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The Gap Band
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
1
Dazz Band
Dazz Band
American funk band
2
Bar-Kays
Bar-Kays
American band
3
Starpoint
Starpoint
4
Graham Central Station
Graham Central Station
American band
5
Ohio Players
Ohio Players
American funk and R&B band
6
Ripple
Ripple
American rock band
7
War
War
American funk band
8
Mandrill
Mandrill
American funk band from Brooklyn, New York
9
Jimmy Castor
Jimmy Castor
American musician
10
Supertramp
Supertramp
British band
11
Brick
Brick
American band
12
Rufus
Rufus
American funk band
13
The Trammps
The Trammps
American soul band
14
Mezzoforte
Mezzoforte
Icelandic instrumental jazz-funk fusion band
15
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
16
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
American rock and pop band
17
Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
18
Average White Band
Average White Band
Scottish R&B band
19
Commodores
Commodores
American funk/soul band
20
Pure Prairie League
Pure Prairie League
American country rock band
21
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
band
22
Tower of Power
Tower of Power
American soul and funk band
23
Kool & The Gang
Kool & The Gang
Musical Band
24
Level 42
Level 42
English jazz-funk band
25
South Shore Commission
South Shore Commission
26
Shakatak
Shakatak
British pop group
27
MFSB
MFSB
group of studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios
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Allniters
Allniters
29
Maximum Joy
Maximum Joy
English rock band
30
Miami Sound Machine
Miami Sound Machine
American musical group
31
Bloodstone
Bloodstone
American soul musical group
32
America
America
Americo-British folk rock band
33
Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry
American funk rock band
34
Lanier & Co.
Lanier & Co.
The Fatback Band
American funk band

The Fatback Band

Intro
American funk band
Genres

The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The Fatback Band is most known for their R&B hits, "(Do the) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", "Backstrokin'" and "I Found Lovin'". Their 1979 single "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is generally considered the first commercially released hip hop single.