Earl Van Dyke. 1991 was the year that marked the end of Van Dyke's playing days as he succumbed to the debilitating carpal tunnel syndrome. MOTOWN: EARL VAN DYKE, 1991 NEWS PRINT FEATURE. Join Facebook to connect with Earl Van Dyke and others you may know. Several of Van Dyke's recordings feature him playing keys over the original instrumental tracks for Motown hits; others are complete covers of Motown songs. Earl Van Dyke. Earl Van Dyke was born on July 8, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Sometimes their set would be interrupted by a Motown producer arriving and saying that they needed the band for a impromptu recording session and they'd reluctantly go to the recording studio to lay tracks in the pre-dawn hours. The band can be heard on 22 number one pop hits, 48 number one R&B hits, generating sales of over 300 million records. Earl L. Van Dyke, 92, of 415 Kem Rd., Marion, Indiana died August 1, 2003 at 4:45 in the Marion General Hospital. Earl was "THE" main keyboard player at Motown, and the founder member of the famous Funk Brothers. 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. Neither release was what they really wanted, though, which was a straight-ahead jazz album. He also saw that he wasn't the only piano player on the block. The company did have two cinematic successes, the box office hit The Lady Sings the Blues, starring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, and Richard Pryor, and the charming tribute to Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings starring Williams, Pryor, and James Earl Jones. In some instances, a band member would have a part that he created replaced and recreated by a vocal line or riff. "With This Ring" by the Platters also featured the band. The band can be heard on records issued by the numerous labels that sprang up in lieu of Motown's phenomenal success. Motown made it known, if not by words but certainly by action, that they wanted Van Dyke and company to remain in the recording studio, laying the foundation for the label's many hits. In between factory work, sporadic playing jobs, and two stints in the Armed Services, Van Dyke caught tuberculosis and spent two and a half years in a veterans administration hospital. Results 1-20 of 126,169. The band also traveled south to record in Muscle Shoals and Atlanta, among other cities. During 1970, Van Dyke began to accompany mainstream lounge acts when they would appear in the Detroit area and began working with Freda Payne as her musical director. The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. Ma Rainey and Her Band Give It Their All – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Film Review. 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. Thomas) cruised to number 12 R&B in June 1968; and "(I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real" went to number nine R&B in November 1970. Motown would still send tracks back to Detroit for the few remaining Funk Brothers to add overdubs for several years after their departure. I doubt that Earl ever played with Parliament or Funkadelic. Just after joining the label, Van Dyke's "pay" for a session was a bowl of soup. Just that previous year, Van Dyke had made 100,000 dollars from Motown and his outside work. Though the musicians were paid well for their services, they were still well below union scale. Neither release was what they really wanted, though, which was a straight-ahead jazz album. Earl Van Dyke (July 8, 1930 – September 18, 1992) was an American soul musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The success of these records, both commercially and aesthetically, suggest that if Wilson had been signed to Motown, he would have had a more consistent career. Bandleader of The Funk Brothers since 1963. Albums include Standing in the Shadows of Motown, The In Crowd - The Story of Northern Soul, and A Cellarful of Motown!. Edit Search New Search Jump to Filters. Also that year, after years of rampant rumors, Motown Records relocated to Los Angeles, partly based on Berry Gordy's desire to become involved in the motion picture business. Genres: Soul, Funk, Northern Soul. Earl Van Dyke. The band can be heard on 22 number one pop hits,…. Sites: Wikipedia, whosampled.com. He took lessons at the Detroit Conservatory of Music. He was born June 18, 1911 in Danville, Illinois to the late Dorsey and Jennie(Davis)Van Dyke. Van Dyke was hired to replace departing organist Jimmy Smith in Chris Columbo's band. Latest News. 3:20; Cissy Strut - Earl Van Dyke. Neither release was what they really wanted, though, which was a straight-ahead jazz album. Earl Van