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

[Rich Lowenthal]

Also, Patti Bown's 1959 recording, "Waltz De Funk"?


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>From "Dan Goncharoff" <00001bc983129c8b-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 3/5/2026 09:51:15
Subject Re: Antedating of "Funk" (Musical Genre)

>How does Grand Funk Railroad come into this? They formed in 1969.
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>DanG
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>On Thu, Mar 5, 2026, 9:43 AM Shapiro, Fred <
>00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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>>  funk (OED, n2, 3.b., 1970 [21 Feb.])
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>>  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.
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>>  1969 Billboard 11 Oct. 72/1 (ProQuest)  Missing is participation by the
>>  majors; by Atlantic, funk specialists.
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>>  1969 Omaha Star 20 Nov. 12/1 (Newspapers.com)  Jerry Wexler, the master of
>>  Southern funk.
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>>  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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