Funk Trivia

1. Name the Atlanta band who released the album "Good High" on Bang Records in 1976.

From Quiz Funk Fundamentals

Answer: Brick

Brick were a strong collection of multi-instrumentalists. "Good High" was their debut album. Hits from this album included "Dazz" "Music Matic" and "Can't Wait."

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: Funk Rock

Answer: Jimi Hendrix

The song was recorded in 1967 by Hendrix and was his first blatantly funky effort. Years later, The Red Hot Chili Peppers would provide a new and biting interpretation of the classic.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: Go-Go

Answer: Washington D.C.

The style also became popular in some parts of Virginia and Maryland, but it never gained national attention except for a few exceptions.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk

Answer: Funky Butt

Known in music circles as King Bolden, Buddy, a native of New Orleans, is considered one of the founders of jazz. Dr. John, Duke Ellington and several others have paid tribute to him and several fictional characters have been based loosely upon on his life. He died in 1931 at the age of 54 just as jazz was coming into prominence.

From Quiz Electro Funk

Answer: Soul Sonic Force

Soul Sonic Force originally consisted of twenty Zulu Nation members.

From Quiz Funk Bands

Answer: Con Funk Shun

Michael Cooper released a solo project in 1987 producing two moderately successful R&B songs: "To Prove My Love" and "Dinner for Two".

From Quiz Ol' Skool Funk Part.2

Answer: dance electric

Born Andre Simon Anderson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Andre Cymone started out as a bass player for Prince. After going solo in 1981, he had a few very small hits until he charted with "The Dance Electric", in 1985. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. He is also the former husband of r&b singer, Jody Watley.

From Quiz It's Time to Get 'Funky'

Answer: Brick

Brick is probably best remembered for their 'fusion' of funk and a bit of jazz. An example of this is the song, "Dazz", which is about "disco-jazz". "Dazz" hit # 3 on the Pop chart and # 8 on the R&B chart in October, 1976. Although the album "Good High" was well-received, the self-titled album "Brick", which was released in 1977, yielded more memorable songs, including "Living From the Mind", "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody", and "Happy".

From Quiz Funk Quiz

Answer: William Collins

From Quiz Funk Fundamentals

Answer: Syl Johnson

Syl Johnson is an American original. A fantastic singer and crafty bandleader. Starting in 1968, he has recorded a dozen albums and numerous singles. He hit number seven in 1975 with "Take Me to the River."

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: Funk Rock

Answer: The Crunge

Although all four songs appeared on Zep's 1973 album "Houses Of The Holy", "The Crunge" was a funky jam-style song that featured Page on the Stratocaster and using the whammy bar at the end of each phrase. Also, at the end of the song, Robert Plant asks, "Where's that confounded bridge?", which is a tribute to James Brown's live recording instruction to "...take it to the bridge".

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: Go-Go

Answer: Chuck Brown

Born in 1934, Chuck Brown has had a long and varied career, which included his start as bassist for Jerry Butler & The Earls Of Rhythm and the Los Latinos. He later went solo and created a brand of funk with his backing band The Soul Searchers. Besides his original compositions, he has recorded notable Go-Go covers of Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and T-Bone Walker, among others.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: P-Funk

Answer: George Clinton

Clinton, of the George not Bill variety, set P-Funk in motion starting in 1969 when he hired some musicians from his former band and some local Plainfield musicians. A few years later, Collins joined up as the P-Funk empire grew. And, although the ex-prez was never a P-Funk All-Star, the thought of a musical collaboration of Clinton and Clinton is an intriguing one. Perhaps Phil Spector could produce it.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk

Answer: James Brown

Although Morton's music contained a whisper of what funk would become, James Brown is given credit for founding the genre. Although he named himself "The Godfather Of Soul", a more accurate nickname might be "The Godfather Of Funk". Stone would step in a few years later and Clinton would introduce a new sub-genre in the 70s known as P-Funk.

From Quiz Electro Funk

Answer: Hashim

Hashim's real name is Jerry Calliste Jr.