Dyke was born on July 8, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection The Best Of The Funk Brothers. Editors’ Notes Earl Van Dyke was vital to Motown’s sound. Results 1-20 of 260,412. Columbo was a drummer with Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five ("Saturday Night Fish Fry," "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"). Select from premium Earl Van Dyke of the highest quality. Van Dyke joined the in-house band at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, MI, backing singers Sammy Davis, Jr., Vic Damone, Mel Tormé, and others when they came thorough town. The musicians began to bicker with the label about their pay scale and their lack of name recognition (the musicians were never listed on the back of the album jackets). Read Full Biography. After years of chronic health problems and a heroin addiction, Benny Benjamin died and James Jamerson's alcoholism began to take its toll. Earl Van Dyke, Soundtrack: Standing in the Shadows of Motown. 02:32 09. 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The band can be heard on 22 number one pop hits,… - Billboard As the keyboard player for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the 1960s and 1970s, Earl Van Dyke played on dozens of major singles and albums and lent his own unique sound to many of those hits. b. Earl Van Dyke, 8th July 1930, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.. d. 18th September 1992, Harper Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. Earl Van Dyke was the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house the Funk Brothers band in between 1961 and 1971.. He began playing professionally as a teenager hanging out with the likes of Barry Harris, Yusef Lateef, Tommy Flanagan, Roland Hanna, Kenny Burrell, and Hank Jones, getting a gig here and there. Though a couple of years later in the mid-'80s, Van Dyke moved back to Detroit after not being able to adjust to the California lifestyle. Funeral Home Services for Earl are being provided by Lane Funeral Home - Canfield Chapel. 57 fans Top tracks. His musical influences included Tommy Flanagan, Hank Jones, and Barry Harris. 07. But the Funk Brothers long wanted to release an album of their own and somewhat got their wish granted, with Earl Van Dyke Plays the Motown Sound and The Earl of Funk (September 1970), both released on Motown's subsidiary label Soul. In 1967, though Motown's prime songwriting/production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland left the label amid lawsuits and royalty disputes, internal riffs in the Temptations and the Supremes, Van Dyke and company were getting paid better than ever. View the profiles of people named Earl Van Dyke. Feel free to restore if I'm mistaken. The phenomenal bassist was backing another Detroiter, singer Jackie Wilson ("Reet Petite," "To Be Loved," "Lonely Teardrops," "That's Why I Love You So"). Earl Van Dyke passed away on February 11, 2016 at the age of 91 in Girard, Ohio. Besides his work as the session keyboardist on Motown hits such as "Bernadette" by The Four Tops, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye and "Runaway Child, Running Wild" by The Temptations, Van Dyke performed with a small band as an opening act for several Motown artists, and released instrumental singles and albums himself. Neither release was what they really wanted, though, which was a straight-ahead jazz album. Soul Stomp . Written by Lavinia Hart, Lakewood. Find Earl Van Dyke bio, music, credits, awards, & streaming links on AllMusic - Nicknamed the "Chunk of Funk," Earl Van Dyke was… Van Dyke, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, was preceded as keyboardist and bandleader of the Funk Brothers by Joe Hunter. In 1964, he replaced Choker Campbell as leader of Tamla / Motown's studio house band. Records Categories. 5:41; The Stingray. In 1956, jazz guitarist Emmett Sleigh hired Van Dyke to play in his band, Emmett Sleigh and the Sleighriders. He got a job with the Detroit Board of Education at Osborne High School. Jamerson had been recording for an upstart label called Motown Records headed by a young songwriter/producer named Berry Gordy. With the deaths of Benjamin in 1969, Jamerson in 1983, and Van Dyke in 1992, the end of an amazing era in pop music was sealed. Edit Search New Search Jump to Filters. Van Dyke played the Steinway grand piano, the Hammond B-3 organ, the Wurlitzer electric piano, the Fender Rhodes, and the celeste and harpsichord. He died on September 18, 1992 in Detroit. Motown objected to the word "funk," so both releases carried the moniker Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers. Real Name: Earl Van Dyke. Another big hit featuring the Funk Brothers was "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick and the Spinners (Top Ten R&B, number one pop, October 26, 1974). 