Editing List of funk musicians

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{{also|List of funk rock and funk metal bands}}

This is a list of notable [[funk]] music bands and artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the funk genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one who has been on a major label). Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.
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==A==
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*[[African Music Machine]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= African Music Machine – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/african-music-machine-mn0000602728/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Los Amigos Invisibles]]<ref>{{cite news|first= José Manuel |last= Simián |title= Amid tour, Los Amigos Invisibles return home to celebrate band's 20th anniversary |date= 9 March 2011 |newspaper= [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |url= http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/tour-los-amigos-invisibles-return-home-celebrate-band-20th-anniversary-article-1.120420 |access-date= 9 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Steve Arrington]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Steve Arrington – The Jammin' National Anthem |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8CQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22funk%20veteran%22&pg=RA1-PA78 |magazine= Billboard |volume= 99 |issue= 18 |date= 10 May 1986 |page= 78 |issn= 0006-2510}}</ref>
*[[Atlantic Starr]]{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=6}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=9}}
*[[Average White Band]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=230}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= The Average White Band – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-average-white-band-mn0000064454/biography |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
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==B==
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*[[B. T. Express]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=58–9}}
*[[Mike Banks (musician)|Mike Banks]]{{sfn|Brewster|Broughton|1999|p=364}}
*[[Bar-Kays]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=202}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= The Bar-Kays – Artist Biography |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-bar-kays-mn0000048300/biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Big Pig]]{{sfn|McFarlane|1999|loc="Big Pig"}}
*[[Black Heat]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Black Heat – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/black-heat-mn0000092301/biography}}</ref>
*[[Eddie Bo]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=37}}
*[[Bootsy Collins|Bootsy's Rubber Band]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}
*[[Brainstorm (American band)|Brainstorm]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |authorlink= Ron Wynn |title= Brainstorm – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/brainstorm-mn0000616979/biography |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[The Brand New Heavies]]{{sfn|George|2001|p=72}}<ref>{{cite news|title= Brother Sister – Brand New Heavies |date= 27 April 1994 |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19940427&id=fns1AAAAIBAJ&pg=4870,9555456 |newspaper= [[Lawrence Journal-World]]}}</ref>
*[[Brass Construction]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=44, 418}}
*[[Michael Brecker]]{{sfn|Ingham|1998|p=145}}
*[[Brick (band)|Brick]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}
*[[The Brothers Johnson]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|George|2001|p=194}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=25}}{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Brothers Johnson"}}
*[[James Brown]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|Borthwick|Moy|2004}}{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|pp=110–12, 316}}{{sfn|Echols|2010|pp=4, 18–22, 32–3}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=460}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|pp=51, 116}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}<ref name="Schiesel">{{cite news|first= Seth |last= Schiesel |title= The 10-Night Intergalactic Funk Odyssey |date= 9 March 2011 |newspaper= The New York Times |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/arts/music/soulives-intergalactic-funk-odyssey-at-brooklyn-bowl.html?_r=0}}</ref>
*[[Brute Band and Show]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Story of Brute and His Band |url=https://dclmusicians.org/?p=1829 |website=DC Federation of Musicians |date=22 September 2022 |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[The Budos Band]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Leggett |publisher= AllMusic |title= The Budos Band – Artist Biography |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-budos-band-mn0000843259/biography |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
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==C==
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*[[Cameo (band)|Cameo]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=447}}{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Cameo"}}{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=36}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=65–6}}
*[[Jimmy Castor]]{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=36}}
*[[Central Line (band)|Central Line]]{{sfn|Brewster|Broughton|1999|p=455}}
*[[A Certain Ratio]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="A Certain Ratio"}}
*[[Chakk]]{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=686}}
*[[Chapter 8 (band)|Chapter 8]]{{sfn|Ray|2012|p=191}}
*[[Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band / Charles Wright / Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – Express Yourself: The Best of Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/express-yourself-the-best-of-charles-wright-and-the-watts-103rd-street-rhythm-band-mw0000620152 |access-date= 7 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Chic (band)|Chic]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=80, 333}}{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=151}}
