On this day in 1979, the soul anthem "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" by Instant Funk climbed to the top of the charts. The track that helped define the late 1970s reached No. 1 on the ...

A new documentary examines the golden age of funk music, when large, often interracial bands lay down syncopated grooves that packed dance floors. John Blake says that today’s pop music, largely ...