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The Bar-Kays
The Bar-Kays are a popular soul, R&B, and funk group who began performing in 1966 and continue to perform today, although with only one original member. The group had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" (U.S. 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.
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100 Hits: The Best R&B Album [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Boom! Shake the Room | 3:47 |
Stax '68: A Memphis Story [2018]
Song | Duration |
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A Hard Day’s Night | 2:44 |
In the Hole | 2:54 |
Classic Stax [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Son of Shaft | 3:24 |
Funk [UMTV] [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:28 |
300 Hits: The '80s [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 4:07 |
Fillet of Soul [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Son of Shaft |
Old School Gold Box Set [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Do It | 4:08 |
Sexomatic | 5:18 |
Hit and Run | 3:49 |
Old School, Vol. 6 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 3:49 |
The Best of the Bar Kays [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:41 |
Hit and Run | 3:49 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:08 |
Sexomatic | 5:18 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:28 |
Shut the Funk Up | 4:24 |
300 Hits: Soul [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost | 6:47 |
Hit and Run | 4:05 |
Disco Giants, Vol. 1-10 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Sexomatic | 6:24 |
I'm in Love with a Church Girl [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 5:50 |
Grown Folks [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Anticipation [Live][*] | 6:21 |
Anticipation | 6:21 |
Soul: A Fool in Love [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost | 6:47 |
Soul: Going Back to My Roots [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 4:05 |
The '80s: Walking on Sunshine [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 4:07 |
Essential Albums [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Walk On By | 12:00 |
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic | 9:36 |
By the Time I Get to Phoenix | 18:40 |
By the Time I Get to Phoenix [Single Edit] [Edit][*] | 6:46 |
(They Long to Be) Close to You | 9:04 |
The Switch [Music from the Motion Picture] [2010] [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:34 |
Too Hot to Stop/Flying High on Your Love [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump To the Funk | 3:46 |
Shut the Funk Up | 4:24 |
Standing On the Outside | 4:18 |
Isaac Hayes Sings For Lovers [2009]
Song | Duration |
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The Look of Love [Edit] | 3:18 |
The Look of Love | 3:18 |
Only In America: Atlantic Soul Classics [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Soul Finger | 2:18 |
Disco Giants, Vol. 4 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Sexomatic | 6:24 |
Stax 50th Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Son of Shaft | 3:13 |
Tapes [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost | 3:34 |
'80s R&B Soul Hits [Direct Source] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 4:05 |
Bar-Kays [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Move Your Boogie Body | 5:59 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:18 |
Too Hot to Stop | 5:41 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:13 |
Son of Shaft | 3:40 |
Hit and Run | 4:05 |
Soul Finger | 2:13 |
Best of Funk [Madacy] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:39 |
Complete Stax-Volt Singles, Vol. 9 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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A Hard Day's Night | 2:43 |
Greatest Hits [KRB] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Soul Finger | 2:13 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:20 |
Holy Ghost | 5:01 |
Move Your Boogie Body | 5:00 |
Do It | 4:15 |
Hit and Run | 4:07 |
Les 100 Plus Grands Tubes Funk [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk |
Old School Funk Celebration [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 3:47 |
R&B Soul [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Move Your Boogie Body | 5:59 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:18 |
Too Hot to Stop | 5:41 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:13 |
Son of Shaft | 3:40 |
Hit and Run | 4:05 |
Soul Finger | 2:13 |
Hollywood Swinging [Live] | 5:03 |
Soul Brothers, Vol. 1 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Son of Shaft | 3:41 |
Soul Party [Direct Source] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:18 |
Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Son of Shaft | 3:13 |
Stax Chartbusters, Vol. 6 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Son of Shaft | 3:10 |
Stax Does the Beatles [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Hey Jude | 6:04 |
Stax/Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968, Vol. 9 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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A Hard Day's Night | 2:42 |
Superbad [Soundtrack] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Too Hot to Stop | 3:28 |
Superbad [Soundtrack] [LP] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Too Hot To Stop |
The Best of Funk [Somerset] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:31 |
True Funk [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:30 |
Too Hot to Stop, Pt. 1 | 3:54 |
Classic Soul Hits of 1980's [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:57 |
Essential Playlist: 20 Non-Stop Hits! Funk [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:39 |
Funk Classics of Soul [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:57 |
K-Tel Presents: Back to the 70's [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:23 |
K-Tel Presents: Back to the 80's [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:32 |
More Soul Classics of the 80's [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Hit and Run | 4:07 |
Music from B-Boy [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost |
Old School Jams, Vol. 6 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Sexomatic | 6:24 |
Old School, Vol. 3 [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Do It | 4:08 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:08 |
Soul Celebration [Direct Source] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:18 |
