This is a list of notable funk music bands and artists. This includes artists who have either been very important to the funk genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one who has been on a major label). 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.
A
African Music Machine Los Amigos Invisibles Steve Arrington Atlantic Starr Average White Band
B
B. T. Express Mike Banks Bar-Kays Big Pig Black Heat Eddie Bo Bootsy's Rubber Band Brainstorm The Brand New Heavies Brass Construction Michael Brecker Brick The Brothers Johnson James Brown The Budos Band
C
Cameo Jimmy Castor Central Line A Certain Ratio Chakk Chapter 8 Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Chic Chicks Incorporated Chocolate Milk George Clinton Bootsy Collins Catfish Collins Lyn Collins Commodores Con Funk Shun Nikka Costa Don Covay Crown Heights Affair
D
DAG Betty Davis Miles Davis Dayton Dazz Band Deckchairs Overboard Manu Dibango Dr. John George Duke Candy Dulfer Dumpstaphunk Dyke and the Blazers Dynasty
E
Earth, Wind & Fire ESG
F
The Fabulous Counts Fashion Fat Larry's Band Fatback Band Faze-O Amp Fiddler Lee Fields Fishbone Flyte Tyme Freeez Fun Lovin' Criminals Funkadelic
G
Galactic The Gap Band Marvin Gaye Gonzalez Graham Central Station Larry Graham The Grease Band The Greyboy Allstars
H
Herbie Hancock Isaac Hayes Leon Haywood The Headhunters Heatwave Jimi Hendrix Here Come the Mummies The Highlighters Hi-Tension Hot Chocolate
I
Ian Dury and the Blockheads Imagination The Isley Brothers
J
The J.B.'s Rick James Jamiroquai Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Don Julian
K
Karma Kay Gees KC and the Sunshine Band Eddie Kendricks Chaka Khan Kleeer Klymaxx Kool & the Gang Fela Kuti
L
L.T.D. Lakeside Bill Laswell Light of the World Paula Lima Linx Carrie Lucas
M
Machine Manchild Mandrill Manzel Teena Marie Material Maximum Joy Curtis Mayfield Maze The Meters Mezzoforte Miami Sound Machine Mickey & the Soul Generation Midnight Star Mingo Fishtrap Walter "Junie" Morrison Mtume
N
Meshell Ndegeocello N.E.R.D Art Neville The Nite-Liters
O
Ohio Players Olympic Runners Orgone Osaka Monaurail Osiris (Washington, D.C. band) Ozomatli
P
Maceo Parker Parliament Parliament-Funkadelic Teddy Pendergrass People's Choice Pieces of a Dream Prince
R
Jesse Rae Nelson Rangell Ready for the World Republic of Loose The Rimshots Rip Rig + Panic Ripple Nile Rodgers Rufus
S
Shakatak Shalamar Garry Shider Shotgun Side Effect Dawn Silva Skull Snaps Skyy Slave Sly and the Family Stone Soulive Sound Experience South Shore Commission Sam Sparro Spearhead Stargard Sly Stone Geo C and Tha Storm Sun Switch Swoop
T
T-Connection T. S. Monk A Taste of Honey Richard Tee The Temptations Joe Tex The Time Tower of Power Roger Troutman TV on the Radio
V Vulfpeck
W
War Johnny "Guitar" Watson Fred Wesley The Whispers The Whitefield Brothers Marva Whitney Stevie Wonder Phil Woods Bernie Worrell
Z Zapp
See also List of funk rock and funk metal bands
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