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{{short description|American psychedelic soul band (1966–74)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Rotary Connection
| image             = Rotary Connection (Cadet publicity photo).jpg
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| caption           = Rotary Connection {{circa|1968}}
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| origin            = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States
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* [[Psychedelic soul]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rotary-connection-mn0000852405/biography|title=Rotary Connection Biography |last=Kellman |first=Andy |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2023-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/rotary_connection_the_heavenly-sounding_psychedelic_soulsters_who_turned_do |title=ROTARY CONNECTION: THE HEAVENLY-SOUNDING PSYCHEDELIC SOULSTERS WHO TURNED DOWN WOODSTOCK |first=Richard |last=Metzger |date=February 22, 2019 |publisher=Dangerous Minds |access-date= |quote=2023-02-05}}</ref>
* [[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/entertainment/columns/article_10578ec6-d714-51c3-b697-da3905727623.html |title=You can see inside me: Minnie Riperton and 'Adventures in Paradise' |last=Ollison |first=Rashod |date=March 16, 2016 |publisher=The Virginian-Pilot |access-date=2023-02-05 |quote=sang lead vocals in Rotary Connection, an ambitious psychedelic rock band}}</ref>
*[[psychedelic pop]]<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Holly|editor-last=George-Warren|editor-first2=Patricia|editor-last2=Romanowski|title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|url=https://archive.org/det |page=825}}</ref>
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| years_active      = {{start date|1965}}–{{end date|1973}}
| label             = {{flatlist |
*[[Chess Records|Chess]]
*[[Cadet Records|Cadet]]
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| current_members   = 
| past_members      = [[Minnie Riperton]]<br/>[[Phil Upchurch]]<br/>[[Mitch Aliotta]]<br/>Sidney Barnes<br/>Bobby Simms<br/>[[Charles Stepney]]<br/>Tommy Vincent<br/>Kenny Venegas<br/>Tom Donlinger<br/>Jim Donlinger<br/>Jim Nyeholt<br/>Judy Hauff<br>Shirley Wahls<br/>Jon Stocklin
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'''Rotary Connection''' was an American [[psychedelic soul]] band, formed in [[Chicago]] in 1966.

In addition to their own recordings, including their 1967 debut album ''[[Rotary Connection (album)|Rotary Connection]]'', the band backed [[Muddy Waters]] on his 1968 [[psychedelic music|psychedelic blues]] album ''[[Electric Mud]]''. The band's members included [[Minnie Riperton]], who would later emerge as a solo artist.