*[[Chicks Incorporated]]{{sfn|McFarlane|1999|loc="Chicks Inc"}}
*[[Chocolate Milk (band)|Chocolate Milk]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Chocolate Milk – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chocolate-milk-mn0000102835/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]{{sfn|Borthwick|Moy|2004}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=460}}<ref name="Schiesel"/>{{sfn|Echols|2010|pp=7, 19}}{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=316}}
*[[Bootsy Collins]]{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=181}}{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=102}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Bootsy Collins – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bootsy-collins-mn0000107139/biography |access-date= 7 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Catfish Collins]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Mark |last= Deming |title= Phelps "Catfish" Collins – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/phelps-catfish-collins-mn0000163072/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title= Funk legend Phelps 'Catfish' Collins dies aged 66 |date= 11 August 2010 |magazine= [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |url= http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/funk-legend-phelps-catfish-collins-dies-aged-66-46767 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Lyn Collins]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Amy |last= Hanson |title= Put It on the Line – Song Review |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/put-it-on-the-line-mt0003105503}}</ref>
*[[Commodores]]{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=202}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=25}}{{sfn|Borthwick|Moy|2004}}{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=36}}{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}{{sfn|George|2001|p=202}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=93–4}}
*[[Con Funk Shun]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=94–5}}{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=404}}
*[[Nikka Costa]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Nikka Costa Offers Soulful Sounds On 'Pearl' |publisher= [[NPR Music]] |date= 25 November 2008 |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97454258}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Elissa |last= Stolman |title= Nikka Costa – ''Pro*Whoa!'' |date= 23 June 2011 |magazine= [[CMJ]] |url= http://www.cmj.com/reviews/nikka-costa-%E2%80%93-prowhoa/ |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223033/http://www.cmj.com/reviews/nikka-costa-%E2%80%93-prowhoa/ |archive-date= 23 September 2015}}</ref>
*[[Don Covay]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=99|ps=: Covay's recordings spanned nearly all of the post-war African-American music from rock'n'roll to funk, and so, too, does this excellent collection.}}
*[[Crown Heights Affair]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=44}}{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=151}}
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==D==
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*[[DAG (band)|DAG]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Stephen |last= Thomas Erlewine |authorlink= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= DAG – Artist Biography |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dag-mn0000669877/biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Betty Davis]]{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=104}}<ref>{{cite web|first= John |last= Bush |title= Betty Davis – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/betty-davis-mn0000058438/biography}}</ref>
*[[Miles Davis]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=121}}
*[[Dayton (band)|Dayton]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/dayton-cutie-pie-mw0002497704 |first= Andy |last= Kellman |title= Dayton – Dayton/Cutie Pie |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 8 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Dazz Band]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Stephen |last= Thomas Erlewine |title= Dazz Band – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dazz-band-mn0000195634/biography |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Deckchairs Overboard]]{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=269}}{{sfn|McFarlane|1999|loc="Deckchairs Overboard"}}
*[[Manu Dibango]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=52}}
*[[Dr. John]]{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=250}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Dr. John – Television |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/television-mw0000113249 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[George Duke]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Duke, George"|ps=: Duke had always had a leaning towards soul jazz and after he left Zappa, he went for full-frontal funk.}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Eames |publisher= Digital Spy |title= Funk singer George Duke dies, aged 67 |date= 6 August 2013 |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a504532/funk-singer-george-duke-dies-aged-67.html}}</ref>
*[[Candy Dulfer]]{{sfn|Ingham|1998|p=158}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Matt |last= Collar |title= Candy Dulfer – Sax-A-Go-Go |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/sax-a-go-go-mw0000104184 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Jeff |last= Winbush |title= Candy Dulfer: Funked Up! (2009) |website= [[All About Jazz]] |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/funked-up-candy-dulfer-heads-up-international-review-by-jeff-winbush.php |date= 2 May 2009 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Dumpstaphunk]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Thom |last= Jurek |title= Dumpstaphunk – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 24 January 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dumpstaphunk-mn0000727244/biography}}</ref>
