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George Edward Clinton [6] (born July 22, 1941 [7]) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. [8] His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on Afrofuturism, outlandish fashion, psychedelia, and surreal humor. [9]
Funk music was also exported to Africa, ... Artists include Vicky "D", Komiko, Peech Boys, Kashif, and later Evelyn King. Electro funk Electro funk is a hybrid of ...
This is a list of funk music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the funk genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such ...
Eddie Murphy will reteam with “Dreamgirls” director Bill Condon for a new film based on P-Funk founder George Clinton’s memoir. […]
“Funk Generation” is made for late nights on the dance floor, not mainstream radio: “Lose Ya Breath” is all heavy sighs, cheery chants and nylon string guitars; “Funk Rave” is an ...
By 1967, Brown's emerging sound began to be defined as funk music. That year he released what some critics cited as the first true funk song, "Cold Sweat", which hit number-one on the R&B chart (Top 10 Pop) and became one of his first recordings to contain a drum break and also the first that featured a harmony that was reduced to a single chord.
[5] [6] In the 1930s and 1940s, as jazz and swing music were gaining popularity, it was the more commercially successful white artists Paul Whiteman and Benny Goodman who became known as "the King of Jazz" and "the King of Swing" respectively, despite there being more highly regarded contemporary African-American artists. [7]
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), [1] better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː k ə ˈ k ɑː n / SHAH-kə KAHN), [2] is an American singer. [3] Known as the "Queen of Funk", [4] her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus.