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Funky16Corners Mardi Gras!

By , March 3, 2019 10:18 am

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Warren Lee – Star Revue (Deesu)
Mac Rebennack and the Soul Orchestra – The Point (AFO)
Candy Phillips – Timber Pt1 (Atlantic)
Tommy Ridgley – In the Same Old Way (Ronn)
Eddie Lang – Something Within Me (Seven B)
Aubrey Twins – Love Without End Amen (Epic)
Bates Sisters – So Broken Hearted (Nola)
Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic)
Chitlins – Sugar Woman (Pala)
Curley Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)
Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca)
Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (ALON)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Lee Dorsey – Do Re Mi (Fury)
Robert Parker – Secret Service (Nola)
Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Betty Harris – Trouble With My Lover (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Fence of Love (Seven B)
Jesse Hill – My Children My Children (Chess)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu)
Lee Calvin – You Got Me (Sansu)
Mary Jane Hooper – That’s How Strong My Love Is (World Pacific)
Aaron Neville – A Hard Nut To Crack (Parlo)
Skip Easterling – Keep the Fire Burning (ALON)
Alvin Robinson – Seaching (Tiger)
Dr John – Big Chief (Atco)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Keep the Fire Burning MP3
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Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K
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Greetings all!

Yeah you right!

It’s Mardi Gras time again, and you know that the sounds of New Orleans have always been a cornerstone of Funky16Corners.

Today we bring back the two Mardi Gras mixes – one funky and one soulful – that I created for the blog over the years.

There is enough NOLA heat here to keep your party fired up for a while, so pull down the ones and zeros and get down!

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Keep the faith

Larry

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Funky16Corners Mardi Gras Pt2 – Keep the Fire Burning

By , February 11, 2018 11:52 am

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Warren Lee – Star Revue (Deesu)
Mac Rebennack and the Soul Orchestra – The Point (AFO)
Candy Phillips – Timber Pt1 (Atlantic)
Tommy Ridgley – In the Same Old Way (Ronn)
Eddie Lang – Something Within Me (Seven B)
Aubrey Twins – Love Without End Amen (Epic)
Bates Sisters – So Broken Hearted (Nola)
Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic)
Chitlins – Sugar Woman (Pala)
Curley Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)
Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca)
Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (ALON)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Lee Dorsey – Do Re Mi (Fury)
Robert Parker – Secret Service (Nola)
Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Betty Harris – Trouble With My Lover (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Fence of Love (Seven B)
Jesse Hill – My Children My Children (Chess)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu)
Lee Calvin – You Got Me (Sansu)
Mary Jane Hooper – That’s How Strong My Love Is (World Pacific)
Aaron Neville – A Hard Nut To Crack (Parlo)
Skip Easterling – Keep the Fire Burning (ALON)
Alvin Robinson – Seaching (Tiger)
Dr John – Big Chief (Atco)

 

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Keep the Fire Burning MP3

Greetings all.

What you see before you is a special, all-new (all New Orleans!) mix for Mardi Gras 2018.

Funky16Corners Boogaloo Mardi Gras, first posted in 2012 has rerun in this space every year since then.

As I have procured lots of excellent New Orleans vinyl in the interim, I thought that it behooved me to dig back into the crates and whip something new on y’all.

F16C: Keep the Fire Burning is just a hair over an hour of high quality New Orleans soul 45s, all of which are suitable for rug-cutting, second lining and however you are moved when the music comes on.

Allen Toussaint and Eddie Bo are both heavily represented as songwriters, producers, arrangers and in Eddie’s case, performer, and there are lots of other Crescent City masters (and mistresses) getting down in the grooves.

So pull down the ones and zeroes, get out your um-ba-rella and Mardi Gras!

See you next week

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Keep the faith

Larry

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It’s Boogaloo Mardi Gras Time Again! b/w Toussaint!

By , February 7, 2016 11:07 am

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Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K

Greetings all.

Hey everybody!

It’s Mardi Gras time again, and I am keeping up with the annual tradition by posting another one of my favorite Funky16Corners mixes, ‘Boogaloo Mardi Gras’ (first posted in 2012) in which I have compiled some of the finest New Orleans soul and funk in my crates.

It has everything you need (except for liquor and potato chips) to laissez les bon temps roulez, so get you an um-ba-rella in your hand (thanks Alvin!) , roll out into the street and get your second line on.

This year I’m also re-posting all three volumes of The History of Allen Toussaint from the Funky16Corners Radio Show, because we can’t let the first Mardi Gras since his passing happen without a proper commemoration!

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Show #293. Originally broadcast 12/11/15

History of Allen Toussaint Pt1

A Tousan – Java (RCA)
A Tousan – Whirlaway (RCA)
Diamond Joe – Fair Play (Minit)
Chick Carbo – In the Night (Instant)
Chris Kenner –Johnny Little (RCA)

Willie Harper – A New Kind of Love (Alon)
Willie Harper – But I Couldn’t (Alon)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit)
Benny Spellman – Lipstick Traces (Minit)
Ernie K Doe – A Certain Girl (MInit)

Ernie K Doe –Mother In Law (Minit)
Stokes – Young Man Old Man (Alon)
Stokes – Whipped Cream (Alon)
Willie West – Hello Mama (Deesu)
KC Russell – Younka Chunka (Uptown)

Warren Lee – Star Revue (Deesu)
Warren Lee – Ever Since (I’ve Been Loving You) (Deesu)
Lee Dorsey – Ride Your Pony (Amy)
Lee Dorsey – Operation Heartache (Amy)
Lou Johnson – Little Girl (Big Top)
Lou Johnson – Walk On By (Big Top)

Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic)
Frankie Ford – I Can’t Face Tomorrow (Doubloon)
Aaron Neville – Where Is My Baby (Bell)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)

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Show #294. Originally broadcast 12/18/15

History of Allen Toussaint Pt2

Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (Alon)
Eldridge Holmes – A Time For Everything (Alon)
Eldridge Holmes – Humpback (Jetset)
Eldridge Holmes – Gone Gone Gone (Jetset)

Eldridge Holmes – Worried Over You (Sansu)
Eldridge Holmes – Until the End (Sansu)
Eldridge Holmes – Wait For Me Baby (Sansu)
Eldridge Holmes – A Love Problem (Decca)
Eldridge Holmes – If I Were a Carpenter (Deesu)

Betty Harris – I Don’t Want to Hear It (Sansu)
Betty Harris – Sometime (Sansu)
Betty Harris – Nearer To You (Sansu)
Betty Harris – Mean Man (Sansu)

Benny Spellman – Sinner Girl (Sansu)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Prime Mates – Hot Tamales (Sansu)
Curly Moore – We Remember (Sansu)
Art Neville – Bo Diddley Pt1 (Sansu)

John Williams and the Tick Tocks – A Little Tighter (Sansu)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Willie Harper – You You (Sansu)
Wallace Johnson – If You Leave Me (Sansu)
Wallace Johnson – Baby Go Ahead (Sansu)

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Show #295. Originally broadcast 12/25/15

History of Allen Toussaint Pt3

Allen Toussaint – Get Out of My Life Woman (Bell)
Allen Toussaint – Hands Christian Anderson (Bell)
Allen Toussaint – We the People (Bell)
Allen Toussaint – Sweet Touch of Love (Scepter)
Allen Toussaint – Country John (Reprise)

Betty Harris –There’s a Break In the Road (SSS Intl)
Diamond Joe – The ABC Song (Deesu)
Earl King – Tic Tac Toe (Wand) 1970
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu) 1970
Lou Johnson – Frisco Here I Come (Volt)
Rhine Oaks – Tampin’ (Atco)

Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Lee Dorsey – Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On) (Amy)
Lee Dorsey – Give It Up (Amy)
Lee Dorsey – A Lover Was Born (Amy)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)

The Meters – Cardova (Josie)
The Meters – Good Old Funky Music (Josie)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Willie West – Fairchild (Josie) 1970
Eldridge Holmes – Pop Popcorn Children (Atco)
Eldridge Holmes – The Book (Deesu)
Aaron Neville – Hercules (Mercury)
Labelle- Lady Marmalade (WB)

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

Keep the Faith

Larry

 

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It’s Boogaloo Mardi Gras Time!

By , February 15, 2015 12:14 pm

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Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K

Greetings all.

Hey everybody!

It’s Mardi Gras time again, and I am keeping up with the annual tradition by posting another one of my favorite Funky16Corners mixes, ‘Boogaloo Mardi Gras’ (first posted in 2012) in which I have compiled some of the finest New Orleans soul and funk in my crates.

It has everything you need (except for liquor and potato chips) to laissez les bon temps roulez, so get you an um-ba-rella in your hand (thanks Alvin!) , roll out into the street and get your second line on.

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

Keep the Faith

Larry

 

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived! The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock. They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US). Click here to go to the ordering page.

Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).

 

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The Return of Boogaloo Mardi Gras!

By , March 2, 2014 1:18 pm

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Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K

Greetings all.

Hey everybody!

Guess who paid attention to the calendar and was prepared for Mardi Gras this year?

That’s right, ME!

As a result I dipped back into the archives and resurrected one of my fave mixes, ‘Funky16Corners: Boogaloo Mardi Gras!’

This one is packed from start to finish with a grip of Crescent city killers, including a number of second line favorites. There is a LOT of heat in this one, and if you are inclined to crack open a brew or two  and get your New Orleans-style party on, this should provide a more than adequate soundtrack.

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

Keep the Faith

Larry

 

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived! The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock. They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US). Click here to go to the ordering page.

Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).

 

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Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Again)!

By , January 31, 2013 1:17 pm

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Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K

Greetings all.

I hope you all are well.

I should start by reminding you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show will air (as it does every week) Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. If you can’t be there at airtime you can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes or grab yourself an MP3 here at the blog.

The mix you see before you is something I put together last year to commemorate Mardi Gras, and in a rare show of foresight on my part I got it up and ready to go on time this year.

It is packed with old faves including some stellar Mardi Gras-specific numbers with which you can second line to your heart’s content.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll be back with some more groovy stuff on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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Also, the brand new Funky16Corners ‘Keep Calm and Stay Funky’ stickers have arrived!

The stickers are 4″ x 3″ and printed on high quality, glossy stock.

They are $2.00 each, with free shipping in the US ($2.00 per order shipping outside of the US).

Click here to go to the ordering page.
Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).

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PS Head over to Iron Leg too.

Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras!

By , February 19, 2012 3:15 pm

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Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt2 (Watch)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo/Parkway)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Lee Dorsey – Four Corners Pt1 (Amy)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt2 (Instant)
Bobby Williams – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt2 (Capitol)
Curly Moore – Sophisticated Cissy (Instant)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Larry Darnell – Son of a Son of a Slave (Instant)
Explosions – Hip Drop Pt1 (Gold Cup)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Warren Lee – Funky Belly (Wand)
Willie Tee – Sweet Thing (Gatur)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Can You Handle It (Bo Sound)

Listen/Download -Funky16Corners Presents Boogaloo Mardi Gras! – 85MB Mixed Mp3/192K

Greetings all.

I hope you all are well.

I had some other things planned for today, then while I was out running errands I drove past a church with a sign up about Ash Wednesday, which meant only one thing to my deeply lapsed, heathen, ex-Catholic self (I’m so far gone I usually don’t catch on until I see people walking around with ashes on their foreheads), that being that Mardi Gras was at hand.

Despite my obvious affinity for and devotion to the music of New Orleans, for some reason I have a fairly consistent mental block when it comes to remembering Mardi Gras.

It seems that every single year it comes into my sightline either on the day of or after and I end up sitting here like a schmo wondering why I couldn’t get it together to commemorate that most significant of New Orleans-based festivities.

Fortunately, this year fate stepped in, I saw that sign and mixed you up a nice, spicy bowl of New Orleans funk and soul gumbo.

I don’t think there’s anything in this mix that hasn’t appeared in this space at least once over the years, but that shouldn’t stop you from digging in.

There are a few Mardi Gras-specific numbers here, including the record that gives the mix it’s title by Bobby Williams, the mighty Professor Longhair and ‘Big Chief’, the Dixie Cups and their Mardi Gras Indian chant Two Way Poc A Way’ and Earl King’s ‘Street Parade’.

There are also a grip of drum-heavy, NOLA party burners as well, powerful enough to get you up out of your seat and on to the floor.

I hope you dig the sounds and I’ll be back on Wednesday with something cool.

Also, don’t forget to check out the latest episode of the Funky16Corners Radio Show via the Flash player in the sidebar.

 

Peace

Larry

 

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Billy Vera Goes to Mardi Gras!

By , March 7, 2011 3:29 pm

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The mighty Billy Vera

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Listen/Download – Billy Vera – Big Chief (Tu Way Poca Way)

 

Greetings all.

The tune I bring you today – in a very special early mid-week post – is something very cool that I picked up last year.

I’m not sure I recall exactly how I came upon this one, but I suspect I was digging through the wilds of the intertubes for vinyl by one of my all-time favorite  soul men, the mighty Billy Vera.

Though folks of a certain vintage may only be familiar with Vera’s huge 1987 #1 Pop hit ‘At This Moment’, he had a long history before that. I’m a big fan of his 1960s duet work with Judy Clay (Storybook Children, Country Girl City Man etc) as well as one of my all-time favorite 45s (billed as a Billy & Judy duet but actually just Vera and his band) ‘Really Together’.

He worked through the 60s and 70s as a songwriter and performer, recording for Cameo and Atlantic, as well as a number of smaller labels.

He’s also an actor, and most importantly (at least to me) a serious record collector who has annotated several reissue projects.

Up until I scored this killer, I had no familiarity at all with his 70s stuff, and no idea that he had ever worked in Memphis with the legendary Steve Cropper.

The real reason for whipping ‘Big Chief (Tu- Way Poca-Way)’ on you is that this Tuesday is Mardi Gras.

A while back, when I dropped the Dixie Cups’ ‘Two Way Poca Way’ (no relation, or is there?? See my 3/8 post above), I mentioned that I had another interesting side in the to-be-blogged file that was both funky, and filled with Mardi Gras Indian lingo.

This is that very record, and a funky one it is.

What you’re getting is Mr. Vera leading a very tasty band (dig the guitar and keyboards) with the Mardi Gras chants. The atmosphere within the grooves is clearly aimed at a partying crowd and the dancers in the room.

The cool thing is that Billy namechecks the Wild Magnolias indian tribe the same year (1974) that the band of the same name hit (featuring members of the tribe along with a NOLA all star band with the Turbinton brothers of the Gaturs and Snooks Eaglin) with ‘Smoke My Peace Pipe’*.

How Billy Vera ended up in Memphis with Steve Cropper at the board, I do not know, nor am I familiar with the Orange label. This appears to be the only record he recorded for the label.

If any of you good folks know anything more, please drop me a line in the comments.

That said, this is a great, great record, and certainly fitting for any Mardi Gras celebration you might have planned.

I hope you dig it and I’ll be back on Friday.

