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I. FUNK
a. Top 10 Jazz - Funk
New York Girl - Miles Davis
Some Skunk Funk - Brecker Brothers
Sun Goddess - Ramsey Lewis/EWF
Birdland - Weather Report
Mount Airy Groove - Pieces of a Dream
Soulful Strut - The Young/Holt Unlimited
Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
Spectrum - Billy Cobham
Mr. Magic - Grover Washington
125th Street Boggie - Weather Report
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
Dunbar HS Marching Band - Les McCann
Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith
Bermuda Nights - Gerald Albright
Number One - Patrice Rushen
Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang
Earthjuice - Return To Forever :)
Hard Work - John Handy
Compared To What - Les McCann and Eddie Harris
Cross Collateral - Passport
b. Top 20 R&B Funk
Fencewalk - Mandrill
I Can Understand I - New Birth
Funky President - James Brown
Express - BT Express
Bustin Loose - Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers
Skintight - Ohio Players
Give it to Me Baby - Rick James
Slide - Slave
Tell me Somethin' Good - Rufus / Chaka Khan '
Escapeism/Make It Funky - James Brown
Walt's First Trip - Ohio Players
Cold Sweat - James Brown
Sophisticated Cissy - The Meters
Sing A Simple Song - Sly & The Family Stone
Maybe Your Baby - Stevie Wonder
Stretchin' Out(In A Rubber Band) - Bootsy's Rubber Band
Rock Creek Park - The BlackByrds
Sweet Sticky Thing - Ohio Players
P-Funk (Wants To get Funked Up) - Parliment
Sex Machine - Sly & The Family Stone
c. Top 20 Rock n' Roll/Funk
Earthquake - Graham Central Station
Somebody To Love - Mother's Finest
These Are the Voices - Fishbone
Elvis is Dead - Living Colour
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
Red House - Jimi Hendrix
Time Has Come Today - Chambers Brothers
Movin On - Mother's Finest
I Wanna Take You Higher - Sly and the Family Stone
(If I'm in Luck) I Might Get Picked Up - Betty Davis
Cult of Personality - Living Colour
That Lady - Isley Brothers
Scorpio - Dennis Coffey
Who Knows - Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys
What I'd Say - Rare Earth
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Super Stupid - Funkadelic
Standing on the Verge (of getting it on) - Funkadelic
d. Top 10 Hip Hop/Funk
It Takes Two (to make a thing go right) - Rob Base and E - Z Rock
Microphone Fiend - Eric B and Rakim
King Of Rock - Run DMC
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Tramp - Salt - n - Pepper
Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy
Planet Rock - Africa Bambaata and the Zulu Nation
Bonita Applebaum - A Tribe Called Quest
We Got Our Own Thang - Heavy D and the Boys ''
Amerikkka's Most Wanted - Ice Cube
e. Top 5 Funk Artists of All time
James Brown
Mandrill
Shuggie Otis
Sly & The Family Stone
Funkadelic
f. Top 5 Funk Artists of the 1990's
(the pickings are really SLIM but)
Prince (I believe the brother can still achieve)
D'Angelo (although I don't really view him as a purely funk artist...brother got skills though)
Brand New Heavies (from the UK )
Maceo Parker (brother still workin)
Bootsy Collins (brother still workin)
g. Top 10 FUNK Concerts You Ever Attended
Sly & The Family Stone/Rare Earth/Funkadelic (1972)
Isley Brothers and Ohio Players (1975)
Graham Central Station (1977)
Hamilton Bohannon (1978)
Funkadelic, Natalie Cole, Ohio Players, Weather Report, George Benson (1974)
Talking Heads (1983)
Sly & The Family Stone (1972)
Mandrill/Curtis Mayfield (1972)
Prince (1992)
Jimmie Castor Bunch, Kool and the Gang, Crown Heights Affair (1974)
II. CLASSIC SOUL
a. Top 20 Songs/Artists From the 1950's
Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
What I Say - Ray Charles
Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Along Came Jones - The Coasters
Tossin and Turnin - Bobby Lewis
There Goes My Baby - The Drifters
Tears on My Pillow - Little Anthony and the Imperials
Shout - The Isley Brothers '
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown
Devil or Angel - The Clovers
60 Minute Man - The Dominoes
The Happy Organ - Dave Baby Cortez
Night Time is The Right Time - Ray Charles
Try Me - James Brown
Come Softly, Darling - The Fleetwoods
Get a Job - The Silhouettes
Maybelline - Chuck Berry
Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny
b. Top 20 Songs/Artists From the 1960's
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud - James Brown
Dance to the Music - Sly and the Family Stone
Reach Out/I'll Be There - Four Tops
Grazin in the Grass - Hugh Masakela
Soul Man - Sam and Dave
Sittin on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Fingertips - Stevie Wonder
