The Memphis Guide--The Bar-Kays | Miss FunkyFlyy's Bar-Kays Pages |
Even though four group founders were killed in a 1967 plane crash along with Otis Redding, the Bar-Kays came back to reign as one of the top R&B outfits of the '70s. The original Bar-Kays were a Memphis instrumental combo that scored an R&B hit in 1967 on Volt with the rousing "Soul Finger." Guitarist Jimmy King, organist Ronnie Caldwell, drummer Carl Cunningham, and saxist Phalon Jones perished with Redding, leaving trumpeter Ben Cauley and bassist James Alexander to re-form the group. After honing their chops with session work at Stax, the new Bar-Kays kicked off a long string of R&B smashes in 1976 with "Shake Your Rump to the Funk" on Mercury. -- Bill Dahl
01. Soul Finger 02. Knucklehead 03. With a Child's Heart 04. Bar-Kays Boogaloo 05. Theme from Hell's Angels 06. You Can't Sit Down |
07. House Shoes 08. Pearl High 09. I Want Someone 10. Hole in the Wall 11. Don't Do That |
01. Don't Stop Dancing (To the Music), Pt. 1 02. If This World Was Mine 03. In the Hole 04. Funky Thang 05. Jiving Round 06. Grab This Thing |
07. Don't Stop Dancing (To the Music), Pt. 2 08. Street Walker 09. Yesterday 10. Humpin' 11. Hey Jude |
1. Baby I Love You 2. I've Been Trying 3. You Don't Know Like I Do 4. Dance to the Music |
5. A Piece of Your Piece 6. Six O'Clock News Report 7. How Sweet It Would Be 8. Montego Bay |
01. Do You See What I See? 02. God Is Watching 03. Be Yourself 04. You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me 05. You're Still My Brother 06. I Was Made to Love Her 07. Your Good Thing (Is About to End) 08. It Ain't Easy |
09. Love Pollution 10. People, Unite to Save Humanity 11. In the Hole 12. Copycat 13. Memphis at Sunrise 14. Medley: Son of Shaft/Feel It 15. I Can't Turn You Loose |
01. Coldblooded 02. Harmony 03. In The Scheme Of Things 04. Waiting And Hating 05. Smiling, Styling, & Profiling |
06. Frame Of Mind 07. (I've Got To) Use My Imagination 08. Fightin' Fire With Fire 09. Would I If I Could 10. Be Yourself |
1. Too Hot to Stop, Pt. 1 2. Cozy 3. Bang, Bang (Stick 'Em Up) 4. Spellbound |
5. Shake Your Rump to the Funk 6. You're So Sexy 7. Summer of Our Love 8. Whitehouseorgy |
1. Shut the Funk Up 2. Standing on the Outside 3. Woman of the Night 4. Whatever It Is 5. Can't Keep My Hands off You |
6. Let's Have Some Fun 7. Attitudes 8. You Can't Run Away 9. Flying High on Your Love |
1. Holy Ghost 2. Feelin' Alright 3. Monster |
4. Money Talks 5. Mean Mistreater 6. Holy Ghost [Reborn] |
1. Get up 'N Do It 2. Shine 3. I Lean on You 4. Give It Up 5. Love's What It's All About |
6. I'll Dance 7. We're the Happiest People 8. Are You Being Real 9. Angel Eyes |
1. More And More 2. Move Your Boogie Body 3. Running In And Out Of My Life 4. Girl I'm On Your Side |
5. Loving You Is My Occupation 6. Today Is The Day 7. You've Been 8. Up In Here |
1. Boogie Body Land 2. Say It Through Love 3. Work It Out 4. Bodyfever |
5. Take the Time to Love Somebody 6. Open Your Heart 7. Deliver Us 8. As One |
1. Nightcruising 2. Hit And Run 3. Feels Like I'm Falling In Love 4. Freaky Behavior |
5. Touch Tone 6. Unforgettable Dream 7. Traffic Jammer 8. Backseat Driver |
1. Propositions 2. Tripping Out 3. Anticipation 4. Do It (Let Me See You Shake) |
5. She Talks to Me With Her Body 6. I Can't Believe You're Leaving 7. You Made a Change in My Life |
1. Dangerous 2. Dirty Dancer 3. Make Believe Lover 4. Dance, Party, etc. |
5. Freakshow on the Dance Floor 6. Lovers Should Never Fall in Love 7. Loose Talk 8. Sexomatic |
1. Your Place or Mine 2. Banging the Walls 3. Paper Doll 4. Sex Driver |
5. Dance Your Body, Desara 6. Love Don't Wait 7. Missiles on Target 8. Gina |
1. Certified True 2. Don't Hang Up 3. Many Mistakes 4. Freak City U.S.A. 5. Contagious |
6. Something In The Air 7. This Could Be The Night 8. Time Out 9. Touch |
1. Animal 2. Struck By You 3. Stop! Look What You're Missing 4. Someone Else 5. Are U Available |
6. Get Your Fingers Wet 7. Just Like A Teeter-Totter 8. I Adore You 9. Leaving You |
01. Introduction 02. She Can Get It 03. The Slide 04. If It Takes All Night 05. Irresistible 06. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to be Right 07. 48 Hours |
08. Out of My Mind 09. X-N-Yo-Sex 10. Read Between the Lines 11. Mega Mix 12. Seque 13. Master |