Talk:The Funk Brothers
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Jamerson played the upright bass , too ( for instance on "My guy"(Mary Wells), and "Uptight" (S. Wonder)
Were they not also featured on American Idol? (205.250.167.76 22:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Outrageous claim
This one : The opening titles of the film proclaim the Funk Brothers as "having played on more number-one records than The Beatles, Elvis, The Rolling Stones, and The Beach Boys combined."
According to Wikipedia's list of Billboard No 1's these 4 acts have grossed 20 + 17 + 8 + 4 = 49 No 1 hits. Checking Motown's Billboard No 1 hits 1959 to 1972 (when the Funk Bros were disbanded, and minus the Jackson 5 on whose hits they weren't used) I find there were 23 No 1 hits. A lot, but not as huge as the claim. So this should in some way be qualified
Pbryant 20:48, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
Answer to your Outrageos Claim Statement
These are 33 Motown #1 Bilboard hits I found on Wikipedia between 1962 and 1975. The Funk Brothers had #1 hits on other labels. They had many other #1 hits on the Bilboard R & B Charts which are not listed.
"Please Mr Postman" The Marvelettes, "Fingertips Pt. 2" Little Stevie Wonder, "My Guy" Mary Wells, "Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes, "Baby Love" The Supremes, "Come See About Me" The Supremes, "My Girl" The Temptations, "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes, "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes, "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" The Four Tops, "I Hear a Symphony" The Supremes, "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes, "Reach Out I'll Be There" The Four Tops, "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes, "The Happening" The Supremes, "Respect" Aretha Franklin, "Love Child" Diana Ross / Supremes, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye, "I Can't Get Next to You" The Temptations, "Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross / Supremes, "ABC" The Jackson Five, "The Love You Save" The Jackson Five, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross, "I'll Be There" The Jackson Five, "The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson / Miracles, "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations, "Superstition" Superstition, "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder, "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross, "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye, "Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Night / Pips, "Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)" Eddie Kendricks, "You Haven't Done Nothin'" Stevie Wonder,
--68.8.252.232 (talk) 07:28, 14 February 2008 (UTC)J Maslan
But not all of them played on all of the songs, otherwise you'd have three drummers, two bassists, six guitarists, etc. I also notice no mention of Larrie Londin (Ralph Gallant) who played on "Baby Love" and a few other songs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.238.157.93 (talk) 23:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