*[[Dyke and the Blazers]]{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Richie |last= Unterberger |authorlink= Richie Unterberger |title= Dyke & the Blazers – Artist Biography |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dyke-the-blazers-mn0000792190/biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Dynasty (band)|Dynasty]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=327}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dynasty-mn0000148700/biography |first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Dynasty – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 8 July 2014}}</ref>
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==E==
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*[[Earth, Wind & Fire]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=202}}{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|pp=7, 25, 77, 98}}{{sfn|Talevski|2006|pp=573, 616}}
*[[ESG (band)|ESG]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="ESG"}}
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==F==
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*[[The Fabulous Counts]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |publisher= AllMusic |title= Fabulous Counts – Artist Biography |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fabulous-counts-mn0000150157/biography}}</ref>
*[[Fashion (band)|Fashion]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Fashion"}}
*[[Fat Larry's Band]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Fat Larry's Band"}}
*[[Fatback Band]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Brewster|Broughton|1999|p=260}}{{sfn|George|2001|p=43}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=137}}
*[[Faze-O]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Faze-O – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 24 January 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/graham-central-station-mn0000798792/biography}}</ref>
*[[Amp Fiddler]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Amp Fiddler – Waltz of a Ghetto Fly |date= 1 April 2004 |magazine= Uncut |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/amp-fiddler-waltz-of-a-ghetto-fly}}</ref>
*[[Lee Fields]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |publisher= AllMusic |title= Lee Fields – Artist Biography |access-date= 5 July 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lee-fields-mn0000815075/biography}}</ref>
*[[Flyte Tyme (band)|Flyte Tyme]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=207, 399}}
*[[Freeez]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Freeez"}}
*[[Fun Lovin' Criminals]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Fun Lovin' Criminals"}}
*[[Funkadelic]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=404}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=98}}
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==G==
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*[[Galactic]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,517148,00.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081010194453/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,517148,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 10 October 2008 |title= The Illustrated Band; The String Cheese Incident; Untying The Not (2003) |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= 17 October 2003 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Jesse |last= Serwer |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/05/AR2010020504011.html |title= New Galactic album 'Ya-Ka-May' is a taste of classic New Orleans |newspaper= The Washington Post|date= 6 February 2010 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[The Gap Band]]{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=323}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=102}}{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Gap Band", "Wilson, Charlie"}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=155}}
*[[Marvin Gaye]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=159}}
*[[Gonzalez (band)|Gonzalez]]{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=686}}
*[[Graham Central Station]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=202}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Graham Central Station – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/graham-central-station-mn0000798792/biography |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Larry Graham]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=102}}
*[[The Grease Band]]{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=209}}
*[[The Greyboy Allstars]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Doug |last= Collette |title= The Greyboy AllStars: What Happened To Television? (2007) |website= All About Jazz |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/what-happened-to-television-greyboy-allstars-review-by-doug-collette.php |date= 2 August 2007 |access-date= 8 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Jeremy D. |last= Bonfiglio |title= Five questions with ... Robert Walter |date= 24 July 2014 |newspaper= [[The Herald-Palladium]] |url= http://www.heraldpalladium.com/features/five-questions-with-robert-walter/article_a1554b6b-412c-538a-a601-ec96c09bb5cf.html |access-date= 8 July 2015}}</ref>
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==H==
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*[[Herbie Hancock]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=362}}<ref name="Hancock">{{cite news|first= Dennis |last= Getto |title= Would You Believe Buddhism Led Herbie Hancock into Funk? |date= 24 June 1977 |newspaper= [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|The Milwaukee Sentinel]] |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19770624&id=H3BRAAAAIBAJ&pg=5710,4332135 |access-date= 2 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Richard S. |last= Ginell |title= Herbie Hancock – Secrets |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/secrets-mw0000188143 |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 2 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Isaac Hayes]]{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}
