"Funky Broadway" is a song written by Arlester "Dyke" Christian. It was originally recorded by his band, Dyke & the Blazers, in 1967, and was made into a hit by Wilson Pickett that same year.
The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and number eight on its Hot 100 chart. The song is notable as being the first charted single with the word "Funky" in the title as well as being prototypical funk music itself.
The credits on the recording are:
• Wilson Pickett, vocal • Spooner Oldham, keyboards • Chips Moman, Jimmy Johnson, guitars • Tommy Cogbill, bass • Roger Hawkins, drums • Bowlegs Miller, trumpet • Charlie Chalmers, Jimmy Mitchell, tenor sax • Floyd Newman, baritone sax
Recorded in Muscle Shoals, February 1, 1967. Produced by Jerry Wexler
The "Broadway" referred to in the title is the original Dyke and the Blazers song is Broadway in Buffalo, NY, not the famous Broadway in New York City.
Famous quotes containing the word broadway:
“... here hundreds sit and play Bingo; here the bright lights of Broadway burn through a sea haze; here Somebodies tumble over other Somebodies and over Nobodies as well.”
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)