The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved...
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"The Rockafeller Skank", often referred to as "Funk Soul Brother" by fans,[citation needed] is a song by English big beat musician and DJ Fatboy Slim...
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Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through...
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Motown (redirect from The Motown Sound)
Reeves, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and many of the Funk Brothers studio band, either staying behind in Detroit or leaving the company for...
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The Neville Brothers were an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers...
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recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew...
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Parliament-Funkadelic (redirect from George Clinton & the P.Funk All-Stars)
(abbreviated as P-Funk) is an American music collective of rotating musicians headed by George Clinton, primarily consisting of the funk bands Parliament...
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Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a 2002 American documentary film directed by Paul Justman that recounts the story of the Funk Brothers, the uncredited...
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What's Going On (album) (redirect from What's Happening Brother)
as the Funk Brothers. What's Going On is a concept album with most of its songs segueing into the next and has been categorized as a song cycle. The narrative...
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The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of the American brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder...
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