"King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is a 1979 hip hop song by the

Fatback Band The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The Fatback Band is most known for their R&B hits: "(Do the) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Mone ...

from the

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album ''Fatback XII''. Engineered by Delano “Rock” McLaurin and released on March 25, 1979, this song is often citedTo the break of dawn, William Jelani Cobb, p44
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Rapper's Delight "Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 rap song that serves as the debut single of American hip-hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, produced by Sylvia Robinson. Although it was shortly preceded by the Fatback Band's " King Tim III (Personality Jock)", "Rapper ...

" came out, which is widely regarded as the first commercially released hip hop song. The song was originally the B-side of the 7-inch single, with the A-side "You're My Candy Sweet" a mid-tempo disco song. However the song stalled at #67 after 4-weeks on the R&B chart and was replaced the following week with "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" on the chart. It peaked at #26 on the R&B chart and stayed on for 11 weeks.

Origins

Bill Curtis and Gerry Thomas were in the studio recording Fatback XII and Curtis didn't think the album had a hit. Curtis recalls turning to Thomas and saying

References

External links

Fatback Band official siteBill Curtis Music
1979 songs 1979 singles Fatback Band songs American hip-hop songs {{1970s-single-stub