The Upsetters (American band)
The Upsetters | |
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| Origin | Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1953–early 1960s |
| Labels | Specialty, Little Star |
| Past members | Little Richard Grady Gaines Jimi Hendrix Wilbert Lee Diamond Olse "Bassey" Robinson Nathniel "Buster" Douglas Clifford Verke Charles "Chuck" Connor |
The Upsetters were an American band that played with American musician and poet Little Richard from 1953 to the early 1960s. They would continue to tour and record through the late 1960s as a backing band with Otis Redding and as a solo group as well. They have been credited by James Brown and others with first putting the funk in the rock and roll beat.