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By Larry, May 24, 2015 11:30 am

On Top Records head honcho Calvin Carter

Greetings all.

I thought that since Spring has finally sprung, we ought to start the week with some stylish, sweet, Chicago soul.

It bears mentioning that I first heard ‘Wait a Minute’ by the Newday on a Gap commercial.

Yes, you read that right.

I was watching TV, and all of a sudden my ears perked up when I heard a very groovy tune flowing from the box.

I headed right over to the Google machine, where it was soon revealed to me that the song in question was ‘Wait a Minute’ by the Newday, and that it found its way into a Gap ad via a recent reissue by the good folks in the Numero Group.

The record was initially released in 1972 on the short-lived On Top label. On Top was started by Calvin Carter (one of the founders of the Vee Jay label) and its brief discography includes releases by the Newday, and none other than Bobby Rush.

‘Wait a Minute’ features a wonderful arrangement by Tom Tom, aka Tom Washington, the Chicago arranger responsible for such incredible records as ‘Get On Up’ by the Esquires, ‘In My Body’s House’ by Gene Chandler, ‘Shing A Ling’ by Cicero Blake, and ‘Turn Back the Hands of Time’ by Tyrone Davis.

Though I haven’t been able to find any information on the Newday (this appears to have been their only 45), ‘Wait a Minute’ is a wonderful performance, with dueling tenor and falsetto vocals, and fantastic, slightly funky band.

One can only imagine how successful this record might have been if released/pushed by a major label.

Instead, it languished in obscurity for over 30 years, and now it’s being used to sell jeans.

Crazy world we live in.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 21, 2015 12:46 pm

R. Dean Taylor

Greetings all.

The end of the week is upon us, so I will remind you once again that the Funky16Corners Radio Show hits the airwaves of the interwebs each and every 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, listen on your mobile device through the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 here at the blog.

Don’t forget, the Funky16Corners 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive is coming up soon. The mixes have started rolling in, including some by some old faves, as well as a couple of stellar new contributors. Watch this space for details!

Today’s selection is one of those records that I could have sworn was featured here some time in the past 10 years, yet when I bucked down and did a search I discovered that aside from a few mix appearances, it had never gotten the spotlight.

Time to remedy that…

R. Dean Taylor was a Canadian-born singer/songwriter who had a few 45s under his belt when he signed on with Motown as a staff songwriter (and occasional recording artist) in 1964.

Over the next eight years he wrote for Motown (co-writing ‘Love Child’ for the Supremes, among other songs) and recorded for the subsidiaries VIP and Rare Earth.

He is best known for his 1970 pop hit ‘Indiana Wants Me’, yet hardcore soul fans will always swear by today’s selection, the 1966 classic ‘There’s a Ghost In My House’.

Co-written by Taylor with the Holland/Dozier/Holland juggernaut, ‘There’s a Ghost In My House’ is one of those Motown sides that should have been huge (imagine if it had been done by the Four Tops), but ended up getting lost in the shuffle.

Propelled by a powerful fuzz guitar lead, and a solid rhythm section (listen to that bass drum!), ‘There’s a Ghost In My House’ is a dance floor killer.

Though it didn’t hit here in the States, it became an in demand side in UK soul clubs, eventually becoming such a Northern Soul favorite that when it was reissued in the UK in 1974 it reached the Top 5 on the Pop charts!

It has long been a favorite of mine, and I can recall the day I finally found a copy (along with a grip of heavy Northern Soul 45s) digging in Philly about 15 years ago.

It is a staple in my play box, and still kind of sends a shiver up my spine when it starts playing.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 19, 2015 12:30 pm

Eldridge Holmes

Greetings all.

I come to you in the middle of the week to offer up one of my personal white whales, just recently reeled in.

If you follow the goings on here at the blog or the radio show, you know that the mighty Eldridge Holmes occupies a very special place in my heart.

Holmes was – during the 1960s – one of the truly great vocalists working with Allen Toussaint down in New Orleans, yet here, years after his death he remains every bit as obscure as he was prodigiously talented.

I was lucky enough to track down every one of his 45s years ago, save the one you see before you today.

The fifth and last 45 he recorded with Toussaint at ALON, ‘Emperor Jones’ b/w ‘A Time For Everything’ is one of the finest 45s in his catalog, and by far the rarest. Though it has never been incredibly expensive, it is exceedingly scarce, rarely showing up on Ebay and subject to competitive bidding whenever it does.

I have watched, bid on and lost this 45 at least a dozen times in the last ten years, hoping against hope that I might find it in the field, yet until recently it remained elusive.

When I finally got my hands on a copy, it had a damaged label (which I really couldn’t care less about, never having needed to play a label), but the grooves were in very decent shape indeed.

