HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 286 torrent

PART 286



WAR - Slippin’ into Darkness (1971)
JAMES BROWN - Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine (1973)
KOOL & THE GANG - Funky Stuff (1974)
KOOL & THE GANG - Jungle Boogie (1974)
B.T. EXPRESS - Do It (\'Til You\'re Satisfied) (1974)
WILD CHERRY - Play That Funky Music (1976)



\"Slipping Into Darkness\", backed with \"Nappy Head\", was War\'s first big hit since their name change from Eric Burdon and War.The song originally appears on the band\'s 1971 album \"All Day Music\" . War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae.
\"Funky Stuff\" is the opening track on Kool & the Gang album \"Wild and Peaceful\" It was their sixth and commercial breakthrough album. The album was released in 1973, and was highly successful in the R&B charts, while also topping the Billboard charts. The hugely popular track on the album, \"Jungle Boogie\", soared to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and \"Hollywood Swinging\" topped the Billboard Hot Soul Singles in June of 1974.
\"Do It (\'Til You\'re Satisfied)\" is the name of a popular song by funk group B.T. Express, written by group member Billy Nichols. Released from the debut album of the same title, the song became a great \"crossover\" success. The single was rated #1 of the R&B singles chart for a week during the autumn of 1974 and was rated #2 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.The single was an early disco hit peaking at number eight on the disco/dance charts
\"Play That Funky Music\" is a funk song written by Robert Parissi and recorded by the band Wild Cherry.The single hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 18, 1976 and was also number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over two million records. The song was also the basis of a top five U.S. hit for Vanilla Ice in 1990. In 2011, Facebook\'s 101 Greatest Everything page rated this song the #1 Greatest Funk Song Of All Time.



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