Erma Franklin – Change My Thoughts From You

By , May 26, 2015 12:26 pm

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Listen/Download – Erma Franklin – Change My Thoughts From You

 

Greetings all.

Erma Franklin is definitely among the ranks of soul singers that ought to have been much better known, and probably would have been were she not overshadowed by her sister Aretha.

Franklin had a formidable discography of her own, having recorded a string of singles for Epic in the early 60s, but having her biggest success working with Jerry Ragovoy at Shout, where she hit with ‘Piece of my Heart’ in 1966.

After she left Shout in 1968, Franklin recorded an excellent string of 45s (and an LP) for Brunswick.

‘Change My Thoughts From You’ was the b-side of her only other hit, 1969’s ‘Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)’, which grazed the R&B Top 40 that spring.

Written by Gary Jackson (who co-wrote ‘(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher’ for Jackie Wilson), Carl Davis and Nate Smith, and produced by Davis and Eugene Record, ‘Change My Thoughts From You’ is a great bit of melodic, ever so slightly funky Chitown soul.

Opening with ringing piano chords, followed by crisp drums (dig that big, fat kick drum!) and a very cool bass line, the song moves along at a brisk enough pace for the dancers.

There’s a little bit of crackle at the beginning of this one, but if you take a look at the label (a very cool dealer included this 45 as a freebie with another record) it’s a miracle that it plays at all.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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