b. 13 February 1945, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. This itinerant singer first began performing at the age of 11, but his reputation was established by several mid-60s recordings produced by Harold Battiste. Floyd's first major hit came in 1970 with the excellent "Groove Me", which reached the US Top 10, and he enjoyed two further Top 5 R&B singles with "Baby Let Me Kiss You" (1971) and "Woman Don't Go Astray" (1972). He continued to enjoy limited success throughout the first half of that decade, but "Body English", released in 1976, was his last chart entry to date.

Listen to King Floyd at Finetune.

• Groove Me
• Baby Let Me Kiss You
• Heartaches
• Together We Can Do Anything

• Bill Withers
• Marvin Gaye
• Archie Bell & The Drells
• Stevie Wonder
• Al Green
• The Temptations
• Otis Redding
• Aretha Franklin
• The Isley Brothers
• James Brown
• Four Tops
• KC & The Sunshine Band
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• The O'Jays
• Commodores
• The Supremes
• Isaac Hayes
• The Dramatics
• Rick James
• Curtis Mayfield

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