Earth , ORGANIZATION@1 , PERSON@1 & War , Tower of Power , Average White Band , The Ohio Players , The ORGANIZATION@2 , Kool & the Gang and Cameo , though many of these most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively .

Other well-known funk bands from the NUMBER@1 included LOCATION@1 , Wind & Fire , ORGANIZATION@3 , and ORGANIZATION@4 .
