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By Larry, August 6, 2013 7:42 pm

Ron Dunbar aka Ronnie Love

Listen/Download Ronnie Love – Chills and Fever

Greetings all

It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the middle of another week here at Funky16Corners.

The tune I bring you today is one one of those cornerstones of the Mod R&B/soul “thing” that is not only in demand (got fifty smackers?) but twice as groovy as any money you have to fork over to get your own copy.

Ronnie Love*, was a pseudonymous appellation for the man that would go on to have a stellar songwriting career as Ron Dunbar (co-writing Band of Gold, Give Me Just a Little More Time, Patches among many others).

He laid down ‘Chills and Fever’ in 1960 and managed to make it to #15 R&B and #72 Pop.

‘Chills and Fever’ is one of those records with an undeniable, hard charging beat, a wall of saxophones, pounding piano and a very solid vocal by Love/Dunbar.

The tune was fired up again a few years later when the mighty Tom Jones (still in the grip of his R&Beat thing) laid into it towing a truck full of TNT (check out this live performance from 1965!).

As I alluded to in the beginning of the post, Ronnie Love’s ‘Chills and Fever’ is a huge fave with the Mod and Northern Soul crowds, and as a result is not cheap or easy to score.

It should also not be confused with Paul Kelly’s Northern fave of the same name, which is an entirely different song.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

*Chills and Fever was first issued as by ‘Johnny Love’ on the Startime label a few months earlier
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By Larry, August 4, 2013 1:10 pm

French picture sleeve

Listen/Download Bo Diddley – Wrecking My Love Life

Greetings all

Welcome to another week here in the land of vinyl.

The disc I bring you today is something I picked up while I was out digging last year.

You all know that I hold Bo Diddley in the highest possible esteem.

He was a gunslinger, surfer, scooter owner and general badass, as well as one of the architects of the one true rock and roll.

Though there are those that will boil him down to his essence, that being the famous “beat”, there are others (like me, for instance) who know what a truckload of manure that is.

Bo made a LOT of amazing music in his career (some of it beyond amazing, like cornerstone of modern music amazing) but unfortunately, outside of collectors of vinyl (on the deep side), much of his later catalog is not well known.

The track I bring you today is (believe your ears or not) from 1967, where it appeared on the flipside of the decidedly non-boogaloo-ish, ‘Boogaloo Before You Go’.

‘Wrecking My Love Life’ packs a metric ton of swagger into its two minutes and 47 seconds, with a thick, spicy bouillabaisse of echoey, reverbed guitar, harmonica, and female backing vocals.

The first time I heard this one, I had to go back to make sure that it wasn’t an earlier side being reissued because it sounds like 1962, holed up in a bunker where 1967 keeps a knockin’ but can’t get in.

The record stomps arounds like some kind of R&B kaiju, crushing buildings, cars and tanks under its massive feet.

Solid stuff from the master, and one I think you’ll want to play over and over again.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, August 1, 2013 2:04 pm

Bobby Womack and his 1968 breakthrough LP

Listen/Download Bobby Womack – Take Me

Greetings all

Since the end of the week is approaching, I will take this opportunity to remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show takes to the airwaves of the interwebs this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. If you cannot join me at airtime, make sure to grab the show by subscribing as a podcast in iTunes, or by downloading an MP3 at the blog.

The tune I bring you today is another small building block in my extremely late, but earnest appreciation of the mighty Bobby Womack.

Womack is one of those major movers and shakers in the world of soul who I knew of forever, yet was acquainted with precious little of his music.

I have been working on remedying that situation for the last few years, picking up his records when and wherever I find them.

Womack was not only a dynamic performer (singer and guitar), but also a prolific songwriter.

He was a regular presence on the R&B charts from 1968 to 1986, though he had been active for years before that, on his own and as a member of the Valentinos.

Today’s selection was recorded in 1968 and released on the flipside of his Top 20 hit cover of the old standard ‘Fly Me To the Moon’.

Recorded in Memphis with Chips Moman at the board, where Womack had become a de facto member of the American Studios house band on guitar, ‘Take Me’ is an incredible piece of Southern soul.

A strong, mid-tempo mover ‘Take Me’ features some remarkable chord changes, guitar and horn work, and of course a great vocal by Bobby.

