The Bar-Kays

The Bar-Kays began as a gritty instrumental soul band in the manner of their mentors, Booker T & the MGs. They were employed as Otis Redding's backing band on tour, until a tragic 1967 plane crash took the lives of Redding and four band members. With a revamped line-up, the group reinvented itself as a '70s disco-funk hit machine, continuing in various permutations until 1993.

• Albert King
• Archie Bell & The Drells
• Curtis Mayfield
• David Axelrod
• Isaac Hayes
• Sam & Dave
• The Mar-Keys
• The Meters
• Willie Mitchell

• Bill Black's Combo
• Bill Doggett
• Booker T. Trio
• Jackie Wilson
• James Brown
• Junior Walker & The All-Stars
• Little Richard
• Otis Redding
• The Isley Brothers

• Average White Band
• Cameo
• Con Funk Shun
• Kool & The Gang
• Mandrill
• Ohio Players
• Parlet
• Pharaohs (Jazz)
• Rick James
• The Blues Brothers
• War

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