Strictly Breaks is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as break beats. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

 passages which enable djs to easily transition into them, as well as attractive to producers who loop or rearrange them to create new compositions. Following in the tradition of the Ultimate Breaks and Beats

Ultimate Breaks and Beats

Ultimate Breaks and Beats was a series of 25 compilation albums released from 1986 to 1991 by Street Beat Records...

series, the Strictly Breaks records contain an eclectic range of musical styles: mainly funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 and jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, but also including soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

, rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

, disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 and pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

. Some of the offerings are well-known (the Psycho

Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch...

theme by Bernard Hermann) but most are relatively obscure tracks treasured by music conoisseurs and DJs. The common, but hard to define thread in all of these songs is that they are "funky". Many of the songs in the Strictly Breaks series have been sampled into new musical compositions, mainly by hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 producers.

Strictly Breaks - complete track listings

• Strictly Breaks Volume 1
  1. "The Long Wait" - Hawaii Five-O Soundtrack
  2. "You Can't Turn Me Away" - Sylvia Striplin
     Sylvia Striplin
     Sylvia Striplin is a New York based jazz, soul and R&B vocalist. Striplin has worked with funk, jazz, R&B and soul, vibraphonist Roy Ayers, who helped her release her 1981 album Give Me Your Love on the Uno Melodic record label. Striplin, along with Marva Hicks found some solo success after being...
     
      from Give Me Your Love (1981)
  3. "The Smile" - David Axelrod
     David Axelrod (musician)
     David Axelrod is an American composer, arranger and producer, working in several musical genres.-Biography:...
     
      from Song of Innocence (1968)
  4. "Rain Dance" - Jeff Lorber
     Jeff Lorber
     Jeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
     
     
  5. "Morning" - Cal Tjader
     Cal Tjader
     Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his...
     
      from Soul Burst (1966)
  6. "Summer In The City
     Summer in the City
     "Summer in the City" is the title of a song recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, written by Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone. It came from their album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful and it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966...
     
     " - Quincy Jones
     Quincy Jones
     Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
     
     
  7. "Garden Of Peace" - Lonnie Liston Smith
     Lonnie Liston Smith
     Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...
     
      from Dreams of Tomorrow (1983)
  8. "I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over" - David Porter
     David Porter (musician)
     David Porter is an American soul musician. Porter is best known as the songwriting and production partner of Isaac Hayes at Stax Records during the 1960s...
     
     
  9. "Mask" - Shelly Manne
     Shelly Manne
     Shelly Manne , born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz and fusion, as well as contributing...
     
     
  10. "Get Out My Life Woman" - Joe Williams
      Joe Williams (jazz singer)
      Joe Williams was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards.-Early life:...
      
      
  11. "In The Mood" - Tyrone Davis
      Tyrone Davis
      Tyrone Davis , born Tyrone Fettson, was a leading American soul singer with a distinctive style, recording a long list of hit records over a period of more than 20 years. He had three no...
      
      
  12. "Drums Of Death" - Bonus Beat

• Strictly Breaks Volume 2
  1. "Summer Breeze
     Summer Breeze (song)
     "Summer Breeze" is the title of a song written and recorded by Seals and Crofts that has been covered by The Isley Brothers, Type O Negative, the Three Tenors, and several other artists.-Seals & Crofts version:...
     
     " - The Main Ingredient
  2. "Adventures In The Land Of Music" - Dynasty
     Dynasty (band)
     Dynasty was an American R&B band, based in Los Angeles, California, created by producer and SOLAR Records label head Dick Griffey and Leon Sylvers III. The band was known for their dance/pop numbers during the late 1970s and 1980s...
     
     
  3. "My Jamaican Guy" - Grace Jones
     Grace Jones
     Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
     
     
  4. "Enchanted Lady" - Milt Jackson
     Milt Jackson
     Milton "Bags" Jackson was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms...
     
