The Best Ever Funk & Disco

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1That's the Way (I Like It)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1975, in 1976)
recording of:
That’s the Way (I Like It)
writer:
Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
KC and the Sunshine Band4.43:06
2Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Otis Redding2:31
3Love Wars
recording of:
Love Wars
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
composer:
Zekuumba Zekkariyas and Zeniya Zekkariyas
publisher:
Next Flight Music
Womack & Womack5:59
4Lost in Music
recording of:
Lost in Music
writer:
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Sister Sledge44:49
5Bootzilla
assistant engineer:
Mike Iacopelli (engineer)
engineer:
Jim Vitti
producer:
George Clinton (US funk musician) and Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
recording of:
Bootzilla
writer:
George Clinton (US funk musician) and Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
Bootsy Collins5:40
6Rock Your Baby
vocals:
George McCrae
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1974)
recording of:
Rock Your Baby
writer:
Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch and KC (Harry Wayne Casey of the Sunshine Band)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Peer Music (UK) Ltd.
George McCrae3.253:20
7The Jungle
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1971-08-11)
recording engineer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer)
producer:
Joel Dorn
alto saxophone:
Joseph Palmer (on 1971-08-11)
baritone saxophone:
Kenneth Berger (on 1971-08-11) and Arthur Clarke (baritone saxophonist) (on 1971-08-11)
bass:
Naamon Jones (on 1971-08-11)
drums (drum set):
Esco Cromer (on 1971-08-11)
guitar:
Bradley Owens (on 1971-08-11)
organ:
Johnell Grey (on 1971-08-11)
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald (on 1971-08-11)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Carroll (on 1971-08-11), Seldon Powell (on 1971-08-11) and George Young (saxophonist) (on 1971-08-11)
trombone:
James Grimes (on 1971-08-11)
trumpet:
Albert Delmonte (on 1971-08-11) and Phillip Guilbeau (on 1971-08-11)
woodwind [tenor sax, flute]:
David Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1971-08-11)
remixer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer)
arranger:
David Spinozza
Black Heat5:13
8Ain't Nobody
additional synthesizer:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
alto saxophone:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
bass:
Bobby Watson (bassist)
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
flute:
Gary Herbig, Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist) and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
guitar:
Tony Maiden
keyboard:
Kevin Murphy (American keyboardist, Rufus & The American Breed) and David “Hawk” Wolinski
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist)
tenor saxophone:
Gary Herbig and Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist)
trumpet:
Jerry Hey
vocals:
Chaka Khan and Tony Maiden
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 403)
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody
lyricist and composer:
David Wolinski
publisher:
Overdue Music
Rufus & Chaka Khan3.74:44
9Weekend
recording of:
Weekend
composer:
Leroy Burgess and James Calloway
Phreek3:45
10The Jam
Graham Central Station3:39
11Wear It Out
producer:
Verdine White and Robert Wright (disco/funk producer)
recording of:
Wear It Out
writer:
Charles Fearing, Rochelle Runnells and Robert Wright (disco/funk producer)
Stargard5:20
12Love Has Come Around
Donald Byrd3:41
13Saturday
recording of:
Saturday
writer:
Robert Cotter, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Norma Jean Wright6:05
14What About It?
guitar:
Michael Hampton (Parliament/Funkadelic guitarist)
keyboard:
Bernie Worrell (keyboardist, composer and record producer)
Eddie Hazel3:46
15Cissy Strut
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 158)
recording of:
Cissy Strut
composer:
Joseph Modeliste, Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter, Jr.
The Meters43:06
16I Shoulda Loved Ya
recording of:
I Shoulda Loved Ya
writer:
T.M. Stevens (US bass player Thomas Michael Stevens), Narada Michael Walden and Allee Willis
Narada Michael Walden53:58
17Dance With Me
recording of:
Dance with Me
lyricist:
Peter Brown (70s/80s Miami disco artist/songwriter, "Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me")
composer:
Robert Rans
Peter Brown5:20
18Good Times
bass:
Bernard Edwards (in 1979)
electric piano:
Raymond Jones (in 1979)
guitar:
Nile Rodgers (in 1979)
membranophone:
Tony Thompson (Drummer, best known for his work in CHIC) (in 1979)
piano:
Rob Sabino (in 1979)
lead vocals:
Alfa Anderson (in 1979) and Luci Martin (in 1979)
performer:
Chic (US disco group) (in 1979)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 68) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 224)
recording of:
Good Times (in 1979)
writer:
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Chic53:41