The song heavily sampled the Fatback Band’s 1975 funk-jam, “(Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop.” “Chaka Khan did a remake of ‘Bus Stop,’ and that really opened up the doors again for me ...

The Fatback Band is also thought to have released the first rap record in hip-hop history with its song “King Tim III (Personality Jock),” which was released five months before the Sugarhill ...

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The Fatback Band events, tour dates and gigs. ... The band released the albums Let's Do It Again, People Music, and Feel My Soul before signing to Event Records in 1974.

Spider Murphy’s Fatback Vipers, “Smells Like Salvation” (Independent) July 30, 2019 by: Jay Mazza 1 Comment. Spider Murphy is a name I have seen and heard numerous times in local music listings, but ...

The Fatback Band were the grittiest of the US club bands that mixed jazz with funk and dominated dance in the mid-1970s. They prefigured disco, were at the beginning of rap – their 1979 rap ...