The Greatest Funk Hits of All Time [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:42 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Bar-Kays [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:35 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:29 |
Too Hot to Stop | 6:25 |
Too Hot To Stop, Pt. One | 6:25 |
Shine | 3:33 |
Move Your Boogie Body | 6:17 |
Hit and Run | 3:51 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:09 |
Concord Music Group (Sampler) [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost | 2:47 |
Day Trippers: An R&B Tribute to the Beatles [2005]
Song | Duration |
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A Hard Day's Night | 2:43 |
Funk Gold [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Too Hot to Stop | 6:27 |
Funk Hits [Double Play] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:34 |
Funky 80's [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:30 |
Gold Seal Presents 80s Funk Classics, Vol. 2 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Sexomatic |
Groovy 70's [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:21 |
Mark Berry Old School, Vol. 1 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Sexomatic | 5:53 |
Original 80's Groove Selection [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Sexomatic | 5:21 |
U 40 Partykracher [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost |
Ultimate 16: Funk Masters [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:34 |
Ultimate 16: Ultimate Funk [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Too Hot to Stop | 6:25 |
Back 2 Back [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:32 |
Back to Disco [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dancefloor |
Halloween Party [K-Tel UK] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost | 7:16 |
Stax Breaks [2004]
Song | Duration |
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In the Hole | 2:56 |
Ultimate Funk [Madacy] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:34 |
Too Hot to Stop | 6:25 |
Grandmix: The Disco Edition, Vol. 2 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Sex-O-Matic |
Mastercuts: Bar Funkin' [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Son of Shaft | 8:45 |
Music from the Wattstax Festival & Film [2003]
Song | Duration |
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In the Hole [#] | 2:57 |
In the Hole | 2:57 |
I Can't Turn You Loose | 3:48 |
Old School Funk Jams [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hit and Run | 3:47 |
Wattstax [Box Set] [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
In the Hole | 2:56 |
I Can't Turn You Loose | 3:48 |
All-Time Greatest Hits [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Soul Finger | 2:13 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:18 |
Move Your Boogie Body | 5:59 |
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:32 |
Hit and Run | 4:05 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:13 |
Son of Shaft | 3:39 |
Just the Funk '70s [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:48 |
Love Funk, Vol. 2 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:49 |
Tom Joyner Presents: The Old School Mix Returns [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Holy Ghost | 3:23 |
Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Ho Down [*] | 4:45 |
Funk Classics [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Too Hot to Stop | |
Freakshow on the Dance Floor |
Funk Sessions [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | 3:33 |
Funkology [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:39 |
Greatest Hits [Intercontinental] [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Soul Finger | 2:13 |
Hit and Run | 4:05 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:13 |
Holy Ghost | 6:47 |
Move Your Boogie Body | 5:59 |
Too Hot to Stop | 5:41 |
Son of Shaft | 3:41 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:18 |
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:30 |
Grandmix: The Millennium Edition [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sex-O-Matic | 1:37 |
Stax Story [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son Of Shaft | 3:11 |
The Stax Story [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Son Of Shaft | 3:17 |
V-103 Live [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Anticipation | 4:09 |
Formula 1 Disco Hits [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sex-O-Matic |
Street Jams: Back 2 the Old Skool [Box] [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Holy Ghost | 3:38 |
Super Freaks [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:42 |
Ballads Collection [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Anticipation | 5:50 |
Standing on the Outside | 4:20 |
Disco 54: Funkin' on the Floor [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Holy Ghost | 3:39 |
Greatest Hits [K-Tel] [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Soul Finger | 2:14 |
Son of Shaft | 3:42 |
Holy Ghost | 6:48 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 4:19 |
Move Your Boogie Body | 6:01 |
Hit and Run | 4:06 |
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:15 |
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:33 |
Stax Gold [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Holy Ghost | 2:44 |
Ultimate Driving Collection: Traffic Jammin' [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hit and Run | 3:51 |
Hit & Run | 3:50 |
Cosmic Funk [Polygram] [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:41 |
Funk of the 70's [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:28 |
Jointz from Back in Da Day, Vol. 2 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:36 |
Old School Mixx, Vol. 1 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sexomatic | 3:47 |
Hit and Run | 3:17 |
Academy Award Winning Songs, Vol. 4 (1970-1981) [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Theme from Shaft |
Billboard Top Movie Hits 1970s [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Theme from Shaft |
Old School, Vols. 1-5 [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | |
Sexomatic | 5:19 |
Son of Stax Funk: A Whole Nuther Strut [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
In the Hole | 2:54 |
Street Jams: Back 2 the Old Skool, Vol. 1 [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Holy Ghost | 3:38 |
The Best Of [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shake Your Rump to the Funk ['96] | 4:03 |
The Best of Bar-Kays, Vol. 2 [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Do It (Let Me See You Shake) | 4:12 |
Freaky Behavior | 5:12 |