     
  5. "Free Soul" - John Klemmer
     John Klemmer
     John Klemmer is an American saxophonist, composer, song writer and arranger.He was born in Chicago, Illinois and began playing guitar at age 5 and alto saxophone at age 11. His other early interests included graphics and visual art, writing, dance, puppetry, painting, sculpting and poetry...
     
     
  6. "Unwind Yourself" - Marva Whitney
     Marva Whitney
     Marva Whitney is an African American funk singer. She is considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the "rawest" and "brassiest" music divas....
     
     
  7. "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
     Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
     "Quinn the Eskimo " is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan and first recorded during The Basement Tapes sessions in 1967. The song was first released in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" by the British band Manfred Mann and became a great success...
     
     " - Ramsey Lewis
     Ramsey Lewis
     Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:...
     
     
  8. "EVA" - Jean Jacques Perrey
  9. "Fun" - Brick
     Brick (band)
     Brick is a former American band that created a successful merger of funk and jazz in the 1970s. Their most popular single was "Dazz", which was released in 1976.-History:...
     
     
  10. "Funky Worm" - Ohio Players
      Ohio Players
      The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
      
      
  11. "Night Love" - Jeff Lorber
      Jeff Lorber
      Jeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
      
      
  12. "Searching" - Roy Ayers
      Roy Ayers
      Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
      
      

• Strictly Breaks Volume 3
  1. "Sweet Green Fields" - Seals & Crofts
  2. "I Did It For Love" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
     Love Unlimited
     Love Unlimited was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for American R&B/soul singer Barry White on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings. Formed in 1969, the group included Barry White’s future wife, Glodean James, her sister, Linda James, and...
     
     
  3. "I Put A Spell On You
     I Put a Spell on You
     "I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, whose recording was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also ranked #320 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Although Hawkins'...
     
     " - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
     Screamin' Jay Hawkins
     Jalacy Hawkins , best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins was an American musician, singer, and actor...
     
     
  4. "Killers Lullaby" - Barry White
     Barry White
     Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
     
     
  5. "I Hear Music In The Streets" - Unlimited Touch
  6. "Just Kissed My Baby" - The Meters
     The Meters
     The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
     
     
  7. "Black Cow" - Steely Dan
     Steely Dan
     Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
     
     
  8. "Hollywood Swinging
     Hollywood Swinging
     "Hollywood Swinging" is a song by R&B/funk band Kool & the Gang from their album Wild and Peaceful. The song became their first number one R&B single, reaching that position in June, 1974. It proved to also be a successful crossover hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart....
     
     " - Kool & The Gang
     Kool & the Gang
     Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
     
     
  9. "She's A Bad Mama Jama" - Carl Carlton
     Carl Carlton
     Carl Carlton is an American R&B, soul, and funk singer and songwriter, best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama ".-Career:...
     
     
  10. "I'm Coming Out
      I'm Coming Out
      "I'm Coming Out" is a hit single released by Motown singer Diana Ross in 1980, written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers for her album diana .-Background:...
      
      " - Diana Ross
      Diana Ross
      Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
      
      
  11. "The Body Rock" - The Treacherous Three
      Treacherous Three
      The Treacherous Three was a pioneering hip hop group that was formed in 1978 and consisted of DJ Easy Lee, Kool Moe Dee, L.A. Sunshine, Special K and Spoonie Gee , with occasional contributions from DJ Dano B, DJ Reggie Reg and DJ Crazy Eddie...
      
      
  12. "I'll Never Grow Old - The Charmells
  13. "I Want 2 Do Something Freaky 2 U" - Leon Haywood
      Leon Haywood
      Otha Leon Haywood is an American funk and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 1975 hit single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You", which has been much sampled by Dr. Dre and others....
      
      
  14. "Little Green Apples
      Little Green Apples
      "Little Green Apples" is a song written by Bobby Russell which was most successful as a 1968 hit single by O. C. Smith.According to Buzz Cason, who partnered Bobby Russell in the Nashville-based Rising Sons music publishing firm, Russell wrote both the songs "Honey" and "Little Green Apples" as "an...
      