The song is credited to ‘Dee Ervin’, though I haven’t been able to confirm it, I think this was Big Dee Erwin, who recorded under that name (and a number of other variations as well).

Interestingly, the version of ‘Take Me’ that appeared on the 45 (the one you’re hearing today) is a different take than the one that appeared on the ‘Fly Me To the Moon’ LP.

It’s a great, great record/performance, and I hope you dig it as much as I do.

I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 30, 2013 3:28 pm

Ronnie Dyson (above),and the wrong side of the record (below)

Listen/Download Ronnie Dyson- Fever

Greetings all

The track I bring you today is proof that every once in a while you need to hit the LP racks as well as digging through the 45s.

I grabbed Ronnie Dyson’s debut LP ‘(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You’ because I’d never seen it before, I dug the title cut (a hit in 1970) and because it had some interesting looking covers in the track listing.

When I got it home and set to digimatizing I was pleasantly surprised indeed, especially by today’s selection, Dyson’s cover of Little Willie John’s* ‘Fever’.

Dyson, who got his start as the lead in the original company of ‘HAIR’ in 1968 (and also appeared in Putney Swope) first sang ‘(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can’t I Touch You’ in an off-Broadway show called ‘Salvation’.

He was signed to Columbia records, making it into the R&B Top 10 (and #13 Pop) in July of 1970.

The album of the same name features covers of Freda Payne’s ‘Band of Gold’ and Bread’s ‘Make it With You’, which, while not as epic as Ralfi Pagan’s version, is still pretty cool.

I especially like Dyson’s version of ‘Fever’ because it has a hard driving, Northern Soul feel to it.

As it turns out, the cut has a minor following with the soulies, and would probably be a lot bigger if it were available on 45.

Dyson had a string of R&B hits between 1970 and 1983, including his biggest hit, ‘The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done To Me)’ – he sure loved those parenthetical titles – in 1976.

Tragically, he was only 40 when he died of heart failure in 1990.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

* Written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell
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By Larry, July 28, 2013 2:22 pm

Listen/Download Benny Scott – Soul Beat

Greetings all

I figured it might behoove me to get the week off to a start with something obscure, and of course, funky.

I picked up today’s 45 last year whilst getting my record show dig on.

When I encountered the old, familiar Brunswick label, and then saw the title ‘Soul Beat’, you just know I had to slap this one onto the keeper pile.

As it turns out this was a fortuitous decision, since Benny Scott’s ‘Soul Beat’ is a very hot bit of funk from 1970, with some tight horns (it’s mostly a horn feature) and a particularly messy, yet very cool guitar solo.

Information on Benny Scott himself has been hard to come by.

It would appear that he was a Chicago-based bass player (he played with both Curtis Mayfield and Leroy Hutson), and while my first instinct was to associate him with the Scott Brothers who recorded for Toddlin’ Town (and other labels) I don’t think there was a Benny in their midst.

Either way, the 45 has quite a bit of flavor, and I would not hesitate to offer it up to a dance floor full of sweaty groovers.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

*Chills and Fever was first issued as by ‘Johnny Love’ on the Startime label a few months earlier
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By Larry, July 25, 2013 3:59 pm

The Blossoms, Darlene Love, bottom left

Listen/Download The Blossoms – Soul and Inspiration

Greetings all

The end of another week is at hand, and that means that the Funky16Corners Radio Show is as well. We come to you each and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio with the finest in funk, soul, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl.

If you can’t be there at airtime, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, or grab and MP3 download here at the blog.

The tune I bring you today is another one of those great 45s where an artist relegated to a supporting role gets their chance to move to the front of the stage.

If you are a music fan or record collector, the name of the Blossoms will surely be a familiar one, especially in relation to the oeuvre of Phil Spector.

As an important part of his studio “machine”, the Blossoms lent their backing (and sometimes lead) vocals to any number of Spector-related projects.

The trio, which included Darlene (Wright) Love, Jean King, Fanita James (and for a time Gloria Jones) were a crucial part of groups like Bobb B Soxx and the Blue Jeans, and the Crystals, as well as backing just about everyone else that Spector recorded, as well as touring with both Elvis Presley and Tom Jones.

They also recorded a number of 45s under their own name for labels like Challenge, Reprise, Ode, MGM, Bell, Lion and Epic during the 60s and 70s.

