Afrique: Soul Makossa (1973)

In 1972, Cameroon born sax player Manu Dibango recorded Soul Makossa. A nice funky sounding instrumental, it became a hit for him in Europe. However, a snafu in copywriting the song left it up for grabs and at least 20 copies of the song were recorded within the next year attempting to cash in on the mistake. Afrique was a group of 13 R&B session players which included David Walker (guitar), Chuck Rainey (bass), and Charles Kynard (organ). They came together to record Soul Makossa and some other tasty funk/soul numbers. This was their only release which reached #47 in the summer of 1973.