Mar292024

The Meters

The Meters are an American funk band formed in 1965 by Zigaboo Modeliste (drums), George Porter Jr. (bass), Leo Nocentelli (guitar), and Art Neville (keyboards) in New Orleans. The band performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977 and played an influential role as backing musicians for other artists, including Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint. Their original songs "Cissy Strut" and "Look-Ka Py Py" are considered funk classics. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Cissy Strut
1310083
2Just Kissed My Baby
333043
3Hand Clapping Song
175278
4Look-Ka Py Py
165317
5Stormy
148910
6People Say
147814
7Here Comes the Meter Man
146183
8Sophisticated Cissy
139257
9Live Wire
130109
10Fire on the Bayou
110343

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