5: 1965 Various Artists. But the Funk Brothers long wanted to release an album of their own and somewhat got their wish granted, with Earl Van Dyke Plays the Motown Sound and The Earl of Funk (September 1970), both released on Motown's subsidiary label Soul. 5:01; I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) 2:43; Earl Van Dyke Stand By Me. Career. With Motown having hit after hit, you'd think that the pay scale of the Funk Brothers would've increased. Van Dyke struts and works out these instrumental funk patterns in the mood of today's top R&B bands." Detroit Free Press March 24, 1991. He married Betty (DeMotte) Lindley. Based around pianist Van Dyke, bassist Jamerson, and drummer Benny Benjamin, other key members were guitarists Robert White, Eddie Willis, and Joe Messina; percussionist Eddie "Bongo" Brown; vibist/percussionist Jack Ashford; and later, "replacement" drummers Uriel Jones and Richard "Pistol" Allen. Gordy had written or co-written all of Wilson's hits to that point. His 1967 hit "6 by 6" is a much-loved stomper on the Northern soul music scene. ‎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. Profile: Pianist and keyboardist. Earl Van Dyke (July 8, 1930 – September 18, 1992) was an American soul musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early 1970s. For the local Golden World and Ric-Tic label owned by Twenty Grand Club owner Ed Wingate, the band can be heard on "Agent Double-O Soul" by Edwin Starr (number eight R&B) and "Stop Her on Sight" (number nine R&B), "I Just Wanna Testify" by the Parliaments (number three R&B), and for Ollie McLaughlin's Karen label, "Cool Jerk" by the Capitols (Top Ten R&B, number seven pop). All results for Earl Henry Van Dyke Vandeeke. Earl Van Dyke - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Cover Song).wmv. I have performed with the number 1 artist in 5 different countries. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Earl Van Dyke (8 Jul 1930–18 Sep 1992), Find a Grave Memorial no. His funeral services were held at St. Anthony Catholic church. LAKEWOOD ENTERTAINMENT. As far as Warwick was concerned, this was a continuation of a long collaboration. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) by Marvin Gaye. Edit your search or learn more. Also because of the emerging, wider-sounding eight- and 16-track audio tape recorders and mixing boards that Motown had purchased for its Hitsville recording studio, Van Dyke's piano could be heard, no longer (sonically) crammed into the label's previous three-track mixed releases. Van Dyke didn't decide to join Motown until 1962, with the help of a solid 150 dollars a week job offer from Mickey Stevenson of Motown's A&R department. Records Categories. But the Funk Brothers long wanted to release an album of their own and somewhat got their wish granted, with Earl Van Dyke Plays the Motown Sound and The Earl of Funk (September 1970), both released on Motown's subsidiary label Soul. He was nicknamed "Big Funk", and "Chunk o Funk".[1]. Making the trips to nearby Chicago, they cut several hits for producer Carl Davis and Jackie Wilson: "Whispers (Gettin Louder), recorded on August 8, 1966, and released September 1966, the song went to number five R&B and number 11 pop; "Just Be Sincere"; "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," which set the stage for Wilson's mid-'60s comeback and was his second number one R&B single on October 7, 1967; "Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy"; "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" (later covered by B.J. This being a commonly known fact in the Detroit music community, several music entrepreneurs, local and otherwise, took advantage of the situation and offered the band more money, leading to the Funk Brothers being heard on a lot of backdoor sessions. Listen to music from Earl Van Dyke like He Was Really Sayin' Somethin', The Stingray & more. During the '60s, Warwick's songwriting/producing duo, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, would have clandestine rendezvous with the Funk Brothers at Detroit-area recording studios. Well, not exactly 150 dollars a week. 792 likes. All results for Earl Van Dyke. Masterly performed by keyboard King and band leader of the Funk Brothers in 1965. 1. 4:39; Earl Van Dyke - the earl of Funk.wmv. Edit your search or learn more. 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