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Shake Your Rump To The Funk Single Version by The Bar Kays

Künstlerbiographie The Bar Kays

The Bar-Kays Are A Popular Soul R&B And Funk Group Which Began Performing In 1966 And Continue To Perform Today Although With Only One Original Member. The Group Had Dozens Of Charting Singles From The 1960s To The 1980s Including "Soul Finger" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #17 R&B #3 In 1967 And "Son Of Shaft" R&B #10 In 1972. History The Bar-Kays Began In Memphis Tennessee As A Studio Session Musician Group Backing Major Artists At Stax Records. They Were Chosen In 1967 By Otis Redding To Play As His Backing Band. On December 10 1967 Redding His Manager And Band Members Jimmy King B. 1949 Guitar Ronnie Caldwell B. 1948 Electric Organ Phalon Jones B. 1949 Saxophone And Carl Cunningham B. 1949 Drums Died In A Plane Crash In Lake Monona While On Their Way To A Performance In Madison Wisconsin. Trumpeter Ben Cauley Survived The Crash And Bassist James Alexander Alexander Was On Another Plane Since There Were Eight Members In Redding's Party And The Chartered Plane Could Only Hold Seven Rebuilt The Group. The Reformed Band Consisted Of Cauley Alexander Harvey Henderson Saxophone Michael Toles Guitar Ronnie Gorden Organ Willie Hall Drums And Later Larry Dodson Lead Vocals. The Group Backed Dozens Of Major Stax Artists On Recordings Afterwards Including On Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul But Changed Musical Direction In The 1970s To Have A Successful Funk Music Career On Mercury Records. Lloyd Smith Joined The Bar-Kays In 1973. The Bar-Kays Continued To Have Hits On R&B Chart Well Into The 1980s And Have Performed All Over The World. The Band Took A Hiatus In The Late 1980s But Then Reformed In 1991 With Alexander As The Only Remaining Original Member. Alexander's Son Is The Award-Winning Rapper And Record Producer Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander Who Was Named After Phalon Jones. Album Discography * Soul Finger 1967 * Gotta Groove 1969 * Black Rock 1971 * Do You See What I See? 1972 * Coldblooded 1974 * Too Hot To Stop 1976 * Flying High On Your Love 1977 * Money Talks 1978 * Light Of Life 1978 * Injoy 1979 * As One 1980 * Nightcruising 1981 * Propositions 1982 * Dangerous 1984 * Banging The Wall 1985 * Contagious 1987 * Animal 1988

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