      " - Monk Higgins
      Monk Higgins
      Milton Bland better known as Monk Higgins, was an American musician and saxophonist who was born in Menifee, Arkansas....
      
      

• Strictly Breaks Volume 4
  1. Bob James
     Bob James (musician)
     Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...
     
      - "Shamboozie"
  2. Labi Siffre
     Labi Siffre
     Labi Siffre is a British poet, songwriter, musician and singer most widely known as the writer and singer of " So Strong", "It Must Be Love" and "I Got The", the sampled rhythm track which provides the basis for a number of well-known hip hop tracks such as Eminem’s breakthrough hit single, "My...
     
      - "I Got The Blues"
  3. Buddy Baker
     Buddy Baker (composer)
     Norman "Buddy" Baker was an American composer who scored many of Walt Disney's films, such as The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again, The Shaggy D.A., The Million Dollar Duck and The Fox and the Hound.Baker was born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, and got his degree in...
     
      - "Sign Song"
  4. Extra T's - "E.T. Boogie"
  5. Les McCann
     Les McCann
     Les McCann is an American soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul.-Biography:...
     
      - "Vallarta"
  6. Ann Peebles
     Ann Peebles
     Ann Peebles is an African American singer-songwriter who gained celebrity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s on the Hi Records label...
     
      - "I Can't Stand The Rain
     I Can't Stand the Rain (song)
     "I Can't Stand the Rain" is a song originally recorded by Ann Peebles, and written by Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller & Ann Peebles. The song became Peebles' biggest hit when in 1973 it reached #38 on the US Pop Chart and #6 on the R&B/Black Chart. The single also reached #41 on the UK Pop...
     
     "
  7. Rhythm - "The World Is A Place"
  8. Zulema - "American Fruit, African Roots"
  9. Delfonics - "Ready Or Not"
  10. Ahmad Jamal
      Ahmad Jamal
      Ahmad Jamal is an innovative and influential American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. According to Stanley Crouch, Jamal is second in importance in the development of jazz after 1945 only to Charlie Parker...
      
       - "Pastures"
  11. Ohio Players
      Ohio Players
      The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
      
       - "Little Lady Maria"
  12. Curtis Mayfield
      Curtis Mayfield
      Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
      
       - "Tripping Out"
  13. Eddie Harris
      Eddie Harris
      Eddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ...
      
       - "Lovely Is Today"
  14. Jack Bruce
      Jack Bruce
      John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a founding member of the British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, for a solo career that spans several decades, and for his participation in several well-known musical ensembles...
      
       - "Born To Be Blue"
  15. Lalo Schifrin
      Lalo Schifrin
      Lalo Schifrin is an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations...
      
       - "Danube Incident"
  16. Brother Jack McDuff - "Strolling"

• Strictly Breaks Volume 5
  1. Curtis Mayfield
     Curtis Mayfield
     Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
     
      - "Right On For The Darkness"
  2. Cecil Holmes - "Call Me, Come Back Home"
  3. Al Green
     Al Green
     Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
     
      - "Love And Happiness"
  4. Joe Simon
     Joe Simon (musician)
     Joe Simon is an American chart-topping, Grammy Award winning, soul and R&B musician. Amongst other chart singles, Simon secured three number one hits on the US Billboard R&B chart between 1969 and 1975.-Career:...
     
      - "Drowning In The Sea Of Love"
  5. B.T. Express
     B.T. Express
     B.T. Express was an American funk/disco group, that had a number of successful songs during the 1970s.-Career:...
     
      - "Everything Good To You"
  6. Willie Mitchell
     Willie Mitchell (music)
     Willie Mitchell was an American soul, R&B, rock and roll, pop and funk record producer and arranger, who ran Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee...
     
