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Fatback
previously Fatback Band
Formed in 1970
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The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The Fatback Band is most known for their R&B hits: "(Do the) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", "Backstrokin'" and "I Found Lovin'".
Their 1979 single "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is generally considered the first commercially released hip hop single.
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The Fatback Band (abrégé plus tard en simplement Fatback) est un groupe de funk et de disco américain populaire dans les années 1970 et 1980. Connu pour ses tubes rhythm and blues (Do the) Spanish Hustle, I Like Girls, Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money), Backstrokin' et I Found Lovin', le Fatback Band est surtout réputé comme le groupe auteur du single King Tim III (Personality Jock) en 1979, généralement considéré comme le premier single hip-hop de l'Histoire.
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Discography
Albums
- 1972 Let's Do It Again
- 1973 People Music
- 1974 Feel My Soul
- 1974 Keep On Steppin’
- 1975 Yum Yum
- 1975 Raising Hell
- 1976 Night Fever
- 1977 NYCNYUSA
- 1977 Man With the Band
- 1978 Fired Up ’n’ Kickin’
- 1979 Brite Lights / Big City
- 1979 Fatback XII
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- 1980 Hot Box
- 1980 14 Karat
- 1981 Tasty Jam
- 1981 Gigolo
- 1982 On the Floor With Fatback
- 1983 Is This the Future?
- 1983 With Love
- 1984 Phoenix
- 1985 So Delicious
- 1988 Tonite's an All-Nite Party
- 2004 Second Generation
Singles
- 1973 Street Dance / Goin’ to See My Baby
- 1974 Keep On Steppin’
- 1975 (Do The) Spanish Hustle
- 1975 Yum, Yum (Gimme Some)
- 1977 Double Dutch
- 1978 Get Out on the Dance Floor / I Like Girls
- 1979 You're My Candy Sweet / King Tim III (Personality Jock)
- 1979 Freak the Freak the Funk (Rock)
- 1980 Backstrokin’ / Love Spell
- 1982 (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
- 1983 I Found Lovin’
- 1983 Is This the Future?
