Editing Funk (section)

=== Late 1960s – early 1970s ===
Other musical groups picked up on the rhythms and vocal style developed by [[James Brown]] and his band, and the funk style began to grow. [[Dyke and the Blazers]], based in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], released "[[Funky Broadway]]" in 1967, perhaps the first record of the [[soul music]] era to have the word "funky" in the title. In 1969 [[Jimmy McGriff]] released ''[[Electric Funk]]'', featuring his distinctive organ over a blazing horn section.  Meanwhile, on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], [[Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band]] was releasing funk tracks beginning with its first album in 1967, culminating in the classic single "Express Yourself" in 1971. Also from the West Coast area, more specifically [[Oakland, California]], came the band [[Tower of Power]] (TOP), which formed in 1968. Their debut album, ''[[East Bay Grease]]'', released 1970, is considered a milestone in funk. Throughout the 1970s, TOP had many hits, and the band helped to make funk music a successful genre, with a broader audience.

In 1970, [[Sly & the Family Stone]]'s "[[Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)]]" reached #1 on the charts, as did "[[Family Affair (Sly & the Family Stone song)|Family Affair]]" in 1971.  Notably, these afforded the group and the genre crossover success and greater recognition, yet such success escaped comparatively talented and moderately popular funk band peers. [[The Meters]] defined funk in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], starting with their top ten R&B hits "Sophisticated Cissy" and "[[Cissy Strut]]" in 1969. Another group who defined funk around this time were [[the Isley Brothers]], whose funky 1969 #1 R&B hit, "[[It's Your Thing]]", signaled a breakthrough in African-American music, bridging the gaps of the jazzy sounds of Brown, the [[psychedelic rock]] of [[Jimi Hendrix]], and the upbeat soul of Sly & the Family Stone and [[Mother's Finest]]. [[The Temptations]], who had previously helped to define the "[[Motown]] Sound" – a distinct blend of pop-soul – adopted this new [[psychedelic soul|psychedelic]] sound towards the end of the 1960s as well. Their producer, [[Norman Whitfield]], became an innovator in the field of psychedelic soul, creating hits with a newer, funkier sound for many [[Motown]] acts, including "[[War (Edwin Star song)|War]]" by [[Edwin Starr]], "[[Smiling Faces Sometimes]]" by [[the Undisputed Truth]] and "[[Papa Was A Rollin' Stone]]" by the Temptations. Motown producers [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]] ("[[Keep on Truckin' (song)|Keep On Truckin']]") and [[Hal Davis]] ("[[Dancing Machine]]") followed suit. [[Stevie Wonder]] and [[Marvin Gaye]] also adopted funk beats for some of their biggest hits in the 1970s, such as "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]" and "[[You Haven't Done Nothin']]", and "[[I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)|I Want You]]" and "[[Got To Give It Up]]", respectively.