The Funk Brothers

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The house band at Hitsville, the Berry Gordy-selected musicians who gave Motown its distinctive sound.

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Active

1960s - 2000s

Formed

1959 in Detroit, MI

Disbanded

1972

Genre

R&B

Styles

Motown, Soul, Early R&B

Group Members

Eddie Willis, James Jamerson, Joe Messina, Robert White, Earl Van Dyke, Jack Ashford, Johnny Griffith, Richard "Pistol" Allen, Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Uriel Jones, Pamela Watson, Wah Wah Watson, Bob Babbitt, Benny Benjamin, Joe Hunter, Dennis Coffey

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