Peace

Larry

 

 

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*There is also a local 1970 recording/issue of ‘Smoke My Peace Pipe’ (the flipside of ‘Handa Wanda’) on the Crescent City label

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F16C 2019 Pledge Drive – The History of MFasis

By , August 18, 2019 1:56 pm

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MFasis – Badbadnotgood

badbadnotgood-timewave zero
iron butterfly-‘get out my life’
nancy sinatra- ‘drummer man’
untitled
mokie jj & r.o.b.-‘you’re so real’
warm-‘my house’
philip mitchell-‘if we get caught, i don’t know you’
gil scott heron-‘the revolution will not be televised
five man electrical band-‘hello goodbye melinda’
baris manço-‘derule’
incredible bongo band-‘dueling drums’
barry de vorzon-‘theme from ‘the warriors’
heatwave-‘boogie nights
untitled japanese modern soul
sugarhill gang-‘summertime’

Listen/Download – MFasis – Badbadnotgood – 86MB Mixed MP3

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M-Fasis – Summer Rocks
intro- ‘Bad words/Evil people’-Skin Valley (Stax),
‘Comment’-Les Mcann (Atlantic)
1- ‘Freedom’-Love Song (Good News)
2- ‘Summer in the City’-Quincy Jones (A&M)
3-‘Hook & Sling’-Eddie Bo (Scram)
4-‘Filthy McNasty’-Filthy McNasty (FM)
5-‘Hand Clapping Song’-Meters (Josie)
6-‘Minus/Plus’-Smith (Dunhill)
7-‘Bring It On Down To Me’-Bobby Franklin’s Insanity (Thomas)
8-‘Psychedelic Soul’-Chylds (Warner Bros.)
9-‘Don’t Mess With The Press’-Mick Paladin & The Power of the Press
10-‘When I’m a Kid’-Demis Roussos (MGM)
11-‘Bad’-Jimmy Castor Bunch (Kinetic)
12-‘Get Off the Streets Y’all’-Eric & The Vikings (Soulhawk)
13-‘Let’s Start 2 Dance Again’-Bohannon feat. Dr. Perri Johnson (Phase 2)
14-‘Evil Love’-Thee Midnighters (Chattahoochee)
15-‘Hey Joyce’-Lou Courtney (Popside)
16-‘Whatever You Do, Do It Good’-Gene Williams (Forte)
17-‘Mandolay’-La Flavor (Sweet City)
18-‘Hot Foxy Woman’-Six Feet Under (LeCam)
19-‘Ha Pasado Solo Un Mes’-Sylvana Di Lorenzo (RCA)
20-‘Affetmenseni’-Edip Akbayram Dostlar (Burçplakçilik)
21-‘Stones of Years’- Emerson Lake & Palmer (Atlantic)
22-‘Serengeti Bonus Beat’-The Whitefield Brothers (M. Whitefield)
23-‘Double Navaho’-Express Rising (Memphix)
24-‘Summer Sounds’-Sunshine Machine w/ Philadelphia Rhythm Section (Mascot)
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Listen/Download Funky16Corners Presents: M-Fasis – Summer Rocks
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M-Fasis: ROUND TRIP TICKET: excursions into funk, soul, rock and back’…
1)Paul Revere- Beastie Boys ‘MCA R.I.P. (Def Jam)
2)Down in Black Bottom- Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Capitol)
3)Scuze Uz Y’all- Brenda & The Tabulations (Top and Bottom)
4)Mean Black Snake- J.W. Alexander (Thursh)
5)L.C. Funk- Lee Williams (Rapda)
6)Midnight Flower- The Four Tops (Dunhill)
7)Sweetback- Viola Wills (Supreme)
8)Ready or Not- Delfonics (Bell)
9)Mississippi Foxhole- Midnight Movers (Buddah)
10)You’re the Fool- Three Degrees (Roulette)
11)It’s Amazing- Johnny Taylor (Stax)
12)The Stretch- Detroit Sex Machines (Soul Track)
13)Synthetic Substitution- Melvin Bliss (Sunburst)
14)Too Hot To Hold- Tina Turner (Pompeii)
15)I’m Unconscious- Sugarcane Harris (Epic)
16)Down to the Nightclub- Tower of Power (Warner)
17)Wish you’d Never Been Born- Jodo (Decca)
18)Hard Times- Zoo (Riviera)
19)You Made Me a Believer- Ruby Andrews (Zodiac)
20)What Time It Is- General Crook (Down to Earth)
21)Light My Fire- Rhetta Hughes (Tetragrammaton)
22)El Paso County Jail- The Happenings (Jubilee)
23)And Then There Was…- Cozy Powell (RAK)
24)Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band- Natural Carbonation (RCA)
25)Vitamin C- Can (UA)
26)Keep Him- Barbara Mason (Artic)
27)You Can’t Blame Me- Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum… (Capsoul)
28)Fire and Rain- Ice (Cindri)
29)Un Sueno- Los Terricolas (Discolando)
30)Piu Nessuno Al Campo- Gli Uh! (Kansas)
31)All This- Barbara Jean English (Alithia)

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Kool & The Gang North, East, South, West

Rose Royce – Yo Yo

Hi Rhythm – Black Rock

John Phillip Soul – That Memphis Thing

Johnny Barfield & The Men Of S.O.U.L. – Soul Butter

The Nite-Liters – Afro Strut

The Insiders – Lonely Teardrops

Elephant’s Memory – Mongoose

Bobby Dixon – Woman You Made Me

Afrique – Hot Mud

Sammy Gordon & The Hiphuggers – Breezin’

Creative Source – You Can’t Hide Love

MotherLode – Hard Life

Mavin Holmes & The Uptights – Ooh Ooh The Dragon Pt. 1

The Third Guitar – Lovin’ Lies

Shade of Soul – I’ll Take The Hurt

Lou Rawls – When Love Goes Wrong

Buddy Lamp – Where Have You Been

Ollie Nightingale – It’s A Sad Thing

Dee Dee Warwick – Foolish Fool

Soul Generation – Super Fine

Billy Stewart – Cross My Heart

The Mardi Gras – If I Can’t Have You

Listen/Download Funky16Corners Presents: M-Fasis – Finger Funk

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Greetings all.

The Funky16Corners 2019 Allnighter/Pledge Drive continues!

In continuance of shaking things up a little, I’m going to be presenting compilations of the guest mixes that my favorite selectors have brought to the Pledge Drive/Allnighter over the years.

This week we have amazing mixes from my Asbury Park 45 Sessions buddy, M-Fasis.

M-Fasis has always been one of my favorite selectors. He’s always digging into those unexpected/neglected records for hot breaks and beats.

M-Fasis always brings the heat, so dig into his mixes.

I’ll be off next week, so I’ll be back with more on 9/1.

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A Note on the 2019 Pledge Drive

The focus on using Patreon to raise money to pay the bills around here (paying for server space/bandwidth and broadcast fees) has proven to make a lot of sense, moreso than the previously used Paypal model.

If you dig any of the stuff I do here, any of the radio shows, or the mix archives, or even if you’re one of the few that still read the blog posts, please consider signing up for Patreon and making a small, recurring, monthly donation of a few dollars.

You can click on the link below.

It’s pretty simple, very safe and a great way to keep Funky16Corners up and running for another year.

So thanks in advance, and enjoy the tunes!

Keep the Faith

Larry

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The pledging will continue this year with Patreon (click here or on the logo below to go to the Funky16Corners page) , where you will be able to spread your contributions out over the entire year, which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the move to 100 percent live broadcasting (Mixlr.com/Funky16corners)  and continued hardware and software upgrades at Funky16Corners central, to keep the radio/podcasting experience as seamless and groovy as possible. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same, and if you’re already a Patreon donor, please accept my heartfelt thanks!

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So, download and dig the mixes, keep digging the radio shows!

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Keep the faith

Larry

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So Much Soul: Funky16Corners Live at Reggae Got Soul 1/21/18

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Precisions – If This Is Love (I’d Rather Be Lonely) (Drew)
The Soul City – Everybody Dance Now (Goodtime)
Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Incredibles – I Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts)
Theresa Lindsey – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)
Corvairs – Ain’t No Sole In These Old Shoes (Columbia)
Marketts – Stirrin’ Up Some Soul (WB)
Taj Mahal – A Lot of Love (Columbia)
Producers – Love Is Amazing (Huff Puff)
Eddie Holman – Eddie’s My Name (Parkway)
Four Larks – Groovin’ at the Go Go (Tower)
Betty Lavette – I Feel Good (All Over) (Calla)
Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Chuck Wood – Seven Days Is Too Long (Roulette)
Mary Wells – Can’t You See (You’re Losing Me) (Atco)
Marvelettes – I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)
Mickey Lee Lane – Hey Sah Lo Ney (Swan)
R Dean Taylor – There’s a Ghost In My House (VIP)
Ike and Tina Turner – Somebody Needs You (Loma)
Marvin Gaye – One More Heartache (Tamla)
Edwin Starr – Back Street (Instrumental) (Ric-Tic)
Sugar Pie DeSanto – Go Go Power (Checker)
Monitors – Number One In Your Heart (VIP)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)

Listen/Download – So Much Soul F16C Live at Reggae Got Soul 1/21/18 MP3

Greetings all.

What you see before you is a live set that I recorded a few weeks back at Reggae Got Soul, a very groovy recurring night at the Asbury Park Cigar and Tobacco Co in (you guessed it) Asbury Park, NJ.

The night is run by my man Jay Boxcar, who you may remember as a charter member of the Asbury Park 45 Sessions crew.

I hadn’t been out DJing live in a long, long time, so the opportunity to do so, especially in a chill setting right around the corner (OK, not literally, but less than 30 minutes away) was irresistible.

Since it had been so long, I decided to whip together a box full of Northern Soul faves. Nothing beats hearing some of these records played on a nice, loud sound system.

The evening started with Jay whipping a little reggae and ska on the room, after which I hit the decks, and then DJ Scott Boyko opened up his 45 box and closed things out in style.

I’ll be returning to RGS on February 10th with a box full of New Orleans funk and soul to help celebrate Mardi Gras, so if you’re in the area, tip on in.

See you next week

Also, make sure to follow Funky16Corners on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Keep the faith

Larry

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If you dig what we do here or over at Funky16Corners, please consider clicking on the Patreon link and throwing something into the yearly operating budget! Do it and we’ll send you some groovy Funky16Corners Radio Network (and related) stickers!

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Greetings all.

This here is the NEW/CURRENT download page for episodes of the Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast.

Going forward, all new episodes will be posted here, with the newest episode at the top of the page.

So dig it, don’t forget to subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, or listen in on your mobile device via the TuneIn app.

You can still download all the episodes from 4/23/10 to 9/25/15 here.

Keep the Faith

Larry

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Show #700 Originally broadcast 03/25/24

Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out (Tamla)
Bar-Kays – A Hard Days Night (Volt)
Mary Wells – I Should Have Known Better (20th Century Fox)
Clara Ward – Help (Verve)
Ike and Tina Turner – Get Back (Liberty)
Vontastics – Day Tripper (St Lawrence)

Chubby Checker – Back In the USSR (Buddah)
Bettye Lavette – With a Little Help From My Friends (Karen)
Fats Domino – Lovely Rita (Reprise)
Sweet Linda Divine – Good Day Sunshine (Columbia)
Dionne Warwick – We Can Work It Out (Scepter)
Billy Preston – Eight Days a Week (Veejay)

Lee Moses – Day Tripper (Musicor)
Jackie Wilson – Eleanor Rigby (Brunswick)
Chris Clark – Got To Get You Into My Life (Motown)
Fats Domino – Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey) (Reprise)
Junior Parker – Tomorrow Never Knows (Capitol)
Soulful Strings – Within You Without You (Cadet)
Tams – Hey Jude (ABC)

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Show #699 Originally broadcast 03/11/24

Artistics – What Happened (Brunswick)
Cooperettes – Shing-A-Ling (Brunswick)
Barbara Acklin – Am I The Same Girl (Brunswick)
Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – Soul Galore (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – Whispers Getting Louder (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Brunswick)

Barbara Acklin – A Raggedy Ride (Brunswick)
Erma Franklin – Change My Thoughts From You (Brunswick)
Emperors – Karate Boogaloo (Brunswick)
Lavern Baker – Batman to the Rescue (Brunswick)
Little Richard – Soul Train (Brunswick)
Young Holt Unlimited – California Montage (Brunswick)

Billy Butler – I’ll Bet You (Brunswick)
Lionel Hampton – Them Changes (Brunswick)
Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions – Funky Chicken (Brunswick)
Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – It’s Gonna Be Good (Brunswick)
Young Holt Unlimited – Horoscope (Brunswick)
U Dwi Peopl’s Paraphernalia – Push and Pull (the Tom Jones) (Brunswick)
Soupy Sales – Break Your Back (Brunswick)

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Show #698 Originally broadcast 03/04/24

Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce (Verve)
Carlos Malcolm – Don’t Walk (Roulette)
Hector Rivera – At the Party (Barry)
Machito – Shake (RCA)
Lt Garcia’s Magic Music Box – Latin Shake (Kama Sutra)

Joe Cuba Sextet – El Pito (Tico)
Joe Cuba Sextet – Que Son Uno (Tico)
Perez Prado – A Go Go (Raza)
Cecil Davis (El Pajarito) – Let’s Have a Ball (Dial)
Cal Tjader – Ran Kan Kan (Fantasy)
Tito Puente – Oye Como Va (Tico)

Joe Bataan – Crystal Blue Persuasion (Uptite)
Mongo Santamaria – Sing a Simple Song (Columbia)
Armando Peraza – Wild Thing (Skye)
Pete Rodriguez – I Like It Like That (Alegre)
Willie Bobo – Grazing In the Grass (Verve)

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Show #697 Originally broadcast 02/26/24

Wynder K Frog – Dancing Frog (UA)
Casey and the Pressure Group – Powerhouse (Wizdom)
Inez and Charlie Foxx’s Swinging Mocking Band – Shimmy (Dynamo)
Merrit Hemmingson – The Letter (Camden)
Ross Carnegie – Cool Dad (El Con)
Andre Brasseur – Pow Pow (Palette)

Graham Bond – Wade In the Water (Ascot)
Bob Kuban and the In Men – Batman (Musicland USA)
Four Instants – Watermelon Man (Society)
Trudy Pitts – Bucketful of Soul (Prestige)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band – Soul Mate (Vocalion)
Pop Ups – Lurking (HBR)
Dave Russell and the Wright Sounds – Harlem Shuffle Pt 2 (Jemal)

Donald Seward – Studio B Funk (Revolution)
Brother Jack McDuff – But It’s Alright (Atlantic)
Mohawks – Ride Your Pony (Pama)
Shotgun Express – Curtains (Columbia UK)
Bob’s Band – Score (Atco)

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Show #696 Originally broadcast 02/19/24

Les James Trio – Joe’s Thing (Century)
Steve Allen and the Gentle Players – Fox (ABC)
Monk Higgins – Who Dun It (St Lawrence)
Rhine Oak’s – Tampin’ (Atco)

Young Holt Unltd – Listen Here (Brunswick)
EJ’s LTD – Rockin’ In the Same Old Boat (Back Beat)
Duke of Burlington – Soul Clap ’69 (Joker)
Sonny Cox – Chocolate Candy (Bell)
Phil Moore III- Hog Call (Atco)

South Suburban Electric Strings – Blues For Strings and Things (Nickel)
Errol Garner – Watermelon Man (MGM)
Gabor Szabo – Pretty Girl Why (Blue Thumb)
James Rivers – It’s All Over (Kon-Ti)
Rhine Oaks – Oleancler (Atco)

 

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Show #695 Originally broadcast 02/12/24

Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC/Paramount)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)
Rubaiyats- Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Eldridge Holmes – Poor Me (ALON)
Hueys – Feelin’ Kind of Coo Coo Too (Instant)

Willie Harper – You You (Sansu)
Johnny Adams – You Made a New Man Out Of Me (SSS Intl)
Eddie Bo – Don’t Turn Me Loose (Bo Spund)
Art Neville – Hook Line and Sinker (Instant)
James Rivers – Tighten Up (Eight Ball)
Johnny Moore – Haven’t I Been Good To You Baby (Wand)

Robert Parker – Everybody’s Hip Huggin’ (Nola)
Marie Boubarere – I’m Going Home (Nola)
Willie West – Hello Mama (Deesu)
Lee Dorsey – Operation Heartache (Amy)
Chris Kenner – Fumigate Funky Broadway (Instant)
Anthony Butler and the Invaders – Katty’s Thing (Big Deal)
Tony Owens – Got A Get My Baby Back (Soulin)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit)

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Show #694 Originally broadcast 02/05/24

Hassles – You Got Me Hummin’ (UA)
Rascals – Come On Up (Atlantic)
Rascals – Love Is a Beautiful Thing (Atlantic)
Last Word – Don’t Fight It (Atco)
Playboys of Edinburg – Mickey’s Monkey (Columbia)
Soul Survivors – Tell Daddy (Atco)

ST4 – Funky (Scepter)
Wakefield Sun – Get Out (MGM)
Wakefield Sun – Sing a Simple Song (MGM)
Bill Deal and the Rhondels – Tuck’s Theme (Heritage)
Hour Glass – Love Make the World Go Round (Liberty)
Hour Glass – Heartbeat (Liberty)

Vanilla Fudge – Shotgun (Atco)
Vanilla Fudge – Take Me For a Little While (Atco)
Bagatelle – I’m Losing You (ABC)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Get Out Of My Life Woman (Elektra)
Group Therapy – Really Together (RCA)
Group Therapy – Come See About Me (RCA)

