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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings were an American funk and
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band signed to Daptone Records. They were part of a
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of mid-1960s to mid-1970s style funk and soul music. They released their debut album ''Dap Dippin in 2002, the first of seven studio albums. Their 2014 album '' Give the People What They Want'' was nominated for the
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. Following
Sharon Jones Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough succe ...
' death in 2016, the band released the posthumous album '' Soul of a Woman'' in 2017 and a compilation of cover songs in 2020. The Dap-Kings, the Daptone house band are notable for their collaborations with
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, including their contributions to
Amy Winehouse Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz. A membe ...
's ''
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''. The band continued to work and perform together through 2018.


History


1996–2000: The early years with Desco Records

In the mid-1990s, artist
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and musician Gabriel Roth (also known as
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) founded a band called the Soul Providers, and began recording an album of James Brown-inspired instrumentals and vocal collaborations with deep funk recording artist
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. After hearing
Sharon Jones Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough succe ...
, a
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turned singer, record backing vocals for a Fields track, Lehman and Roth recorded a solo track of Jones singing "Switchblade", a song which had been intended for a man's voice. This track along with another Jones solo, "The Landlord", were included on the Soul Providers debut album, ''Soul Tequila'', released in about 1996 on the now-defunct French label Pure Records. Lehman and Roth then started a new label in Brooklyn, New York called Desco Records, with a studio and distribution office in the basement of the Desco vacuum cleaner store on West 41st Street. They reissued ''Soul Tequila'' as a vinyl-only LP and renamed ''Gimme the Paw'', and included only one of the Jones collaborations, "Switchblade". Desco showcased its artists with revue-style shows and released their music on vinyl 45-rpm records. Jones, backed by the Soul Providers (who had become the Desco house band), released three 45s for the label. Recording dates were deliberately omitted from the labels and the records were often marketed as being released in the 1970s. Two other Soul Providers albums were released, an instrumental soundtrack to a Sam Lung kung-fu film, ''The Revenge of Mr Mopoji'', credited to Mike Jackson and the Soul Providers, and a solo album by Lee Fields, ''Let's Get a Groove On'', for which the Soul Providers provided the backing.


2000–2003: The birth of the Dap-Kings and Daptone Records

In 2000, Lehman and Roth parted ways, and the Soul Providers disbanded. Lehman set up Soul Fire Records; Roth started Daptone Records with
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saxophonist Neal Sugarman. A new group, the Dap-Kings, was formed, consisting of label owners Roth on bass and Neal Sugarman on saxophone, plus original Soul Providers: guitarist
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, organist Earl Maxton, percussionist Fernando Velez, and trumpeter Anda Szilagyi. Joining them were two young members of The Mighty Imperials, whose album ''Thunder Chicken'' was the last release on the Desco label: tenor saxophonist
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and drummer
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, who both had also been touring members of The Soul Providers previously. The band secured a summer residency at The Boite, a club in
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, Spain, and recorded an LP, ''
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'', in 2001. A few hundred copies were pressed, so that sales during the residency would provide financial support for what would have otherwise been a financially draining trip. Promotional copies were sent to funk DJs and reviewers, and the album was officially released as the first LP and CD on Daptone Records in 2002, and attracted an enthusiastic review from quarterly hip-hop and funk magazine ''Big Daddy''. Following the album, three 45s not on the album were also released: "What If We all Stopped Paying Taxes", released in 2002 just ahead of the U.S. election, was a militant anti-war statement denouncing the
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. "Genuine (parts 1 & 2)" (2004) was a hard funk record. Their cover of "
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", released in 2005, was recorded for a KFC commercial in 2002 but was never used.


2003–2006: ''Naturally'' and personnel changes

About this time Maxton and Szilagyi left the band to become members of
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, a New York-based
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band. Trumpeter
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and guitarist
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joined in their stead. In 2003, the Daptone Recording Studio, with a sixteen-track analog tape machine, was open for business. The band intended to record two albums back-to-back, but during the final sessions of the first of these albums, Roth suffered serious eye injuries in a car crash, and only one LP and CD, '' Naturally'', was released in 2005. This album included a mix of both soul and funk influences; the production and recording values were crisper than the slightly duller "scratchy 45" sound of the first album. The band embarked on an international promotional tour.
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left the band soon after the release of ''Naturally'' to help start a new label, Truth & Soul Records, and released a solo LP that was originally intended for Daptone, ''Sounding Out the City'', credited to
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. When Lehman closed the Soul Fire label and moved to the Bahamas, the back catalog of Soul Fire was handled by Truth & Soul Records, who, along with Soul Fire, used many of the same artists in their recordings, including Lee Fields, Steinweiss, Brenneck and Michels himself. The Dap-Kings took on
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, a local saxophone player who had released several
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albums under his own name.


