YVONNE FAIR-"FUNKY MUSIC SHO' NUFF TURNS ME ON" (1975)

[MrHalloweenJack]

As funky as it gets ! Tremendous !

[TheCalebson]

Alright now!!!

[TheMe6o]

I miss the sound of 70,s,and music like this !!

[Martin1767]

This is possibly the funkiest song I know.

[Granuhha]

Great !!!!!

[rockandrollsax]

Love that bari sax!

[elber449]

Wat een energie vonkt hier af. Geweldig!! Rob Elbers

[bassofbass]

Marvin!... wow  steady funkin'!

[Nonniemayrox]

funk my soul~! right on brothas and sistas! keep groovin youtoobers!!!!! :D

[gadzooks63]

just saw george clinton last night . . i am still in a happy daze . .. . his people must have been 10-15 all total . .gifted stars all . . vocals . .otta sight . . even trumpets and sax work .a bonus . . go see this act.

[jeromefreymond]

Alright fellows, Keep the funk alive, y'all!

I do adore the records of the late Norman Whitfield. He was and is THE MAN!

[vpu1]

I like funky women voices! Please more of this hot stuff!

[turkshead]

no chaka?

[turkshead]

6sec in - marvin - where you find this mate

[Biffthesurf]

AIN'T NO FUNK ....WITHOUT RICK JAMES!

[panda101xyz]

idk why but i still think the best funk music is the fat albert theme and that isnt really a song but this stuff is good to

[08CARIB]

Why the hell am I JUST hearing this song!

[RitmoNo1]

Isn't "Say yeah yeah" by Yvonne (on the Dade label - 1963???) recognised as the first ever recording of FUNK as we know it - produced by James Brown????

[funknroll]

For anyone who's heard it, that's a pretty fair argument. It kicks!

[funknroll]

Gloria Jones (the original "Tainted Love") just let me know that Yvonne Fair's album, "The Bitch Is Black", has just been reissued on CD. It contains this song and much more, be sure to pick it up!

[ChrisOtheBigC]

@funknroll LOVE Gloria Jones and Yvonne Fair!!! Have Gloria Jones' SHARE MY LOVE cd reissue as well as THE BITCH IS BLACK, both beautifully reissued by REEL.

[519386]

She's a honey!!!!!!

[msvermell]

If memory serves me right, Norman Whitfield produced this funky song for Yvonne and The Undisputed Truth did the Background on this track as well -As The Fabulous Marvin Gaye

THIS SONG IS HOT!!!!!

[SlickFunker]

"Is that Marvin Gaye in the background????"

Yes Phill, it is Marvin Gaye singings on this track.

[rtupin1956]

It sure made me move!!!

[86pimp3]

The Tempts version is the best.

[susanwilson41]

Great track!

[RaymondFurniture]

Edwin Star also did this song....hell of a good job too.

[SlickFunker]

Edwin Starrs version of this song is the best I've heard, though Patti LaBelle also recorded an excellent version of Funky Music.

[misterdoe]

I love the Temptations' version of this song, and Patti LaBelle's, but this one actually best fits the title. Those were funk-y, but this is FUNK.

[philburrell]

Is that Marvin Gaye in the background????

[funknroll]

Yes, Marvin produced this song and threw his support in with background vocals.

[funkberto]

Si

David Bowie (Fame), Creedence Clearwater (On The Corner), The Doors (Ghost Song), Steely Dan, Peter Frampton, Steve Miller..Got FUNKY!

[wildganja]

That's funky, I think?

[zurapDOR]

Where's LTD, Raydio, T-Connection and the Meters..

and oh..Bootsy Collins?

[QuickStix]

Hey Y'all! Yvonne Fair's CD, The Bitch is Black (which featured this song), FINALLY just became available on CD!!! Look for it online, Amazon or wherever you get your music. It has a gang of photos and a really long essay that tells Yvonne's whole story! The s**t!!! That woman was so funky she probably couldn't stand herself...lawd.

[borellpeter]

I think she only did one album, but that record is one best funky soul album ever.

Bay it, for gods sake.

[funknroll]

This is a video history of FUNK in multiple parts:

70s FUNK 1="BETTY DAVIS -'F.U.N.K. (2.0)' (1975)"

70s FUNK 2="YVONNE FAIR -'Funky Music Sho' Nuff Turns Me On' (1975)"

80s FUNK="MATERIAL & NONA HENDRYX -'Busting Out' (1980)"

80s Alternative Dance="THE DANCE -'Do DaDa' (1980)"

[bellaalma]

Wow, what an excellent montage! This was when the term musician actually meant musician! These folks were actually talented and used the art of music to move us unlike these posers out here now. Long live funk!

