SONG FOR TODAY: The Bar-Kays – Shake Your Rump To The Funk

The Bar-Kays are a popular soul, RandB, and funk group who began performing in 1966 and continue to perform today, although with only one original member. The group had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" (U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number 17, RandB number 3) in 1967, "Son of Shaft" (R&B number 10) in 1972, and "Boogie Body Land" (RandB number 7) in 1980. In 1976, Dodson (vocals), Alexander (bass), Lloyd Smith (guitar), Allen (trumpet), Henderson (saxophone), Frank Thompson (Trombone), Stewart (keyboards), and Mike Beard (drums) brought their 'Shake Your Rump to the Funk' track into the RandB Top Five...