The Five Stairsteps band was a group formed by 5 children of Chicago Police Detective Clarence Burke Sr. and his wife Betty Burke

The Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul",^[1] were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Chicago Police Detective Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth "Keni", and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the 1970 song "O-o-h Child", listed #392 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.