[Ads-l] Antedating of "Funk" (Musical Genre)

[Shapiro, Fred]

funk (OED, n2, 3.b., 1970 [21 Feb.])

1969 Billboard 15 Feb. 24/1 (ProQuest)  Honey-smooth soul, funk and electric blues are today's three faces of r & b, with gospel and Latin soul surfacing from the underground to give r & b as diversified a musical culture as the major (white) market.

1969 Billboard 11 Oct. 72/1 (ProQuest)  Missing is participation by the majors; by Atlantic, funk specialists.

1969 Omaha Star 20 Nov. 12/1 (Newspapers.com)  Jerry Wexler, the master of Southern funk.

1970 Transcript-Telegram (Holyoke, Mass.) 12 Feb. 8/5 (Newspapers.com)  A few additions to the longplay library are making some headway on the charts these days.  There is funk and soul music with Aretha Franklin's release of "This Girl's in Love with You" and James Brown's "Ain't It Funky."

Fred Shapiro



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