The Upsetters (American band)

The Upsetters
OriginMacon, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Years active1953 (1953) – early 1960s (early 1960s)
LabelsSpecialty, Little Star
Past membersLittle Richard
Grady Gaines
Jimi Hendrix
Wilbert Lee Diamond
Olse "Bassey" Robinson
Nathniel "Buster" Douglas
Clifford Verke
Charles "Chuck" Connor

The Upsetters were a band that played with American musician and poet Little Richard from 1953 to the early 1960s.[1] They would continue to tour and record through the late 1960s as a backing band with Otis Redding and as a solo group as well. They have been credited by James Brown and others with first putting the 'funk' in the rock and roll beat.[2]

  1. ^ "The Life And Times of Little Richard" Charles White.
  2. ^ Harris, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Keith; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Harris, Keith (May 9, 2020). "Little Richard: 20 Essential Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)