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Sly & The Family Stone

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Sly & the Family Stone were an important and influential American rock band from Oakland, California. Active from 1966 until 1975, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia.

Lyn Collins

308,743 plays (79,631 listeners)

This biography originally appeared on the back of the UK re-release of "Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me By Now".

Bobby Byrd

233,989 plays (70,737 listeners)

Bobby Byrd (Robert Howard Byrd, Toccoa, Georgia, August 15, 1934 – Loganville, Georgia, September 12, 2007) was an american funk, soul, rhythm & blues, gospel singer, songwriter and record producer. Bobby Byrd was raised in the relative security of a church going family in Toccoa, Georgia. His family were respected members of their congregation and active in supporting their community.

Parliament

1,584,355 plays (177,151 listeners)

Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clinton's Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop.

The Bar-Kays

325,238 plays (74,450 listeners)

The Bar-Kays were a popular Memphis, Tennessee, soul, R&B, and funk group performing from 1966 that continues in some form to perform today, although with only one original member. They began as a favorite soul studio sessions group backing major artists at Stax Records, chosen in 1967 by Otis Redding to play as his touring backup band.

Curtis Mayfield

3,669,396 plays (363,355 listeners)

Curtis Mayfield (Curtis Lee Mayfield , Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1942 - Roswell, Georgia, December 26, 1999) was an American soul, funk and rhythm and blues, singer-songwriter and guitarist. Mayfield is probably best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and for the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly.

Isaac Hayes

1,957,736 plays (327,982 listeners)

Isaac Lee Hayes (born Aug 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee - died Aug 10, 2008, in Memphis, Tennessee) was an influential soul singer, songwriter, musician, producer, arranger, and actor. One of the key creative forces behind Memphis' Stax Records, Hayes began his recording career in 1962, soon playing saxophone for The Bar-Kays.

The Meters

1,357,541 plays (127,651 listeners)

The Meters were a band that performed and recorded from the late 1960s until 1977. They were based in New Orleans. While the band never enjoyed huge popular success, it was nonetheless greatly admired by cognoscenti and is considered one of progenitors of funk in the 1970s.