Funky Broadway

"Funky Broadway – Part I"
Single by Dyke and the Blazers
from the album Funky Broadway
B-side"Funky Broadway – Part II"
Released1966 (1966)
Recorded1966
GenreFunk[1]
Length2:30
LabelArtco
Songwriter(s)Arlester "Dyke" Christian
Producer(s)Desert Sound
Dyke and the Blazers singles chronology
"Funky Broadway – Part I"
(1966) 		"So Sharp"
(1967)

"Funky Broadway" is an early funk-style song written by Arlester "Dyke" Christian. In 1966, he recorded it with his band, Dyke & the Blazers. The small, Phoenix, Arizona-based, Artco Records first issued it as a two-part single; when it was unable to keep up with the demand, the distribution was picked up by the Original Sound label. [2] The single performed well on both the Top Selling R&B Singles and Hot 100 charts compiled by Billboard magazine, reaching numbers 17 and 65 respectively.[3]

  1. ^ "100 Greatest Funk Songs". Digital Dream Door. August 7, 2008. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  2. ^ Leszczak, Bob (2013). Who Did It First? – Great Rhythm and Blues Cover Songs and Their Original Artists. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8108-8866-1.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). "Artist entries". Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. pp. 130, 328. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.