Sexomatic | 6:27 |
Academy Award Winning Songs (1934-1993) [Box Set] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Theme from Shaft | 3:18 |
Funk Classics: The 70's [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Hot to Stop | 3:46 |
Funk Classics: The 80's [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:44 |
Old School, Vol. 4 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sexomatic | 5:18 |
Sex-O-Matic | 5:20 |
Roots of Soul, Vol. 1: Original Hits [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | 3:22 |
Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind!, Vol. 19 [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:31 |
Phat Trax: The Best of Old School, Vol. 1 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hit and Run | 5:56 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 3: 1972-1975 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Angel of Mercy | 4:19 |
Endlessly | 3:15 |
(Too Little In Common To Be Lovers) Too Much Going To Say Goodbye | 3:30 |
Holy Ghost [Part 1] | 2:46 |
Was Is'n Sex? [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sexomatic | 6:23 |
Funky Stuff: The Best of Funk Essentials [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Hot To Stop | 6:27 |
In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 4 [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:33 |
In Yo' Face!: The History of Funk, Vol. 5 [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Holy Ghost | 3:40 |
Lowrider Soundtrack, Vol. 5 [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:46 |
Hit and Run | 3:53 |
Rubber Souled [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
A Hard Day's Night | 2:42 |
The Best of Bar-Kays [Mercury] [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Hot to Stop | 6:26 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:30 |
Shut the Funk Up | 4:27 |
Standing on the Outside | 4:18 |
Move Your Boogie Body | 6:18 |
Hit and Run | 3:54 |
Anticipation | 5:49 |
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:35 |
Sexomatic | 5:20 |
The Best of the Bar-Kays [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | 3:22 |
Montego Bay | 2:43 |
In the Hole | 2:54 |
Holy Ghost | 8:29 |
I Thank You | 3:31 |
The Best of the Bar-Kays [Stax] [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | 3:25 |
Montego Bay | 2:44 |
In the Hole | 2:55 |
Holy Ghost | 8:31 |
I Thank You | 3:33 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Montego Bay | 2:32 |
Son of Shaft | 3:17 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Montego Bay [Album Version] | 2:33 |
Son of Shaft [Album Version] | 3:11 |
Dance Classics into the 80's, Vol. 1 [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sexomatic | 3:39 |
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
A Hard Day's Night | 2:42 |
The Complete Stax/Volt Singles, 1959-1968 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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A Place Nobody Can Find | |
Just One More Day | |
Try a Little Tenderness | |
Groovin' | |
A Hard Day's Night |
Black Rock/Gotta Groove [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
If This World Were Mine | 3:13 |
In the Hole | 2:57 |
Hey Jude | 6:07 |
Baby I Love You | 8:45 |
I've Been Trying | 4:18 |
You Don't Know Like I Know | 6:35 |
Montego Bay | 2:44 |
Stax Gold: Hits 1968-1974 [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | 3:24 |
Get Up & Get Down [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | |
Holy Ghost |
Breakin' [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:45 |
Breakin' [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 4:46 |
Breakin' [Video] [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dance Floor |
Dangerous [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Freakshow on the Dancefloor | |
Freakshow on the Dance Floor | 6:36 |
Sexomatic | 5:21 |
Propositions [1982]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Anticipation | 5:50 |
Do It/Let Me See You Shake | 6:05 |
15 Original Big Hits, Vol. 1 [1981]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Holy Ghost |
Nightcruising [1981]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hit and Run | 5:47 |
Freaky Behavior | 5:08 |
Hit and Run [*] | 3:49 |
Money Talks [1978]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Holy Ghost | 6:03 |
Holy Ghost [Reborn] | 6:01 |
Flying High on Your Love [1977]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shut the Funk Up | 4:20 |
Standing on the Outside | 4:18 |
Too Hot to Stop [1976]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Hot to Stop (Pt. 1) | 6:31 |
Shake Your Rump to the Funk | 3:52 |
Do You See What I See? [1972]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
In the Hole [*] | 2:56 |
I Can't Turn You Loose | 3:57 |
Wattstax: The Living Word (Concert Music from the Original Movie Soundtrack) [1972]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Can't Turn You Loose | 3:38 |
Black Moses [1971]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
(They Long to Be) Close to You | 9:04 |
Black Rock [1971]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I've Been Trying | 4:13 |
Montego Bay | 2:44 |
Gotta Groove [1969]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
If This World Were Mine | |
In the Hole | |
Hey Jude |
Hot Buttered Soul [1969]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Walk on By | 12:00 |
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic | 9:36 |
By the Time I Get to Phoenix | 18:40 |
Walk On By [Single Edit] [*][Version] | 4:25 |
By the Time I Get To Phoenix [Single Edit] [*][Version] | 6:46 |
DJ Masters: Slammin' Jams
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Too Hot to Stop | 3:43 |
Grown Folks
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Grown Folks | 4:20 |
Injoy
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Move Your Boogie Body | 6:17 |
Light of Life/Injoy
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Move Your Boogie Body | 6:18 |
Old School Hip Hop Jams/Old School Jams, Vol. 6
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sexomatic | 6:24 |
Return of the Pusherman
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft |
Soul Finger
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Soul Finger | 2:18 |
Soulsville U.S.A.: A Celebration of Stax
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | 3:14 |
Stax
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Son of Shaft | 3:13 |
The Best of Disco & Funk
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Shake Your Rump To the Funk | 3:27 |
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