THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

798-Fatback Band-(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop.

1975-Number 18 single.

Best Bit-At 2.52. I would queue for a lifetime to catch this tune.

The Fatback Band are the brainchild of Bill Curtis who formed the band in 1970, in New York City, United States. Since their inception there have been 21 personnel changes, with Curtis being the one constant. Their last Album of original material was released in 1988, but they still tour to this day.Curtis had already been an experienced session drummer in the 1950’s, and 1960’s, and wanted to merge the ‘Fatback Jazz Beat’ sound of New Orleans, into a streetwise Funk band.In 1977 they dropped the ‘Band,’ and just called themselves ‘Fatback.’

‘(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop’ is typical of their Funky sound, and also became a very popular Disco hit.The song has dance moves, which appear to have been lost in the annals of time, but the song is credited with helping popularise Line Dancing.

The Fatback Band were also forerunners in the genre of Rap music.In 1979 an unknown rapper by the name of Tim Washington was given the opportunity to Rap over a Bill Curtis beat as an experiment, the track called ‘King Tim 111 (Personality Jock’) became the first commercially released Rap song, just weeks ahead of Rap’s major breakthrough, ‘Rappers Delight,’ by the Sugarhill Gang.

‘Four to the front,then four to the back.Two to the front,but two to the back.’