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Show #693 Originally broadcast 01/29/24

Shangri Las – Right Now and Not Later (Red Bird)
Aldora Britton – Do It With Soul (Columbia)
Ella Fitzgerald – Get Ready (Reprise)
Pat Lundy – Soul Ain’t Nothing But the Blues (Columbia)
Anna King – Make Up Your Mind (Smash)
Anna King – Sally (End)
Anna King – Mama’s Got a Bag of Her Own (End)

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames – Do the Dog (Columbia UK)
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames – Shop Around (Columbia UK)
Georgie Fame – The In Crowd (Imperial)
D. Cordell Tea Time Ensemble – A Quick One For Sanity (Deram)
Cocktail Cabinet – Breathalyser (Page One)
Shotgun Express – Curtains (Columbia UK)

Jimmy Witherspoon – Money’s Getting Cheaper (Prestige)
Lou Courtney – I’ve Got Just the Thing (Riverside)
Lou Courtney – It’s Love Now (Popside)
Lou Courtney – Rubber Neckin (Chick Checkin) (Verve)
Players – Get Right (MInit)
Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)

 

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Show #692 Originally broadcast 01/15/24

Chris Kenner – Memories of a King (Let Freedom Ring) (Instant)
Chris Kenner – Land of 1000 Dances (Instant)
Chris Kenner – Fumigate Funky Broadway (Instant)
Curley Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)
Curley Moore – We Remember (Sansu)
Curley Moore – Sophisticated Sissy (Instant)
Chuck Cornish – Blue Eyed Brother and Soul Get Along (SSS Intl)

Lee Dorsey – Get Out Of My Life Woman (Amy)
Lee Dorsey – Yes We Can (Polydor)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Danny White – Taking Inventory (Decca)
Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Oliver Morgan – Roll Call (Seven B)

Diamond Joe – Fair Play (Minit)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Diamond Joe – ABC Song (Deesu)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)
Cyril Neville – Gossip (Josie)

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Show #691 Originally broadcast 01/08/24

The Impressions – Keep On Pushing (ABC/Paramount)
The Impressions – Mighty Mighty Spade and Whitey (Curtom)
Impressions – Fool For You (Curtom)
Curtis Mayfield – We’re a Winner (Live) (Curtom)
Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (Curtom)

Ray Barretto – Soul Drummers (Fania)
Ray Barretto – Mercy Mercy Baby (Fania)
Ray Barretto – Deeper Shade of Soul (Fania)
Joe Bataan – Crystal Blue Persuasion (Uptite)
Joe Bataan – Young Gifted and Brown (Uptite)
Joe Bataan – Latin Strut (Mericana)

TNT Band – The Meditation (Cotique)
El Chicano – Mas Zacate (Kapp)
El Chicano – I Feel Free (Kapp)
El Chicano – Un Mundo (MCA)

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Show #690 Originally broadcast 01/01/24

Les McCann – Compared to What (Limelight)
Les McCann – Boogaloo (Limelight)
Jean Knight – Mr Big Stuff (Stax)
Vicki Anderson – I’m Too Tough For Mr Bigstuff (Brownstone)
Vicki Anderson – Baby Don’t You Know (King)
Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can (Blue Thumb)

Parliaments – Little Man (Revilot)
Parliaments – The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg (Revilot)
Funkadelic – I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You (Westbound)
Parliament – Mothership Connection (Casablanca)

Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown – Hold On I’m Coming (Wand)
Barrett Strong – Stand Up and Cheer for the Preacher (Epic)
Blossoms – Soul and Inspiration (Bell)
Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing (T-Neck)
Isley Brothers – Fire and Rain (T-Neck)

 

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Show #689 Originally broadcast 12/18/23

Meters – Cardova (Josie)
Meters – Chicken Strut (Josie)
Meters – Good Old Funky Music (Josie)
Backyard Heavies – Soul Junction (Scepter)
Grant Green – Sookie Sookie (Blue Note)
Grant Green – Ain’t It Funky Now (Blue Note)
Wilbert Longmire – Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose (World Pacific)

Gene Ammons – Son of a Preacher Man (Prestige)
Melvin Sparks – Thank You Pt1 (Prestige)
Bronc Glows – The Charge (Bull City Sound)
JD Bryant – Get It (Come On and Get It) (Enjoy)
OD Williams – Funky Belly (Bar Bare)
Otis Goodwin and the Casternets – I Feel It (Just a Little Bit) (Jazz-ee)

Brothers of Hope – Nickol Nickol (Gamble)
Dennis Coffey/Lyman Woodard Trio – It’s Your Thing (Maverick)
Flaming Ember – Filet De Soul (Hot Wax)
Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers – Searching For Soul (Mutt)
Richard Marks – Funky Four Corners (Roulette)

 

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Show #688 Originally broadcast 12/11/23

OV Wright – Love the Way You Love (Back Beat)
Wakefield Sun – Get Out (MGM)
Kenny Burrell – Burning Spear (Verve)
Patti and the Emblems – Please Don’t Ever Leave Me Baby (Kapp)
Bob and Earl – The Sissy (Chene)
Frankie Valli – You’re Gonna Hurt Yourself (Smash)
Baltimore and Ohio Marching Band – Condition Red (Jubilee)

Dee Irwin and Mamie Galore – Day Tripper (Imperial)
Billy Butler – I’ll Bet You (Brunswick)
Mike Post – Afternoon of the Rhino (WB)
Olympics – Lookin’ For a Love (Parkway)
Ronnie Dyson – Fever (Columbia)
Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore At Me (Revilot)
Contours – Just a Little Misunderstanding (Gordy)

Steve Karmen – Breakaway (Pontiac)
Ronnie Milsap – Ain’t No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes) (Scepter)
Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
Billy Harner – Sally Sayin’ Somethin’ (Kama Sutra)
Billy Davis – Stanky (Get Funky) (Cobblestone)
Cooperettes – Shingaling (Brunswick)

 

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Show #687 Originally broadcast 12/04/23

Anna King and Bobby Byrd – Baby Baby Baby (Smash)
Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick)
James Brown and Vicki Anderson – Think (King)
Mary Jane Hooper and Eddie Bo – That’s How Strong My Love Is (World Pacific)
William Bell and Mavis Staples – I Thank You (Stax)
Johnny Taylor and Mavis Staples – That’s The Way Love Is (Stax)

Billy Vera and Judy Clay – We’re In Love (Atlantic)
Billy Vera and Judy Clay – Soul Man (Atlantic)
Billy Vera and Judy Clay – Do Right Woman Do Right Man (Atlantic)
Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown – Hold On I’m Coming (Wand)
Bonnie and Lee – The Way I Feel About You (Fairmount)
Arthur and Mary – Let’s Get Together (Modern)

Otis Redding and Carla Thomas – Tramp (Stax)
Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol)
Lee Dorsey and Betty Harris – Love Lots of Lovin’ (Sansu)
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – California Soul (Motown)
Pervis Staples and Carla Thomas – It’s Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul) (Stax)
Bobby Byrd and Vicki Anderson – Here Is My Everything (ABC)
Bobby Byrd and Vicki Anderson – Loving You (ABC)

 

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Show #686 Originally broadcast 11/27/23

Ripple – I Don’t Know What It Is (But It Sure Is Funky) (GRC)
Ripple – Willie Pass The Water (GRC)
Rimshots – Save That Thing (A1)
Rimshots – Do What You Feel Pts 1&2 (Stang)
Johnny Williams – Slow Motion (PI)

Detroit Emeralds – Baby Let Me Take You (Westbound)
Detroit Emeralds – I’ll Never Sail the Sea Again (Westbound)
Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love (Atlantic)
Spinners – I’ll Be Around (Atlantic)
Moments and Whatnauts – Girls Pt1 (Stang)

Family – Family Affair (North Bay)
Electric Indian – Broad Street (UA)
Norma and the Heartaches – Hot Pants Dance (Marmaduke)
Pal and the Prophets – The Whip (Phil LA of Soul)
Sherlock Holmes Investigation – The Pot’s Hot (CRS)

 

 

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Show #685 Originally broadcast 11/13/23

Flamingos – The Boogaloo Party (Philips)
Etta James – Tell Mama (Cadet)
Billy Lee Riley – Mississippi Delta (Mojo)
Billy Lee Riley – Don’t Fight It (Mojo)
Clyde McPhatter – In My Tenement (Mercury)
Lloyd Price Orchestra – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Turntable)

Chuck Berry – Club Nitty Gritty (Mercury)
Chuck Berry – Back to Memphis (Mercury)
Drifters – Steal Away (Atlantic)
Larry Williams – Boss Lovin’ (El Bam)
Larry Williams and Johnny Watson – Ain’t Gonna Move (Okeh)
Larry Williams and Johnny Watson – Two For the Price of One (Okeh)

Carl Perkins – The Monkeyshine (Decca)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Shotgun Man (Smash)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Turn On Your Lovelight (Smash)
Fats Domino – If You Don’t Know What Love Is (ABC)
Fats Domino – Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey) (Reprise)
Little Richard – I Don’t Wanna Discuss It (Okeh)
Little Richard – Function at the Junction (Okeh)
Little Richard – Poor Dog (Who Can’t Wag His Own Tail)(Okeh)

Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Horsing Around (Brunswick)

 

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Show #684 Originally broadcast 11/06/23

Velvelettes – Lonely Lonely Girl Am I (VIP)
Velvelettes – A Bird In the Hand (Is Worth Two In the Bush) (VIP)
Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin’ Something (VIP)
Royalettes – Out of Sight Out Of Mind (MGM)
Royalettes – River of Tears (Roulette)
Marvelettes – I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)
Marvelettes – Playboy (Tamla)
Marvelettes – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (Tamla)

Jimmy Witherspoon – Money’s Getting Cheaper (Prestige)
Jimmy Jones – Dynamite (Parkway)
James Brown – Bring It Up (King)
Preston Love – Cool Ade (Kent)
Soul Clan – Soul Meeting (Atlantic)

Papa Don Assocation – Souled Out (Amy)
Megatons – Shimmy Shimmy Walk (Dodge)
Packers – Soul Time Pt 1 (TRC)
Gravities – Do the Whip (Mercury)
Ross Carnegie – Cool Dad (El Con)
Booker T and the MGs – Boot Leg (Stax)
Toussaint McCall – Toussaint Shuffle (Ronn)
Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Horsing Around (Brunswick)

 

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Example

Show #683 Originally broadcast 10/30/23

Charles Sheffield- (It’s Your) Voodoo Working (Excello)
Spinners – Heebie Jeebies (Tri Phi)
Andy Bey and the Bey Sisters – Zombie Jamboree (RCA)
Mr Undertaker – Here Lies My Love (Music City)

Little Tibia and The Fibias – The Mummy (Rankin Bass)
Brian Auger and the Trinity – Black Cat (Atco)
Clea Bradford – My Love’s a Monster (Cadet)
Lou Rawls – Season of the Witch (Capitol)

Souls Unlimited – The Raving Vampire (Wig Wam)
Fabulous Counts – The Bite (Cotillion)
R Dean Taylor – There’s a Ghost In My House (VIP)
Delacardos – They Put a Spell On You (Atlantic)

Cal Tjader – Evil Ways (Fantasy)
Bettye Lavette – Witch Craft In the Air (Lu Pine)
Booker T and the MGs – Taboo (Stax)
ZZ Hill – I Created a Monster (UA)
Sonny Ross – Alakazam (Event)

 

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Example

Show #682 Originally broadcast 10/23/23

Alvin Cash and the Registers – Philly Freeze (Mar V Lus)
Clyde McPhatter- A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Amy)
Earl Cosby – Land of 1000 Dances (Mirwood)
Jerry Blavat and the Yon Teenagers – Discophonic Walk (Favor)
Otis Redding – I Can’t Turn You Loose (Volt)
Parliaments- Little Man (Revilot)
Willie Mitchell – Pearl Time (Hi)

Cliff Nobles and Company – The Camel (Phil LA of Soul)
Maceo and the Macks – Parrty Pt 1 (People)
Maceo and All the Kings Men – Got to Getcha (House of the Fox)
Mel Brown – Swamp Fever (Impulse)
Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds – The Funky Yolk (Chess)

Glories – (I Love You Babe But) Give Me My Freedom (Date)
Betty Everett – I Can’t Hear You (Veejay)
Benny Spellman – Don’t Give Up Love (Mor Soul)
Eddie Floyd – Knock On Wood (Stax)
Freddie Scott – Am I Grooving You (Shout)
Gene Dozier and the Brotherhood – Hunk of Funk (Minit)
Billy Graham and the Escalators – Ooh Pah Pa Doo (Atlantic)

 

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Example

Show #681 Originally broadcast 10/16/23

Isley Brothers – Nobody But Me (Wand)
Isley Brothers – Testify Pts 1&2 (T-Neck)
Isley Brothers – This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) (Tamla)

Woody Herman – It’s Your Thing (Cadet)
Marva Whitney – It’s My Thing (You Can’t Tell Me Who To Sock It To) (King)
Magic Sam – I’ll Pay You Back (Bright Star)
Joe Bataan – Es Tu Cosa (It’s Your Thing) (Fania)
Clarence Wheeler and the Enforcers – Doin’ What We Wanna (Atlantic)
Blue Mitchell – HNIC (Blue Note)
Booker T and the MGs – It’s Your Thing (Stax)

L’il Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)
Billy Harner – Watch Your Step (OR)
Five Steps – Tightin’ Up (Dade)
Bob Kuban and the In Men – Virginia Wolfe Theme (Musicland USA)
Howard Peters – Soulville (Coral)
Quovans – Boogaloo Pt 1 (Symbol)
Sam Rhodes – Shake Your Soul Honey (Capitol)
Tommy Tucker – Mo Shorty (Checker)

 

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Example

Show #680 Originally broadcast 10/09/23

Sam Cooke – Shake (RCA)
Sam Cooke – Yeah Man (RCA)
Sam Cooke – It’s Got the Whole World Shakin’ (RCA)
Jimmy Jones – Don’t You Just Know It (Parkway)
Stereos – I Feel Soul Coming On (Cadet)
Olympics – Looking For a Love (Parkway)

Miracles – Going To a Go Go (Tamla)
Barbara Lewis – Don’t Forget About Me (Atlantic)
Barbara West – You’re No Good (Ronn)
Barbara George – Satisfied With Your Love (Seven B)
Righteous Brothers – Harlem Shuffle (Verve)
Arthur Conley – Love Got Me (Atco)
Kim Weston – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (People)

Jimmy Hannah and the Dynamics – Leaving Here (Seafair)
Apollas – Under the Influence of Love (WB)
Apollas – Mr Creator (WB)
Cook E Jarr – Ask the Lonely (RCA)
Falcons – (I’m a Fool) I Must Love You (Big Wheel)
Spellbinders – Help Me (Get Myself Back Together Again) (Columbia)

 

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Example

Show #679 Originally broadcast 09/25/23

King Solomon – Louisiana Groove (Cadillac)
Louis Chachere – Shout Down (Central)
Louis Chachere – A Soulful Bag (Central)
Revlons – Ya Ya (Parkway)
Romancers – Last Night Again (Selma)
Albert Collins – Sno Cone (TCF/Hall)
Albert Collins – Cookin’ Catfish (20th Century Fox)

Bobby Parker – Watch Your Step (V-Tone)
Jon Thomas – Hot Tip (Mercury)
Chet Poison Ivey and the Fabulous Avengers – Shake a Poo Poo (TRC)
Chet Poison Ivey and the Fabulous Avengers – Poo Poo Man (Bee Cee)
Howlin’ Wolf – Pop It To Me (Chess)
Koko Taylor – The Egg or the Hen (Checker)

Bobby Hollaway – Cornbread, Hog Maws and Chitterlins (Smash)
Ricky Allen – Cut You A Loose (Age)
JC Davis – Monkey (Chess)
Carl Holmes and the Commanders – Mash Potatoes Pt1 (Atlantic)
Gate Wesley and Band (feat Billy Lamont) – Do the Thing (Atlantic)
Little Richard – Dance a Go Go (Veejay)
Little Richard – Soul Train (Brunswick)

 