      - "Groovin'"
  7. Nona Hendryx
     Nona Hendryx
     Nona Hendryx is an American vocalist, producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress.Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady Marmalade." Her music has ranged from soul, funk, dance, and R&B to hard rock, art...
     
      - "Transformation"
  8. Bill Conti
     Bill Conti
     William "Bill" Conti is an American film music composer who is frequently the conductor at the Academy Awards ceremony.-Early life and career:...
     
      - "Going The Distance"
  9. George Duke
     George Duke
     George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
     
      - "Reach For It"
  10. Bobby Caldwell
      Bobby Caldwell
      Bobby Caldwell is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, despite a prolific musical output over his 30-year career, is still best known for his 1978 hit single "What You Won't Do for Love". While he has always maintained a devoted fan base in the United States, a legendary...
      
       - "My Flame"
  11. Cal Tjader
      Cal Tjader
      Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. a.k.a. Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his...
      
       - "Django"
  12. Stevie Wonder
      Stevie Wonder
      Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
      
       - "Too High"
  13. Larry Young
      Larry Young (jazz)
      Larry Young Larry Young Larry Young (also known as Khalid Yasin (Abdul Aziz) (October 7, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey—March 30, 1978 in New York City) was an American jazz organist and occasional pianist. Young pioneered a modal approach to the Hammond B-3 (in contrast to Jimmy Smith's...
      
       - "Turn Off The Lights"
  14. Chocolate Milk
      Chocolate Milk (band)
      Chocolate Milk is a former American funk and soul band from New Orleans, Louisiana, active in the 1970s and early 1980s.-Biography:Chocolate Milk was formed in 1974 in Memphis, Tennessee by saxophonist Amadee Castenell, Jr shortly after the emergence of the bands Kool & the Gang and Earth, Wind &...
      
       - "Action Speaks Louder Than Words"

• Strictly Breaks Volume 6
  1. "A Little Bit Of Love" - Brenda Russell
     Brenda Russell
     Brenda Russell is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop, soul, dance, jazz and adult contemporary...
     
     
  2. "Light My Fire" - Tammi Lynn
  3. "New Beginning" - Dexter Wansel
     Dexter Wansel
     Dexter Gilman Wansel is an American keyboardist, raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He contributed to the development of the Philly Sound and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records. Wansel led the musical group, Yellow Sunshine...
     
     
  4. "Moses Theme" - Thom Bell
     Thom Bell
     Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...
     
     
  5. "On Your Face" - Earth, Wind & Fire
     Earth, Wind & Fire
     Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
     
     
  6. "Viellir" - Jacques Brel
     Jacques Brel
     Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
     
     
  7. "Rolling Stone" - The Troggs
     The Troggs
     The Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in UK and the US. Their most famous songs include, "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You", and "Love Is All Around"...
     
     
  8. "Once In A Lifetime
     Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)
     "Once in a Lifetime" is a song by New Wave band Talking Heads, released as the first single from their fourth studio album Remain in Light. The song was written by David Byrne, Brian Eno, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth, and produced by Eno...
     
     " - Talking Heads
     Talking Heads
     Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
     
     
  9. "I've Got Nothing To Lose But The Blues" - Gwen McCrae
     Gwen McCrae
     Gwen McCrae is an American R&B singer, best known for her March, 1975 hit "Rockin' Chair".-Career:...
     
     
  10. "Free And Easy" - The Dells
      The Dells
      The Dells are an R&B and crossover musical group. Their successful recordings spanned more than four decades. Formed in 1952 after attending high school together, the Dells' repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul, disco and contemporary rhythm and blues...
      
      
  11. "I'm Your Mechanicle Man" - Jerry Butler
      Jerry Butler (singer)
      Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.Butler is also an American politician...
      
      
  12. "There Was A Time" - The Deefelice Trio
  13. "Black Cream" - Harold Wheeler
      Harold Wheeler
      Harold Wheeler is an orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director. He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for orchestration, and won the 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for Hairspray.-Biography:Wheeler was named...
      
