100 ESSENTIAL FUNK SONGS #50- 41. (Continuing tomorrow).

Caffè Lattè presents the

 

100

ESSENTIAL

FUNK

SONGS

Caffè Lattè has compiled a list of the all-time most essential funk tracks. This list takes us back to the genre’s roots when James Brown laid out its foundations in the 1960s. Groove was key and the torch was then passed on to acts such as Sly & The Family Stone, George Clinton, Kool & The Gang, Earth, Wind & Fire, Commodores, Curtis Mayfield, Chic, Rick James and many others.

Hear the songs as the countdown continues on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58qSGiJW0VJiYGdydgUt43?si=f85634f2cc264889

 

50 GOOD TIMES Chic

49 YOU HAVEN’T DONE NOTHIN’ Stevie Wonder

48 GET UP OFFA THAT THING James Brown

47 STRAIGHT AHEAD Kool & The Gang

46 THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED 

Gil Scott-Heron

45 FUNKYTOWN Lipps Inc.

44 PEOPLE GET UP AND DRIVE YOUR FUNKY SOUL James Brown

43 ROCK STEADY Aretha Franklin

42 HOLLYWOOD SWINGING Kool & The Gang

41 PICK UP THE PIECES Average White Band