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Example

Show #678 Originally broadcast 09/18/23

Mavis Staples – Don’t Change Me Now (Volt)
Della Reese – If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want To Do Right) (LMI)
Homer Banks – Foolish Hearts Break Fast (Minit)
Eddie Jones – Let’s Stop Fooling Ourselves (Fairmount)
Linda Jones – I Who Have Nothing (Loma)

Tami Lynn – Can’t Last Much Longer (Cotillion)
Tami Lynn – Love Is Here (And Now You’re Gone) (Cotillion)
Tami Lynn – Wings Upon Your Horns (Cotillion)
Dee Dee Sharp – A Woman Will Do Wrong (Atco)

Dells – Stay In My Corner (Cadet)
Linda Divine – Cigarettes and Coffee (Columbia)
Tyrone Davis – Knock On Wood (Dakar)

 

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Example

Show #677 Originally broadcast 09/11/23

Marie Knight – Come Tomorrow (Okeh)
Marie Knight – Cry Me a River (Musicor)
Marie and Rex – I Can’t Sit Down (Carlton)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Raw Funky (Uptown)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Sugar Baby (Tower)
The Groovers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Groovy)

Solomon Burke – Keep Looking (Atlantic)
Solomon Burke – Get Out of My Life Woman (Atlantic)
Solomon Burke – These Arms of Mine (Bell)
James Carr – Pouring Water On a Drowning Man (Goldwax)
James Carr – Lovable Girl (Goldwax)
James Carr – Dark End of the Street (Goldwax)
Spencer Wiggins – I’d Rather Go Blind (Fame)

Nancy Wilson – (You Got) The Power of Love (Capitol)
Nancy Wilson – (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am (Capitol)
Irma Thomas – Good To Me (Chess)
Marlena Shaw – Woman of the Ghetto (Cadet)
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Cadet)

 

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Example

Show #676 Originally broadcast 09/04/23

Dramatics – Get Up and Get Down (Volt)
BT Express – Do It (Til You’re Satisfied) (Scepter)
Holland/Dozier- Don’t Leave Me Starving For Your Love (Invictus)

Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Gordy)
Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display – Got To Find a Way To Hid My Hurt Pts 1&2 (Curtom)

Isaac Hayes – Walk On By (Enteprise)
Butterscotch – Something Has Got To Change (Renee)

 

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Example

Show #675 Originally broadcast 08/28/23

Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (Atco)
Otis Leavill – Boomerange (Blue Rock)
Otisettes – You’re All I Want (Epic)
Otis Williams and the Charms – Ain’t Gonna Walk Your Dog No More (Okeh)
Otis Clay – Gotta Find a Way (one Der Ful)
Otis Goodwin and the Casternetts – I Feel It (Just a Little Bit) (Jazzee)

Stacy Lane – African Twist (Excello)
Gene Waiters – Shake and Shingaling (Fairmount)
Lee Bates – International Playboy (Instant)
Steve Colt – Dynamite (Big Beat)
Chuck Edwards – Sweet Sweet Love (Kapp)
Lavell Hardy – Don’t Lose Your Groove (Rojac)
Bob Seger and the Last Heard – Heavy Music (Cameo/Parkway)

Ann Mason feat Little Mac and the Boss Sounds – You Can’t Love Me (In the Midnight Hour) (Atlantic)
Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – Midnight Hour (RCA)
Booker T and the MGs – In the Midnight Hour (Stax)
Bob Kuban and the In Men – Midnight Hour (Musicland USA)
Machito – In the Midnight Hour (RCA)
Robert Parker – In the Midnight Hour (NOLA)
Little Mac and the Boss Sounds – Midnight Hour (Atlantic)

 

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Example

Show #674 Originally broadcast 08/21/23

Banbarra – Shack Up (UA)
Bob Dorough – Three Is the Magic Number (Capitol)
Liquid Liquid – Cavern (99)

Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol)
Chambers Brothers – Funky (CBS)
Al Hirt – Harlem Hendoo (RCA)
Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (King)
James Brown – Funky Drummer Pt2 (King)

Joe Cocker – Woman To Woman (A&M)
Jeremy Steig – Howling For Judy (SS)
Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band – Sunshower (RCA) Jimmy Smith – I’m Gonna Love You a Little Bit More Baby (Pride)
Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roach Clip (Sussex)

 

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Example

Show #673 Originally broadcast 08/14/23

Babe Ruth – The Mexican (Harvest)
Commodores – Machine Gun (Motown)
Grant Green – Sookie Sookie (Blue Note)

Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band – Scorpio (Sussex)
Bob James – Nautilus (CTI)
Dave and Ansil Collins – Double Barrell (Big Tree)

Freddie Scott – You Got What I Need (Shout)
20th Century Steel Band – Heaven and Hell (UA)
Honeydrippers – Impeach the President (Alaga)
Jimmy Bo Horne – Let Me Be Your Lover (Sunshine Sound)

Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution (Sunburst)
Lalo Schifrin – Danube Incident (Paramount)
Lyn Collins – Think (About It) (People)
Incredible Bongo Band – Apache (Pride)

 

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Example

Show #672 Originally broadcast 08/07/23

Bill Blacks Combo – Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Be Doo Dah Day (HI)
Blendells – La La La La La (Reprise)
Choker Campbell – Fingertips (Motown)
Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (Atlantic)
Charles Earland – Cherie Amour (El Dorado)
Sandy Nelson – Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby (Imperial)

Arthur Alexander – Anna (Go to Him) (Dot)
Dee Dee Warwick – Got to Get Ahold of Myself (Blue Rock)
Exciters – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (UA)
Marie Knight – Come Tomorrow (Okeh)
Richie Barrett – Some Other Guy (Atlantic)
Shirelles – Boys (Scepter)

Funkadelic – I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You Baby (Westbound)
Magictones – Good Ole Music (Westbound)
E Rodney Jones with Larry and the Hippies Band – Right On Right On (sex Machine) (Westbound)
Jackson 5 – I’ll Bet You (Motown)
Fugi – Mary Don’t Take Me On No Bad Trip (Cadet)
Ray Pereira – They Say (Columbia)

 

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Example

Show #671 Originally broadcast 07/31/23

Al Kent – Where Do I Go From Here (Ric Tic)
Edwin Starr – Back Street (Ric Tic)
San Remo Golden Strings – All Turned On (Ric Tic)
San Remo Golden Strings – Hungry For Love (Ric Tic)
Sonny Stitt – The Double O Soul of Sonny Stitt (Wingate)

JJ Barnes – Day Tripper (Ric Tic)
Theresa Lindsey – Daddy O (Golden World)
Theresa Lindsey – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)
Flaming Embers – Hey Mama (Whatchoo Got Good For Daddy) (Ric Tic)
Andre Williams – Loose Juice (Wingate)

Edwin Starr – Headline News (Ric Tic)
Edwin Starr – Agent 00 Soul (Ric Tic)
Pat Lewis – Can’t Shake It Loose (Golden World)
Fantastic Four – Ain’t Love Wonderful (Ric Tic)
Fantastic Four – I’m Gonna Live Up To What She Thinks (Ric Tic)

Hank Marr – White House Party (Wingate)
Hank Marr – Out Crowd (Wingate)
JJ Barnes – Real Humdinger (Ric Tic)

 

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Example

Show #670 Originally broadcast 07/24/23

Brother Jack McDuff – Hunk of Funk (LP edit) (Blue Note)
Brother Jack McDuff – Moon Rappin’ (Blue Note)

Johnny Hammond Smith – Higher Ground (Kudu)
Johnny Hammond Smith – Big Sur Suite (Kudu)

Lonnie Smith – Mama Wailer (Kudu)
Lonnie Smith – See Saw (Blue Note)
Leon Spencer – Message From the Meters (Prestige)

 

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Example

Show #669 Originally broadcast 07/17/23

Chris Farlowe – Headlines (Immediate)
Dusty Springfield – Go Head On (Philips)
Georgie Fame – The In Crowd (Imperial)
Joe E Young and the Toniks – 60 Miniutes of Your Love (Toast)
Barry St John – Cry Like a Baby (GRT)

Keith Mansfield – Soul Confusion (Epic)
Mohawks – The Champ (Philips)
Tony Newman – Soul Thing (Parrot)
Wynder K Frog – Dancing Frog (UA)

Koobas – Take Me For a Little While (Kapp)
Spencer Davis Group – Look Away (UA)
Sharon Tandy – Stay With Me (Atlantic UK)
Felders Orioles – Down Home Girl (Mercury)
Foundations – Jerking the Dog (Uni)

Georgie Fame – El Bandido (Imperial)
Kenny Bernard – Ain’t No Soul Left In These Old Shoes (Compass)
Manfred Mann – Sack O Woe (Ascot)
Kiki Dee – Why Don’t I Run Away From You (Fontana)
Zoot Money and the Big Roll Band – Big Time Operator (Epic)

 

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Example

Show #668 Originally broadcast 07/10/23

Darrell Banks – Our Love Is In the Pocket (Revilot)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Monitors – Number One In Your Heart (VIP)
Sam and Bill – I’ll Try (Decca)
Bobbettes – Tighten Up Your Own Home (Mayhew)

Incredibles – Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts)
Florence Ballard – Forever Faithful (ABC)
Marketts – Stirrin’ Up Some Soul (WB)
Rita and the Tiaras – Gone With the Wind Is My Love (Dore)
Theresa Lindsay – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)

Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Shirelles – Last Minute Miracle (Scepter)
Supremes – Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart (Motown)
Earl Cosby – Ooh Honey Baby (Mira)
Bobby Paris – Per-so-nal-Ly (Tetragrammaton)

Eddie Holman – Eddie’s My Name (Parkway)
Bonnie and Lee – The Way I Feel About You (Fairmount)
Marvelettes – I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)
Precisions – If This Is Love (I’d Rather Be Lonely) (Drew)
Younghearts – A Little Togetherness (Soultown)

 

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Example

Show #667 Originally broadcast 07/03/23

El Chicano – Tell Her She’s Lovely (MCA)
El Chicano – Mas Zacate (Kapp)
El Chicano – Un Mundo (MCA)

Kool and the Gang – Jungle Jazz (Delite)
Kool and the Gang – Dujii (Delite)
Kool and the Gang – Summer Madness (Live)

Eddie Cano Quintet – Slip Slip (Dunhill)
Eddie Cano Quintet – El Pito (Dunhill)
Hugo Blanco – Mr Boogaloo (Peerless)
King Nando – El Boogaloo (Swinger)

Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Brother Louie (Polydor)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Virgo Red (Polydor)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor)

 

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Example

Show #666 Originally broadcast 06/26/23

The Heavy Sounds – Reach Out (Lugnutbrand)
The Heavy Sounds – Midnight Sun (Lugnutbrand)
Andre Cruz and Chris Lujan – Heart Full of Love (Lugnutbrand)
Andre Cruz and Chris Lujan – All of the Hearts (Lugnutbrand)

Young Holt Unlimited – Wack Wack (Brunswick)
Young Holt Unlimited – Hot Pants (Cotillion)
Young Holt Unlimited – Freddie’s Dead (Paula)
Redd Holt Unlimited – Gimme Some Mo (Paula)

Travis Wammack – It’s Karate Time (Atlantic)
Emperors – Karate Boogaloo (Brunswick)
Tijuana Brats – Karate Chop (RCA)
Curtis Mayfield – Kung Fu (Curtom)

Ike and Tina Turner – A Fool In Love (Sue)
Ike and Tina Turner – Goodbye So Long (Modern)
Ike and Tina Turner – Dust My Broom (TRC)
Ikettes – There Was a Time (Minit)

 

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Example

Show #665 Originally broadcast 06/05/23

Aretha Franklin – Save Me (Atlantic)
Betty Harris – Trouble With My Lover (Sansu)
Glories – I Love You Babe (But Give Me My Freedom) (Date)
Madeline Bell – Picture Me Gone (Philips)
Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Atco)

Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Cadet)
Rhetta Hughes – Light My Fire (Tetragrammaton)
Dorothy Norwood – Get On Board the Soul Train (GRC)
Gloria Lynne – If You Don’t Get It Yourself (Canyon)
Dee Dee Sharp – You’re Just a Fool In Love (Atco)

Dinah Washington – Soulville (Roulette)
Royalettes – River of Tears (Roulette)
Babies – Hand of Fate (Dunhill)
Linda Jones – You Can’t Take It (Loma)
Jo Armstead – I Feel an Urge Coming On (Giant)

Barbara Lynn – I’m a Good Woman (Tribe)
Barbara Lynn – Club A Go Go (Tribe)
Judy Clay – It Takes a Lot of Good Love (Stax)
Judy Clay – You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart (Stax)
Marvelettes – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (Tamla)

 

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Example

Show #664 Originally broadcast 05/29/23

Ike and Tina Turner Revue – Big TNT Show Medley
Ike and Tina Turner – Finger Poppin’ (WB)
Ike and Tina Turner – Somebody Needs You (Loma)

Tina Turner – Something’s Got a Hold On Me (WB)
Tina Turner – Twist and Shout (WB)
Ikettes – I’m Blue (Atco)
Ikettes – Don’t Feel Sorry For Me (Modern)
Ikettes – Camel Walk (Modern)

Jewels – Opportunity (Dimension)
Belles – Don’t Pretend (Mirwood)
Mirettes – Now That I Found You Baby (Mirwood)
Mirettes – Take Me For a Little While (Revue)

Clara Ward – Right Direction (Verve)
Dee Dee Warwick – Monday Monday (Mercury)
Della Reese – It Was a Very Good Year (ABC)
Jean Wells – With My Love an What You Got (Calla)


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Example

Show #663 Originally broadcast 05/22/23

Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Danny White – Taking Inventory (Decca)
Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca)
Jay Lewis – Oh (Venture)

Lou Courtney – Me and You Doing the Boogaloo (Popside)
Clarence Carter – Take It Off Him (And Put It On Me) (Atlantic)
Clarence Carter – Soul Deep (Atlantic)
James Duncan – I’ll Be Gone (King)
Otis Clay – Got To Find a Way (One Der Ful)

Bobby Bryant – I Wanna Testify! (World Pacific)
Mad Lads – No Time Is Better Than Right Now (Volt)
Ollie and the Nightingales – Girl You Have My Heart Singing (Stax)
Ted Taylor – Love Is Like a Rambling Rose (Okeh)
Washington Smith – Fat Cat (Okeh)

Eyes 0f Blue – Heart Trouble (Deram)
Bob Brady and the Conchords – More More More of Your Love (Chariot)
Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin’ Something (VIP)
Olympics – The Duck (Mirwood)
Seven Souls – Groove In (Venture)
Quovans – Boogaloo Pt1 (Symbol)

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Example

Show #662 Originally broadcast 05/08/23

Dizzy Gillespie – Stomped and Wasted (GWP)
Dizzy Gillespie – Chicken Giblets (GWP)
Lena Horne – Feels So Good (Buddah)

Horace Silver – Acid Pot and Pills (Blue Note)
Horace Silver – Big Business (Blue Note)
Mary Lou Williams – The Credo (Mary)

Lionel Hampton – Chameleon (Glad Hamp)
Erroll Garner – Watermelon Man (MGM)

Woody Herman – Can’t Get Next To You (Fantasy)
Woody Herman – Crosswind (Fantasy)
Eddie Jefferson – Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Muse)
Eddie Jefferson -Psychedelic Sally (Prestige)

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Example

Show #660 Originally broadcast 05/01/23

George, Teddy and the Condors – Sticks and Stones (Reprise)
Betty Lavette – With a Little Help From My Friends (Karen)
Eddie ‘Little Buster’ Forehand – Cry Me a River (Minit)

James Burton – Delta Lady (A&M)
Hubert Laws – Let It Be (CTI)
Carmen McRae – Something (Atlantic)
Lou Rawls – Feelin’ Alright (Capitol)

Roberta Flack – Superstar (Atlantic)

Mar-Keys – Hummingbird (Stax)
Maxine Brown – Darling Be Home Soon (Commonwealth United)
Tams – The Letter (ABC)
Donny Hathaway – A Song For You (Atco)

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Example

Show #659 Originally broadcast 04/10/23

Joe Williams and the Jazz Orchestra – Get Out of My Life Woman (SS)
Memphis Soul Band – Who’s Making Love (Minit)
Quincy Jones – Mohair Sam (Mercury)
Soul Finders – Dead End Street (Camden)
Ralph Soul Jackson – Sunshine of Your Love (Atlantic)

