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Bar-Kays
Memphis, United States
Bar-Kays is credited on 540 releases across 125 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1967–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
540
Pressings credited
125
Albums
7
Decades active
370
In collections
Biography
The Bar-Kays is an American funk band formed in 1964. The band had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" (US Billboard Hot 100 number 17, R&B number 3) in 1967, "Son of Shaft" (R&B number 10) in 1972, and "Boogie Body Land" (R&B number 7) in 1980. The Bar-Kays also served as the backing band for a variety of singers, including Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding.
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Credited work
540 releases · 125 albums · active 1967–2026
- Performance · 372
- Other credits · 227
- Production · 19
- Mastering · 4
Studios: Ardent Studios · Stax Recording Studios · United Sound Systems · Tera Shirma Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Hot Buttered Soul
1969
Shaft
1971
Buhloone Mind State
1993
Black Moses
1971
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
1993
Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz
2002
Breakin' - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1984
Big Willie Style
1997
Ooooooohhh...On The TLC Tip
1992
I'll Play The Blues For You
1972
Theme From Shaft
1971
It Takes A Thief
1994
...To Be Continued
1970
Flying High On Your Love
1977
Coolaid
2016
Live At Tramps, NYC, 1996
2004
With A Little Help From My Friends
1969
Greatest Hits
2002
Code Red
1993
I Wanna Get Funky
1974
Gritty, Groovy & Gettin' It
1970
The Spirit Of Memphis (1962-1976)
2017
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
2004
You Can't Stop The Bum Rush
1999
Frequent collaborators
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