‘Emperor Jones’ has always been a fave of mine, not only because it features a stellar vocal by Holmes, but because it stands alongside the Van Dyke’s ‘No Man Is An Island’ as the greatest bit of Chicago-style soul ever waxed in the deep South.

Recorded in 1965, and written by Toussaint under his ‘Naomi Neville’ pseudonym, ‘Emperor Jones’ seems like an invitation to dance (“Do the Emperor Jones”), opening with a drum and horn fanfare, and borrowing its title from a Eugene O’Neill play. The repeated trombone and piano vamp under the verse echoes Major Lance’s ‘Monkey Time’, and the falsetto backing vocals are pure Mayfield.

It is one of Toussaints finest ‘pure’ soul 45s of the 60s, and a record that ought to be better known.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 17, 2015 11:26 am

I see Inez and Charlie, but where’s the band?

Greetings all.

Here’s a gasser for you all.

A while back I was perusing Kliph Nesteroff’s showbiz blog, and noticed that he had posted a bunch of album covers.

My curiousity was piqued when I spied an album I’d never seen before, by Inez and Charlie Foxx’s Swingin’ Mockin’ Band.

There are a number of LPs and 45s from the classic soul era wherein singing stars allowed their bands to move to the front of the stage, most notably the JBs, The Iceman’s Band (Jerry Butler), Lloyd Price’s band (featuring James Booker) and many others.

What really grabbed my attention, though, was the presence of a tune entitled ‘Shimmy’ listed on that LP jacket.

“No…” I thought, “It couldn’t possibly be a cover of the Toussaint McCall song, could it?”

Well, after a bit of rooting around (this is after all a very scarce LP), I discovered that it was indeed another version of the mighty organ instro, so I set out in search of a copy.

This took a little more effort than I expected, and I ended up taking a chance on a poorly graded (yet well-priced) copy.

When the record finally dropped through the mail slot, and after some cleaning, and picking out a skip here and there, I am very happy to report that it was worth all the effort (and then some).

As far as I can tell, judging by the covers included on the album, it was recorded sometime in 1968 or 1969. No personnel are listed, but I’m guessing at the very least it includes Charlie Foxx on guitar.

The record includes covers of tunes by Otis Redding, Archie Bell and the Drells, Hugh Masekela, The Moon People, the Fame Gang, and right there in the middle of side one, Toussaint McCall’s ‘Shimmy’.

The Mockin’ Band’s version of ‘Shimmy’ is – if not as heavy as the OG, but then what is? – right, tight and outasite, with some sharp, percussive organ playing, guitar, drums and horns. As far as I can tell it’s the only cover of ‘Shimmy’ that was ever recorded.

Though the album is like hen’s teeth, you ought to be able to find the only 45 released from it, the excellent ‘Speed Ticket’ fairly easily.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 14, 2015 11:37 am

Barbara Perry

Greetings all.

The end of the week is near, so I will remind you once again to twist the knobs on your radiola to tune in the Funky16Corners Radio Show, this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. If you cannot be there at airtime, you can keep up by subscribing to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listening on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grabbing an MP3 here at the blog.

ALSO…The Funky16Corners 2015 Allnighter/Pledge Drive is coming up soon. Got some very cool DJ types lined up to contribute mixes, as well as a couple of hot ones from my crates, plus a groovy new Funky16Corners badge for this year’s shinding. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for details!

Goldwax, one of the preeminent southern soul labels of the 1960s, and home to the likes of OV Wright, James Carr, Spencer Wiggins, Percy Milem and Timmy Thomas among others, is one of those imprints that I will always grab when I’m out digging.

Whether or not I’ve heard the 45 in question, so solid is the catalog that you are guaranteed a good time/listen, no matter what you happen to find.

Such was the case when I found the Barbara Perry 45 you see before you. I was out digging at a local stoop sale, and even though Perry was completely unknown to me, I saw a Goldwax 45 I didn’t have, so onto the keeper pile it went.

Good thing, too, because packed into its grooves were two excellent sides of Memphis soul.

I haven’t been able to find much out about Perry, who only ever had two 45s released in her career, one on the Memphis imprint Fernwood in 1961, and the disc you see before you in 1967. She did record several sessions for Goldwax, which eventually saw the light of day on compilations, but these two tracks were the only to make it onto 45 for the label.

‘Say You Need It’ is a great upbeat number with just a hint of country twang to it (imagine, if you will, the same song delivered by someone like Jeannie C Riley), and some very tasty lead guitar.

‘Unlovable’ is a slow, pleading ballad, with a great vocal by Perry, marred only by a slightly out of tune piano (what is it about out of tune pianos on 60s soul 45s??).

Perry’s other Goldwax recordings can be heard on a variety of compilations, most of which can be found on iTunes.

