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Funky Broadway

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Whereas the original made a decent showing on the charts, Pickett's version "became the definitive hit version", which reached numbers one and eight on the R&B and Hot 100 charts. Described as a "funky tune" and an "absolutely classic, wailing read", it is also included on
190:. The small, Phoenix, Arizona-based, Artco Records first issued it as a two-part single; when it was unable to keep up with the demand, the distribution was picked up by the 464: 350: 721: 711: 385: 262: 306: 590: 512: 504: 520: 701: 569: 457: 270: 496: 488: 245: 632: 576: 653: 195: 239:, Alabama. Pickett only recorded the first half of the song, with "I'm Sorry About That" used as the B-side. 450: 258: 216: 646: 402: 706: 696: 187: 583: 562: 203: 143: 31: 716: 691: 339:
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album, issued by Atlantic in 1967. The session personnel on the Pickett recording included
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Index

Single
Dyke and the Blazers
B-side
Genre
Funk
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dyke and the Blazers
funk
Dyke & the Blazers
Original Sound
Top Selling R&B Singles
Hot 100
Billboard

Wilson Pickett
Jerry Wexler
Atlantic Records
Muscle Shoals
The Sound of Wilson Pickett
Charles Chalmers
Tommy Cogbill
Roger Hawkins
Jimmy Johnson
Chips Moman
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
Floyd Newman
Spooner Oldham
"100 Greatest Funk Songs"

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