funk - '60s & '70s
by Boltzmann

Birthed from a mind experiment of James Brown to switch the emphasis from the backbeat - which immortalized rock 'n' roll - to the downbeat - more specifically, to the first beat (a.k.a. "the one"). It pretty much started dance music as we know it today; it's why we go out, build discos and clubs, and just come together and dance.

I don't want to make a separate chart for disco, because the transition is too vague. Many disco albums have more traditional funk tracks on them; many old school funkers started playing around with disco. I consider disco a subgenre of an overarching term "funk" of which funk itself is also a subgenre using this terminology.

Chronologically ordered, and inclusion does not imply anything about quality.

Chart updated: 07/11/2024 13:15
(Created: 11/10/2021 15:34).
Chart size: 98 albums.

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Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Compilation

James Brown

These very old James Brown recordings were not really majority funk tracks, but let's include them anyway for research purposes. [First added to this chart: 11/10/2021]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

29 charts

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77. (=)

Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track)
Soundtrack compilation

Various Artists

[First added to this chart: 11/10/2021]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

1,111

Rank in 1977:

Rank in 1970s:

295

Overall Rank:

1,536

Average Rating:

76 (380 votes)

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funk - '60s & '70s composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	14	14%
1970s	84	86%
1980s	0	0%
1990s	0	0%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

James Brown	27	28%
Funkadelic	11	11%
Sly & The Family Stone	9	9%
Jackson 5	8	8%
Parliament	7	7%
Kool & The Gang	6	6%
Van McCoy	4	4%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	94	96%
	3	3%
	1	1%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	96	98%
Yes	2	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	95	97%
Yes	3	3%

funk - '60s & '70s chart changes

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Title	Source	Type	Published
Best of George Clinton	Larcx13	Custom chart	2023
Funky Stuff	briggs54	Custom chart	2015
The Greatest Soul & Funk Albums of the 1970s	slimharpo	Custom chart	2017
MOJO 70 Best Soul Albums of the 70s	WayneMC	Custom chart	2016
Top 50 Music Albums of the 1970s	tgarritsen	1970s decade chart	2021
Top 33 Greatest Music Albums	Iggy Opera	Overall chart	2012
Top 15 Music Albums of 1976	Boltzmann	1976 year chart	2021
Top 58 Music Albums of 1978	GeorgeW49	1978 year chart	2018
Top 17 Music Albums of 1975	Boltzmann	1975 year chart	2021
Top 19 Music Albums of 1977	Boltzmann	1977 year chart	2021

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