Machito – Shake (RCA)
Harvey Averne Band – Stand (Fania)
Armando Peraza – Wild Thing (Skye)
Fred Ramirez – Hold On I’m Coming (WB)

Steve Allen – Son of a Preacher Man (Flying Dutchman)
Timmy Thomas – It’s My Life (Glodwax)
Maurice and Mac – You Left the Water Running (Chess)
Foundations – Call Me (Uni)
Terry Reid – Stay With Me (Epic)

Choker Campbell – Wild One (Motown)
Detroit City Limits – Cowboys to Girls (Okeh)
Freddie Scott and the Seven Steps – It’s Not Unusual (Marlin)
Ike and Tina Turner Review – You’re No Good (Loma)

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Example

Show #658 Originally broadcast 04/03/23

Grant Green – Ease Back (Blue Note)
Grant Green – Cease the Bombing (Blue Note)
Grant Green – Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is (Blue Note)

Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones – Right On (Prestige)
Melvin Sparks – Thank You Pt1&2(Prestige)

John Bishop – Wade In the Water (TRC)
John Bishop – Sweet Emma (TRC)
John Bishop – 35 Saint Servon (TRC)

Kenny Burrell – Burning Spear (Verve)
David T Walker – Since You’ve Been Gone (Revue)
David T Walker – Hot Fun In the Summertime (Ode)

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Example

Show #657 Originally broadcast 03/27/23

Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa (Atlantic)
Manu Dibango – New Bell (Atlantic)
Manu Dibango – Weya (Atlantic)

Lou Courtney – Hey Joyce (Popside)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
James Brown – Get On the Good Foot (Polydor)

Vicki Anderson – I’m Too Tough For Mr Big Stuff (Hot Pants) (Brown Stone)
Erma Franklin – I Gotta Find Me a Lover (Brunswick)
Ike and Tina Turner – Bold Soul Sister (Blue Thumb)
Etta James – I Got You Babe (Cadet)

Magnificent Malochi – Mama Your Daddy’s Come Home (Brunswick)
Roy Lee Johnson – Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
Rodge Martin – Lovin’ Machine (Bragg)
Bobby Powell – Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (Whit)
Billy Harner – I Struck It Rich (OR)

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Example

Show #656 Originally broadcast 03/20/23

Barry Jones – Let’s Do the Funky Boogaloo (Dial)
Alvin Cash – Funky 69 (Toddlin Town)
Dynamic Corvettes – Funky Music Is the Thing (Abet)
Common Pleas – The Funky Judge (Crimson)

Bull and the Matadors – Funky Judge (Toddlin Town)
Chambers Brothers – Funky (CBS)
Mark Lewis Trio – Funky Street (C&M)
Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds – The Funky Yolk (Chess)
Phil Moore III – Funky Canyon (Atco)

ST4 – Funky (Scepter)
Sam Moultrie – Funky Jerk (Roulette)
Freddy King – Funky (Cotillion)
Fried Chicken – Funky DJ (Stone)
Soul East – Funky Lady (DeLuxe)

Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken Pt1 (Brunswick)
Wilson Pickett – Funky Broadway (Atlantic)
Richard Marks – Funky Four Corners Pt2 (Roulette)
Johnny Cameron – Funky John (Atlantic)
J Hines & the Boys – Funky Funk (Nation-Wide)

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Example

Show #655 Originally broadcast 03/13/23

Chuck Jackson – Any Day Now (Wand)
Lou Johnson – Kentucky Bluebird (Send a Message to Martha) (Big Hill)
Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles – Always Something There To Remind Me (Atlantic)
Ben E King – They Don’t Give Medals to Yesterday’s Heroes (Atco)

Dionne Warwick – This Empty Place (Scepter)
The Drifters – Mexican Divorce (Atlantic)
The Shirelles – Baby It’s You (Scepter)
Tommy Hunt – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Scepter)

Oscar Toney Jr – Any Day Now (Bell)
Brook Benton – A House Is Not a Home (Mercury)
Alohe Burke with the Five Stairsteps – The Look of Love (Cobblestone)
Dionne Warwick – Here I Am (Scepter)
Cal Tjader – Moneypenny (Skye)

Lou Johnson – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me (Big Hill)
Tangeers – This Empty Place (Scepter)
Marva Whitney – This Girl’s In Love With You (King)
Lou Johnson – Walk On By (Big Top)

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Example

Show #653 Originally broadcast 03/06/23

Billy Preston – Shotgun (Capitol)
Billy Preston – The Duck (Capitol)
Billy Preston – The In Crowd (Capitol)
Sly – Buttermilk (Autumn)
Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People (Epic)

Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools (Atlantic)
Aretha Franklin – See Saw (Atlantic)
Don Covay & the Goodtimers – Sookie Sookie (Atlantic)
Don Covay & the Goodtimers – Mercy Mercy (Rosemart)
Don Covay – Shingaling 67 (Atlantic)

Billy Butler – Right Track (Okeh)
Artistics – What Happened (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Brunswick)
Major Lance – Too Hot To Hold (Okeh)
Billy Butler – I’ll Bet You (Brunswick)

The Valentinos – It’s All Over Now (Sar)
Bobby Womack – Take Me (Minit)
Sammy Gordon and the Hiphuggers – Breezin (Archives)
Bobby Womack – Woman’s Gotta Have It (UA)

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Example

Show #652 Originally broadcast 02/27/23

Chuck Jackson – Yah (Wand)
Chuck Jackson – Just a Little Bit Of Your Soul (Wand)
Al Kent – You’ve Got to Pay the Price (Ric Tic)
E Rodney Jones – R&B Time Pt 2 (Tuff)
Joe Renzetti’s Sounds – Reach Out For Me (Mala)
Wynder K Frog – Dancing Frog (UA)

Little Caesar and the Empires – Everybody Dance Now (inst) (Parkway)
Righteous Brothers Band – Rat Race (Verve)
Baltimore and Ohio Band – Condition Red (Jubilee)
Mike Post Coalition – Afternoon of the Rhino (WB)
Buena Vistas – Hot Shot (Swan)

Marketts – Stirrin’ Up Some Soul (WB)
Papa Don Association – Souled Out (Amy)
San Remo Golden Strings – I’m Satisfied (Ric Tic)
Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn)
Sounds of Lane – Tracks To Your Mind (Cobblestone)

Sandy Nelson – Love Is Like and Itching In My Heart (Imperial)
Sandy Nelson – Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby (Imperial)
Steve Karmen – Breakaway (Pontiac)
Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce (Verve)

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Example

Show #651 Originally broadcast 02/20/23

Professor Longhair – Go To the Mardi Gras (Ron)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit)
Al Tousan – Java (RCA)
Earl King – Trick Bag (Imperial)
Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns – Don’t You Just Know It (Ace)

Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc a Way (ABC)
Art Neville – Hook Line and Sinker (Instant)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)
Eddie Bo – Just Like a Monkey (Cinderella)
Fats Domino – Something You Got (ABC-Paramount)

Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Chris Kenner – Land of 1,000 Dances (Instant)
Willie West – Hello Mama (Deesu)
Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt1 (Watch)

Lee Dorsey – Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (Amy)
Johnny Moore – A Dollar Ninety Eight (Wand)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Robert Parker – Everybody’s Hip Hugging (Nola)
Eddie Bo – Every Dog Got His Day (Ric)

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Benny Gordon – Turn On Your Lovelight (Wand)
Benny Gordon – Give Her All the Love I’ve Got (Wand)
Big Dee Irwin – Discotheque (Roulette)
Bob Kuban and the In-Men – Get Out (And Let Me Cry) (Musicland USA)
Chet Ivey – Soul Is My Game (Bee Cee)

Billy Harner – Sally Sayin’ Something (Kama Sutra)
Five Steps – Tightin Up (Dade)
Howard Peters – Soulville (Coral)
Ike and Tina Turner – Dust My Broom (TRC)
Louis Chachere – Soulful Bag (Central)

James Brown – Bring It Up (King)
O’kaysions – Soul Clap (ABC)
Johnny Moore – Haven’t I Been Good To You (Wand)
Richard Berry – Have Love Will Travel (Flip)
Steve Colt and the 45s – A Little Bit of Soul (RCA)

Joe E Young and the Toniks – 60 Minutes of Your Love (Toast)
Wylie Trass – That Soul Thing Pts 1&2 (ABC)
Bar Kays – Give Everybody Some (Volt)
Bobby Byrd – Lost In a Mood of Changes (Smash)

Example

Show #648 Originally broadcast 02/06/23

Ricky Allen – Cut You a Loose (Age)
Dukays – Sho Nuff MF (Jerry O)
Dutones – The Bird (Columbia)
Junior Wells – Girl You Lit My Fire (Blue Rock)
Billy Stewart – Scramble (Chess)

Facinations – Girls Are Out To Get You (Mayfield)
CODs – Michael (the Lover) (Kellmac)
Mamie Galore – It Ain’t Necessary (St Lawrence)
Impressions – You Must Believe Me (ABC/Paramount)
Shells – Whiplash (Conlo)

Jamo Thomas – Arrest Me (Thomas)
Fred Hughes – Ooowee Baby I Love You (Veejay)
Major Lance – Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (Columbia)
Radiants – Baby You’ve Go It (Chess)
Otis Clay – Got To Finda Way (One Der Ful)

Gene Chandler – In My Body’s House (Checker)
Billy Butler – Right Track (Okeh)
Jerry-O – There Was a Time (White Whale)
Lancers – Doing the Snatch (Blue Rock)
Newday – Wait a Minute (On Top)

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Example

Show #648 Originally broadcast 01/23/23

Howard Tate – Get It While You Can (Verve)
Bobby Bland – Do What You Set Out To Do (Duke)
Diamond Joe – Fair Play (Minit)
James Carr – To Love Somebody (Goldwax)

Invincibles – Heart Full Of Love (WB)
Irma Thomas – Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Imperial)
Eldridge Holmes – A Love Problem (Decca)
Johnny Soul – I Almost Called Your Name (SSS Intl)

John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Blues Tears and Sorrow (Sansu)
Laura Lee – Hang It Up (Chess)
Linda Divine – Same Time Same Place (Columbia)
Betty Harris – Nearer To You (Sansu)

Baby Washington – What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (Cotillion)
Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts (Tamla)
Brenda Lee – The Crying Game (Decca)
Carl Hall – You Don’t Know Nothing About Love (Loma)

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Example

Show #647 Originally broadcast 01/02/23

Luther Ingram Orchestra – Exus Trek (Hib)
Robert Walker and the Soul Strings – Stick With Me (RCA)
Soft Summer Soul Strings – Theme For Soul Strings (Columbia)
Groovin’ Strings and Things – Explosion In My Soul (Cub)

Soulful Strings – Zambezi (Cadet)
Soulful Strings – Chocolate Candy (Cadet)
San Remo Golden Strings – I’m Satisfied (Ric Tic)
Kaddo Strings – Crying Over You (Impact)

101 Strings – A Taste of Soul (Alshire)
Gordon Staples and the String Thing – Get Down (Tamla)
Gordon Staples and the String Thing – Strung Out (Tamla)

South Suburban Electric Strings – Pisces (Sign Of the Zodiac) (Nickel)
Soul Strings and a Funky Horn – Grazing In the Grass (SS)
Soul Strings and a Funky Horn – Think (SS)
Lebaron Strings – Now She’s Gone (Revilot)
South Suburban Electric Strings – Blues For Strings and Things (Nickel)

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Example

Show #646 Originally broadcast 12/26/22

Brian Auger and the Trinity – Bumpin’ On Sunset (Atco)
Peddlers – Impressions Pt 3 (Philips)
Art Jerry Miller – Moon Shot (Enterprise)
Brothers of Hope – Nickol Nickol (Gamble)

Bob James- Nautilus (CTI)
The Cals – Stand Tall (Loadstone)
Cal Tjader- Alonzo (Skye)
William DeVaughn – Be Thankful For What You Got (Roxbury)

Hampton Hawes – JB’s Mind (Prestige)
Mose Allison – Meadows (Atlantic)
Pete Jolly – Prairie Road (A&M)

El Chicano – Viva Tirado (Kapp)
Ramsey Lewis – Living For the City (Columbia)

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Ike and Tina Turner – Merry Christmas Baby (WB)
Honey and the Bees – Jing Jing a Ling (Chess)
Bobby Hollaway – Funky Little Drummer Boy (Smash)
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Philles)

James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (King)
Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa (Atlantic)
J Hines and the Boys – A Funky X-Mas To You (Nation Wide)
Count Sidney and the Dukes – Soul Christmas (Goldband)
Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby (Jewel)

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – 8 Days (of Hannukah) (Daptone) Johnny Lytle – Chanukah (Tuba)
Baby Washington – White Christmas (Veep)
Otis Redding – Merry Christmas Baby (Atco)

Rotary Connection – Silent Night Suite (Cadet Concept)
Soulful Strings – Merry Christmas Baby (Cadet)

Example

Show #644 Originally broadcast 12/12/22

Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions (Stax)
Eddie Floyd – Raise Your Hand (Stax)
Triumphs – Burnt Biscuits (Volt)
Rufus Thomas – Walking the Dog (Stax)
William Bell – You Don’t Miss Your Water (Stax)

Otis Redding and Carla Thomas – Tramp (Stax)
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas – Knock On Wood (STax)
Johnny Daye – I Need Somebody (Stax)
Mable John – It’s Catching (Stax)
Mable John – Same Time Same Place (Stax)

Sir Mack Rice – I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love (Stax)
Sam and Dave – You Got Me Hummin’ (STax)
Sam and Dave – I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down (Stax)
Rufus Thomas – Sister’s Got a Boyfriend (Stax)
Booker T and the MGs – Plum Nellie (Stax)

Sam and Dave – You Don’t Know Like I Know (Stax)
Judy Clay – You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart (Stax)
Johnny Daye – What’ll I Do For Satisfaction (Stax)
Eddie Floyd – Big Bird (Stax)

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Example

Show #643 Originally broadcast 12/05/22

Charles Mann – Do It Again (ABC)
Dorothy Morrison – Spirit In the Sky (Buddah)
Lea Roberts – All Right Now (UA)
Four of a Kind – Brand New Key (Toy)

Isley Brothers – Fire and Rain (T-Neck)
Margie Joseph – My Love (Atlantic)
Etta James – Only Women Bleed (WB)

Maxine Weldon – It Don’t Matter To Me (Mainstream)
New Birth – Make It With You (RCA)
Lou Bond – That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be (We Produce)

Wilson Pickett – Love Will Keep Us Together (Wicked)
Master Plan – Bennie and the Jets (Delite)
Odia Coates – Showdown (UA)

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Example

Show #642 Originally broadcast 11/28/22

Earth Wind and Fire – Bad Tune (WB)
Earth Wind and Fire – C’Mon Children (WB)
Earth Wind and Fire- Moment of Truth (WB)

Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick)
Dolly Parton – Busy Signal (Monument)
Royalettes – River of Tears (Roulette)
Royalettes – Out of Sight Out of Mind (MGM)
Felice Taylor – It May Be Winter Outside (Mustang)
Betty Harris -Mojo Hannah (Jubilee)

Astors – I Found Out (Stax)
Willie Tee – Walking Up a One Way Street (Atlantic)
Jackie Lee – Bring It Home (Keymen)
JJ Barnes – Hold On To It (Revilot)
O’Jays – I Dig Your Act (Bell)

Precisions – Why Girl (Drew)
Performers – I Can’t Stop You (Mirwood)
Paul Kelly – Chills and Fever (Dial)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Soul Food (Keynote)
Dreams feat Keni Lewis – (They Call Me) Jessie James (DC Sound LTD)

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Example

Show #641 Originally broadcast 11/21/22

Earl Van Dyke – Hot’n’Tot (Soul)
Sandy Nelson – Unchain My Heart (Imperial)
Johnny Hammond Smith – Days of Wine and Roses (Prestige)
TKOs – Can You Dig It (Ten Star)
Albert Collins – Cookin’ Catfish (20th Century Fox)

Cook E Jarr – Can’t Turn You Loose (RCA)
Spyder Turner – Hold On I’m Coming (MGM)
Oscar Toney Jr – No Sad Songs (Bell)
Tams – Trouble Maker (ABC)
T-Bone Walker – She’s Hit (Jet Stream)

