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King Floyd

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King Floyd (February 13, 1945 – March 6, 2006) was a New Orleans soul singer and songwriter, best known for his Top 10 hit from 1970, "Groove Me". [1]

40 relations: A-side and B-side, Arrangement, Atlantic Records, Billboard Hot 100, Boombastic (song), Bourbon Street, California, Chess Records, Diabetes mellitus, Disc jockey, Disco, Dr. John, Groove Me, Harold Battiste, Hit record, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Jackson, Mississippi, Jean Knight, Larry Hamilton (musician), Louisiana, Malaco Records, Mississippi, Mr. Big Stuff, Music recording certification, New Orleans, Record chart, Record producer, Recording Industry Association of America, Rhythm and blues, Shaggy (musician), Songwriter, Soul music, Stroke, TK Records, Top 40, United States Army, United States Postal Service, Wardell Quezergue, Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever.

A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Boombastic (song)

"Boombastic" is a song by Jamaican-American musical artist Shaggy from his third studio album, Boombastic.

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Bourbon Street

Bourbon Street (Rue Bourbon, Calle Bourbon) is a street in the heart of New Orleans' oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record company, founded in 1950 in Chicago and specializing in blues and rhythm and blues.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Dr. John

Malcolm John Rebennack (born November 21, 1940), better known by his stage name Dr.

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Groove Me

"Groove Me" is a song recorded by R&B singer King Floyd.

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Harold Battiste

Harold Raymond Battiste, Jr. (October 28, 1931 – June 19, 2015) was an American music composer, arranger, performer and teacher.

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Hit record

A hit record is an audio recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appeared on) one of the popular chart listings.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital city and largest urban center of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Jean Knight

Jean Knight (born Jean Caliste, January 26, 1943) is an American soul, R&B and funk singer, best known for her 1971 Stax Records hit single, "Mr. Big Stuff".

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Larry Hamilton (musician)

Larry James Hamilton (March 23, 1951 – December 28, 2011) was an American New Orleans blues, rhythm-and-blues and soul blues singer and songwriter.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Malaco Records

Malaco Records is an American independent record label based in Jackson, Mississippi that has been the home of various major blues and gospel acts, such as Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, Z. Z. Hill, Denise LaSalle, Benny Latimore, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, Shirley Brown, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Sease, and the Mississippi Mass Choir.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mr. Big Stuff

"Mr.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Shaggy (musician)

Orville Richard Burrell CD (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican musician, singer, DJ, and former United States Marine.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Stroke

A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.

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TK Records

TK Records was an American independent record label founded by record distributor Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo in 1972.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

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Wardell Quezergue

Wardell Joseph Quezergue (March 12, 1930 – September 6, 2011) was an American composer, arranger, record producer and bandleader, known among New Orleans musicians as the "Creole Beethoven".

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Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group from Staten Island, New York City, originally composed of East Coast rappers RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God and Masta Killa.

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Wu-Tang Forever

Wu-Tang Forever is the second studio album of American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released June 3, 1997, on Loud/RCA Records in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Floyd

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