      

• Strictly Breaks Volume 7
  1. "Don't Ask Me" - Ramon Morris
  2. "Midnight Groove" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
     Love Unlimited
     Love Unlimited was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for American R&B/soul singer Barry White on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings. Formed in 1969, the group included Barry White’s future wife, Glodean James, her sister, Linda James, and...
     
     
  3. "Weak At The Knees" - Steve Arrington
  4. "Don't Let It Go To Your Head" - Jean Carn
  5. "Darling, Darling Baby" - Steve Kahn
  6. "Life Is Just A Moment Pt. 2" - Roy Ayers
     Roy Ayers
     Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...
     
     
  7. "It's The Hard Knock Life" - Annie
     Annie (film)
     Annie is a 1982 American musical film directed by John Huston and choreographed by Arlene Phillips. The film is an adaption of the 1977 stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on the 1924 Little Orphan Annie comic strip by Harold Gray. The movie features music by Charles Strouse,...
     
     Soundtrack
  8. "Somethings Got To Give" - Afro-Cuban Band
  9. "Come In Out Of The Rain" - Parliament
     Parliament (band)
     Parliament was a funk band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...
     
     
  10. "It's Time To Break Down" - The Supremes
      The Supremes
      The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
      
      
  11. "Under The Influence Of Love" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
      Love Unlimited
      Love Unlimited was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for American R&B/soul singer Barry White on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings. Formed in 1969, the group included Barry White’s future wife, Glodean James, her sister, Linda James, and...
      
      
  12. "My Hero Is A Gun" - Diana Ross
      Diana Ross
      Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
      
      

• Strictly Breaks Volume 8
  1. "Hi-Jack" - Enoch Light
     Enoch Light
     Enoch Henry Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer. As A&R chief and vice-president of Grand Award Records, he founded Command Records in 1959. Light's name was prominent on many albums both as musician and producer...
     
     
  2. "Pigs Go Home" - Ronald Stein
  3. "I Wanna Stay" - Barry White
     Barry White
     Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
     
     
  4. "Blow Your Head (Undubbed Version)" - Fred Wesley
     Fred Wesley
     Fred Wesley is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
     
      and The J.B.'s
     The J.B.'s
     The J.B.'s were James Brown's band during the first half of the 1970s. On record the J.B.'s were sometimes billed under various alternate names such as The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., The First Family and The Last Word...
     
     
  5. "The Fox" - Don Randi
  6. "The Morning Song" - Les McCann
     Les McCann
     Les McCann is an American soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul.-Biography:...
     
     
  7. "Vibrations" - Buster Williams
  8. "The Rub" - George
     George McCrae
     George McCrae is an American soul and disco singer, most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".-Early life and career:...
     
      & Gwen McCrae
     Gwen McCrae
     Gwen McCrae is an American R&B singer, best known for her March, 1975 hit "Rockin' Chair".-Career:...
     
     
  9. "Psycho
     Psycho (1960 film)
     Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch...
     
     " - Bernard Herrmann
     Bernard Herrmann
     Bernard Herrmann was an American composer noted for his work in motion pictures.An Academy Award-winner , Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo...
     
     
  10. "Love Till Tomorrow" - Pablo Today
  11. "Down Home Girl" - The Coasters
      The Coasters
      The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller...
      
      
  12. "Big Bad John" - Big John Hamilton

• Strictly Breaks Volume 9
  1. "Cher Chez La Femme (Se Si Bon)" - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
     Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
     Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band was a big band and swing influenced disco band, formed in the Bronx, New York. They are best known for their #1 US dance hit, "Cherchez La Femme"/C'est si bon, from their self-titled debut album....
     
     
  2. "Love For the Sake of Love" - Claudia Barry
  3. "The Edge" - David McCullan
  4. "Esto Es El Guaganco" - Jose Cheo Feliciano
     José Feliciano
     José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...
     
