As far as popularity goes, I'd say that The Ohio Players and Roger & Zapp have that field covered. Slave and Lakeside are the next ones in terms of pure funk grooves. Faze-O has their big hit Riding High, but i honsetly have to hear more of their music to see where they land. Finally, I am not familiar with the other bands left, if they are on the streaming sites, I will give them a listen.

1. Zapp

2. Ohio Players

3. Slavw

4. Heatwave

5. Lakeslide

6. Van Hunt

7. Sun

8. Faz-o

9. Shirley Murdock

1. Slave (and Aurra who were members of Slave that left)

2. The Ohio Players

3. Heatwave

4. Zapp

5. Lakeside

6. Sun

7. Faze-O

Slave

Ohio Players

Zapp

Sun

Heatwave

Faze O

Lakeside

Aurra

Van Hunt

I'm sorry I just really didn't feel Dayton that much but I loved when Chris Jones and a couple of

other members were with Sun on their first 2 albums.

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UncleGrandpa said:

As far as popularity goes, I'd say that The Ohio Players and Roger & Zapp have that field covered. Slave and Lakeside are the next ones in terms of pure funk grooves. Faze-O has their big hit Riding High, but i honsetly have to hear more of their music to see where they land. Finally, I am not familiar with the other bands left, if they are on the streaming sites, I will give them a listen.

I think Faze O did 3 albums.

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