Olympics – Lookin’ For a Love (Parkway)
Sweet Inspirations – Just Walk In My Shoes (Atco)
Ikettes – I’m Blue (Gong Gong Song) (Atco)
Ikettes – Find My Baby (Atco)
Spellbinders – A Little On the Blue Side (Columbia)
Aldora Britton – Do It With Soul (Columbia)

Bobby and the Heavyweights – Soul Train (Mor Soul)
Monti Rock III – For Days and Days (Mercury)
Ronnie Dyson – Fever (Columbia)
Ronnie Milsap – Ain’t No Soul Left In These Old Shoes (Scepter)
Vibrations – Soul a Go Go (Okeh)

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Example

Show #640 Originally broadcast 11/07/22

Al Green and the Soul Mates – Don’t Leave Me (Hot Line Music Journal)
Clarence Carter – Soul Deep (Atlantic)
Sims Twins – Soothe Me (SAR)
Alvin Robinson – Searchin’ (Tiger)
Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll (Blue Cat)

American Group – Enchilada Soul (AGP)
Booker T and the MGs – Bootleg (Stax)
Jay Jackson and the Heads of Our Time – Listen Here (Mr G)
Joe Thomas – Chitlins and Cuchifritos (Today)

Perry and the Harmonics – Do the Monkey With James (Mercury)
Interpretations – Automatic Soul Pt1&2 (Bell)
Packers – Soul Time (TRC)
June Gardner – One Mint Julep (Emarcy)
Don Covay – See Saw (Atlantic)

Marvelettes – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (Tamla)
Dusty Springfield – Do Re Me (Philips)
Troy Thompson – I Don’t Need You Anymore (Dee Dee)
NF Porter – Keep On Keeping On (Lizard)
Eddie Floyd – Got To Make a Comeback (Stax)

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Example

Show #639 Originally broadcast 10/31/22

Brian Auger and the Trinity – Black Cat (Atco)
Clea Bradford – My Love’s a Monster (Cadet)
Howling Wolf – I Ain’t Superstitious (Chess)
Johnny Watson – Wolfman (Okeh)
Blacula Trailer

The Delacardos – They Put a Spell On You (Atlantic)
Betty Lavette – Witchcraft In the Air (Lu Pine)
Lee Montgomery – Season of the Witch (Liberty)
Percy Sledge – Spooky (Atlantic)
Scream Blacula Scream Trailer

Souls Unlimited – Raving Vampire (Wig Wam)
R Dean Taylor – There’s a Ghost In My House (VIP)
Village Callers – Evil Ways (Bell)
The Thing With Two Heads Trailer

Young Holt Unlimited – The Creeper (Cotillion)
Johnny Sayles – My Love’s a Monster (Chi Town)
Plookie McLine – Gorilla Walk (Jerry O)
Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet (Seven B)

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Example

Show #638 Originally broadcast 10/24/22

Grant Green – Ain’t It Funky Now Pts 1&2 (Blue Note)
Blue Mitchell – HNIC Pt1 (Blue Note)
Floyd Morris – Mellow Mood (BBS)
Gene Ammons – Chicago Breakdown (Prestige)

Sam Cooke – Shake (RCA)
Sam Cooke – Yeah Man (RCA)
Sam Cooke – It’s Got the Whole World Shakin’ (RCA)
Chambers Brothers – Call Me (Vault)
Andy Butler – Take Me (TRC)

Marvin Gaye – Baby Don’t You Do It (Tamla)
Jeanne and the Darlings – It’s Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul) (Volt)
Otis and Carla – Lovey Dovey (Stax)
Gene Pitney – Heartbreaker (Musicor)

Judy Clay – It Takes a Lotta Good Love (Stax)
Judy Clay – You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart (Stax)
Andre Williams and his Orchestra – Hard Hustling (Avin)
Andre Williams – Do the Popcorn (Checker)
Andre Williams – Rib Tips (Avin)

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Example

Show #637 Originally broadcast 10/10/22

Heatwave – The Groove Line (Epic)
Mongo Santamaria – Lady Marmalade (Vaya)
Brothers – Are You Ready For This (RCA)

Chic – Dance Dance Dance (Buddah)
Eddie Kendricks – Going Up In Smoke (Tamla)
Fine As Wine – Why Won’t You Let It Go (WB)

KC and the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight (TK)
Frankie Gee – Date With the Rain (Claridge)
Sugar Billy – Super Duper Love (Fast Track)

Brick – Dazz (Bang)
Charles Mann – Stop (ABC)
Salsoul Orchestra – 212 North 12th (Salsoul)

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Example

Show #636 Originally broadcast 10/03/22

Willie Hutch – Brother’s Gonna Work It Out (Motown)
Willie Hutch – Vampin (Motown)
Bobby Womack – Across 100th St (UA)
Bobby Womack – Woman’s Gotta Have It (UA)
Bobby Womack – All Along the Watchtower (UA)

Albert King – Night Stomp (Stax)
Gene Ammons – Son of a Preacherman (Prestige)
Dizzy Gillespie – Soul Kiss (Perception)
Young-Holt Unlimited – Wah Wah Man (Cotillion)

Common Pleas – Funky Judge (Crimson)
Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers – Searching For Soul (Mutt)
Richard Marks – Funky Four Corners (Inst) (Roulette)
Eddie and Ernie – The Cat (Eastern)

Lavell Kamma – Soft Soul (Tupelo Sound)
Kelly Brothers – Crystal Blue Persuasion (Excello)
Syl Johnson – Kiss By Kiss (Twinight)
Bobby Patterson – How Do You Spell Love (Mojo)

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Example

Show #635 Originally broadcast 09/26/22

Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It’s Growing (Gordy)
Del-Cords – Just a Little Misunderstanding (Up)
Incredibles – Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts)
Jones and Blumenberg – Right Track (Volt)
Walter Scott and the Kapers – Brand New Girl (Ivanhoe)

Sugarpie DeSanto – Go Go Power (Checker)
Bob and Earl – The Sissy (Chene)
Dick Jensen – Hard To Handle (Probe)
Freddy Scott and the Four Steps – Same Ole Beat (Marlin)

Chicago Cubs Clark Street Band – Slide (Chess)
Dukays – Sho Nuf MF (Jerry O)
Booker T and the MGs – Plum Nellie (Stax)
Merl Saunders – Soul Roach Pt2 (Early Bird)
Bill Doggett – Fingertips (Columbia)

Ike and Tina Turner – It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (Sue)
Alvin Cash and the Crawlers – The Barracuda (Mar V Lus)
Tony Fox – (I’ve Got To) Do It To It (Calla)
TSU Toronados – Play the Music Toronados (Volt)
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Thank U Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Soul)
Jimmy Bo Horne – Let Me Be Your Lover (Sunshine Sound)

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Example

Show #634 Originally broadcast 09/19/22

Ramsey Lewis – Them Changes (Cadet)
Ramsey Lewis Trio – Collage (Columbia)
Ramsey Lewis – Sun Goddess (Columbia)

Preparations – Get-E-Up (The Horse) (Heart and Soul)
Delights Orchestra – King of The Horse (Atco)
Roy Ward – Horse With a Freeze Pt1 (Seven B)
Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Horsing Around (Brunswick)
The Chevelles – The Gallop (Flaming Arrow)

Buena Vistas – Kick Back (Marquee)
Bobby Boseman – Astrological Soul Train (TRC)
Sam Moultrie – Funky Jerk (Roulette) 1969)
Seven Souls – Groove In (Venture)
Sonny Ross – Alakazam (Event)
Bobby Keys – Gimme The Key (Ring’O)

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Example

Show #633 Originally broadcast 09/12/22

Johnny Hammond – Higher Ground (Kudu)

George Benson – The Shape of Things To Come (A&M/CTI)
George Benson – My Cherie Amour (A&M/CTI)
Lonnie Smith – I Feel the Earth Move (Kudu)

Quincy Jones – Walking In Space (A&M/CTI)

Deodato – Super Strut (CTI)
Hubert Laws – Cymbaline (CTI)
Gabor Szabo – Summer Breeze (CTI)

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Example

Show #632 Originally broadcast 09/05/22

Billy Lee Riley – Don’t Fight It (Mojo)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Shotgun Man (Smash)
Johnny Daye – What’ll I Do For Satisfaction (Stax)
Johnny Soul – Come and Get It (SSS Intl)
Detroit City Limits – 98 Cents Plus Tax (Okeh)

Darrell Banks – Open the Door To Your Heart (Revilot)
Donald Height – Talk Of the Grapevine (Shout)
Robert John – Raindrops Love and Sunshine (A&M)
RB Hudmon – Yo Yo (A&M)
Taj Mahal – Ain’t That a Lot of Love (Columbia)

John Hamilton and Doris Allen – Them Changes (Minaret)
Gene West – In the Ghetto (Original Sound)
Jo Ann and Andre – A Rockin’ Good Way (Chess)
Sam Rhodes – Shake Your Soul Honey (Capitol)
Sims Twins – A Losing Battle (Omen)

Don Covay and the Goodtimers – Sookie Sookie (Atlantic)
Jimmy Hughes – Neighbor Neighbor (Fame)
Soul Clan – Soul Meeting (Atlantic)
Billy Stewart – Scramble (Chess)

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Example

Show #631 Originally broadcast 08/29/22

Billy Lamont – Sweet Thing (20th Century Fox)
Eric and the Vikings – Get Off the Street Y’all (Soul Hawk)
James Spencer – Take This Woman Off the Corner (Memphis)
Jimmie Preacher Ellis & the Odd Fellows – I Gotta See My Baby (Round)
Jimmie Preacher Ellis & the Odd Fellows – Put Your Hoe to My Row (Round)

Cliff Driver’s Infernal Machine – I Got a New Thing (Geniune)
Bobby Patterson – My Thing Is Your Thing (Jet Star)
Fabulous Counts – Jan Jan (Moira)
Johnny Talbot and de Thangs – Pickin’ Cotton (Jasman)

Bobs Band – Score (Atco)
Mohawks – Ride Your Pony (Pama)
Sid Ramin- Stiletto (Columbia)
Jon Lee Group – Pork Chops (Sparton)
Georges Raudi – Stercok (Vogue)

Joe Hicks – Home Sweet Home Pt2 (Scepter)
John Phillip Soul and His Stone Marching Band – That Memphis Thing (Pepper)
Mickey and the Soul Generation – Football (Maxwell)
Roy Thompson – Sookie Sookie (Okeh)

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Example

Show #630 Originally broadcast 08/22/22

Meters – Handclapping Song (Josie)
Meters – Dry Spell (Josie)
Meters – Chicken Strut (Josie)
Lou Johnson – Frisco Here I Come (Volt)
Earl King – Tic Tac Toe (Wand)

Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol)
Eddie Bo – Check Your Bucket (Bo Sound)
Eddie Bo – If It’s Good To You (Bo Sound)
Benny Spellman – Don’t Give Up Love (Mor Soul)
Mary Jane Hooper – I’ve Got Reasons (Power Pac)

Eldridge Holmes – The Book (Deesu)
Eldridge Holmes – No Substitute (Deesu)
Ernie K Doe – Here Come the Girls (Janus)
Ernie K Doe – Fly Away With Me (Janus)

Lee Dorsey – Sneaking Sally Through the Alley (Polydor)
Lee Dorsey – Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further (Polydor)
Willie West – Fair Child (Josie)
Aaron Neville – Hercules (Mercury)

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Example

Show #629 Originally broadcast 08/15/22

Kool and the Gang – Dujii (De-lite)
War – Summer (UA)
Hesitations – Summertime (Kapp)

Grant Green – Ease Back (Blue Note)
Cal Tjader – Never Can Say Goodbye (Fantasy)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor)

Isley Brothers – Spill The Wine (T-Neck)
George Shearing – The World Is a Ghetto (MPS)

Freddie McCoy – Gimme Some (Cobblestone)
Freddie McCoy – Pet Sounds (Prestige)
Kool and the Gang – Summer Madness (Live) (De-lite)

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Example

Show #628 Originally broadcast 08/08/22

Superlatives – I Don’t Know How (To Say I Love You) Don’t Walk Away (Westbound)
Ambassadors – A.W.O.L. (Away Without Love) (Arctic)
Broadways – Sweet and Heavenly Melody (MGM
Formations – Love’s Not Only For the Heart (MGM)
Radiants – I Want To Thank You Baby (Chess)

Artistics – What Happened (Brunswick)
Ethics – Think About Tomorrow (Vent)
Four Sonics – It Takes Two (Sport)
Hesitations – Stay In My Corner (Kapp)
Soul Brothers Six – I’ll be Loving You (Atlantic)

Intrigues – I’m Gonna Love You (Yew)
Magnificent Men – Peace of Mind (Capitol)
Magictones – I’ll Make It Up To You (Westbound)
Unifics – Which One Should I Choose (Kapp)
Parliaments – Time (Revilot)

Originals – Love Is a Wonder (Soul)
Blue Notes – Never Gonna Leave You (Uni)
Vontastics – You Can Work It Out (St Lawarence)
Intruders – Every Day Is Like a Holiday (Gamble)
Producers – Love Is Amazing (Huff Puff)

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Example

Show #627 Originally broadcast 08/01/22

James Brown – Make It Funky (Polydor)
James Brown – Hot Pants Pts 1-3 (People)
James Brown – Get On the Goodfoot (Polydor)

Soulful Strings – There Was a Time (Cadet)
Dick Hyman – Give It Up Or Turnit a Loose (Command)
Enoch Light and the Brass Menagerie – Hot Pants (Project 3)

Billy Larkin – Light My Fire (World Pacific)
Charles Earland – Here Comes Charlie (Prestige)

Blackbyrds – Spaced Out (Fantasy)
Buddy Rich – Chameleon (Groove Merchant)
Catalyst – Ain’t It the Truth (Cobblestone)

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Example

Show #626 Originally broadcast 07/25/22

Chambers Brothers – Funky (CBS)
Booker T and the MGs – Sing a Simple Song (Stax)
Lee Bates – International Playboy (Instant)
Otis Goodwin and the Casternetts – I Feel It (Just a Little Bit) (Jazz)

Maxine Brown – Darling Be Home Soon (Commonwealth United)
Margaret Singana – Why Did You Do It (Casablanca)
Isley Brothers – It’s Too Late (T-Neck)
Isley Brothers – Fire and Rain (T-Neck)

Just Brothers – Sliced Tomatoes (MM)
Bettye Lavette – I Feel Good All Over (Calla)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Earl Cosby – Ooh Honey Baby (Mira)
JJ Barnes – Real Humdinger (Ric Tic)

Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Marketts – Stirrin’ Up Some Soul (WB)
Supremes – Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart (Motown)
Undisputed Truth – You Got the Love I Need (Gordy)

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Example

Show #625 Originally broadcast 07/18/22

Eyes of Blue – Heart Trouble (Deram)
The Bandwagon – Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache (Epic)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band – (I Gotta) Hold On To My Love (Picadilly)
Isley Brothers – Got To Have You Back (Tamla)

Radiants – Voice Your Choice (Chess)
Jamo Thomas – Arrest Me (Thomas)
Kenny Burrell – Burning Spear (Verve)
King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew (Atco)

Metros – Time Changes Things (RCA)
Metros – The Sweetest One (RCA)
Burke Family – Under the Spell (Cobblestone)
Contributors of Soul – I Don’t Know (Newmiss)
Contributors of Soul – Look What You Done For Me (Newmiss)

Carl Perkins – The Monkeyshine (Decca)
Charles Chalmers – Poppin’ (Chess)
Pop Ups – Lurking (HBR)
Mocking Band – Shimmy (Musicor)
David T Walker – Hot Fun In the Summertime (Ode)

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Example

Show #624 Originally broadcast 07/11/22

Clarence Wheeler and the Enforcers – Doin’ What We Wanna (Atlantic)
Billy Larkin – Russell and Williams St (World Pacific)
Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk ’69 (King)
Gene Ludwig – Mr Fink Pt1 (La Vere)

O’Jahs – Roadside 75 (SS7)
Ohio Players – Walt’s First Trip (Westbound)
Art Butler – Soul Brother (Epic)
Les Charlots – Pas de Probleme (Vogue)

