Long before J. Cole, the popular rapper from Fayetteville whose verse is characterized by his flow of words, there was Bill Curtis and the Fatback Band. Curtis, another Fayetteville native, gets ...

A Fayetteville native’s funk and disco band will perform as one of the headlining acts at the second annual Juneteenth Jubilee next month, the Cool Springs Downtown District announced Thursday. The ...

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 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Fatback Band were the grittiest of the US club bands that mixed jazz with funk and dominated dance in the ...

Fatback band I found lovin' is the 1984 single with the same record label & Catalogue number. So you don't need to put the year 1987 on because it's the original song came back in the charts in 1987 ...

The Fatback Band, formed in New York City in 1970 by drummer Bill Curtis, are a renowned American funk and disco band. Their 1979 single “King Tim III (Personality Jock)” was the first commercially ...

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