[CharlesBarry]

Can't you just see yourself doing the philly dog ( it's a dance ) to this song !!! I can I did, too funky.

[SuperDoopz]

cool - music - i - like - it

[legrandnj03]

El Chicano, Fela, Isis, undisputed Truth....wow, my folks would play the hell out of all that. Great post. Brings back a lot of good memories.

[bmbellinc]

I enjoyed looking at the old publicity shots,some one tell me were i could get the one of prince, it came out with his first album in right on mag around 1978.

[sexycaine22]

how did she died?

[funknroll]

I'm not sure. She passed away in Las Vegas in 1994, but nothing I've read explains more.

[jeteyefix]

i'll czech it out thx!!!!

[jeteyefix]

I enjoyed it, do it again... there are many other artists LP's you could use such as James Brown, George Clinton, Sly, Stevie. Kool, EW&F,Slave,Isleys, etc. Keep the funk on!

[funknroll]

You might enjoy the companion video, ""BETTY DAVIS -F.U.N.K. (PART 2)". It has most of those and more!

[corridorsofpower]

Let the Funk rain in with no finer woman to represent the artists.  I posted some O' those Lp's I've been sorting thru

[soulfultony]

Yvonne Fair a true legend,With James Brown in the early 60's, a member of the Chantels,married to Sammy Strain(Imperials & O'Jays)in 70's. She was in a cave girl outfit on Soul Train doing this song in'75.

[swdanielson]

i tell you, CD covers can never compare to the style and power of 1970's album covers. I remember as a kid, just being spellbound by them. Most of the time, i never even heard the record, but i always remembered the covers. This was a great video. Thank you.

[btlarkin]

Most of the home-made videos on Youtube are lame. But this one, with all the 70s funky album and publicity photos is just bad-ass. Nice job!

[bboywzrd1]

About time someone recognized Fela Kuti

[magie8898]

Yvonne Fair cut her 'Funk teeth' touring with James Brown back in the 60's.

[jefunkrey]

damn i have the album(one of the best album from motown)

shame it isn't on cd

i'm not a motown lover(southern soul rules)

southside movement is also a great album

look for it

thxxxxxxxxxxx

keep the funk alive!

[HumbleHarry]

Great stuff. Can't get enough of that funky stuff. Yvonne Fair recorded for Motown and was in the 1972 Diana Ross film "Lady Sings the Blues" as a fictional nightclub performer who taunts Billie Holiday for being too, um, lady-like. Sadly, Ms. Fair died in 1994.

[s2margolin]

just amazing - this cut was no.1 in australia in 1975!!!

[dieve36]

have you ever heard Prince's new song "chelsea rogers"? a very funky one, in fact we are back to the 70's

[blakbonez]

maybe we will get back to those days again.

[HowieP]

I thought that was Marvin Gaye doin' backup!

[LukaBermuda]

Absolutely. That is uncanny (Rip off).

[ginginnyme]

I wasnt born until 1986, I love the old funk and soul songs and artist. But I have never heard of her. I like her sound a lot thanks

[DarrylM65]

I have this album "The Bitch Is Black" It's very rare even it's on Motown and produced by Norman Whitfield. It must have been a little too raw for Motown! They need to reissue this on CD. By the way, the male voice you hear doing the ad-libs at the beginning is none other than Marvin Gaye, uncredited cameo!

[lonelygurl8305]

Who is the lady with the whip?

[funknroll]

Yvonne Fair herself, on the cover of her album, "The Bitch Is Black".

[lonelygurl8305]

LOL....did elton John do a song called the bitch is back?

[tek3x]

mega COOl

[wever]

OOOOOOOOOOOh YEAh!!!! i love every of those bands and artists!!!! THANK YOU funknroll for bringin us so much funk!!!!! hey! qhere did u get all those pics? many of them haven't seen before....same with eddie hazel pics and betty too in other videos

[funknroll]

Most of them come from my albums, CDs, and magazines. Some come from the internet when I find something extra cool. The Eddie Hazel photos are mostly from the collection, though quite a few came from the great P-Funk isssue of the HipHop magazine, WAXPOETICS. Track it down! The recent issue was a Betty Davis cover story, too.

[wever]

thanx! :)

i think I should buy one of those waxpoetics...

[mojoelem]

Betty Davis was so gorgeous similar to Freda Payne. Shuggie Otis is just beyond words. "WAR's" song "Me & Baby Brother" i recall as being one of the funkiest ever.

[Afrandro]

This is excellent. Vintage. I love it.