Artist	Song
Louis Jordan	Caldonia
from No Moe! Louis Jordan's Greatest Hits (1992)
Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley (1955 Single Version) [Mono]
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bo Diddley (2000)
Johnny Otis	Willie and the Hand Jive
from 20th Century Rocks: 50's Rock 'n Roll - Whole Lot of Shakin' (2001)
Rufus Thomas	The Dog
from Walking the Dog (2005)
James Brown	Out of Sight
from James Brown: The 50th Anniversary Collection (2003)
Professor Longhair & Earl King	Big Chief
from Ultimate Mardi Gras (2008)
Jimmy Smith	The Cat
from The Cat (1998)
Smokey Johnson	It Ain't My Fault, Pts. 1 & 2
from It Ain't My Fault (2006)
Don Covay	Seesaw (Single Version)
from See Saw (2005)
Eddie Floyd	Knock On Wood (Single Version)
from Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles (1959-1968) (2007)
Soul Brothers Six	Some Kind of Wonderful
from Sock It to 'Em Soul (2004)
Archie Bell & The Drells	Tighten Up, Pt. 1 (LP Version)
from Tighten Up (2005)
Booker T. & The MG's	Hip Hug-Her
from The Best of Booker T & The MGs (2005)
Wilson Pickett	Soul Dance Number Three
from The Sound of Wilson Pickett (2007)
The Bar-Kays	Soul Finger
from Beg, Scream & Shout!: The Best of '60s Soul, Vol. 3 (2004)
Joe Tex	Skinny Legs and All
from Greatest Hits (2006)
Lowell Fulson	Tramp
from The Modern Records Blues Story (2006)
Fantastic Johnny C	Boogaloo Down Broadway
from Storm Warning: Philly Original Soul Classics, Vol. 1 (1998)
Bull & The Matadors	The Funky Judge (Part 1)
from Bull & the Matadors' the Funky Judge (2006)
Ray Barretto	Soul Drummers
from A Man And His Music: The Essential Ray Barretto (2010)
Marva Whitney	It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To), Pts. 1 & 2
from James Brown's Original Funky Divas (1998)
The Meters	Look-Ka Py Py
from The Very Best of the Meters (2005)
Lee Dorsey	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky
from Can You Hear Me (2006)
Funkadelic	I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing
from Funkadelic (2005)

Comment:

It takes a village to raise the funk, and it boasted more parents than a school pageant's audience. In the end, each of these pioneers contributed DNA to the music's ultimate liberation through rhythm. Louis Jordan's jump blues "Caldonia" detonates with a rim-shot [i]thwack[/i] on "The One," as its horns honk out melody [i]and[/i] rhythm over Jordan's bourbon-and-barbed-wire vocal. A very different rhythm propels Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive," as its [i]dat-badat-dat-BADAT-DAT[/i] echoes a dawn-of-time tempo that predates both dancing [i]and[/i] music, sending parents all across America into cardiac arrest. And Jimmy Smith's "The Cat" blends funk's ingredients into a steamy, spice-packed gumbo: sassy guitar riffs, slinky keyboard grooves, and a stanky horn section that jolts through the haze like a lightning bolt. And you don't have to dig far to hit more roots: we've got 'em — from Professor Longhair straight through Wicked Wilson Pickett — right here.

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