Jr. Walker & the All Stars

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American R&B band Motown recording artist

Jr. Walker & the All Stars were a prominent Motown soul and R&B band led by saxophonist Junior Walker, best known for hits like "Shotgun" and "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)."

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Junior Walker & the All Stars 2
Jr. Walker & the All Stars canonical 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American R&B band ⓘ
Motown recording artist ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
associatedAct Junior Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Funk Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
bestKnownFor hit single Shotgun NERFINISHED ⓘ
hit single What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalContext 1960s American soul music ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
soul ⓘ
instrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
leader Junior Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicMovement classic Motown sound ⓘ
musicScene Detroit soul ⓘ
notableFor saxophone solos by Junior Walker ⓘ
notableHit (I’m A) Road Runner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shotgun NERFINISHED ⓘ
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSongCharacteristic danceable grooves ⓘ
saxophone-led melodies ⓘ
notableWork (I’m A) Road Runner NERFINISHED ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pucker Up Buttercup NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shake and Fingerpop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shotgun NERFINISHED ⓘ
What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceType backing band for Junior Walker ⓘ
primaryInstrumentOfLeader tenor saxophone ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Soul Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
style soulful ballads ⓘ
up-tempo R&B ⓘ
vocalist Junior Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Funk Brothers → backedArtist → Jr. Walker & the All Stars ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → notableCoverArtist → Jr. Walker & the All Stars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Junior Walker & the All Stars
The Contours → associatedAct → Jr. Walker & the All Stars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Junior Walker & the All Stars