*[[Leon Haywood]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=177}}
*[[The Headhunters]]<ref name="Hancock"/>{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=361}}
*[[Heatwave (band)|Heatwave]]<ref>{{cite press release|title= Heatwave's Johnnie Wilder Jr. dead at 56 |date= 17 May 2006 |work= [[United Press International]] |location= Clayton, Ohio |url= http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2006/05/17/Heatwaves-Johnnie-Wilder-Jr-dead-at-56/74071147897839/ |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Jimi Hendrix]]{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=375}}
*[[Here Come the Mummies]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Gregory |last= Heaney |title= Here Come the Mummies – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-jbs-mn0000071970/biography |access-date= 26 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[The Highlighters (band)|The Highlighters]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Highlighters Band |website= Indiana Musicpedia |date= 21 January 2021 |access-date= 15 June 2024 |url=https://indianamusicpedia.com/encyclopedia/highlighters/}}</ref>
*[[Hi-Tension]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Hi-Tension – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hi-tension-mn0000955619/biography}}</ref>
*[[Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate]]{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=124}}
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==I==
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*[[The Blockheads|Ian Dury and the Blockheads]]{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=147}}
*[[Imagination (band)|Imagination]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Imagination"}}
*[[The Isley Brothers]]{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=199}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=133}}
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==J==
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*[[The J.B.'s]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=211}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= The J.B.'s – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 24 January 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-jbs-mn0000071970/biography}}</ref>
*[[Rick James]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=36}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=189}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=210–211}}
*[[Jamiroquai]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Jamiroquai"}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Matt |last= Collar |title= Jamiroquai – Dynamite |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/dynamite-mw0000209830 |access-date= 7 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Jones, Sharon, And The Dap-Kings"}}<ref>{{cite web|title= Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: A Little Funk And Soul |publisher= NPR Music |date= 7 May 2010 |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126558180}}</ref>
*[[Don Julian (musician)|Don Julian]]{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=325}}
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==K==
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*[[Karma (band)|Karma]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Alex |last= Henderson |title= Karma – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/karma-mn0000854575/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Kay Gees]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Kay Gee's – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kay-gees-mn0000369516/biography}}</ref>
*[[KC and the Sunshine Band]]{{sfn|Echols|2010|pp=6–7}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=149}}
*[[Eddie Kendricks]]{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=151}}
*[[Chaka Khan]]{{sfn|Echols|2010|pp=88, 94}}
*[[Kleeer]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Andy |last= Kellman |title= Kleeer – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 24 January 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kleeer-mn0000084886/biography}}</ref>
*[[Klymaxx]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=231}}
*[[Kool & the Gang]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=447}}{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=36}}{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=98}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=44, 234–35}}
*[[Fela Kuti]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=52}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Danny |last= Eccleston |title= ?uestlove And tUnE-yArDs Cover Fela Kuti's Lady |date= 18 September 2013 |magazine= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |url= http://www.mojo4music.com/6750/questlove-and-tune-yards-cover-fela-kutis-lady/ |access-date= 8 July 2015}}</ref>
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==L==
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*[[L.T.D. (band)|L.T.D.]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=248–49}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= L.T.D. – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ltd-mn0000122795/biography |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Lakeside (band)|Lakeside]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=447}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=327}}
*[[Bill Laswell]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=300}}
*[[Light of the World (band)|Light of the World]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ed |last= Hogan |title= Light of the World – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/light-of-the-world-mn0000424952 |access-date= 2 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Paula Lima]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Alvaro |last= Neder |title= Paula Lima – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paula-lima-mn0000028668/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Linx (band)|Linx]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Robert |last= Christgau |authorlink= Robert Christgau |title= Linx |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Linx}}</ref>
