Artist	Song
Sly & the Family Stone	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
from Greatest Hits (2007)
Parliament	Up for the Down Stroke
from The Best of Parliament - Give Up the Funk (1995)
The Isley Brothers	It's Your Thing
from The Ultimate Isley Brothers (2000)
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	Express Yourself
from Express Yourself (2005)
Wilson Pickett	Engine Number 9 (Single Version)
from In Philadelphia (2007)
Edwin Starr	War
from The Very Best of Edwin Starr (1998)
Otis Redding	These Arms of Mine
from The Very Best of Otis Redding (2007)
Bobby "Blue" Bland	I Pity the Fool
from Two Steps from the Blues (Bonus Tracks) (2001)
Kool & the Gang	Let the Music Take Your Mind (Single Version)
from Gold (2005)
Ohio Players	Players Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing)
from Pain (2007)
The Meters	Cissy Strut
from The Very Best of the Meters (2005)
Archie Bell & The Drells	Tighten Up, Pt. 1 (LP Version)
from Tighten Up (2005)
Tower of Power	Squibcakes (previously Unreleased)
from Direct Plus! (2007)
Dyke & The Blazers	Funky Broadway Part 2
from Funky Broadway (2007)
The Fantastic Johnny C	Boogaloo Down Broadway
from Boogaloo Down Broadway (1997)
Clarence Reid	Nobody But You Babe
from Dancin' With Nobody But You Babe (2005)
Jackie Wilson	Doggin' Around
from Jackie Wilson: 20 Greatest Hits (2002)
Joe Tex	Show Me
from Greatest Hits (2006)
Garnet Mimms	Cry Baby
from The Best of Garnet Mimms - Cry Baby (1993)
JC Davis	Buttered Popcorn
from A New Day! The Complete Mus-I-Col Recordings of JC Davis - EP (2005)

Comment:

If our [i]Similar Sounds[/i] playlist seems a little bit all-over-the-map, it's because no single artist can capture all of J.B.'s genius, and because Brown [i]himself[/i] was all over the map, sometimes twice . . . and often first. Beale Street bossman Bobby "Blue" Bland tumbles into the studio rough as a three-day growth in the hard-hearted blues of "I Pity the Fool," tearin' it up note after achin' note. San Francisco's Sly & The Family Stone slide into a tailfeather-bumpin' celebration of sunshine and funk in their chart-topping "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)." And Parliament, featuring ex-Brown sidemen Bootsy and Catfish Collins, ladles a heaping helping of party-hearty horns and slinky synths over a stutter-step backbeat in "Up for the Down Stroke." From Jackie Wilson to Wilson Pickett, from Otis Redding to Tower of Power, we've got all the funk soul brothers who shared the marquee and the airwaves with the amazing Mr. Please Please Please back in the day.

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