Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

Charles Wright (born in 1940 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is a pioneering funk band. Active since the 1960s and most popular during the 1970s, the band had a number of Top 20 R&B hits, such as "Do Your Thing" and "Till You Get Enough", but are best known for their biggest hit, 1970's "Express Yourself", released on Warner Bros. Records. "Express Yourself" was later sampled by N.W.A. in 1988 for their Straight Outta Compton album.

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1940 - Clarksdale, Mississippi - Funk - Band - 1960s - 1970s - 1970 - Warner Bros. Records - N.W.A. - 1988 - Straight Outta Compton

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The Watts Band, originally known as Charles Wright & the Wright Sounds, derives its name from the Watts section of Los Angeles, California. They possess a sound that is, as they put it, "the middle ground between Otis Redding and James Brown" http://www.expressyourself.net/bio.html, a sound that Sly & the Family Stone would gravitate towards for their 1971 album There's a Riot Goin' On.

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Watts - Los Angeles, California - Otis Redding - James Brown - Sly & the Family Stone - 1971 - There's a Riot Goin' On

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