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132 Soul & R&B93 Funk43 Disco, Dance & Electronic40 Pop37 Classical & Traditional35 Hip-Hop34 Rock15 Jazz14 World & Other12 Reggae & Dancehall11 Blues & Country
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Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Marvin Gaye · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Got to Give It Up
Marvin Gaye · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Let’s Get It On
Marvin Gaye · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
4 sources
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin · 1971
Cleared After Dispute
Hard Rock1970s
4 sources
My Sweet Lord
George Harrison · 1970
Cleared After Dispute
Rock1970s
5 sources
Summer Breeze
Seals and Crofts · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Soft Rock1970s
5 sources
That Lady
The Isley Brothers · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Best of My Love
The Emotions · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
3 sources
Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
4 sources
We Are Family
Sister Sledge · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
3 sources
Lost in Music
Sister Sledge · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
2 sources
He’s the Greatest Dancer
Sister Sledge · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
2 sources
I Want Your Love
Chic · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
2 sources
The Love You Save
The Jackson 5 · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
2 sources
I’ll Be There
The Jackson 5 · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
ABC
The Jackson 5 · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Le Freak
Chic · 1978
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
5 sources
Ladies’ Night
Kool & the Gang · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
5 sources
Theme from Shaft
Isaac Hayes · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
The Guns of Brixton
The Clash · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Post-Punk1970s
3 sources
Police and Thieves
Junior Murvin · 1976
Documented Sampling History
Reggae1970s
2 sources
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Roy Ayers Ubiquity · 1976
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
4 sources
Funky Nassau
The Beginning of the End · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
The Temptations · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)
The Temptations · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
War
Edwin Starr · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
4 sources
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
The Temptations · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Grandma’s Hands
Bill Withers · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
2 sources
Lean on Me
Bill Withers · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Lovely Day
Bill Withers · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Use Me
Bill Withers · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Ain’t No Sunshine
Bill Withers · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
5 sources
September
Earth, Wind & Fire · 1978
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Family Affair
Sly and the Family Stone · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2
The Isley Brothers · 1977
Documented Sampling History
R&B1970s
4 sources
It’s a Shame
The Spinners · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Ring My Bell
Anita Ward · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
3 sources
I’ll Take You There
The Staple Singers · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
4 sources
Armagideon Time
Willi Williams · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Reggae1970s
3 sources
Flash Light
Parliament · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
2 sources
Loose Booty
Sly and the Family Stone · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
One Nation Under a Groove
Funkadelic · 1978
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Rock Steady
Aretha Franklin · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
2 sources
Take Me to the River
Al Green · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
4 sources
Superstition
Stevie Wonder · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Get Up Offa That Thing
James Brown · 1976
Cleared After Dispute
Funk1970s
3 sources
The Payback
James Brown · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Funky President (People It's Bad)
James Brown · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Melting Pot
Booker T. & the M.G.'s · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
The Mexican
Babe Ruth · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Rock1970s
2 sources
Ashley's Roachclip
The Soul Searchers · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
The Grunt
The J.B.'s · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Nice Up the Dance
Michigan & Smiley · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Reggae1970s
2 sources
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
Parliament · 1976
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
(Not Just) Knee Deep
Funkadelic · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Hihache
Lafayette Afro Rock Band · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)
Lou Donaldson · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
3 sources
Cool Out Son
Junior Murvin · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Reggae1970s
3 sources
Stalag 17
Ansel Collins · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Reggae1970s
3 sources
Open Letter to the President
Roy C · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
2 sources
I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You
Leon Haywood · 1975
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Hollywood Swinging
Kool & the Gang · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Troglodyte (Cave Man)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Nothing You Can Do
Average White Band · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
2 sources
You Got It
Average White Band · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Cut the Cake
Average White Band · 1975
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Alone Again (Naturally)
Gilbert O'Sullivan · 1972
Cleared After Dispute
Pop1970s
7 sources
Ya Rayah
Dahmane El Harrachi · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Chaâbi1970s
4 sources
Iron Man
Black Sabbath · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Heavy Metal1970s
4 sources
Jolene
Dolly Parton · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Country1970s
5 sources
God Save the Queen
Sex Pistols · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Punk Rock1970s
6 sources
Blind Alley
The Emotions · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Dueling Banjos
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell · 1972
Cleared After Dispute
Bluegrass1970s
4 sources
Jungle Boogie
Kool & the Gang · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk · 1977
Cleared After Dispute
Electronic1970s
3 sources
Rapper's Delight
The Sugarhill Gang · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Hip-Hop1970s
5 sources
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor · 1978
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
6 sources
Zombie
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 · 1976
Documented Sampling History
Afrobeat1970s
4 sources
Scorpio
Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
When the Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Rock1970s
4 sources
Soul Makossa
Manu Dibango · 1972
Cleared After Dispute
Funk1970s
3 sources
It's a New Day
Skull Snaps · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
It's Just Begun
The Jimmy Castor Bunch · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Synthetic Substitution
Melvin Bliss · 1973
No Payment Mechanism
Funk1970s
5 sources
Take Me to the Mardi Gras
Bob James (comp. Paul Simon) · 1975
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
6 sources
Nautilus
Bob James · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
4 sources
Impeach the President
The Honey Drippers · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Apache
Incredible Bongo Band (comp. Jerry Lordan) · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
6 sources
Think (About It)
Lyn Collins · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Funky Drummer
James Brown · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
6 sources
Good Times
Chic · 1979
Cleared After Dispute
Disco1970s
7 sources
Pick Up the Pieces
Average White Band · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
7 sources