Eddie and the Dehavelons – Baby Dumplins (Peacock)
Lou Garno Trio – Chicken In the Basket (Giovannis)
Mac Rebennack – The Point (AFO)
Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors – Hip Hug (Coxsone)

Memphis Black – Why Don’t You Play The Organ Man (Ascot)
Odell Brown – Nitty Gritty (Cadet
Alan Price Set – Iechyd Da (Decca)
Wynder K Frog – Oh Mary (UA)

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Example

Show #623 Originally broadcast 07/04/22

Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations (Cadet)
Al Hirt – Harlem Hendoo (RCA)
Freddy McCoy – One Cylinder (Prestige)
Johnny Pate – El Jardia (ABC)

Jack McDuff – Moon Rappin’ (Blue Note)
Joe Zawinul – Soul of a Village (Vortex)
Odell Brown – Come Together (Cadet)

Cal Tjader – Inivitation (Fantasy)
Steve Marcus – Half a Heart (Vortex)
Crusaders – Journey From Within (Blue Thumb)
Ernie Fields – Watch Your Step (Kent)

Young Holt Unltd – Mystical Man (Paula)
Eddie Harris – Smoke Signals (Atlantic)
Sergio Mendes – Coming Home Baby (Atlantic)

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Example

Show #622 Originally broadcast 06/27/22

Larry Williams – She Said Yeah (Specialty)
Arthur Alexander – You Better Move On (Dot)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit)
Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side (Imperial)
Valentinos – It’s All Over Now (SAR)

Marie Knight – Come Tomorrow (Okeh)
Shirelles – Sha La La (Scepter)
Exciters – Do Wah Diddy (UA)
Derek Martin – Daddy Rolling Stone (Crackerjack)
Tommy Tucker – Long Tall Shorty (Checker)

Eddie Holland – Leaving Here (Motown)
Slim Harpo – Got Love If You Want It (Excello)
Dynamics – Misery (Big Top)
Solomon Burke – Keep Looking (Atlantic)
Timmy Shaw – Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (Wand)

Cookies – Chains (Dimension)
Bessie Banks – Go Now (Tiger)
Dr Feelgood and the Interns – Mr Moonlight (Okeh)
Marvelettes – I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)
Maurice and the Radiants – Baby You’ve Got It (Chess)

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Example

Show #621 Originally broadcast 06/20/22

Spencer Wiggins – Soul City USA (Goldwax)
Oscar Toney Jr. – Down In Texas (Bell)
Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca)
Precisions – Don’t Double With Trouble (Atco)
Bobby Patterson – How Do You Spell Love (Mojo)

Don Covay and the Goodtimers – Mercy Mercy (Rosemart)
Chuck Brooks – Baa Baa Black Sheep (AGP)
Lee Webber – Your Love’s So Good (Excello)
Geater Davis – Don’t Marry a Fool (House of Orange)
Jay Lewis – Oh (Venture)

Homer Banks – A Lot of Love (MInit)
Homer Banks – 60 Minutes of Your Love (Minit)
Louisiana Red – Sugar Hips (Glover)
Jimmy Jones – Dynamite (Parkway)
Ralph Soul Jackson – Sunshine of Your Love (Atlantic)

OV Wright – Love the Way You Love (Back Beat)
ZZ Hill – Don’t Make Promises (Kent)
Maurice and Mac – You Left the Water Running (Checker)
Alvin Robinson – Down Home Girl (Red Bird)
Sam Hutchins – Dang Me (AGP)

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Example

Show #620 Originally broadcast 06/13/22

Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol)
Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pts 1&2 (Capitol)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Raw Funky (Uptown)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Sugar Baby (Tower)

Billy Preston – Ain’t Got No Time To Play (Capitol)
Jimmy McGriff – Fat Cakes (Capitol)
Dave Davani Four – The Jupe (Capitol)
Henry Cain – Why Am I Treated So Bad (Capitol)
Shotgun Express – Curtains (Uptown)
Willard Burton and the Funky 4 – Funky In Here (Capitol)

Brothers and Sisters – Ali Shuffle (Capitol)
Ohio Players – Find Someone To Love (Capitol)
Freddie, Henchi and the Soulsetters – Popcorn Baby (Tower)
Freddie, Henchi and the Soulsetters – Folsom Prison (Tower)

Magnificent Men – Just Walk In My Shoes (Capitol)
Apple Adam – Give Em Soul Pt1 (Capitol)
Tina Mason – What (Capitol)
Four Larks – Keep Climbing Brothers (Uptown)
Linda Carr – Discover Me (And You’ll Discover Love) (Capitol)

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Example

Show #618 Originally broadcast 06/06/22

Magnificent Men – I’ve Got News (Capitol)
Nancy Wilson – (You Got) The Power of Love (Capitol)
Drew-Vels – Tell Him (Capitol)
Gloria Jones – Heartbeat Pt1 (Uptown)

Four Larks – Groovin’ at the Go Go (Tower)
Linda Carr – These Things Will Keep Me Loving You Baby (Capitol)
Brothers and Sisters – Shake a Lady (Capitol)
Lou Rawls – Season of the Witch (Capitol)
Lou Rawls – Your Good Thing (Is About To End) (Capitol)

Billy Preston – Let the Music Play (Capitol)
BJ and the Profits – It’s Gonna Rain (Uptown)
Cookie Jackson – Uptown Jerk (Uptown)
KC Russell – How Tired I Am (Uptown)
Round Robin – The Vulture (Capitol)

Sam Rhodes – Shake Your Soul Honey (Capitol)
Rubin Mitchell – Loosen Up (Capitol)
Gus Jenkins – Chittlins (Tower)
Kelly Gordon – If That Don’t Get It, It Ain’t There (Capitol)
Teramasa Hino Quintet – Snake Hip (Capitol JP)

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Example

Show #618 Originally broadcast 05/30/22

Chuck Jackson – Yah (Wand)
Chuck Jackson – Just A Little Bit of Your Soul (Wand)
Martha and the Vandellas – Never Leave Your Baby’s Side (Gordy)
Theresa Lindsay – Daddy-O (Golden World)

Eddie Jefferson – Freedom Jazz Dance (Muse)
Eddie Jefferson – Thank You Fallettinme be Mice Elf Agin (Muse)
London Fogg – Easy Mover (Imperial)
Bobby Bland – Rockin’ In the Same Old Boat (Duke)

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – Don’t Leave Me This Way (PI)

Ray Charles – Compared To What (Atlantic)
Dick Jensen – Hard To Handle (Probe)
Roy Head – Let a Woman Be a Woman (Let a Man Be a Man) (Dunhill)
Steve Allen and Oliver Nelson – Son of a Preacher Man (Flying Dutchman)
Wilbert Longmire – Give It Up Or Turnit a Loose (World Pacific)

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Example

Show #617 Originally broadcast 05/23/22

Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll (Blue Cat)
Troy Thompson – I Don’t Need You Anymore (Dee Dee)
Willie Tomlin – Check Me Baby (Peacock)
Don Covay – See Saw (Atlantic)
Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (Atco)

James Brown – Bring It Up (King)
Big Bubbles and the Soul Brothers – Ginger Snaps (Raldo)
Ike and Tina Turner – I Idolize You (Sue)
Steve Colt – Just a Little Bit of Soul (RCA)

Sam Dees – Lonely For You Baby (SSS Intl)
Amanda Ambrose – Gimme Shelter (Bee Gee)
BT Express – Do It (Til You’re Satisfied) (Scepter)
Yusef Lateef – Nubian Lady (Atlantic)

Babara Acklin – Am I The Same Girl (Brunswick)
Timothy Wilson – Love Is Like an Itching In Your Heart (Blue Rock)
Fantastic Johnny C – Some Kind of Wonderful (Phil LA of Soul)
Louis Chachere – A Soulful Bag (Central)
Memphis Soul Band – That’s Me Boy (Minit)
Charles Spurling – Popcorn Charlie (King)

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Example

Show #616 Originally broadcast 05/16/22

Dee Dee Sharpe – A Fool In Love (Atco)
Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants I’m Coming (Brownstone)
Dottie Cambridge – He’s About a Mover (MGM)
Johnny Goode – Payback (Solid Hit)
Bobby Boseman – Astrological Soul Train (TRC)

Richie Barrett – Some Other Guy (Atlantic)
Eddie Purrell – The Spoiler (Volt)
Volcanos – Make Your Move (Arctic)
Four Pennies – You’re a Gas With Your Trash (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – I’ve Lost You (Brunswick)

Jamo Thomas – I Spy (For the FBI) (Thomas)
Luther Ingram – If It’s All the Same To You Babe (Hib)
Kim Weston – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (People)
Sam Erv and Tom – Soul Teacher (Dynamo)
Fred Hughes – Come Home Little Darlin’ (Cadet)

Ricky Allen – Cut You A Loose (AGE)
Jimmy Hughes – Neighbor Neighbor (Fame)
Jimmy Robins – I Can’t Please You (Jerhart)
Johnny Otis Show – Country Girl (Kent)
Ohio Players – A Little Soul Party (Capitol)

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Example

Show #615 Originally broadcast 05/09/22

Ann Mason with Little Mac and the Boss Sounds – You Can’t Love Me (In the Midnight Hour) (Atlantic)
Benny Scott – Soul Beat (Brunswick
Bobby Lester – Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Columbia)
Spencer Wiggins – Double Lovin’ (Fame)

Cal’s Tricks – Who’s Gonna Take the Weight (Secor)
Ernest Van Treose and the McDaniel Mary St Band – Medicine Man (RCA)
Richard Fudoli – Gwee (Date)
Fantastic Epics – Fun and Funk Pt1 (Torries)
Syl Johnson – Sorry Bout Dat (Twilight)

Hal Driggers – Black Pepper (Atlantic)
Mr Wiggles – Fat Back Pt1 (Parkway)
Buddy McKnight – Every Time (Renfro)
Dynamics – Misery (Big Top)

Flo Ballard – Forever Faithful (ABC)
Darrow Fletcher – The Pain Is Getting Deeper (Groovy)
Hank Marr – White House Party (Wingate)
Trudy Pitts – Bucket Full Of Soul (Prestige)
E Rodney Jones – R&B Time Pt 2 (Tuff)
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Cadet)

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Example

Show #614 Originally broadcast 05/02/22

Sam Cooke – Yeah Man (RCA)
Dinah Washington – Soulville (Roulette)
Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Clyde McPhatter – A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Amy)

Ben E King – What Is Soul (Atco)
Drifters – If You Don’t Come Back (Atlantic)
Drifters – Steal Away (Atlantic)
Coasters – Down Home Girl (Date)
Gary US Bonds – Funky Lies (Botanic)
Flamingos – Boogaloo Party (Philips)

Little Richard – Function at the Junction (Okeh)
Platters – With This Ring (Musicor)
Platters – Shing A Ling A Loo (Musicor)
Big Maybelle – 96 Tears (Rujac)
Fats Domino – Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey) (Reprise)
Bo Diddley – Boogaloo Before You Go (Checker)

Chuck Berry – Back to Memphis (Mercury)
Clovers – One More Time (Porwin)
Lavern Baker – Batman to the Rescue (Brunswick)
Larry Williams and Johnny Watson – Keep On Loving You (Okeh)

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Example

Show #613 Originally broadcast 04/25/22

Isley Brothers – Nowhere to Run (Tamla)
Kenny Bernard – Ain’t No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes) (Compass)
Herbie Mann – Scratch (Atlantic)
Jesse Boone and the Astros – You Can’t Be a Monkey Woman (Atlantic)
Marie Queenie Lyons – Drown In My Own Tears (Deluxe)

Lou Rawls – Natural Man (MGM)
Obrey Wilson – Soul Satisfaction #1 (Bell)
Young Rascals – Come On Up (Atlantic)
Obie Plenty – Beef Stew (Verve)
Trensations – Soulin’ and Rollin’ (Minit)

Variations – A Shot of Love (Amy)
Ultimations – Would I Do It Over (Mar V Lus)
Magnificent Men – Whispers Getting Louder (Capitol)
Motherlode – What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) (Buddah)

Titanic – Sultana (Epic)
Pazant Brothers – Skunk Juice (RCA)
Alvin Cash and the Registers – No Deposit No Return (Mar V Lus)
Bill Deal and the Rhondels – Tucks Theme (Heritage)
Fried Chicken – Funky DJ (Stone)
Leon Haywood – 1-2-3 (Imperial)

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Example

Show #612 Originally broadcast 04/18/22

Dells – There Is (Cadet)
Dobie Gray – (Out of Sight) Out On the Floor (Charger)
Dee Dee Warwick – We’re Doing Fine (Blue Rock)
Larry Williams – Boss Lovin’ (El Bam)

Locomotive – Rudi’s In Love (Bell)
Prince Buster – One Step Beyond (Blue Beat)
Prince Buster – Al Capone (Blue Beat)
Desmond Dekker and the Aces – Israelites (Uni)
Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 Was My Number (Shelter)

Ike and Tina Turner – Somebody Needs You (Loma)
Marvelle and the Blue Mats – Dance Called the Motion (Dynamic Sound)
Johnny Sayles – The Concentration (Chi Town)
Tim Whitsett and the Imperials – Monkey Man (Ace)
Billy Mack – Son of a Lover (Betty)

Millionaires – A Rather Hip Shing (Philips)
Orlons – Spinning Top (Calla)
Clarence Frogman Henry – Tore Up Over You (Parrot)
Albert Collins – Sno Cone (TCF-Hall)

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Example

Show #611 Originally broadcast 04/11/2022

Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions (Stax)
Booker T and the MGs – Chicken Pox (Stax)
Kingpins – In the Pocket (Atco)
Marvin Gaye – One More Heartache (Tamla)
Wilson Pickett – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Atlantic)

Ted Taylor – (Love Is Like a) Ramblin’ Rose (Okeh)
Choker Campbell – Wild One (Motown)
Eskew Reeder – Green Door (Minit)
Ronnie Dyson – Fever (Columbia)

Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
JJ Barnes – Chains of Love (Groovesville)
Tom Jones – Keep On Running (Parrot)
Uptights – You Gets None of This (Skye)
The Ferris Wheel – Number One Guy (Philips)

Joe Jeffrey Group – My Pledge of Love (Wand)
Stereos – I Feel Soul a Coming (Cadet)
Dorothy Norwood – Get On Board the Soul Train (GRC)
Soul Merchants – Light My Fire (Weis)
Exciters – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (UA)
Young Holt LTD – Hot Pants (Cotillion)

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Example

Show #610 Originally broadcast 04/04/2022

Junior and the Classics – Mix Up a Go Go (Magic Touch)
Soul Brothers – Horsing Around (Newmiss)
Earl Van Dyke – Soul Stomp (Soul)
TKOs – Can You Dig It (Ten Star)

Chuck Berry – Club Nitty Gritty (Mercury)
John R – Keep On Scratching (Smash)
Exotics – Boogaloo Investigator (Excello)
Jackie Lee – African Boogaloo (Keymen)
Freddy King – Funky (Cotillion)

Vibrations – Soul A Go Go (Okeh)
Mirettes – Heart Full of Gladness (Uni)
Ikettes – I’m Blue (Gong Gong Song) (Atco)
Johnny Adams – You Made a New Man Out Of Me (SSS Intl)
Esquires – Things Won’t Be the Same (Bunky)

Al Capps Band – Sissy Strut (Columbia)
Duke Williams and the Extremes – Chinese Chicken (Capricorn)
Highlighters – Lulu (Chess)
Gunga Din – Crab Cakes (Valise)
Jomo – Uhuru (African Twist) (Checker)
Leon Haywood – Soul On (Decca)

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Example

Show #609 Originally broadcast 03/28/2022

Chuck Edwards – Bullfight (Roulette)
John Bishop Trio -Wade In the Water (TRC)
Jeff Afdem and the Springfield Flute – Watermelon Man (Jerden)
Leon and the Burners – Whiplash (Josie)
Leon Haywood – Soul Cargo (Fat Fish)

Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk In My Shoes (Soul)
Ronnie and the Pomona Casuals – Out of Sight (Donna)
Cannibal and the Headhunters – Shotgun (Date)
Junior Walker and the All Stars – Shake and Fingerpop (Soul)

