I can, though, highlight a few great funk songs from the 1970s as a showcase of what was around. That might help make a start to a case for the funky 70s. Here are five top funk songs from that ...

But changes were on the way. Signs of the '70s - from singer-songwriter introspection to down-and-dirty funk - began to surface here. And some artists so identifiable with the '60s, like the ...