Dance Funk Flashcards
Groups that exploited black funk music for sales
KC & Sunshine Band, Brick, BT Express
Bass player & plucking style of The Brothers Johnson
Louis Johnson, smooth plucking pass style
The song riff that was used for Rapper’s Delight was from ___
Good Times (Chic)
The most successful soul bands (6)
1) The Brothers Johnson
2) Heatwave
3) L.T.D.
4) Maze
5) Rose Royce
6) Michael Jackson
“Th epitome of the well-travelled & well-oiled funky soul band was_”
Frankie Beverly & Maze (from Philadelphia)
Group Marvin Gaye was fond of & booked, with laid-back California rock & earnest soulful voice
Maze
Maze backup singers & percussionists
Roame Lowery and Mckinley Williams
___’s first 5 albums went gold
Maze
Norman Whitfield found success with _____ in Car Wash , as he did with ___
Rose Royce, The temptations
By concentrating on___, Whitfield gave up on his black rock project, the Undisputed Truth
Rose Royce
__ brought all the hip elements of black music together on his quickly-jones produced LP
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson used Heatwave songwriter ___, ex-beatle, ___, bass player __ of the Brothers Johnson
Rod Temperton, Paul McCartney, Louis Johnson
1978 was th era of “Super Groups” such as
EW&F, Isley Bros, Commodores, Rufus & P-Funk
The ___ Tours in 1977 gave the most exposure to funk bands Cameo, Slave, Rick James, Bootsy’s Rubber Band & Bar-Kays
P-Funk Earth Tours
Singer for the Commodores
Lionel Richie