Parliament – Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
"Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" is a funk song by Parliament. It was released as a single under the name "Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)". It was the second single to be released from Parliament's 1976 album Mothership Connection...
LTD – (Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
" (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" was a hit song for R&B/funk band L.T.D. Released from their Something to Love album, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the fall of 1977. It would also become their biggest crossover hit,...
The Gap Band – I Don’t Believe You Wanna Get Up And Dance (Oops!)
The Gap Band is an American funk band, who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. Comprising brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson, the band first formed as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band in 1967 in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group...
The Gap Band – Outstanding
The Gap Band is an American funk band, who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. Comprising brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson, the band first formed as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band in 1967 in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group...
The Gap Band – Yearning For Your Love
The Gap Band is an American funk band, who rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. Comprising brothers Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson, the band first formed as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band in 1967 in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group...
Earth Wind & Fire – Reasons
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American R&B and funk band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of...
The Isley Brothers – For The Love Of You
"For The Love Of You" is a quiet storm soul groove by The Isley Brothers, released in 1975 on their T-Neck imprint. Released as the second single off their first No. 1 pop album, The Heat Is On, the song was originally written by brother Rudolph Isley as a poem to his...
The Ohio Players – Skin Tight
Skin Tight is the sixth album by The Ohio Players and their first recording for the Mercury record label. The album signified a turning point in the group's career towards more funky rthyms. Produced and recorded in Chicago, with Barry Mraz as recording engineer, Skin...
The Gap Band – Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Want To Hurt Me)
"Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" is a hit song performed by The Gap Band and written by member Charlie Wilson and producer Lonnie Simmons. It peaked at number 84 on the Hot 100 but it was a number one hit on the R&B charts. The lyrics refer to abandonment...
Al Green – Love and Happiness
From His 1972 album "I'm Still in Love With You", "Love and Happiness" was one of Al Green's most popular hits. In 2004, the song "Love and Happiness" was ranked number 98 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Teddy Pendergrass – Turn Off The Lights
Written and produced in 1979 by Philadelphia Super Producers Gamble & Huff , "Turn Off the Lights" was a song that best represented the awe inspiring talent possessed by Teddy Pendergrass, and some say his personality — tender and coaxing yet loving and strong....
Luther Vandross – Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me is actually the interpolation of two different songs melded together by Luther Vandross during his soulful, swooning stage shows in the early 1980s. Vandross then officially recorded "Superstar" in 1983 for his album Busy Body....