     
  5. "Notorious" - J. Taylor
  6. "Chicago" - G. Nash
  7. "My Song" - Al Wilson
     Al Wilson
     Aldra Kauwa Wilson is a former American football linebacker of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos 31st overall in the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee....
     
     
  8. "Anything" - Lionel Bart
  9. "N.T." - Kool & the Gang
     Kool & the Gang
     Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
     
     
  10. "Monoaurail" - The J.B.'s
      The J.B.'s
      The J.B.'s were James Brown's band during the first half of the 1970s. On record the J.B.'s were sometimes billed under various alternate names such as The James Brown Soul Train, Maceo and the Macks, A.A.B.B., The First Family and The Last Word...
      
      
  11. "Polarizer" - Joe Thomas
  12. "Nadia's Theme" - Barry De Vorzon

• Strictly Breaks Volume 10
  1. "Haboglabotribin" - Bernard Wright
     Bernard Wright
     Bernard Wright is an American funk and jazz keyboardist who began his career as a session musician and later released several solo albums in the 1980s....
     
     
  2. "'Cause I Need It" - Dorothy Ashby
     Dorothy Ashby
     Dorothy Ashby was an American jazz harpist and composer.Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone...
     
     
  3. "Right Place, Wrong Time" - Dr. John
     Dr. John
     Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music combines blues, pop, jazz as well as Zydeco, boogie woogie and rock and roll.Active as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came to wider...
     
     
  4. "How to Dance" - The Fatback Band
  5. "The Stripper" - Michael Quatro
  6. "Under the Cherry Moon" - Prince
  7. "I Don't Wanna Go" - Paul Butterfield
  8. "I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky" - Ripple
     Ripple
     Ripple is the more common name for a capillary wave in fluid dynamics.Ripple can also refer to:* Ripple , a non-profit click-to-donate internet site and search engine* Ripple effect, the socio-educational phenomenon...
     
     
  9. "Crab Apple" - Idris Muhammad
     Idris Muhammad
     Idris Muhammad is a jazz drummer. He changed his name in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. He is known for his funky playing style. He has released a number of albums as leader, and has played with a number of jazz legends including Lou Donaldson, Johnny Griffin, Pharoah Sanders and Grover...
     
     
  10. "Down Home Up's" - John Kasandra
  11. "You're Getting A Little Too Smart" - The Detroit Emeralds
  12. "Dominoes" - Donald Byrd
      Donald Byrd
      Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...
      
      

• Strictly Breaks Volume 11
  1. "Oh, Calcutta" - The Meters
     The Meters
     The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
     
     
  2. "Thunder Kiss" - Toshiyuki Honda
  3. "Rubberband" - The Trammps
     The Trammps
     The Trammps were an American disco band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands. The band's first major success was with their 1972 cover version of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart". The first disco track they released was "Love Epidemic" in 1973...
     
     
  4. "Naked Truth" - Best of Both Worlds
  5. "Sunny" - Boney M.
  6. "Diamonds Are Forever" - Franck Pourcel
  7. "Mandrake" - Gong
  8. "No Money Down" - Jerry Butler
     Jerry Butler
     Jerry Butler is the name of:*Jerry Butler , American soul singer and Chicago politician*Jerry Butler , former NFL wide receiver*Jerry Butler , professional ice hockey player...
     
     
  9. "Tearaway" - John Scott
  10. "Let Me Prove My Love For You" - Main Ingredient
  11. "Movement IV (Encounter" - Mandrill
      Mandrill
      The mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio, but recent research has determined they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus...
      
      
  12. "Diamonds Are Forever" - Shirley Brown
      Shirley Brown
      Shirley Brown is an American soul singer, best known for her million-selling single "Woman to Woman" which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1975.-Woman to Woman:...
      
      
  13. "Crime of the Century" - Supertramp
      Supertramp
      Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...
      
      
  14. "Lovin' You" - Johnny "Guitar" Watson