I hope you dig the tracks, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 12, 2015 11:50 am

Gene looking mean on a Euro P/S

Greetings all.

Whilst strolling through the back alleys of the windmills of my mind (and the to-be-blogged folder) I set eyes upon the blue-eyed soul smoker you see before you today, and decided to whip it on you all.

Though I suspect most of you vinyl types are at least familiar with the name Gene Pitney, and/or one of his many melodramatic hit singles of the 1960s, I wonder how many of you knew that he had something like ‘She’s a Heartbreaker’ up his sleeve.

I first heard (saw) the tune more than 30 years ago when someone passed along a VHS (remember those?) of bootlegged 1960s rock and soul TV appearances and promo videos. One of the clips in question was Pitney lip-synching ‘She’s a Heartbreaker’on some dance party show or other.

I was surprised by the tune, and dug it right away, yet managed to wait a few decades before I actually put my hands on the record.

Recorded and released in 1968, and marking the last time Pitney would hit the Top 40, ‘She’s a Heartbreaker’ is a killer tune, written by none other than Jerry ‘Swamp Dogg’ Williams and co-written and produced by Charlie (Inez and…) Foxx (though according to Swamp Dogg, it’s his joint and Charlie Foxx glommed his name onto it).

Propelled by a solid beat, some twangy electric sitar, a punchy horn section and some exciting strings, the real force behind ‘She’s a Heartbreaker’ is Pitney’s powerful voice. A performance like this makes you wonder why he didn’t do more like this, but considering his track record before and after this, I guess ol’ Gene knew where his bread was buttered.

That said, this is nothing less than a soul banger, and whether or not Gene Pitney saw fit to repeat its magic, it can stand on its own.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 10, 2015 4:05 pm

Roscoe Robinson

Greetings all.

How about we start the week off with a very tasty blend of Northern and Southern soul?

Roscoe Robinson had one of the more interesting careers in 1960s soul. By the time he released his first secular soul 45, he had been working as a gospel singer (in groups like the Five Blind Boys, and the Highway QCs) for two decades.

Born in 1928, he was nearly 40 when ‘That’s Enough’ (written by Gene ‘Daddy G’ Barge under the pseudonym ‘Raven Wildroot’) hit the R&B Top 10 in 1966.

‘That’s Enough’ was produced and arranged by Robinson for his own Gerri Records, and then leased to Wand.

The song has a great dance floor beat (thus its popularity on the Northern scene), outstanding pop hooks (I really dig the female backing vocals in the chorus), and rich, gospel-flavored vocals by Robinson.

He would record three 45s for Wand, then a handful for Sound Stage Seven, then moved on to Fame and Paula (continuing to release the occasional side on Gerri along the way). He had another, smaller hit for Atlantic in 1969 with a funky cover of Fred Hughes ‘Oowee Baby, I Love You’.

It is a very groovy side, indeed, and I hope you dig it.

See you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 7, 2015 11:35 am

Tyrone Davis

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show, which comes to you each and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. If you cannot be there at airtime, you can always subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 here at the blog.

The tune I bring you today is one that was hiding in plain sight in my record room for years, before it finally found it’s way into my ears (and onto the blog).

Tyrone Davis is best know for a two-decade long string of R&B hits, that began in 1968 with ‘Can I Change My Mind’.

I picked up a copy of that very album severeal years back, and dug it right away.

It contained a couple of hits, a couple of contemporary covers and some originals.

Among those covers was a version of Eddie Floyd’s 1966 R&B #1 ‘Knock On Wood’.

I suspect that my missing it the first time around had everything to do with the fact that Davis’s version is a radical reworking of the tune, taking an upbeat soul dancer and turning it (very nicely indeed) into a pleading ballad.

I rediscovered the tune about a month ago when I pulled the album out for a spin, and didn’t recognize the song right away.

The re-imagining of the song is so thorough and so convincing that you almost have to put the original out of your head to dig it.

Davis does a fantastic job with the song (I’d love to know who’s playing the guitar, which is excellent), and it really ought to be better known.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 5, 2015 11:36 am

Sammy!

Greetings all.

The middle of the week is here, and I have something very groovy for your ears.

Sammy Davis, Jr. is by any measure one of the greatest entertainers of the second half of the 20th century. A gifted singer, dancer and musician (he could REALLY play the drums, among other instruments), Davis has for a younger generation devolved into something of a cliché of ring-a-ding-ding, pinky ring, Las Vegas glitz.

There is of course a grain of truth in that cliché, but he was much more than than, and today’s selection proves that given the opportunity, he could get soulful with the best of them.

