I just got a bunch more funk records by the Bar-Kays, The Ohio Players, and others that I luckily found in trash can-so if they're good, I'll keep you informed. Jazz, Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, R&B, Latin, Brazil, African, World Music, Avant. Higher Ground is one of Wonder’s most well-crafted and well-known songs. Using the clavinet, such as he did in Superstition, to form a very strong funk base for this song.

Louis Johnson was of the first bassists to integrate slap bass playing thus earning his nickname 'Thunder Thumbs' What's Going On (1971) See also Let's Get It On, Here My Dear, I Want You and In Our Lifetime (from 81 but one of his best albums) See also Let's Get It On, Here My Dear, I Want You and In Our Lifetime (from 81 but one of his best albums) 6. Stevie made the top of this list and once again is making the list with a power funk track called Higher Ground. Ill feature some vintage funk and soul from the decade that brought us Sly &. The Top 100 Soul & Funk Albums of 1970 1.The Temptations 2.Jackson 5 3.Jackson 5 4.Isaac Hayes 5.The Temptations 6.Diana Ross 7.Les McCann & Eddie Harris. Billboard ranked it as the number 12 song of 1974. From Kool and the Gang's fourth album, Wild and Peaceful in 1973, 'Jungle Boogie' was the band's breakthrough hit, reaching number two on the Billboard R&B chart, and number four on the Hot 100. one of my TOP picks: Look Out for #1 by The Brothers Johnson So for this installment, the Time Machine makes a stop in the 70s. 1973 - 'Jungle Boogie' by Kool and the Gang. It was a decade of political turmoil around the world, but also one of incredible. the Last, My Everything by Barry White, Back Stabbers by The OJays. Great clavinet work, absolutely beautiful and sprawling funky soul songs, and you never get tired of Stevie's groove-filled drummingĦ. For many soul music lovers, the Golden Age of Soul Music was in the 1970s. Soul Superstars of the 70s features 170 of the best soul hits in one 11 CD. speaking of Stevie Music of My Mind by Stevie Wonder, 1972 Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes, 1969įunky, orchestral, and also has some good coversĬhaka Kahn's original funk band, Stevie wrote their hit 'Tell Me Something Good', and Chaka can sing!ĥ. really love Zoom ('i wanna fly away from here') and the song 'Funky Situation'ģ. the Placebo Syndrome by Parliament, 1977įeatures the hit Flashlight, great album for parties, super funky Bernie Worrell rocks his keyboard so hard, and you really get down on Bootsy's tone on this album. before writing his last and greatest song A Change is Gonna Come in 1964. Plenty! but I'll start with whats on the top of my head:ġ. Soul music is a genre of African American popular music that led to many later.

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