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Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is an American soul and funk band. Formed in the early 1960s, they had the most visibility from 1967 to 1973 when the band had 9 singles reach Billboard's pop and/or rhythm and blues charts, such as "Do Your Thing", "Till You Get Enough", and "Love Land". They are best known for their biggest hit on Warner Bros. Records, 1970's "Express Yourself", a song that has been sampled by rap group N.W.A and others.

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  • Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (en)
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  • Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band war eine Band, die aus heutiger Sicht als Vorreiter des Funk gelten kann. (de)
  • Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is an American soul and funk band. Formed in the early 1960s, they had the most visibility from 1967 to 1973 when the band had 9 singles reach Billboard's pop and/or rhythm and blues charts, such as "Do Your Thing", "Till You Get Enough", and "Love Land". They are best known for their biggest hit on Warner Bros. Records, 1970's "Express Yourself", a song that has been sampled by rap group N.W.A and others. (en)
  • Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band foi um grupo de soul e funk americano. Eram também conhecidos como "Les Chakachas" ou "Los Chakachas". Um dos sucessos do grupo, "Express Yourself" figurou na trilha sonora do premiado jogo eletrônico Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, mais precisamente na rádio fictícia Master Sounds 98.3, e do jogo eletrônico Driver: Parallel Lines. "Express Yourself" também foi sampleada pelo famoso grupo de gangsta rap N.W.A., lançada como single de seu álbum de estreia, Straight Outta Compton. (pt)
  • Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band var en amerikansk musikgrupp från Los Angeles i Kalifornien som spelade soul och funkmusik. Charles Wright (född 1940) som var gruppens sångare och ledarfigur lade grund till gruppen under mitten av 1960-talet, och 1968 efter ett antal olika gruppkonstellationer hade gruppnamnet definitivt bestämts. Nästa år, 1969, åtnjöt de sin första nationella hitsingel i USA med "Do Your Thing". 1970 blev gruppens framgångsrikaste år då de släppte sin största amerikanska singelhit "Express Yourself", som i efterhand blivit den låt gruppen är mest ihågkommen för. Den har senare ofta använts inom sampling och även förekommit på soundtracks till filmer som Remember the Titans och Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Andra låtar gruppen hade framgång med var "Till You Get E (sv)
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