*[[Carrie Lucas]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=327}}
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==M==
{{div col}}
*[[Machine (band)|Machine]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Alex |last= Henderson |title= Machine – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/machine-mn0000866214/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Manchild (band)|Manchild]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=13}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Bruce |last= Eder |title= Manchild – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/manchild-mn0000675758/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Mandrill (band)|Mandrill]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=253}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Mandrill – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mandrill-mn0000674262/biography |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Manzel (band)|Manzel]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Birchmeier |title= Manzel – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/manzel-mn0000145023}}</ref>
*[[Teena Marie]]{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=104}}<ref>{{cite book|first= Gary |last= Graff |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1NjOldjR5J4C&q=%22this+white+girl+who+could+sing+funk+and+soul+with+convincing+passion%22 |year= 1996 |publisher= Visible Ink Press |isbn= 0-7876-1037-2}}</ref>
*[[Material (band)|Material]]{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=105}}
*[[Maximum Joy]]{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=806}}{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Maximum Joy"}}
*[[Curtis Mayfield]]{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=447}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Richie |last= Unterberger |title= Curtis Mayfield – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/curtis-mayfield-mn0000144458/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Maze (band)|Maze]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Geoffrey |last= Himes |title= Maze: A Studied Path to Success |date= 21 July 1995 |newspaper= The Washington Post|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/07/21/maze-a-studied-path-to-success/82b5a886-7409-46b6-a8af-d7980e383566/ |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Connie |last= Johnson |title= Maze: Mellow Funk |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= 15 December 1986 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-15-ca-2871-story.html |access-date= 2 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[The Meters]]{{sfn|Borthwick|Moy|2004}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=121, 270, 280}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |title= The Meters – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-meters-mn0000402872/biography |access-date= 8 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Mezzoforte (band)|Mezzoforte]]{{sfn|Ingham|1998|p=158}}
*[[Miami Sound Machine]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Estefan, Gloria, And Miami Sound Machine"}}
*[[Mickey & the Soul Generation]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= Mickey & the Soul Generation – Iron Leg: The Complete Mickey and the Soul Generation |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/iron-leg-the-complete-mickey-and-the-soul-generation-mw0000020315 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Midnight Star (band)|Midnight Star]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=327}}
*[[Mingo Fishtrap]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Carolyn |last= Lamberson |title= Group's New Orleans funk takes detour through Austin |date= 24 June 2005 |newspaper= [[The Register-Guard]] |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20050624&id=NNVYAAAAIBAJ&pg=4182,5834073 |access-date= 9 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Walter Morrison|Walter "Junie" Morrison]]{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}<ref>{{cite web|first= John |last= Bush |title= Walter "Junie" Morrison – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/walter-junie-morrison-mn0000300262 |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Mtume]]{{sfn|George|2001|p=221}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Mtume – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mtume-mn0000508391/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==N==
{{div col}}
*[[Meshell Ndegeocello]]{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=571}}
*[[N.E.R.D]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= Daft Punk Produce New N.E.R.D. Track |website= [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date= 29 September 2010 |url= https://pitchfork.com/news/40227-daft-punk-produce-new-nerd-track/ |access-date= 2 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Art Neville]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Dahl |title= Art Neville – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/art-neville-mn0000930194/biography}}</ref>
*[[New Birth (band)|The Nite-Liters]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=281}}
{{div col end}}

==O==
{{div col}}
*[[Ohio Players]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=202}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}{{sfn|Echols|2010|pp=36, 85}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|pp=98, 197, 205}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=286}}{{sfn|Talevski|2006|pp=427, 572}}
*[[Olympic Runners]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Amy |last= Hanson |title= Olympic Runners – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/olympic-runners-mn0000899566 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Orgone (band)|Orgone]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Adrian |last= Gomez |title= Crowds keep Orgone energized |newspaper= [[Albuquerque Journal]] |date= 21 December 2012 |access-date= 26 January 2018 |url= https://www.abqjournal.com/154794/crowds-keep-orgone-energized.html}}</ref>
