Earl Van Dyke

Earl Van Dyke

Earl Van Dyke

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Top Songs

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Soul Stomp [Single Version]
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The Flick [Live At Ben’s Hi Chapparal Club, Detroit/1970]
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Six by Six [Remix]
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L.B.J.
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Chicken Little 69

Albums

  • The Motown Sound: The Complete Albums & More

    Jan 2012 • 45 songs

  • The Earl Of Funk

    Jan 1970 • 12 songs

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Earl Van Dyke

Biography

Nicknamed the "Chunk of Funk," Earl Van Dyke was the keyboardist/bandleader for the Motown studio band of the '60s affectionately dubbed the Funk Brothers. The band can be heard on 22 number one pop hits, 48 number one R&B hits, generating sales of over 300 million records. With support from his parents (his father was a classical violinist turned Ford Motors factory worker), Van Dyke started playing piano when he was five years old. He took lessons at the Detroit Conservatory of Music. He began playing professionally as a teenager hanging out with the likes of Barry Harris, Y...
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