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 ...

A six second drum break from The Winstons‘ “Amen, Brother” (the b-side to their 1969 hit “Color Him Father”) is arguably the most famous “break” ever. The “Amen Break” has been sampled on countless ...

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For decades now, sampling has been changing the sound and feel of the music we listen to. Taking a small part from an earlier piece of music, looping it and using it to create something new. Some of ...

What do Salt-N-Pepa, Amy Winehouse, Oasis and the theme song to the animated TV show "Futurama" have in common - these six seconds. (SOUNDBITE OF THE WINSTONS' "AMEN, BROTHER") SHAPIRO: This is called ...

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 ...

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 ...

You may have absolutely no idea what the Amen Break is, but you’ve probably heard it a hundred times before. Artists ranging from N.W.A and Amy Winehouse to Oasis and Slipknot have all sampled the 6-7 ...

The Amen break is a drum riff created some 50 years ago by a funk and soul band called The Winstons, and they've finally started getting some recognition. What do Salt-N-Pepa, Amy Winehouse, Oasis and ...