King Tim III (Personality Jock)
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"King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is a 1979 (see 1979 in music) song by the Fatback Band from the disco album XII. Released a week before "Rapper's Delight" (which is often cited as the first commercially released hip hop song), this song is often cited as the beginning of recorded hip hop.
Although released a week before "Rapper's Delight", the song was originally the B-Side of the single, with the A-Side "You're My Candy Sweet" a mid-tempo disco song. However the song stalled at #67 after 4-weeks on the R&B chart and was replaced the following week with "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" on the chart. It peaked at #26 on the R&B chart and stayed on for 11 weeks.
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