"Funky Broadway" . . "Funky Broadway" . "1967 singles" . "Wilson Pickett songs" . "USMO10400093" . . . . "0"^^ . "-10.7"^^ . "109.0"^^ . "8"^^ . . . "false"^^ . "5714decc25ac0d8aee3f7ece" . "2004-04-22"^^ . "0.932925"^^ . "154000.0"^^ . . "307069"^^ . "9117" . "false"^^ . "english" . "Atlantic Records singles" . "1967 songs" . "false"^^ . "0.483093"^^ . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . "%22Funky Broadway%22 is a song written by Arlester %22Dyke%22 Christian. It was originally recorded by his band, Dyke & the Blazers, in 1967, and was made into a hit by Wilson Pickett that same year.The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and number eight on its Hot 100 chart. The song is notable as being the first charted single with the word %22Funky%22 in the title as well as being prototypical funk music itself.The credits on the recording are:\u2022 Wilson Pickett, vocal \u2022 Spooner Oldham, keyboards \u2022 Chips Moman, Jimmy Johnson, guitars \u2022 Tommy Cogbill, bass \u2022 Roger Hawkins, drums\u2022 Bowlegs Miller, trumpet \u2022 Charlie Chalmers, Jimmy Mitchell, tenor sax \u2022 Floyd Newman, baritone saxRecorded in Muscle Shoals, February 1, 1967.Produced by Jerry WexlerThe %22Broadway%22 referred to in the title is the original Dyke and the Blazers song is Broadway in Buffalo, New York as well as Broadway Street in Phoenix, Arizona, not the famous Broadway in New York City." . "2296311" . "Atlantic Records" .