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How did The Funk Brothers get their name?
The Funk Brothers name came when Benjamin was leaving the studio after session work, paused, turned and said to his fellow musicians, You all are the Funk Brothers.“
Was there a specific reason The Funk Brothers used the word Funk?
funky in The Funk Brothers, as an adjective came to be associated with uptempo and backbeat, Southern-styled soul music in the second half of the 1960s
Were the The Funk Brothers members actually brothers?
The Funk Brothers members were not actually brothers
How did The Funk Brothers become famous?
until the release of the Standing in the Shadows of Motown documentary, the members of the Funk Brothers were not widely known.

Question: When did they begin recording as the Funk Brothers?
Self-contained rewrite: When did they begin recording as the Funk Brothers?