Funky Broadway

Funky Broadway

Infobox Single
Name = Shotgun
Background = khaki


Artist = Wilson Pickett
from Album = The Sound of Wilson Pickett
B-side =
Released = 1967
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Soul
Length = 2:33
Label = Stax Records
Writer =
Producer =
Chart position = * #8 US Pop Singles
* #1 US Soul Singles
Last single = "You Can't Stand Alone" (1967)
This single = "Funky Broadway"
(1967)
Next single = "I'm in Love"
(1967)

Funky Broadway is a song originally recorded by Dyke & the Blazers in 1967 but made into a hit by Wilson Pickett that same year. In fact, the song reached #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #8 on the Hot 100 chart. The song is notable as being the first charted single with the word "Funky" in the title as well as being prototypical funk music itself.


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