Fatback - Backstrokin' (Petko Turner Edit)

Fatback Band - Backstrockin' Edit By Petko Turner The Fatback Band
(later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band. Most
popular in the 1970s and 1980s, The Fatback Band is most known for
their R&B hits, "(Do The) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls",
"Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", "Backstrokin'" and "I Found
Lovin". Their 1979 single "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is
sometimes considered the first hip hop single. Formed in New York
City in 1970, The Fatback Band was the concept of Bill Curtis, an
experienced session drummer, inspired to merge the "fatback" jazz
beat of New Orleans into a funk band. In addition to Curtis, the
band's initial line-up included guitarist Johnny King, bassist
Johnny Flippin, trumpet player George Williams, saxophonist Earl
Shelton, flautist George Adams, and keyboardist Gerry Thomas. The
band specialized in playing "street funk". The group also later
included conga player Wayne Woolford, vocalists Jayne and Gerry,
Deborah Cooper saxophonist Fred Demerey, guitarist Louis Wright and
George Victory. The Fatback Band signed to Perception Records and
had a hit single that summer with "Street Dance". The single
reached the Top 30 on the US Billboard R&B chart, but failed to
cross over to the pop chart, a pattern the group would follow for
the rest of their career. The band released the albums Let's Do It
Again, People Music, and Feel My Soul before signing to Event
Records in 1974. In the mid-1970s, the band incorporated jazz
elements and moved more towards a disco sound resulting in the
singles, "Keep On Steppin'", "Yum, Yum (Give Me Some)", and "(Are
You Ready) Do The Bus Stop". The singles proved popular in dance
clubs, but did not do as well on R&B chart until the spring of
1976 when "(Do The) Spanish Hustle" came close to the Top Ten.
"(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop" birthed the development of line
dancing.[citation needed] Now recording for Spring/Polydor, the
group continued with the singles, "Party Time", "The Booty", and
"Double Dutch". Late 1977 brought a name change to Fatback, and in
1978 they found their first Top Ten single with "I Like Girls". The
song "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is often considered to be
the first commercially released rap single, having shipped just a
week before The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" in October
1979.[2] In 1980, Fatback had a pair of their biggest hits with
"Gotta Get My Hands On Some (Money)" and "Backstrokin'". Also
finding the charts in the 1980s were "Take It Any Way You Can't
It", "I Found Lovin'", and "Spread Love", with singer Evelyn
Thomas, in 1985. Whilst American pop success proved elusive, the
group made regular appearances in the UK Singles Chart, including
the Top Ten twice with "(Do The) Spanish Hustle" and "I Found
Lovin'".[3] Keyboardist Gerry Thomas was simultaneously a member of
The Jimmy Castor Bunch, so the band elected to remain close to the
New York area instead of extensive touring. They had substantial
success in South America, especially in Brazil (with "Money", and
"Backstrokin'").