The Brothers Johnson ~ Get The Funk Out Ma Face 1976 Funky Purrfection Version

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Like so many bands, this one is family oriented! Founding members were brothers George, Louis and Tommy Johnson along with their cousin Alex Weir when they were schoolboys. Tommy and Alex left the band at different times, but the Bros. carried on honing their performance skills and getting lucrative contracts as backing musicians for touring bands like Bobby Womack and The Supremes. Billy Preston then collaborated with the duo who wrote songs for Billy's "Music Is My Life" and "The Kids & Me" albums, but parted ways in 1973. Quincy Jones was on the mend from a brain aneurysm in 1975 and scooped the boys up to join him for his first album since his illness and for a tour of Japan.They went into the studio with Quincy at the helm to record their first album, "Look Out For #1" and the lead single "I'll Be Good To You" stormed the charts peaking at #3 pop and #1R&B, it ruled the airwaves that entire summer. The follow up was the seriously funky "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" a song that espoused the "if you don't like it, funk off" philosophy. "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" was also featured in the 1976 movie, "Mother, Jugs & Speed" featuring Raquel Welch, Bill Cosby & Harvey Keitel as a trio of EMT's and the problems they face doing their job. Keep an eye out for Toni Basil (Hey Mickey) as a drugged up junkie. The song was released in September but it petered out at #30 on the Hot100. The Bros bounced back with the #5 peak and a second #1 R&B of "Strawberry Letter #23" from the summer of 1977. Yeah I'm working on that one too...
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