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Coffee Break: Funky Friday

U.S. funk, soul and rock band Sly (pictured) and the Family Stone perform on the Olympia music hall stage, 23 July 2007, in Paris.
U.S. funk, soul and rock band Sly (pictured) and the Family Stone perform on the Olympia music hall stage, 23 July 2007, in Paris.Francois Guillot | AFP | Getty Images 2007

December 06, 2019

Anna: Anything specific you want in the Coffee Break post?

Sean: Can you make it one word? Funky.

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Funky.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what funk songs do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Rick James - Super Freak
Christine And The Queens - Girlfriend feat. Dam Funk
Rufus - Tell Me Something Good
Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s - Doing It to Death, Pt. 1
The Meters - Funky Miracle
Erykah Badu - Honey
Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin
Prince - Housequake