Dance Funk Flashcards

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Groups that exploited black funk music for sales

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KC & Sunshine Band, Brick, BT Express

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Bass player & plucking style of The Brothers Johnson

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Louis Johnson, smooth plucking pass style

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The song riff that was used for Rapper’s Delight was from ___

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Good Times (Chic)

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4
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The most successful soul bands (6)

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1) The Brothers Johnson
2) Heatwave
3) L.T.D.
4) Maze
5) Rose Royce
6) Michael Jackson

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“Th epitome of the well-travelled & well-oiled funky soul band was_”

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Frankie Beverly & Maze (from Philadelphia)

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Group Marvin Gaye was fond of & booked, with laid-back California rock & earnest soulful voice

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Maze

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Maze backup singers & percussionists

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Roame Lowery and Mckinley Williams

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___’s first 5 albums went gold

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Maze

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Norman Whitfield found success with _____ in Car Wash , as he did with ___

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Rose Royce, The temptations

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By concentrating on___, Whitfield gave up on his black rock project, the Undisputed Truth

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Rose Royce

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__ brought all the hip elements of black music together on his quickly-jones produced LP

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Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson used Heatwave songwriter ___, ex-beatle, ___, bass player __ of the Brothers Johnson

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Rod Temperton, Paul McCartney, Louis Johnson

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1978 was th era of “Super Groups” such as

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EW&F, Isley Bros, Commodores, Rufus & P-Funk

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The ___ Tours in 1977 gave the most exposure to funk bands Cameo, Slave, Rick James, Bootsy’s Rubber Band & Bar-Kays

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P-Funk Earth Tours

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Singer for the Commodores

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Lionel Richie

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Cameo was from

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New York

17
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Slave, Sun and Lakeside were from

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Dayton, Ohio

18
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Con Funk Shun was from

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Vallejo, California

19
Q

The Bar Kays were from

A

Memphis

20
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___ had wide influence & gravitated toward dense funk tracks that were the foundation. For outer-space concepts & outrageous characters

A

P-Funk

21
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Cameo drummer ____ was a musical leader from _ &

A

Harlem