The 20-second break was part of a song by the Winstons, a multiracial soul band. Despite the Amen break's seminal popularity across music genres, the Winstons never received royalties. Nobody ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Don’t mess with classics, they say, and drummer Merlin Matthews - founder of drum and percussion ...

Richard Spencer, one of the musicians responsible for one of the most sampled drum loops in modern music - but who never got a royalty cheque for his work - has been paid £24,000 (€34,000) after fans ...

Artists The story of Missy Elliott's Get Ur Freak On, the bhangra-sampling hit that almost didn’t happen Artists How Trevor Horn’s anonymous electronic group - the Art of Noise - revolutionised sample ...

Back in 1969, a drum solo that would direct hip hop and electronic music for 30-plus years was recorded. Gregory C. Coleman of Washington funk and soul band The Winstons was the man responsible for ...

Amen, Brother was a little-known B-side released in 1969. Barely noticed at the time, its drum solo has been hugely influential, appearing in different forms in more than 1,500 other songs - but the ...

Don’t mess with classics, they say, and drummer Merlin Mathews - co-founder of drum and percussion loop/sample library The Beat Shed - is happy to agree that you can’t improve on the “perfect” Amen ...