Syl Johnson (1936)




















Genres :
R&B,Soul,Blues
Years active : 1959–present


ALBUMS :

  • 1968 : Dresses Too Short
  • 1970 : Is It Because I'm Black?
  • 1973 : Back for a Taste of Your Love
  • 1974 : Diamond in the Rough
  • 1975 : Total Explosion
  • 1979 : Uptown Shakedown
  • 1980 : Bring Out The Blues In Me
  • 1982 : Ms. Fine Brown Frame
  • 1983 : Suicide Blues
  • 1988 : Foxy Brown, Volume 1, December 1988 (Shama 8003)
  • 1994 : Back in the Game
  • 1995 : This Time Together by Father and Daughter (Twinight) with Syleena Johnson
  • 1995 : Bridge to a Legacy
  • 1999 : Talkin' About Chicago
  • 2000 : Hands of Time
  • 2002 : Two Johnsons are Better Than One (Evangeline) with Jimmy Johnson
  • 2003 : Straight Up
  • 2013 : Syl Johnson With Melody Whittle, featuring Syleena Johnson


    SINGLES :


  • 1967 : 1.Come On Sock It To Me
              2.Different Strokes
  • 1968 : Dresses Too Short  
  • 1969 : Is It Because I'm Black
  • 1970 : 1.Concrete Reservation
                2.One Way Ticket To Nowhere
  • 1971 :  Get Ready
  • 1972 :  1.The Love You Left Behind
                2.We Did It
  • 1973 :  Back For A Taste Of Your Love
  • 1974 :  1.I'm Yours
                2.Let Yourself Go
                3.I Want To Take You Home (To See Mama)
  • 1975 :  1.Take Me To The River
                2.I Only Have Love
  • 1976 :  1.Star Bright, Star Lite
                2.'Bout To Make Me Leave Home
  • 1977 :  Goodie-Goodie-Good Times
  • 1982 :  Ms. Fine Brown Frame

    Complilations :

  • 2000: The Complete Syl Johnson On Hi Records
  • 2010: Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology
  • 2012: Backbeats Artists Series: Syl Johnson - Mississippi Mainman

    favorite song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JNwqRF32ZI




The Meters (1965–1977,1989-present)



Genres : New Orleans R&B, funk


ALBUMS :

  • 1969 : The Meters
  • 1970 : Look-Ka Py Py
  • 1970 : Struttin'
  • 1972 : Cabbage Alley
  • 1974 :
    1. Rejuvenation
     
        2.Cissy Strut
  • 1975 :
    1.Fire On The Bayou
        2.The Best of The Meters
  • 1976 : Trick Bag (1976), Reprise
  • 1977 : New Directions
  • 1990 : Good Old Funky Music
  • 1991 : Funky Miracle
  • 1992 : Uptown Rulers: The Meters live on the Queen Mary
  • 1993 : Live At The Moonwalke
  • 1994 : Fundamentally Funky
  • 1995 : Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology
  • 2001 : Kickback
  • 2003 :
    1.Fiyo at the Fillmore,
    Vol.1,Too Funky - as The Funky Meters
    2.Zony Mash

favorite song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_iC0MyIykM

Cymande (1971-2006)

Genres : Funk, Reggae, Soul, African music
ALBUMS :

  • 1972 - Cymande
  • 1973 - Second Time Round
  • 1974 - Promised Heights
  • 1981 - Arrival
  • 1999 - The Message (compilation)
  • 2000 - The Soul of Rasta (compilation)
  • 2003 - The Best of Cymande (compilation)
  • 2003 - Nyah-Rock (compilation)
  • 2004 - Renegades of Funk (best of anthology)
  • 2007 - Promised Heights (reissue compilation)


Baby Huey (1944-1970)




















Genres
: Funk,R&B,Soul,Rock
Years active
: 1963–1970


ALBUMS :

  • 1971 : The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend

SINGLES :

  • 1962 : Listen to Me

COMPILATIONS :

  • Hard Times (on Shaolin Soul)
  • Listen to Me (on Kurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap, Vol. 1: The Genesis)

favorite song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMIzTh0Lafg


Dyke and the Blazers (1965–1971)




















Genres
: R&B, Funk

SINGLES :

                  1967 : 1.Funky Broadway-Part 1
                             2.So Sharp
                  1968 : Funky Walk Part 1 (East)
                  1969 : 1.We Got More Soul
                             2.Let a Woman Be a Woman
                  1970 : 1. Uhh                            
                             2.You Are My Sunshine
                             3.Runaway People

ALBUMS :

  • Funky Broadway (1966)
  • Dyke & The Blazers Greatest Hits (1968 compilation)
  • So Sharp (1983 compilation)
  • The Funky Broadway (1999 compilation)
  • We Got More Soul (2007 compilation)

    favorite song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_moB85G7xI














Sly and The Family Stone (1967–1975)















Genres : Rock,Funk,Soul,Psychedelic Soul,Rhythm and blues

ALBUMS :
  • 1967: A Whole New Thing
  • 1968: Dance to the Music
  • 1968: Life
  • 1969: Stand!
  • 1971: There's a Riot Goin' On
  • 1973: Fresh
  • 1974: Small Talk
  • 1975: High on You
  • 1976: Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back
  • 1979: Back on the Right Track
  • 1983: Ain't But the One Way

    favorite song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDjnB_61k58

Betty Davis (1945)



















Genres
: Funk,Funk Rock,R&B,Soul music
Years active :
1960s–1979


ALBUMS :
  • 1973 : Betty Davis
  • 1974: They Say I'm Different
  • 1975 : Nasty Gal
  • 2009 : Is It Love or Desire?

SINGLES :


  • 1964 : Get Ready for Betty/I'm Gonna Get My Baby Back
  • 1968 : It's My Life/Live, Love, Learn
  • 1973 : 1.If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up/ Steppin in Her I. Miller Shoes
             
    2.Ooh Yea/In the Meantime
  • 1974 : 1.Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him" / "He Was a Big Freak
              2.Git in There/They Say I'm Different
  • 1975 : Shut Off the Lights/He Was a Big Freak

favorite song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKBnR_8LIM