From Quiz Ol' Skool Funk

Answer: All Night Thing

The song is "All Night Thing" by the Invisible Man's Band. Formerly called the Five Stairsteps, they also had a crossover pop hit called, "Oooh, Child", which got to number 8 in 1970. "All Night Thing" peeked at number 9 on the R&B charts in 1980.

From Quiz It's Time to Get 'Funky'

Answer: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan had a long string of funky hits during the mid-to late 1970's, until Khan parted ways with the group in 1978. She still had two albums left to record with the group to fulfill her contract, however. Khan later fulfilled her obligation, and she had her final two hit singles with the group: "Do You Love What You Feel", and "Ain't Nobody", which won a Grammy award for "Best Performance By a Duo or Group".

From Quiz Funk Quiz

Answer: codpiece

Not only that - but it's usually bright red.

From Quiz Funk Fundamentals

Answer: Street Songs

Rick James had struggled after the poor reception of his 1980 album "Garden of Love." "Street Songs" was explicitly funky and powerfully tuned to his fans' requests for more up-tempo tunes. The album not only produced hits like "Super Freak," but also propelled Rick James into wider cultural significance.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: Funk Rock

Answer: Funkadelic

Although Parliament, which evolved from The Parliaments, was Clinton's original band, Funkadelic, his other brainchild, was his first stab at a rock influenced album. The album is considered one of the best albums of all-time by many critics.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk

Answer: "Out Of Sight" by James Brown

Although the other three songs were big hits, they came along much later than James Brown's masterwork from 1964. Both Tom Browne's and Beginning Of The End's songs are notable in that they ushered in the funk beat combined with reggae.

From Quiz Electro Funk

Answer: Mantronix

Mantronix's debut single, "Fresh Is the Word," was a club hit in 1985, reaching Number 16 on the Dance Singles chart.

From Quiz Funk Bands

Answer: Lakeside

Lakeside shortened its name from Lakeside Express after signing with the Motown label.

From Quiz It's Time to Get 'Funky'

Answer: Slave

Slave, in my opinion, was one of the most underrated funk bands of its day. Best known for its hits with lead singer, Steve Arrington, the band was formed by Steve Washington, a trumpet player, in Dayton, Ohio in 1975. According to the book, "A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970's" by Marc Taylor, the band had a big 'extended family'. In fact, two other groups spun-off from Slave: Aurra and Mtume.

From Quiz Funk Quiz

Answer: Jesse Johnson

But Jesse did play guitar in 'The Time'.

From Quiz Funk Fundamentals

Answer: Isaac Hayes

This landmark funky album "Hot Buttered Soul" was paradigm shifting. Isaac Hayes created orchestral songs that needed space to breath -- the whole LP only has four songs on it. Add his earthy deep vocals and fantastic image, and "Hot Buttered Soul" was the best selling record on the Stax label in 1969.

From Quiz Play That Funky Music 'Til You Die

Answer: Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield initially found success with the singing group The Impressions, but he quickly found fame as a solo artist in the funk and R&B genre. Songs like "Freddie's Dead", "Superfly" and "Future Shock" would cement Mayfield as a musical force in the world of funk and R&B. The soundtrack to the film "Superfly" was a hit for Mayfield when it was released in 1972. The music is tight and concise with unmatched bass grooves, yet the power in the soundtrack is the lyrics, a stark look at the urban black culture of the 1970s. I recommend this one to any fan of R&B or hip-hop music who may not have been around in that era.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: Funk Rock

Answer: Betty Davis

Some consider Betty Davis, whose birth name is Betty Mabry, the first true pop diva. She was over-the-top, incredibly talented and much respected in the music community, even though she never scored an American pop hit.

From Quiz The Origins Of Funk: Go-Go

Answer: Washington Nationals

Chuck Brown's masterwork is one of Go-Go's few national successes. It spent four weeks atop the "Billboard Magazine" R&B chart and climbed to number 34 on the Pop Singles chart. Upon their move from Montreal to Washington in 2005, the Nationals adopted a song by a local artist to enhance the team's local flavor and image.

From Quiz Electro Funk

Answer: Planet Patrol

Group leader Arthur Baker worked for Tommy Boy Records where he produced Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force hit, "Planet Rock".

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