Funky Broadway

"Funky Broadway" is an early funk-style song written by Arlester "Dyke" Christian.

The small, Phoenix, Arizona-based, Artco Records first issued it as a two-part single; when it was unable to keep up with the demand, the distribution was picked up by the Original Sound label.

[2] Produced by Jerry Wexler for Atlantic Records, the session took place in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

[3] Described as a "funky tune"[2] and an "absolutely classic, wailing read",[4] it is also included on The Sound of Wilson Pickett album, issued by Atlantic in 1967.

The session personnel on the Pickett recording included Charles Chalmers and James Mitchell on tenor sax, Tommy Cogbill on bass, Roger Hawkins on drums, Jimmy Johnson and Chips Moman on guitar, Gene "Bowlegs" Miller on trumpet, Floyd Newman on baritone sax, and Spooner Oldham on keyboards.