List of funk musicians
This is a list of funk music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such). Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.
0–9
A
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B
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- B. T. Express[8]
- Erykah Badu
- Mike Banks[9]
- The Bar-Kays[10][11][12]
- B. B. & Q. Band
- The Beginning of the End
- Frankie Beverly
- Big Pig[13]
- Edwin Birdsong
- Black Heat[14]
- The Blackbyrds
- Bloodstone
- Blowfly
- Eddie Bo[15]
- Hamilton Bohannon
- Booker T. & the M.G.'s
- Bootsy's Rubber Band[10]
- Brainstorm[16]
- Brand New Heavies[17][18]
- Brass Construction[19]
- Breakwater
- Brecker Brothers
- Michael Brecker[20]
- Brick[10]
- The Brides of Funkenstein
- The Brothers Johnson[10][21][22][23]
- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
- James Brown[10][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
- Tom Browne
- The Budos Band[32]
- Bull & the Matadors
- Keni Burke
- Bobby Byrd
- Donald Byrd
C
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- Cameo[10][33][34][35][36]
- Captain Sky
- Carl Carlton
- Jimmy Castor[37]
- Central Line[38]
- A Certain Ratio[39]
- Chakk[40]
- Chapter 8[41]
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band[42]
- Oliver Cheatham
- Chic[43][44]
- Chicks Incorporated[45]
- Chocolate Milk[46]
- Stanley Clarke
- George Clinton[25][28][31][47][48]
- Dennis Coffey
- Bootsy Collins[49][50][51][52]
- Catfish Collins[53][54]
- Lyn Collins[55]
- Commodores[11][22][25][35][50][56][57]
- Con Funk Shun[10][58][59]
- Nikka Costa[60][61]
- Don Covay[62]
- Crown Heights Affair[63][44]
- Brian Culbertson
- Cymande
- André Cymone
D
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- DAG[64]
- Betty Davis[65][66]
- Miles Davis[30][67]
- Morris Day
- Dayton[68]
- Dazz Band[69]
- DeBarge
- Deckchairs Overboard[70][71]
- Defunkt
- Delegation
- Manu Dibango[72]
- Directions In Groove
- Dr. John[73][74]
- George Duke[75][76]
- Candy Dulfer[77][78][79]
- Dumpstaphunk[80]
- Dyke and the Blazers[24][81]
- Dynasty[82][83]
E
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F
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G
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H
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I
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J
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K
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L
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M
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- Machine[152]
- Manchild[153][154]
- Mandrill[10][155][156]
- Manzel[157]
- Teena Marie[65][158]
- Mass Production
- Material[159]
- Maximum Joy[160][161]
- Curtis Mayfield[24][33][162]
- Maze[163][164]
- Les McCann
- Medeski Martin & Wood
- Paulo Mendonça
- The Meters[25][165][166]
- Mezzoforte[77]
- MFSB
- Miami Sound Machine[167]
- Mickey & the Soul Generation[168]
- Midnight Star[82]
- Buddy Miles
- Marcus Miller
- Mingo Fishtrap[169]
- Blue Mitchell
- Janelle Monáe
- Walter "Junie" Morrison[50][170]
- The Motet
- Mtume[171][172]
N
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O
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P
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R
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S
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- The S.O.S. Band
- Mongo Santamaría
- John Scofield
- Screaming Headless Torsos
- Shakatak[203]
- Shalamar[204]
- Garry Shider[50]
- Shotgun[205]
- Side Effect[206]
- Dawn Silva[207]
- Skull Snaps[208]
- Skyy[209]
- Slave[10][30][33][210]
- Sly and the Family Stone[24][25][30][211]
- Frankie Smith
- Jimmy Smith
- Soul Rebels Brass Band
- Soulive[31]
- Sound Experience[212]
- South Shore Commission[213]
- Sam Sparro[214]
- Speak Low
- Spearhead[215]
- Stargard[216]
- Sly Stone[33][100]
- Stonefunkers
- Clyde Stubblefield
- Sun[30][217]
- Switch[218]
- Swoop[219]
T
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U
V
W
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- War[10][33][189][233][234][235]
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson[236][237]
- Fred Wesley[24][50]
- The Whispers[82]
- Barry White
- The Whitefield Brothers[238]
- Marva Whitney[183]
- Wild Cherry
- Pharrell Williams
- Charlie Wilson
- The Winstons
- Womack & Womack
- Stevie Wonder[30][239]
- Phil Woods[240]
- Victor Wooten
- Bernie Worrell[50]
- Syreeta Wright
Z
See also
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