Doubledown's Sidenote: I also am of the opinion that James Brown's song "Funky Drummer" also contains the most important drum break of all time.
Lets continue: The 30 Greatest Drum Breaks and Samples of All Time (with audio)
(This site CrateKings.com deserves full credit for not only coming up with this excellent list, but also for supplying the audio embedded samples)
- Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Subsitution
- The Honeydrippers – Impeach The President
- Skull Snaps – It’s A New Day
- Little Feet - Fool Yourself
- Billy Squire – Big Beat
- Al Green – I’m Glad You’re Mine
- The Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roachclip
- Power of Zeus – Sorcerer of
- Isley Brothers – Footsteps In The Dark
- Q65 – Get Out My Life Woman
- Jeff Beck – Come Dancing
- Mountain – Long Red (Live)
- Manzel –
- The Meters – Here Come The Metermen
- The Headhunters – God Made Me Funky
- Dexter Wansel – Theme From The Planets
- Young Holt Unlimited – Wah Wah Man
- James Brown – Funky President
- Orange Crush – Action
- Joe Tex – Papa Was Too
- Funk Inc. –
- Silhouettes – Fonky First
- Bad Bascomb – Black Grass
- The Turtles – I’m Chief
- Donny Hathaway – Magnificent Sanctuary Band
- Little Richard – The Rill Thing
- Funkadelic – Good Old Music
Doubledown Note: I have my own list of the most important breaks of all time. Just about all of Crateking's list would also appear on my list, and I have a few other gems I think are important as well.
I have DJed a show only once: "The Best Breaks of All Time - The Original Tunes" where I played the full versions of the songs where these classic breaks came from. My show took place at Coffee and Pajamas at Sunset Jazz Club in Second Life. I would love to perform my selections and this DJ show again sometime. I wonder who is interested in having me perform this show?