Pulled from the soundtrack of the 1968 sub-Rat Pack, Sammy/Peter Lawford vehicle ‘Salt & Pepper’, ‘I Like the Way You Dance’ is a swinging, four on the floor bit of mod soul.

Composed by Davis and his music director George Rhodes and arranged by UK jazzer (and husband of Cleo Laine) John Dankworth, ‘I Like the Way You Dance’ is driven by some hard edged guitar, wailing organ (I’d love to know who’s playing here) and horns.

Sammy’s vocal is hot enough that you wonder why he didn’t do more of this kind of stuff, but when you flip over the 45 for the Lesley Bricusse penned theme from the movie, you realize that ‘I Like the Way You Dance’ is the aberration, and Sammy had both feet planted firmly in the showbiz mainstream.

If you get a chance check out the clip of Sammy performing ‘I Like the Way You Dance’ in ‘Salt & Pepper’, where he (sporting love beads and accompanied by several lovely go go dancers) dances with a Rickebacker six-string.

It’s a hot little 45, and I hope you dig it.

See you on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 3, 2015 9:53 am

Little Eva

Greetings all.

Today’s post is a testament to keeping your ears wide open, and once again, a reminder to flip those 45s over.

A few years back I had the great pleasure of spinning alongside the mighty Mr. Finewine, and during his set, my ears perked up at a particular 45.

I inquired as to the artist, and was shocked to discover that what I was hearing was the flipside of a very well known and relatively common 45, that being ‘The Locomotion’ by Little Eva.

The flipside in question, and today’s selection was a song called ‘He Is The Boy’.

‘He Is the Boy’, co-written by Gerry Goffin and Dee Ervin (then a labelmate and occasional duet partner of Little Eva), is an odd mixture of seemingly humorous lyrics and a dark, haunting sound.

It sits on that oft-noted cusp of R&B and soul, and has enough pep in its step for the dance floor.

The vocal by Little Eva is great, and there’s an odd piano solo (maybe Dee?), that sounds like Thelonious Monk dropped by for the session.

It really is a unique side, and really ought to be better known, considering the lasting popularity of it’s a-side.

I dig it a lot, and I hope you do too.

See you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, April 30, 2015 11:41 am

James Brown

Listen/Download – James Brown and the Famous Flames – Don’t Be a Drop-Out

Listen/Download – James Brown and the Famous Flames – Tell Me That You Love Me (Live)

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show. We come to you each and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio with the best in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can also subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 here at the blog.

I decided to close out the week with a little public service message from the Godfather of Soul.

James Brown released ‘Don’t Be a Drop-Out’ in 1966, and it was a Top 5 R&B hit (grazing the Pop Top 50).

Credited to James Brown and the Famous Flames, ‘Don’t Be a Drop Out’ is exactly what you’d imagine, that being a peppy, grooving ode to remaining in school until graduation.

Opening with horns, and then a guitar line that Bruce Springsteen would resurrect a few years later in the opening to ‘The E Street Shuffle’, JB raps to the kids about why you should stay in school.

The flipside of my copy (it was released with a couple of different flips) is a wild, poorly recorded (but still excellent) live version of ‘Tell Me That You Love Me’ (which would also appear on the 1967 ‘Raw Soul’ album) in which JB and the Flames explode.

Both sides very cool, and like every other James Brown 45, essential.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll catch you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, April 28, 2015 12:23 pm

Danny White

Greetings all.

Today’s mystery is: why would one of the preeminent soul singers of the 1960s write an amazing song but never record it himself?.

Now, the origins of the recording I bring you today are not in question.

Danny White is a New Orleans singer (the man behind the mighty ‘Natural Soul Brother’, one of my all time favorite 45s) who recorded a string of 45s for local (Frisco, Atlas) and national (ABC, Decca, SSS Intl) labels between 1961 and 1969.

He recorded today’s selection in a 1966 Memphis session arranged and produced by Gene ‘Bowlegs’ Miller, with the extra-groovy ‘Cracked Up Over You’ on the flipside.

Where the mystery (as it is) starts is the song I bring you today, the most excellent ‘Taking Inventory’.

A stomping soul number, with an excellent vocal by White, ‘Taking Inventory’ was written by none other than Stax star and 60s soul legend Eddie Floyd.

The crazy thing is, it would appear that no matter the excellence of the song, Floyd does not to have ever recorded the song himself.

That didn’t stop the song from getting around, though, with additional cover versions laid down by the Ferris Wheel (on the Pye label in the UK) and none other than Vic Waters and the Entertainers (for Capitol here in the US).

I can’t imagine why Floyd never recorded the song himself, but the version by Danny White is solid enough on its own.

Though White stopped recording after the 60s, according to the always excellent Sir Shambling, he went on to manage the Meters, and eventually died in 1996.

I hope you dig the track, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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