My Girl - Temptations
Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Keep On Pushin' - The Impressions
Slip Away - Clarence Carter
Heat Wave - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Tracks of My Tears - Aretha Franklin
Baby, Make Me Feel So Good - The Five Stairsteps
El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia) - The Joe Cuba Sextet
Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
c. Top 20 Songs/Artists From the 1970's
Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner
Skintight - Ohio Players
Lovin You - Minnie Riperton
Release Yourself - Graham Central Station
Love and Happiness - Al Green
(Dance with me in the) Disco Heat - Sylvester w/ Izorah Rhodes and Martha Wash
Sex Machine - James Brown
Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes featuring Teddy P
Theme to Shaft - Issac Hayes
Got to Give it Up - Marvin Gaye
Keep Your Head to the Sky - Earth, Wind, & Fire
I Can Understand It - New Birth
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
You and I - Black Ivory
Power - Earth, Wind and Fire
Fencewalk - Mandrill
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothin' - James Brown
New Bell - Manu Dibango
Show Me How - The Emotions
d. Top 10 Songs/Artists From the 1980's
No Ordinary Love - Sade
Remember the Time - Micheal Jackson/w - Teddy Riley
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
Sun City - Artists Against Apartheid (Little Steven)
Control - Janet Jackson /w - Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Human - Human League /w - Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Two Occasions - Babyface and the Deele
Johnny Be Good - Peter Tosh
Sweet Love - Anita Baker
Standin on the Top - Rick James and the Temptations
The Crown - Imhotep Gary Byrd Experience
Sign O' The Times Prince
Padlock - Gwen Guthrie, Sly & Robbie, Wally Badarou, et. al.
When Doves Cry - Prince
Remind Me - Patrice Rushen
With Each Beat of My Heart - Stevie Wonder
Ebony Eyes - Rick James and Smokey Robinson
Keep On Giving Me Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Gun - Gil Scott-Heron
1999 - Prince
e. Top 10 Songs/Artists From the 1990's
Unfinished Symphony - Massive Attack
Nervous Breakdown - Carleen Anderson
Brother/Sister - Brand New Heavies
Next Lifetime - Erykah Badu
Bang, Bang, Bang - Femi Kuti
Dahomey Dance - Arturo Sandoval
Sex In the Summer - Prince
Talk Show - Manu Dibango
Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
Human Beings - Seal
No Diggity - BlackSTREET
Be Happy - Mary J. Blige
This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
Hey Mr. D.J. - Zhane
Sweet Liberation - The Family Stand
Billy Jack Bitch - Prince
Champagne - Salt 'n' Pepa
Have A Good Time - Brand New Heavies
California Love - 2Pac
Every Ghetto, Every City - Lauryn Hill
f. Top 10 Slow Jams Singles
Hypnotized - Linda Jones
Not on the Outside - Moments
Life is a Three Ring Circus - Blue Magic
Going in Circles - Friends of Distinction
People Make the World Go Round - Stylistics
For the Love that I Give to You - Delphonics
The Love We Had Stays On My Mind - Dells
I Guess You Got Your Hooks in Me - O'Jays
Natural High - Bloodstone
Fork In the Road - Miracles
You and I - Black Ivory
Ooh Baby Baby - Miracles
Danger She's a Stranger - Five Staisteps
Never Can say Goodbye - Jackson Five
Wind - Laura Nyro
I Love You For All Seasons - Fuzz
Baby Baby Please - Timothy Wilson
Wish I Had You - The Smith Connection
Somebody Loves You - The Delphonicss
g. Top 10 Slow Jam Albums
Under My Wings - The Smith Connection
Round 2 - The Stylistics
My Thing - The Moments
Tell Me This Is a Dream - The Delfonics
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
For Lovers Only - Temptations
Live at the Sahara - Isaac Hayes
The Magic of the Blue - Blue Magic
The Stylistics - Stylistics
White Gold - Barry White
h. Top 5 Soul Artists of All time
James Brown
Sly Stone
Issac Hayes
Aretha Franklin
Curtis Mayfield
i. Top 5 Soul Artists of the 1990's
Lauryn Hill
D'Angelo
Curtis Mayfield
Erykah Badu
Arrested Development
j. Top 5 SOUL Concerts You Ever Attended
The Delphonics
EWF
Graham Central Station
Issac Hayes
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Stevie Wonder
Patrice Rushen
James Brown
Solo
The Marvelettes/Jackie Lee/Dee Dee Sharp/ Deon Jackson/Wayne Cochran
Al Green
III. JAZZ
a. Top 20 Jazz Instrumentals of All Time
So What - Miles Davis
Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
Red Beans and Rice - Coleman Hawkins
Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Ko Ko - Charlie Parker
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
The Joint is Jumpin - Fats Waller
