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Con Funk Shun is a former United States|American R&B and funk band (music)|band popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
History
The band was formed by a pair of high schoolers in Vallejo, California|Vallejo, California, drummer Louis McCall and singer/guitarist Michael Cooper. The two got their start as a backup group for the Soul Children under the name Project Soul. They began working with Stax Records staff songwriters, and while sound recording and reproduction|recording at Audio Dimensions, a Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis, Tennessee sound recording studio|studio, record producer|producer Ted Sturges both named the group (after an instrumental recording by The Nite-Liters) and produced their first album, ''Organized Con Funk Shun''.
In 1976, Con Funk Shun signed to Mercury Records, releasing eleven albums over a span of ten years. The group's 1978 LP, ''Secrets'', was certified gold album|gold in the US, as were 1979's ''Loveshine'' and ''Candy'', and 1980's ''Spirit of Love''.<ref>Search for "Con Funk Shun" performed at RIAA|RIAA.com on December 10, 2007.</ref> They scored a string of Top 40|top ten hit single|hits on the Billboard magazine|Billboard black singles record chart|chart, including 1978's "Ffun" (#1) and "Shake and Dance with Me" (#5), 1979's "Chase Me" (#4), 1980s "Got to Be Enough" (#8), and 1981's &qu... read all
