Funk: The Essential Album

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Blow Your Head
recording of:
Blow Your Head
composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s4:45
2Family Affair
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 57) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 138)
recording of:
Family Affair
lyricist and composer:
Sylvester Stewart
publisher:
Mijac Music
Sly & the Family Stone4.352:59
3Jungle Boogie
producer:
Kool & the Gang
arranger:
Kool & the Gang
recording of:
Jungle Boogie
writer:
Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, Don Boyce, George Brown (US percussionist of Kool & the Gang), Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas (Kool & The Gang) and Ricky West (Kool & The Gang member)
publisher:
Delightful Music Publishing Ltd.
Kool & the Gang3.753:04
4Cold Sweat
partial recording of:
Cold Sweat
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul) and Pee Wee Ellis
James Brown32:52
5Mr. Big Stuff
recording of:
Mr. Big Stuff
writer:
Joseph Broussard, Carrol Washington and Ralph Williams (US soul composer)
publisher:
Caraljo Music Inc., Malaco Music Company and Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI)
Jean Knight2:45
6Express Yourself
producer:
Charles Wright
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2022)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 57)
recording of:
Express Yourself
lyricist and composer:
Charles Wright (in 1970)
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band4.53:51
7Bra
producer:
John Schroeder (English composer, arranger, orchestra leader, record producer, author and A&R chief)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Partisan Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Bra
writer:
Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro (UK), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Cymande55:05
8Freddie's Dead
engineer:
Roger Anfinsen
producer:
Curtis Mayfield
bass guitar:
Joseph Scott (US funk/soul bassist)
drums (drum set):
Morris Jennings
guitar:
Curtis Mayfield and Craig McMullen
percussion:
Master Henry Gibson (Percussionist with Curtis Mayfield, Stan Getz, Ramsey Lewis)
lead vocals:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger and orchestrator:
Johnny Pate
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Curtom Records (in 1972)
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Todd Mayfield Publishing, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Curtom Publishing Co Inc (from 1972 to ????)
recording of:
Freddie’s Dead (William Parker arrangement)
composer:
Curtis Mayfield
arranger:
William Parker (US free jazz double bassist, multi-instrumentalist, poet & composer)
publisher:
Centering Music (publisher for William Parker)
arrangement of:
Freddie’s Dead
Curtis Mayfield55:24
9Get Up and Get Down
recording of:
Get Up & Get Down
composer:
Tony Hester
publisher:
Groovesville Music (publishing) (ended) and EMI Longitude Music
The Dramatics3:11
10Handclapping Song
The Meters2:54
11Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)
producer:
Buddy Killen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dial (60s/70s Nashville) (in 1977)
recording of:
Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)
writer:
Buddy Killen and Bennie Lee McGinty
Joe Tex3:25
12We're Doin' It
Eddie Bo2:51
13I Know You Got Soul
recording of:
I Know You Got Soul
writer:
Charles Bobbitt, Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
Bobby Byrd4:43
14Nobody but You Babe
Clarence Reid52:48
15Slipping Into Darkness
The Ramsey Lewis Trio6:14
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part of:The Essential Album (Manteca, genre specific VA compilations) (order: 3)