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The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band

The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band

The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band has been played on NTS shows including The Pentagon Faceslap, with Do Your Thing first played on 1 December 2018.

Charles Wright (born in 1940 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is a pioneering funk band. Active since the 1960s and most popular during the 1970s, the band had a number of Top 20 R&B hits, such as "Do Your Thing" (#11 Pop, #12 R&B), "Till You Get Enough" (#12 R&B, #67 Pop), and "Love Land" (R&B #23, Pop #16), but are best known for their biggest hit, 1970's "Express Yourself" (#3 R&B, #12 Pop), released on Warner Bros. Records and was later sampled in the N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton album in 1988.

Band members * Charles Wright - Guitars, Piano * Al McKay - Guitar * Benorce Blackmon - Guitar (replaced Al McKay) * Gabe Flemings - Piano, Trumpet * Melvin Dunlap - Bass * James Gadson - Drums * Big John Rayford - Saxophone * Bill Cannon - Saxophone * Ray Jackson - Trombone

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The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band

The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band has been played on NTS shows including The Pentagon Faceslap, with Do Your Thing first played on 1 December 2018.

Charles Wright (born in 1940 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is a pioneering funk band. Active since the 1960s and most popular during the 1970s, the band had a number of Top 20 R&B hits, such as "Do Your Thing" (#11 Pop, #12 R&B), "Till You Get Enough" (#12 R&B, #67 Pop), and "Love Land" (R&B #23, Pop #16), but are best known for their biggest hit, 1970's "Express Yourself" (#3 R&B, #12 Pop), released on Warner Bros. Records and was later sampled in the N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton album in 1988.

Band members * Charles Wright - Guitars, Piano * Al McKay - Guitar * Benorce Blackmon - Guitar (replaced Al McKay) * Gabe Flemings - Piano, Trumpet * Melvin Dunlap - Bass * James Gadson - Drums * Big John Rayford - Saxophone * Bill Cannon - Saxophone * Ray Jackson - Trombone

Original source: Last.fm

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