List of funk musicians

This is a list of funk music artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the genre, or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label, but not limited to such). Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.

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• 100% Pure Poison

A

• Active Force
• The ADC Band
• The Armed Gang
• Steve Arrington
• Aurra
• The Average White Band
• Roy Ayers

B

• Baby Brother
• The Bar-Kays
• Edwin Birdsong
• The Blackbyrds
• Bloodstone
• Hamilton Bohannon
• Bootsy's Rubber Band
• The Boppers
• Brass Construction
• Breakestra
• Breakwater
• Brecker Brothers
• Brides of Funkenstein
• Brick
• Brothers Johnson
• Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
• Freddy J. Brown
• James Brown
• Tom Browne
• B.T. Express
• Keni Burke
• Bobby Byrd
• Donald Byrd

C

• Cameo
• Cane and Able
• Captain Sky
• Carleen and the Groovers
• Jimmy Castor
• Cody ChesnuTT
• Chic
• George Clinton
• Bootsy Collins
• The Commodores
• Con Funk Shun
• Norman Connors
• Cymande
• Andre Cymone
• C-Funk
• Cat power

D

• Betty Davis
• Dazz Band
• Defunkt
• [Jason Dodson]
• DreZone (Dyer, Andre St. Clair)
• George Duke

E

• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Exit 9
• Pee Wee Ellis

F

• Fatback Band
• Fishbone
• Funkadelic
• Andre Foxxe
• Funky Bands Inc.

G

• Gap Band
• Marvin Gaye
• George Clinton & the P-Funk Allstars
• Graham Central Station

H

• Herbie Hancock
• Isaac Hayes
• Eddie Hazel
• Wayne Henderson
• Hi Gloss
• High Fashion
• Marvin Holmes & The Uptights
• Hot Chocolate

I

• Instant Funk
• Isley Brothers

J

• Michael Jackson
• The Jacksons
• Rick James
• Jamiroquai
• The JB's
• Joe Tex
• Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
• Seu Jorge

K

• Chaka Khan
• Kleeer
• Klique
• Klymaxx
• Kool & the Gang
• Kwick

L

• LaBelle
• The Lafayette Afro Rock Band
• Lakeside
• L.T.D.
• Los Tetas

M

• Mandrill
• Mantra
• Mass Production
• Curtis Mayfield
• Maze
• Les McCann
• Medeski, Martin & Wood
• The Meters
• Midnight Star
• Walter Morrison (Junie)
• Mutiny featuring Jerome Brailey

N

• The Neville Brothers
• The New Funk Order (Various Artists)
• Nytro

O

• The Ohio Players
• Alexander O'Neal
• Jeffrey Osborne

P

• Maceo Parker
• Melvin Parker
• Parlet
• Parliament
• Wilson Pickett
• Pleasure
• Prince

R

• Raydio
• The Reddings
• Rose Royce
• Rufus
• Red Hot Chili Peppers

S

• Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns
• John Scofield
• Shotgun
• Sky
• Skyy
• Slave
• Sly & the Family Stone
• The S.O.S. Band
• Starguard
• Starpoint
• Stevie Salas
• Sun
• Sweatband

T

• T-Connection
• The Temptations
• The Time
• Tower of Power
• Trouble Funk
• Roger Troutman

U

• Undisputed Truth

W

• War
• Fred Wesley
• Wild Cherry
• Stevie Wonder
• Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

X

• Xavier

Z

• Zapp