*[[Osaka Monaurail]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Leggett |title= Osaka Monaurail – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/osaka-monaurail-mn0001533450/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="CBC">{{cite web|first= Ben |last= Edwards |title= Osaka Monaurail, Japan's funkiest orchestra |date= 3 July 2012 |publisher= [[CBC Music]] |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2012/7/Osaka-Monaurail-Japans-funkiest-orchestra|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120704151545/http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2012/7/Osaka-Monaurail-Japans-funkiest-orchestra|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 July 2012}}</ref>
* [[Osiris (Washington, D.C. band)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Osiris Biography |url=https://grandis.nu/funkyflyy/osbio.html |website=Funky Flyy |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[Ozomatli]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Matthew |last= Cole |title= Ozomatli – Fire Away |website= [[Slant Magazine]] |date= 19 April 2010 |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/ozomatli-fire-away |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==P==
{{div col}}
*[[Maceo Parker]]{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}<ref name="Schiesel"/>{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Mark |last= Deming |title= Maceo Parker – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/maceo-parker-mn0000185155/biography |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|pp=98, 116}}
*[[Parliament-Funkadelic]]{{sfn|Echols|2010|pp=22, 36}}{{sfn|Talevski|2006|pp=122, 212}}
*[[Teddy Pendergrass]]
*[[People's Choice (band)|People's Choice]]{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=205}}
*[[Pieces of a Dream (band)|Pieces of a Dream]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Tim |last= Coakley |title= Wein Leads an all-star group at Jazz Festival |date= 30 June 1997 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19970630&id=j2BGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1859,7325227 |newspaper= [[The Daily Gazette]] |access-date= 2 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]{{sfn|Borthwick|Moy|2004}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=270}}{{sfn|Ray|2012|pp=6, 118}}
{{div col end}}

==R==
{{div col}}
*[[Jesse Rae]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Rae, Jesse"}}
*[[Nelson Rangell]]{{sfn|Ingham|1998|p=147}}
*[[Ready for the World]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Ready for the World – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ready-for-the-world-mn0000408500/biography |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Republic of Loose]]<ref>{{cite news|first= John |last= Meagher |title= Review of the Week: Republic of Loose |date= 11 April 2008 |newspaper= Irish Independent |url= http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/review-of-the-week-republic-of-loose-26436775.html |access-date= 9 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[The Rimshots]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= The Rimshots – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-rimshots-mn0000502943/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Rip Rig + Panic]]{{sfn|Buckley|2003|p=187}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= Neneh Cherry – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neneh-cherry-mn0000332257/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Ripple (band)|Ripple]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Richie |last= Unterberger |title= Ripple – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ripple-mn0000181845 |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Nile Rodgers]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Daft Punk made a film to accompany Nile Rodgers' new Chic LP |date= 22 February 2015 |magazine= [[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] |url= http://www.factmag.com/2015/02/22/daft-punk-made-film-accompany-nile-rodgers-new-chic-lp/ |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Rufus (band)|Rufus]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Echols|2010|pp=88, 94}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Rufus – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rufus-mn0000302685/biography |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==S==
{{div col}}
*[[Shakatak]]{{sfn|Brewster|Broughton|1999|p=213}}
*[[Shalamar]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=327, 341}}
*[[Garry Shider]]{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}
*[[24-Carat Black#Legacy|Shotgun]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Shotgun – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/shotgun-mn0001524128/biography |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[Side Effect (band)|Side Effect]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Alex |last= Henderson |title= Side Effect – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/side-effect-mn0000044165 |access-date= 24 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[Dawn Silva]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Amy |last= Hanson |title= Dawn Silva – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dawn-silva-mn0000233754/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Skull Snaps]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Andy |last= Kellman |title= Skull Snaps – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/skull-snaps-mn0000020269/biography}}</ref>
*[[Skyy (band)|Skyy]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="New York Skyy"}}
*[[Slave (band)|Slave]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=447}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=350}}
*[[Sly and the Family Stone]]{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|Borthwick|Moy|2004}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=241}}
*[[Soulive]]<ref name="Schiesel"/>
*[[Sound Experience]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Steve |last= Huey |title= Sound Experience – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sound-experience-mn0000757470 |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[South Shore Commission]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="South Shore Commission"}}