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Oscar Peterson
Soulful Drums - Bro' Jack McDuff
Song For My Father - Horace Silver
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Tunji - John Coltrane
Take Five - George Benson
Ruby My Dear - Dexter Gordon
Sky Dive - Freddie Hubbard
Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
The Creator Has A Master Plan - Pharaoh Sanders
Eighty - One - Miles Davis
Sugar - Stanley Turrentine
b. Top 20 Jazz Vocal Performances of All Time
Send in the Clowns - Sarah Vaughn
Ev'rything I Have is Yours - Billy Eckstine
Unforgettable - Nat Cole
Love for Sale - Ella Fitzgerald
Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong
I'll Remember April - Sarah Vaughn
Stompin' at the Savoy - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
You Don't See Me - Al Jarreau
It's Not Easy Being Green - Shirley Horn
Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
Afro Blue - Dianne Reeves
30 Years - Betty Carter
Everyday I Have The Blues - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
Moody's Mood For Love - King Pleasure
The Late, Late Show - Dakota Staton
Body & Soul - Cassandra Wilson
Interview - Don Byron
Everything I Have Is Yours - Sarah Vaughn
I Wish You Love - Natalie Cole
When Sunny Gets Blue - Will Downing
c. Top 5 Jazz Artists of All time
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Thelonius Monk
McCoy Tyner
d. Top 5 Jazz Artists of the 1990's
Roy Hargrove
Terrence Blanchard
Cyrus Chestnut
Branford Marsalis
Geri Allen
e. Top 10 JAZZ Concerts You Ever Attended
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Sun Ra
Miles Davis
Arturo Sandoval
Herbie Mann
McCoy Tyner
Roy Hargrove
Hugh Masekela/Earl Klugh/Herbie Hancock
Geri Allen
'Kind of Blue' at 40 - (w/ Geri Allen, Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Buster Williams, Ravi Coltrane, and Jimmy Cobb)
IV. BLUES
a. Top 10 Blues Vocal Performances of All Time
Jimmy Reed - ''Big Boss Man''
Sippie Wallace - ''I'm a Mighty Tight Woman''
Otis Rush - ''Double Trouble''
Big Mama Thornton - ''Hound Dog''
Son House - ''Preachin' the Blues''
Rufus Thomas - ''Walkin' the Dog''
Memphis Slim - ''Everyday I have the Blues''
T - Bone Walker - ''They Call it Stormy Monday''
Junior Wells - ''Hoodoo Man Blues''
Stevie Ray Vaughn - I asked For Water (and She Gave Me Gasoline)
b. Top 5 Blues Artists of All time
Jimmy Reed
Bessie Smith
Muddy Waters
Etta James
John Lee Hooker
c. Top 5 Blues Artists of the 1990's
Buddy Guy
Charles Brown
John Lee Hooker
BB King
Luther Allison
d. Top 5 BLUES Concerts You Ever Attended
B.B. King
Linda Hopkins
Buddy Guy
Charles Brown
Houston Juneteenth Blues Festival (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Sippie Wallace, Wilson Pickett, Lonnie Brooks, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Clarence Gatemouth Brown)
V. INFLUENCES - WHO HAS INFLUENCED YOU?
a. Top 5 Influential Musical Artists
James Brown
Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin
Sly Stone
Miles Davis
b Top 5 Influential Actors
Ossie Davis
Avery Brooks
James Earl Jones
Cycley Tyson
Paul Robeson
c. Top 5 Influential Writers
James Baldwin
Ralph Wiley
Dr. John Henrik Clarke
Hunter S. Thompson
Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
d.Top 10 Athlete's
Joe Louis
Jesse Owens
Arthur Ashe
Julius Erving
Wilma Rudolph
Muhammad Ali
Willie Mays
Kareem Abdul - Jabbar
Wilt Chamberlin
Michael Jordan
e. Top 5 Political Figures
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
Barbara Jordan
Thurgood Marshall
Dr. Martin Luther King
f. What Single 20th Century Historical Event Would You Change If You Could and Why?
MALCOLM X'S EXECUTION - - - had he lived, he might have had the chance to build the institution he was attempting to build and perhaps america would be further along on the issues of race and class there would possibly be more progress in pan - african relations.
COINTELPRO - - - It effectively destroyed trust and unity amongst African - Americans. We've yet to recover from it.
VI SURVEY DEMOGRPHICS
a. Age Range:
25 - 30 - 4.3%
30 - 35 - 8.7%
35 - 40 - 17.3%
40 - 45 - 23.8%
45 - 50 - 23.8%
55 - 60 - 13.0%
b. Gender
Female - 52.7%
Male 47.3%
c. Location:
USA - 81.%
United Kingdom 3%
France - 1.5%
Japan - 1.5%
Netherlands - 1%
Germany - 1%
Canada - 1%
Sweden - 1%
Other - 10%
d: Race:
Black - 65%
White - 20%
Hispanic - 10%
Asian - 2%
Other - 3%
e: Income
50k - 100k - 60%
Less than 50k/yr - 20%
+100k/yr - 20%
f. Bonus Question:
Do You Eat Your White Castle's With or Without Cheese?
50/50 split
with one final comment...
WITH please....and do you think I could get FRIES TO GO WITH THAT SHAKE?
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