Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Brooklyn, NY, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Funk, Soul, R&B | |
| Years active | 1996 - Present | |
| Label(s) | Daptone | |
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| Sharon Jones El Michels Neal Sugarman Dave Guy Homer Steinweiss Binky Griptite Boogaloo Velez Tommy 'TNT' Brenneck Bosco Mann |
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are a funk/soul band. They are signed to Daptone Records, where the Dap-Kings are the house band.
Lead singer Sharon Jones originally appeared on the Soul Providers' album Soul Tequila, which started the collaboration between her and Bosco Mann.
The Dap-Kings consist of various musicians in the New York Deep Funk scene, including Neal Sugarman, Binky Griptite, David Guy, Bosco Mann, Tommy Brenneck, Homer Steiweiss and Otis Youngblood.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have so far released two albums and a few singles on Daptone Records.
In 2006, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' were featured in an I Love NY commercial set to their cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land". The band's cover of Stevie Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" also appeared in a Chase Manhattan Bank commercial that same year.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (May 2002, Daptone DAP-001)
- Naturally (January 2005, Daptone DAP-004)
[edit] Singles
- "Got a Thing on My Mind" (October 2001, Daptone DAP-1001)
- "Make It Good"/"Casella Walk" (December 2001, Daptone DAP-1004)
- "Got to Be the Way It Is Pts 1 & 2" (January 2002, Daptone DAP-1006)
- "What Have You Done for Me Lately" (April 2002, Daptone DAP-1009)
- "Pick It Up, Lay It in the Cut"/"Hard Eight" (June 2002, Daptone DAP-1011)
- "Genuine Pts 1 & 2" (January 2004, Daptone DAP-1016)
- "What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes"/"This Land Is Your Land" (September 2002, Daptone DAP-1019)
- "How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?" (November 2004, Daptone DAP-1020)
- "I Just Dropped in to See"/"What Condition My Condition Is In" (March 2005, Daptone DAP-1020)
- "How Do I Let a Good Man Down"/"My Man Is a Mean Man" (September 2005, Daptone DAP-1024)
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