*[[Sam Sparro]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Sam |last= Richards |title= Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro |date= August 2008 |magazine= Uncut |page= 108 |quote= Sparro has been compared to Prince and Gnarls Barkley, but his funk is less organic, and deliberately inauthentic...}}</ref>
*[[Michael Franti#Michael Franti and Spearhead (1994–present)|Spearhead]]{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=62}}
*[[Stargard (band)|Stargard]]{{sfn|Echols|2010|p=103}}
*[[Sly Stone]]{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=447}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=98}}
*[[Sun (R&B band)|Sun]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Sun – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sun-mn0000583935/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Switch (band)|Switch]]{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=125}}
*[[Swoop (Australian band)|Swoop]]{{sfn|McFarlane|1999|loc="Swoop"}}
{{div col end}}

==T==
{{div col}}
*[[T-Connection]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Alex |last= Henderson |publisher= AllMusic |title= T-Connection – Magic |access-date= 5 July 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/magic-mw0000851582}}</ref>
*[[T. S. Monk]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="T.S. Monk"|ps=: This funk group was formed by New Yorker Thelonious Sphere Monk Jnr., the son of the legendary and revolutionary jazz pianist.}}
*[[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]]{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="A Taste of Honey"}}
*[[Richard Tee]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Ron |last= Wynn |title= Richard Tee – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-tee-mn0000360540/biography}}</ref>
*[[The Temptations]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Ankeny |title= The Temptations – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 2 August 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-temptations-mn0000569685/biography}}</ref>
*[[Joe Tex]]{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=644}}
*[[The Original 7ven|The Time]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=207, 399}}{{sfn|Larkin|2006|loc="Time (funk)"}}
*[[Tower of Power]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Ingham|1998|p=157}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|pp=327, 402}}
*[[Roger Troutman]]{{sfn|Talevski|2006|p=659}}<ref>{{cite news|first= Neil |last= Strauss |title= Roger Troutman, 47, Influential Funk Musician |date= 28 April 1999 |newspaper= The New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/28/arts/roger-troutman-47-influential-funk-musician.html |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[TV on the Radio]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Jesse |last= Cataldo |title= TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light |date= 9 April 2011 |website= Slant Magazine |url= https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/tv-on-the-radio-nine-types-of-light |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==V==
*[[Vulfpeck]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Spotify removes album of silence by US funk band |magazine= NME |date= 25 April 2014 |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.nme.com/news/spotify/76915}}</ref>

==W==
{{div col}}
*[[War (band)|War]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Gulla|2008|p=447}}{{sfn|Hoffmann|2006|p=205}}{{sfn|Brackett|Hoard|2004|p=859}}{{sfn|Buckley|2003|pp=32, 1153}}{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=411}}
*[[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=415|ps=: In the mid-70s Watson reinvented himself as a pimped-out funk bluesman.}}<ref>{{cite web|first= Stephen |last= Cook |title= Johnny "Guitar" Watson – Ain't That a Bitch |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 5 July 2015 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/aint-that-a-bitch-mw0000628218}}</ref>
*[[Fred Wesley]]{{sfn|Bettison|2013}}{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}
*[[The Whispers]]{{sfn|Shapiro|2006|p=327}}
*[[The Whitefield Brothers]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Bradley |last= Torreano |title= Whitefield Brothers – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/whitefield-brothers-mn0000921618/biography |access-date= 5 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Marva Whitney]]<ref name="CBC"/>
*[[Stevie Wonder]]{{sfn|Ray|2013}}<ref>{{cite book|title= The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music |first= James E. |last= Perone |publisher= [[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood Publishing]] |year= 2006 |isbn= 0-275-98723-X |pages= [https://archive.org/details/soundofsteviewon00pero/page/10 10, 16, 20, 26, 36, 46, 52, 83–84, 114] |url= https://archive.org/details/soundofsteviewon00pero/page/10}}</ref>
*[[Phil Woods]]{{sfn|Ingham|1998|p=144|ps=: His tonal control, (...) and his later forays into Latin and funk, makes him one of the most complete jazz artists.}}
*[[Bernie Worrell]]{{sfn|George|1988|loc="Disco Fever"}}
{{div col end}}

==Z==
*[[Zapp]]{{sfn|Bowman|2006}}{{sfn|Ray|2013}}<ref>{{cite web|first= John |last= Bush |title= Zapp – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic |url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zapp-mn0000596451/biography |access-date= 5 July 2014}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of funk rock and funk metal bands]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Bibliography===
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*{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Shapiro|authorlink=Peter Shapiro (journalist)|title=The Rough Guide to Soul and R&B|publisher=[[Rough Guides]]|isbn=1-84353-264-6|url=http://www.ferrispark.com/audio/DOCUMENTS/GROUP3/23FE430C0A40D0BA.pdf|year=2006}}
*{{cite book|first=Nick|last=Talevski|title=Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door|year=2006|isbn=978-1-8460-9091-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC|publisher=Omnibus Press}}
{{refend}}

{{Funkmusic}}

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