Dance Funk

Question 1

Groups that exploited black funk music for sales

Answer 1

KC & Sunshine Band, Brick, BT Express

Question 2

Bass player & plucking style of The Brothers Johnson

Answer 2

Louis Johnson, smooth plucking pass style

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Good Times (Chic)

Question 4

The most successful soul bands (6)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Frankie Beverly & Maze (from Philadelphia)

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Maze

Question 7

Maze backup singers & percussionists

Answer 7

Roame Lowery and Mckinley Williams

Question 8

___’s first 5 albums went gold

Answer 8

Maze

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Rose Royce, The temptations

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Rose Royce

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Michael Jackson

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Rod Temperton, Paul McCartney, Louis Johnson

Question 13

1978 was th era of “Super Groups” such as

Answer 13

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

Question 14

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

Answer 14

P-Funk Earth Tours

Question 15

Singer for the Commodores

Answer 15

Lionel Richie

Question 16

Cameo was from

Answer 16

New York

Question 17

Slave, Sun and Lakeside were from

Answer 17

Dayton, Ohio

Question 18

Con Funk Shun was from

Answer 18

Vallejo, California

Question 19

The Bar Kays were from

Answer 19

Memphis

Question 20

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

Answer 20

P-Funk

Question 21

Cameo drummer ____ was a musical leader from _ &

Answer 21

Harlem