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Funkytown. " Funkytown " is a song by American disco - funk group Lipps Inc., written and produced by Steven Greenberg and released by Casablanca Records in March 1980 as the second single from the group's 1979 debut studio album Mouth to Mouth. The track was met with immediate commercial success, reaching number one on various record charts in ...
Commodores, often billed as The Commodores, is an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972 ...
Play That Funky Music. " Play That Funky Music " is a song written by Rob Parissi and recorded by the band Wild Cherry. The single was the first released by the Cleveland -based Sweet City record label in April 1976 and distributed by Epic Records. [4] The performers on the recording included lead singer Parissi, electric guitarist Bryan ...
Funkadelic was an American funk rock [1] band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton 's P-Funk collective, they helped pioneer the funk music culture of the 1970s. [1][5] Funkadelic initially formed as a backing band for Clinton's vocal group the Parliaments (later the ...
Brick is an American band that created a successful merger of funk and jazz in the 1970s. Their most popular single was " Dazz ", (#3 U.S. Pop , #1 U.S. R&B , #36 UK Singles Chart [ 1 ] ) which was released in 1976.
Ohio Players are an American funk band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster", and for their erotic album covers that featured nude or nearly nude women. Many of the women were models featured in Playboy.
Fire (Ohio Players song) " Fire " is a song by R&B/funk band Ohio Players. It was the opening track from the album of the same name and hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1975. [3] It spent two weeks atop the soul chart. "Fire" was the Ohio Players' only entry on the new disco/dance chart, where it ...
Le Freak. " Le Freak " is a 1978 funk-disco song by American R&B band Chic. It was the band's third single and first Billboard Hot 100 and R&B number-one hit song. [2][3] Along with the tracks "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. [4]