Buddy Guy – Buddy’s Groove (Chess)
Tina Britt – Who Was That (Veep)
Chitlins – Sugar Woman (Pala)
Jo Ann and Troy – Who Do You Love (Atlantic)

JohnnieTaylor (the Soul Philosopher) – Hijackin’ Love (Stax)
Electrostats – 21st Century Kenya (Three Oaks)
Kim Melvin – Doin’ the Popcorn (Hi)
Stylistics – Let the Junkie Bust the Pusher (Avco)
Marie Franklin – You Ain’t Changed (Maverick)

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Example

Show #608 Originally broadcast 03/21/2022

Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn)
Turtles – Buzz Saw (White Whale)
Hideaways – Hide Out (MIrwood)
Jimmy Smith – Chain of Fools (Verve)
Jon-Lee Group – Pork Chops (Sparton)

Mickey and The Soul Generation – Football (Maxwell)
Bobby Patterson and the Mustangs – My Thing Is Your Thing (Jet Star)
Eric and the Vikings – Get Off the Street Y’all (Soulhawk)
Zap Pow – Soul Revival (Jaywax)

Ben Atkins and the Nomads – Love Is a Beautiful Thing (Goldwax)
Don Covay – Sweet Pea (Don’t Love Nobody But Herself) (Atlantic)
Rulie Garcia & the East LA Congregation – Que Pasa (What’s Happening) (UA)
Teddy and the Fingerpoppers – Soul Groove (Arctic)
Soul Partners – Walk On Judge (Bell)

Harvey Scales – What’s Good For You (Don’t Have To Be Good To You) (Stax)
Electric Indian – Storm Warning (UA)
Souljers – Chinese Checkers (Rampart)
Otis Clay – Gotta Find a Way (One Der Ful)
Sam Franklin Quartette – Leaving the Ghetto (Sax)

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Example

Show #606 Originally broadcast 03/14/2022

Maceo and the Macks – Paarty Pt1 (People)
Maceo and the Macks – Paarty Pt 2 (People)
Maceo and all the King’s Men – Got To Getcha (House of the Fox)
Hank Ballard – Blackenized (King)

Pigmeat Markham – The Hip Judge (Chess)
Buena Vistas – Here Come Da Judge (Marquee)
The Magistrates – After the Fox (MGM)
Alley Pat – Pat’s Rubber Band (AP)

Al Thomas Ork – Cornbread and Molasses (Virtue)
Alvin Cash and the Registers – Stone Thing Pt1 (Westbound)
Bobby and Walter – Do It Like You Feel It (Sanns)
Burgess Gardner and the Soul Crusaders – Do It (Mpore Soul)
Frank Howard and the Continentals – Do What You Wanna Pt1 (DeLuxe)

Freddy-Henchi and the Soulsetters – Popcorn Baby (Tower)
Larry Foster – Funky Belly (Big Beat)
Herbie Mann (With Little Milton, Swee-Pee and Percy) – It’s a Funky Thing (Right On) (Atlantic)
Landlords and Tenants – Back Up Pt1 (Buddah)

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Example

Show #606 Originally broadcast 03/07/2022

Dells – Make Sure (You Have Someone To Love You) (Chess)
Foundations – Call Me (Uni)
Intruders – A Love That’s Real (Gamble)
Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Brunswick)

Darrell Banks – Our Love Is In the Pocket (Revilot)
Spinners – Sweet Thing (Motown)
Lee Williams and the Cymbals – It’s Everything About You (That I Love) (Carnival)
Fred Hughes – Oo Wee Baby I Love You (Veejay)
Four Seasons – Beggin’ (Philips)

Major Lance – Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (Okeh)
Young Holt Unlimited – California Montage (Brunswick)
Platters – With This Ring (Musicor)
Lorraine Ellison – Call Me Anytime (You Need Some Loving) (Mercury)
Bob Brady and the Con Chords – Everybody’s Going to the Love In (Chariot)

Chris Bartley – The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven (Vando)
Superlatives – I Don’t Know How (To Day I Love You, Don’t Walk Away) (Westbound)
The Newday – Wait a Minute (On Top)
Velvet Hammer – Happy (Soozi)

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Example

Show #605 Originally broadcast 02/28/2022

Professor Longhair – Go to the Mardi Gras (Ron)
Al Johnson – It’s Carnival Time (Ron)
Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns – Don’t You Just Know It (Ace)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt 2 (Watch)

Jesse Hill – Mardi Gras (Pulsar)
Prince La La – She Put the Hurt On Me (AFO)
Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya (Fury)
Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pts 1&2 (Seven B)

Meters – Hey Pocky a Way (Reprise)
Billy Vera – Big Chief Two Way Pock a Way (Orange)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc a Way (ABC/Paramount)

Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Part 2 (Capitol)
L’il Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)
Dr John – Iko Iko (Atco)

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Example

Show #604 Originally broadcast 02/21/2022

Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt1 (Watch)
Mac Rebennack – The Point (AFO)
The Stokes – Young Man Old Man (Alon)
George Davis and Red Tyler – Hold On Help Is On the Way (Par Lo)

Prime Mates – Hot Tamales Pt1 (Sansu)
Gentleman June Gardner – It’s Gonna Rain (Emarcy)
Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt1 (Capitol)
Anthony Butler and the Invaders – Katty’s Thing (Big Deal)

Porgy Jones – Catch Joe Potato (Great Southern)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt1 (Instant)
The Gaturs – Booger Man (Atco)
James K Nine – Live It Up (Federal)
Doug Anderson – Hey Mama Here Comes the Peacher (Janus)

Meters – Cardova (Josie)
Meters – Chicken Stut (Josie)
George Porter’s Joyride – Cissy Strut (Deesu)
Eddie Bo and the Chain Gang – Disco Party Pt1 (Bo Sound)
James Rivers – Tighten Up (8 Ball)

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Example

Show #603 Originally broadcast 02/14/2022

Aaron Neville – Why Worry (Par Lo)
Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (ALON)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)
Fats Domino – If You Don’t Know What Love Is (ABC)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)

Eddie Bo – S.G.B. (Seven B)
Johnny Moore – A Dollar Ninety Eight (Wand)
Johnny Moore – Haven’t I Been Good To You (Wand)
Willie Harper – Soda Pop (Sansu)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu)

Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Willie West – Hello Mama (Deesu)
Lee Dorsey – Go Go Girl (Amy)
Robert Parker – Everybody’s Hip Huggin (NOLA)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)

Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Wallace Johnson – I’m Grown (Sansu)
Chris Kenner – Fumigate Funky Broadway (Instant)
Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic)
Curley Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)

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Example

Show #602 Originally broadcast 02/07/2022

Barbara George – Satisfied With Your Love (Seven B)
Bates Sisters – So Broken Hearted (Nola)
Marie Boubarere – I’m Going Home (Nola)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC/Paramount)

Irma Thomas – Breakaway (Imperial)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Atco)
Delores Riley – Hey Boy (Instant)

Betty Harris – Mean Man (Sansu)
Betty Harris – Hook Line and Sinker (Sansu)
Betty Harris – There’s a Break In the Road (SSS Intl)
Explosions – Hip Drop (Gold Cup)

Tami Lynn – Love Is Here (And Now Your Gone) (Cotillion)
Tami Lynn – Can’t Last Much Longer (Cotillion)
Mary Jane Hooper – Harper Valley PTA (Power)
Mary Jane Hooper – I’ve Got Reasons (Power Pac)

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Example

Show #601 Originally broadcast 01/31/2022

Otis & Carla – Tramp (Stax)
Otis & Carla – Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis (Stax)
Otis & Carla – Knock On Wood (Stax)
Arthur and Mary – Let’s Get Together (Modern)
Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick)

Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol)
Lee Dorsey and Betty Harris – Love Lots of Lovin’ (Sansu)
Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown – Hold On I’m Coming (Wand)
Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown – Can’t Let You Out of My Sight (Wand)
Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples – Piece of My Heart (Stax)

Ike and Tina Turner – A Fool In Love (Sue)
Ike and Tina Turner – I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (Sue)
Ike and Tina Turner – Goodbye So Long (Modern)
Bobby Byrd and Vicki Anderson – Here’s My Everything (ABC)

William Bell and Mavis Staples – I Thank You (Stax)
Sam and Dave – You Got Me Humming (Stax)
Sam and Dave – Why Did You Do It (Contempo)
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – California Soul (Tamla)

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Example

Show #600 Originally broadcast 01/24/2022

Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Gene Waiters – Shake and Shingaling Pt1 (Fairmount)
Younghearts – A Little Tohgetherness (Soultown)

Mighty Hannibal – Jerkin’ The Dog (Shurfine)
Chuck Edwards – Downtown Soulville (Punch)
Wayne Cochran – Goin’ Back to Miami (Mercury)
L’il Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)

Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (Volt)
Diamond Joe – Fair Play (Minit)
Little Buster – I’m So Lonely (Jubilee)
Howard Tate – Get It While You Can (Verve)
Bobby Womack – Take Me (Minit)

Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn)
Georgie Fame – El Bandido (Imperial)
Village Callers – Hector (Rampart)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)

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Example

Show #599 Originally broadcast 01/17/2022

Andre Brasseur – Ali (Pathe)
Andre Brasseur – Pow Pow (Palette)
O’Jahs -Roadside 75 (SS7)
Nilsmen – Le Winston (RJR)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band – Soul Stream (Vocalion)

Brown Brothers of Soul – Cholo (Specialty)
Georgie Fame – Beware of Dog (Epic)
Jackie Mittoo – Hip Hug (Coxsone)
Winston Wright – Heads or Tails (Green Door)

Jimmy Smith – Uh Ruh (MGM)
Jimmy Smith – Sag Shootin’ His Arrow (45 edit) (Verve)
Art Butler – Soul Brother (Epic)
Wynder K Frog – Oh Mary (UA)

Lou Garno – Chicken In the Basket (Giovannis)
Willard Burton and the Funky 4 – Funky In Here (Capitol)
Kossie Gardner – Fire (Dot)
Toussaint McCall – Sweet Tea (Dore)
Willie Mitchell – My Babe (Hi)

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Chris Lujan and Electric Butter feat Andre Cruz – The Real Thing (Black Diamond)
Chris Lujan and Electric Butter feat Andre Cruz – Electric Butter (Black Diamond)
Incredible Say Whats – Twitchee Feet (Lugnutbrand)
R Dean Taylor – There’s a Ghost In My House (VIP)

Dionne Warwick – Track of the Cat (WB)
Johnny Mathis – Life Is a Song Worth Singing (Columbia)
Stylistics – People Make the World Go Round (Avco)
Ramsey Lewis Trio – People Make the World Go Round (Columbia)

Della Reese – Never Can Say Goodbye/Let’s Stay Together (LMI)
Della Reese – If Loving You Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right (LMI)
Della Reese – Compared To What (Avco)
Sarah Vaughan – Inner City Blues (Mainstream)

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Show #597 Originally broadcast 01/03/2022

Grant Green – Future Feature (Kudu)
Gabor Szabo – Summer Breeze (CTI)
Groovin’ Strings and Things – You (Cub)

Impressions – Fool For You (Curtom)
Freddie Scott – Am I Grooving You (Shout)
James Brown – Think (Funk Version) (Polydor)
John Thomas – Come See Me (UA)
Johnny Mandel – Harper Does It Better (Mainstream)

Kiki Dee – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Fontana)
Temptations – Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Gordy)
The Clovers – One More Time (Porwin)
Bobby Hatfield – What’s a Matter Baby (Verve)
Charlie McCoy – Uptight (Monument)
The Sunshine Band – Rock Your Baby (TK)

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RIP Camille “Little” Bob

By , July 7, 2015 10:40 am

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Little Bob and that mighty 45!

Listen/Download – Little Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded MP3

Greetings all.

I had something else in the on-deck circle for today, but then this morning, what should pop up in my feed by word that Camille ‘Little’ Bob had passed away at the age of 78.

The record he made in 1965 with his band the Lollipops, ‘I Got Loaded’ is one of the all-time great party platters, and one of my personal favorites.

I originally wrote it up a decade ago in the early days of the Funky16Corners blog, so I thought that I’d repost that article, and the song again in tribute to the man.

So dig it.

– Larry

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Originally posted 7/25/05

“I like to sing in the car.

There…I said it. Some people sing in the shower. I sing in the car.

When I’m driving to or from work (usually the only time I’m alone in the car), and a great song comes on, I’ll start singing at the top of my lungs, drumming on the steering wheel and generally making a fool of myself.

I can’t vouch for how this looks from other cars, but I’d guess it falls somewhere between amusing and disturbing (I guess depending on how you process the image of a great big guy covered in tattoos who looks like he’s yelling at no one in particular…).

Not every song will send me into such a state. One song that does (every time) is ‘I Got Loaded’ by L’il Bob and the Lollipops.

In the service of complete disclosure, I should mention that prior to a few years ago, I had no idea that ‘I Got Loaded’ wasn’t a Los Lobos song (the version I first became familiar with was when they covered it back in 1984). ‘I Got Loaded’ appeared on their LP ‘How Will the Wolf Survive’ and got a fair amount of college radio play at the time. I always liked their recording of the tune, but as I said, had no idea it wasn’t an original.

So a few years ago, my buddy Keith sent me a CD called ‘New Orleans Party Classics’, a Rhino comp of old school Mardi Gras hits including cuts by the Hawketts, Al Johnson, Oliver Morgan and others. I popped the disc into the CD player and about halfway through my ears perked up. “HEYYY!”, I thought, “I know this song!”. The tune in question was ‘I Got Loaded’, but the artist was new to me. I popped open the booklet and there was all I needed to know (at least for the moment), about L’il Bob and the Lollipops.

I was surprised a second time when I checked the writing credits for the song and discovered that “L’il Bob” was also known as Camille Bob, a name I knew from the very funky 1972 cut ‘Brother Brown’ (Bob recorded funk 45s for the Soul Unlimited and Master Trak labels). It wasn’t too long before I tracked down a copy of the original 45 on the La Louisianne label (a label that still exists to this day).

Camille Bob formed the Lollipops in the mid-50’s, recording for the Goldband (see Count Rockin’ Sidney), Jin and LaLouisianne labels.

By the mid-60’s (“I Got Loaded” came out in 1965) they were performing live every Saturday on the Lafayette, LA TV station KLFY’s “Saturday Hop”. They were equally adept at swamp pop, R&B and soul, and ‘I Got Loaded’ while still a Louisiana fave, is also popular with the Beach Music crowd. They recorded an LP for La Louisianne, a second LP for Jin a few years later and are still playing today (based out of Houston, TX).

“I Got Loaded’ opens with a great guitar riff and is followed quickly by L’il Bob’s high tenor vocals and the horn section. They lyrics are as straight-forward as you’d imagine with a title like ‘I Got Loaded’. Unlike many similar tunes, this not a cautionary tale but rather an endorsement of the intoxicating pleasures of gin, whiskey and wine (variety of course, being the spice of life…).

‘I Got Loaded’ has a swinging, dance friendly tempo and is a perfect mix of swamp pop, R&B and soul (all of which the Lollipops played with equal relish).

In addition to the Los Lobos version, ‘I Got Loaded’ has been covered by Robert Cray, Van Broussard, the Boogie Kings and Elvis Costello, as well as appearing on the soundtrack to ‘Bull Durham’ (I have also seen a number of references that suggest that that L’il Bob and the Lollipops are covering Texas bluesman Peppermint Harris’s tune of the same name, but having heard his recording I can say that aside from the same title the songs have virtually nothing in common).

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

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Don’t forget the drawing for 2015 Allnighter Donors (open until the end of next week).

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The good folks at Secret Stash Records have sent along some very groovy promos as incentives for you good folks to donate to the 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

We have two pairs of two 2-record sets comprised of rare and unreleased material from the legendary Chicago soul labels Mar-V-Lus and One-Derful Records!

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At the end of next week I will randomly select two winners from the list of this year’s donors to receive these incredible prizes. All you need to do (unless you’ve already kicked in, in which case you’re already eligible) is click on the Paypal button and donate at least $5.00USD to be entered for a chance to win.

All the names will go into a hat and one of the little Corners will select the winners, who will be announced in this space as well as notified via e-mail.

So get to clicking!




 

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Keep the faith

Larry

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