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Initially based in Phoenix, Arizona, Dyke & The Blazers wrote and recorded "Funky Broadway" a year before Wilson Pickett did it.

The New Orleans-born King Floyd rocketed to temporary stardom at the end of 1970 with his laidback funk jam, "Groove Me."

Leon Haywood's signature hit, "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You," has been sampled by a number of rappers, most notably Dr. Dre on his 1992 smash, "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang."

Latimore recorded his biggest hits at the height of Disco Fever, but bucked the trend and made Southern Soul music into the '80s and beyond.

Watson was a flamboyant performer whose 40-year career spanned the blues, R&B, soul music, and funk.

Born and raised in Miami, Betty Wright had her first hit single at fourteen. Three years later, she recorded her signature song, "Clean Up Woman."