2006–2015: Subsequent albums

In late 2006, the band recorded a third studio album, '' 100 Days, 100 Nights''. A non-album funk-style single, "I'm Not Gonna Cry", was released in April 2007, and the album was released in October along with two B-sides/bonus tracks: "Settlin' In" and "The Collection Song". Further albums included ''
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'' (2010), '' Give the People What They Want'' (2014), and the holiday release ''It's a Holiday Soul Party''. Also in 2014, Jones and her band performed at the
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.


2016–2020: Jones' death and final releases

The recording process '' Soul of a Woman'' began in 2015, during which Jones was fighting pancreatic cancer; she had been first diagnosed in 2013. A film about Jones' battle with cancer, '' Miss Sharon Jones!'', was released in 2016 with a soundtrack compilation. Jones died on November 18, 2016 at the age of 60. No specific announcement has been made regarding the band's future; however, the Dap-Kings have subsequently performed at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017 and were the house band for ''
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Presents: A Holiday Special'', which taped in November 2016. The Dap-Kings completed the music for the album during this time and released ''Soul of a Woman'' on the year anniversary of Jones' death in 2017. They were active as a live performing group through 2018; of note, they played a series of summer shows with
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. Two years later, in September 2020, the group announced ''Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In'', an album compiling cover songs recorded over the years. The record was released on October 23, 2020.


Members

''Years adapted from album credits, may not be exact.'' *
Sharon Jones Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough succe ...
– vocals (2000–2016) ‡ ;The Dap-Kings *
Binky Griptite Franklin Stribling, professionally known as Binky Griptite, is an American guitarist, record producer, and radio DJ. He is best known as a founding member and guitarist of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Soul Providers, and Antibalas, among other ...
– guitar, vocals, MC (2000–2018) ‡ * Gabriel Roth (a.k.a.
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) – bass, piano, percussion, producer, engineer (2000–2018) ‡ * Fernando "Bugaloo" Velez – conga,
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(2000–2018) ‡ *
Homer Steinweiss Homer Steinweiss is an American drummer, songwriter, and producer known as a prominent drummer in the New York soul revival scene. He is a founding member and drummer of groups including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & The Expression ...
– drums (2000–2018) ‡ *
Dave Guy Dave Guy is an American trumpet player and member of The Dap-Kings. Over his more than two decade career, he has been part of the groups Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, and Lee Fields & The Expressions, among ot ...
– trumpet (2004–2018) * Neal Sugarman
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, producer (2004–2018) * Joe Crispiano – guitar (2013–2018) * Cochemea "Cheme" Gastelum – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (2013–2018; contributor: 2009–2013) *
Thomas Brenneck Thomas "Tommy" Brenneck is an American guitarist, record producer, and engineer. He became known as the leader of the Menahan Street Band and a member of The Budos Band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and El Michels Affair. He is the founder of ...
– guitar, piano (2004–2012; contributor: 2012–2016) *
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baritone saxophone (2004–2010; contributor: 2010–2016) *
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– tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (2000–2005; contributor: 2009) ‡ *
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(a.k.a. Earl Maxton) – organ (2000–2003; contributor: 2006–2016) ‡ * Otis Youngblood – tenor saxophone (2000–2003) *
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(a.k.a. Jack Zapata) – baritone saxophone (2000–2003) ‡ * Anda Szilagyi – trumpet (2000–2003) ‡ *Todd M. Simon – trumpet (touring c. 2000s) * Hagar Ben Ari – bass (touring 2000–2013) ‡ indicates musician who was part of/played with The Soul Providers, active from 1996–1999 ;The Dapettes * Saundra Williams – vocals (2010–2016) * Starr Duncan-Lowe – vocals (2010–2016) * Sharen Lafet – vocals (2013–2014)


