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The Funk Brothers

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Years Active
1959 – 1972 (13 years)
Founded In
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. They are considered one of the most successful groups of studio musicians in music history. The Funk Brothers played on Motown hits such as "My Girl", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Baby Love", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", "The Tears of a Clown", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", and … read more
The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. They are considered one of the most successful groups of studio musicians in music history. The Funk Brothers played … read more
The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. They are considered one of the most successful groups of studio musicians in music history. The Funk Brothers played on Motown hits such as "My Girl", "I Heard It Through the… read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track A Cellarful of Motown Tell Me It's Just A Rumor Baby - Instrumental
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2 Play track Standing In The Shadows Of Motown (Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition)) You Keep Me Hanging On
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3 Play track The Ultimate Motown Christmas Collection Winter Wonderland
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4 That's How It Feels That's How It Feels
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5 You're Mine You're Mine
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6 Play track In The Snakepit True Fine Boy
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7 A Cellarful Of Motown! Volume 5 The Truth Does Hurt
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8 The Best of the Funk Brothers Soul Stomp
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9 A Cellarful of Motown! Tell Me It's Just A Rumor Baby (Instrumental)
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10 Ain't Too Proud To Beg [with Ben Harper] Ain't Too Proud To Beg [with Ben Harper]
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Albums

  1. 4,468 listeners

    1 Oct 2002 · 12 tracks

    20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection The Best Of The Funk Brothers
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  2. 3,689 listeners

    2002 · 15 tracks

    Standing in the Shadows of Motown
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  3. 759 listeners

    30 Jun 2004 · 12 tracks

    The Best of the Funk Brothers
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  4. 337 listeners

    1 Jan 2008 · 13 tracks

    Live In Orlando
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