The "Amen break" is arguably the most important 6 seconds of music ever recorded. With the popularization of sampling, the 4-bar drum solo (originally from The Winstons' 1969 track "Amen, Brother") ...

Nobody suspected that the Amen break would become the most sampled break in music history, not even the band that wrote it. The four-bar drum break — a smattering of rhythmic beats punctuated by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discover the history of the Amen Break, a six-second drum solo that revolutionised music, influencing hip hop, drum and bass and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discover the history of the Amen Break, a six-second drum solo that revolutionised music, influencing hip hop, drum and bass and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 'Amen break' is the most sampled drum break in music history, appearing in over 6,000 songs. The 20-second break was part of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Six brief seconds of sound altered the entire direction of modern music. Known as the Amen Break, this famous drum solo became the most influential sample in recorded history. The origin begins in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Winstons, with Richard Lewis Spencer, below left, and Gregory Coleman, far right Share on Twitter. Opens in a new window. Share on Facebook. Opens in a new window. Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a ...