The Ohio Players is one of many funk groups from Dayton that took off in the 1970s and '80s. In the mid-1960s, James Brown was creating a new style of music — funk. Instead of turning elaborate ...

*Music is a multi-layered thing, with multiple types for multiple people. Rap, pop, R&B, rock and country. You name it, it’s your cup of sing-along tea. While those genres occupy a lot of space on ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The funk music capital of the world is right here in the Miami Valley. It’s a musical style dating back more than 60 years, blending pieces of several different genres to create ...

A little more than a year after it opened its doors, the Funk Music Hall of Fame and Exhibition Center received a recognition from the state of Ohio that its director hopes will draw even more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 31—On Jan. 31, 1976, "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was a milestone ...

University of Dayton alumna Claire O’Brien ’24 was in a ride-share with friends in Chicago during her junior year when the driver asked where they were from. “When we said Dayton, he said: ‘Dayton, ...

Since the late 1970s, Dayton, Ohio has been known as The Land of Funk to many, especially the club-dancing crowds at the clubs, thanks in part to the band Lakeside and their 1980 smash hit “Fantastic ...

A fundraising campaign is underway to help a museum that pays homage to a Dayton musical legacy find a new home. Funk Music Hall of Fame and Exhibition Center officials have launched a GoFundMe page. ...

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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A funk legend is visiting the Miami Valley this weekend, and you can “celebrate good times” with him. Robert “Kool” Bell, a founding member and bass player of the band Kool and ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The University of Dayton has award winners in their midst. The school announced that students from the university were awarded with the “student Emmy” in the non-fiction longform ...