Funk

  • George Brown

    George Brown, also known by the name George “Funky” Brown, was an American musician who was a founding member and the driving rhythmic force behind the funk, R&B, and soul band Kool…

  • James Brown

    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various…

  • Ronald Bell

    Ronald Nathan Bell, also known as Khalis Bayyan, was an American composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, saxophonist and co-founding member of Kool & the Gang. The band recorded nine No. 1 R&B…