Timeline


Collaborations

Six of the tracks on
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's 2006 album ''
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'' feature various members of the Dap-Kings, including two hits from the album, " Rehab" and "
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". Several tracks recorded at Daptone Studios miscredit the studio as "Dapking Studios". Various members of the band feature on all but one of the tracks on
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's second album, ''
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'' (2007), which spawned the Amy Winehouse cover "
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". The Dap-Kings became the backing band for Winehouse's first U.S. tour. After Winehouse's passing, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings joined
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, and The Roots in tribute to her during '' VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul''. In 2007 the Dap-Kings worked with British singer
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to record a new version of his song "So Good Today". Jones lends her vocals on one song, "The Way We Lived", on
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's second album, '' Hope & Sorrow'', released in April 2007. Jones is also featured on releases by
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'') and Rufus Wainwright (''
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''). Jones contributed six period numbers by
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and others to the soundtrack for the film ''
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'', recorded in the Ardent Studio in Memphis. Jones is also a featured on the Verve Records ''Baby Loves Jazz'' books/CDs and has had character books published by Penguin Books in conjunction with the series, entitled ''Ella the Elephant: Scats Like That''. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are featured on
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's 2009 album, ''Crazy Love'', in the track "Baby (You've got what it takes)". In the fall of 2009 Sharon Jones and David Guy appeared with Phish for their musical costume at Phish's Festival 8 in Indio California, where they covered the Rolling Stones' '' Exile on Main St.'' The Dap-Kings horn section backed the Heavy in a 2010 appearance on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'', and they appeared with
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on ''
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'' in 2012, providing support during their performance of " Panic Station". The Dap-Kings appear on the 2012 David Byrne and St. Vincent collaboration ''
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''. Dap-Kings drummer Homer Steinwess appears on St. Vincent's self-titled fifth album. In 2014, the Dap-Kings horn section collaborated with the
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horn section,
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, and
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to record "
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" and other tracks from Mark Ronson's 2015 album ''
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''. They also performed "Uptown Funk" together on ''
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'' in November 2014. In February 2017, the Dap-Kings served as the backing band for country musician Sturgill Simpson's performance of his song "All Around You" at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. In July 2017, it was revealed that the Dap-Kings Horns collaborated with Kesha on her song "
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''.


In media


Use in advertisements

In 2006, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings were featured in an
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's "
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". The band's cover of Stevie Wonder's "
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" appeared in a
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commercial that same year. In Australia, their song "Got a Thing on my Mind" featured in a 2005 commercial for
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. In 2008 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings worked with
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on a song promoting Tropicana orange juice, titled "Sweet & Lovely."
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and
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were featured in similar projects. In 2015, the song "100 Days, 100 Nights" was used in a
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commercial. In 2016, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings appeared in a video covering the
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song "Midnight Rider" for Lincoln Motors.


Soundtracks

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' cover of
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", from the album ''Naturally'', plays over the opening credits of the 2009 film '' Up in the Air''. The song is also the first track on the ''Up in the Air'' soundtrack album. The same cover plays over the end credits of both the 2007 film ''
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'' episode "Paper, Denim + Dollars." The same cover plays over the end credits of Ken Burns' documentary film '' Jackie Robinson''. "How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?" was featured in the first season for the television series ''
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'' and included on the soundtrack album. "Longer And Stronger", a previously unreleased track, also made an appearance on the '' For Colored Girls: Music From and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' in 2010. "Money", "The Reason", and "Keep On Looking" are used in the video game '' Sleeping Dogs'', which was released in August 2012. The songs can be heard on an in-game radio station called Daptone Radio. The 2011 movie ''
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'' featured the songs "Answer Me", "100 Days 100 Nights", "Got a Thing On My Mind", "Stranded in Your Love", "Be Easy", and "Let Them Knock". The band appeared in the 2013 movie '' The Wolf of Wall Street''. They also appear performing "100 Days 100 Nights" at the end of the 13th episode of Netflix's ''
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Discography


Studio albums

* ''
Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings ''Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings'' is the debut album by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, released in 2002. It is also the first full-length release from Daptone Records. Track listing Personnel * Sharon Jones – Vocals * Bos ...
'' (2002) * '' Naturally'' (2005) * '' 100 Days, 100 Nights'' (2007) * ''
I Learned the Hard Way ''I Learned the Hard Way'' is the fourth studio album by American soul and funk band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, released April 6, 2010 on Daptone Records. Production for the album took place at the label's House of Soul Studios during 2009 t ...
'' (2010) * '' Give the People What They Want'' (2014) * ''It's a Holiday Soul Party'' (2015) * '' Soul of a Woman'' (2017)


As backing band

Selected album credits *
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, 2006) * Saun & Starr – Look Closer (
Daptone Daptone Records is a funk and soul independent record label based in Brooklyn, New York. Best known as the home of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley, the label boasts a roster which includes Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, ...
, 2015) * Sturgill Simpson – '' A Sailor's Guide To Earth'' (
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, 2016) * Elise Legrow – ''Playing Chess'' ( BMG, 2018) * Various artists – ''A Change is Gonna Come'' ( Newport Folk, 2020)


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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"100 Days, 100 Nights"
music video on
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Interview with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
on kevchino.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones and the Dap-Kings, Sharon American soul musical groups American funk musical groups Musical groups from Brooklyn Musical groups established in 1996 Daptone Records artists 1996 establishments in New York City