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{{Short description|American funk band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name               = Fatback Band
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| origin             = [[New York City]], U.S.
| genre              = {{hlist|[[Funk]]|[[soul music|soul]]|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[disco]]}}
| years_active       = 1970–present
| label              = {{hlist|[[Perception Records|Perception]]|Event|Spring|[[Cotillion Records|Cotillion]]}}
| associated_acts    = 
| website            = {{URL|www.fatbackband.com}} 
| current_members    =
* Bill "Fatback" Curtis
* Cordell "Pete" Everett
* Ed Jackson
* Isabella Dunn Gordon
* Ledjerick Todd Woods
* George Williams
* Darryl McAllister
* Bob "Zoot" James
| past_members =
* Earl Shelton
* Quenetta "Que" Simpson
* Gerry Thomas
* Johnny Flippin
* Johnny King
* Billy Hamilton
* Wayne Wilford
* Michael Walker
}}

The '''Fatback Band''' (later, simply '''Fatback''') is an American [[funk]] and [[disco]] band that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The Fatback Band is most known for their [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] hits: "(Do the) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", "Backstrokin'" and "[[I Found Lovin']]".

Their 1979 single "[[King Tim III (Personality Jock)]]" is generally considered the first commercially released [[hip hop]] single.<ref name="icons" />