Pierre DeMudd on horns and vocals, guitarist Eric Fearman, bassist Michael Wiley, drummer Isaac Wiley, keyboardist Kevin Frederick, and percussionist Kenny Pettus.
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Bobby Harris formed the group in the late '70s, merging two Cleveland funk bands, Bell Telefunk and Mother Braintree.
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The Cleveland-based Dazz Band was one of the more popular funk groups of the early '80s.