I found today’s selection last year, and was intrigued by the fact that it had the Blossoms covering a Righteous Brothers hit (‘Soul and Inspiration’) produced by Righteous Brother #1, Bill Medley.

What I didn’t know at the time, was that during the late 60s, Darlene Love and Bill Medley were a couple.

The Blossoms 1969 version of the song divests it of some of the bombast of the 1966 original (also produced by Medley), replacing it with a more relaxed, soulful approach (though, oddly, both arrangements are credited to Bill Baker).

Love’s lead vocal is – predictably – excellent, and the group harmonies are spot on.

Despite its obvious high quality, ‘Soul and Inspiration’, like the rest of the Blossoms discography (save 1967s ‘Good Good Lovin’ which made it to #45 R&B) failed to make a dent in the charts. It did see a UK issue on the Pama label in 1970.

The flipside, ‘Stand By’ has a much earlier feel to it.

I hope you dig the sounds, and that you all have a great weekend.

See you on Monday

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 23, 2013 11:42 am

Rosey Grier during his gridiron days.

Listen/Download Roosevelt Grier – People Make the World

Listen/Download Roosevelt Grier – Hard To Forget

Greetings all

The middle of another hot, steamy summer week is here, so I thought that I’d mellow things a little with a ballad.

I have made no secret over the years of my affinity for the musical efforts of Mr Roosevelt Grier.

Folks my age or older will know why I make that distinction, bit for those of you born after the cretaceous period, Roosevelt ‘Rosey’ Grier was a powerful defensive lineman for the NY Giants and the LA Rams during the 1950s and 1960s, who had a couple of relatively successful sideline careers as an actor and singer.

If you grew up in the 60s and 70s, Rosey was a familiar presence on episodic television, as well as all kinds of talk and game shows.

I only really discovered his singing career when I started digging for soul 45s in my early 20s.

Grier has a couple of Northern Soul faves in his discography, as well as a grip of tasty sides recorded in Memphis with the American Studios crew (Slow Drag is a big fave).

I picked up today’s 45 a while back, and while I was unfamiliar with the tunes, the price was right and I’m always game to file some more Rosey in my crates, so I grabbed it.

What I discovered was that ‘People Make the World’ wasn’t just any ballad, but reflection on a particularly tragic event in Grier’s life.

During the late 60s, Grier was both friend and bodyguard for Robert Kennedy. Grier was present the night Kennedy was assassinated in 1968, and ‘People Make the World’ – written by none other than Bobby Womack and produced by Chips Moman and Tommy Cogbill– is offered up as a reflection on/reaction to that event.

Starting out with spare, gospel-inflected organ and guitar, Grier steps in with an opening narration before moving into a heartfelt performance.

The record charted briefly in New York City in July of 1968 (a month after the assassination) and is one of the finest sides in Grier’s catalog. It also saw released in the UK on the Action label that same month.

The flip side, ‘Hard To Forget’ is an atmospheric, churchy organ instrumental by the American Studios band.

It’s a very nice bit of soul balladry, and an especially interesting chapter in the already intriguing story of Roosevelt Grier.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 21, 2013 12:44 pm

Billy Stewart, tickling the ivories…

Listen/Download Billy Stewart – Scramble

Greetings all

Hows about we get the week started with something surprising?

Those of you that listen to soul music on the reg (or have ever tuned into oldies radio) will certainly know of the vocal talents of the mighty Billy Stewart.

Stewart hit the R&B charts 11 times between 1962 and 1968, crossing over into the Pop top 10 with his epic reading of ‘Summertime’ in 1966.

Stewart was a big man with an even bigger voice and he had a way with both soaring ballads and fast movers as well.

Back in the day someone (I forget exactly who, so forgive me) hepped me to the fact that Billy’s discography had a bit of a hidden secret.

Stewart, who had been recording since the mid-50s, had also been a part of Bo Diddley’s band, recording with the master on both drums and piano.

Sometime in 1963, giving his pipes a rest Billy propped himself up at a Hammond organ and went to town, whipping out the tune you see before you today, ‘Scramble’.

‘Scramble’ is a fantastic organ spotlight, with some great horns (especially a wailing trombone) in the background. I shows that Stewart was no slouch on the keys, and makes me wish he’d recorded more of the same, which (as far as I can tell) he did not.

This is one for the Hammond nuts, as well as a nice bit of trivia to thrill your fellow soulies at your next get down.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 18, 2013 11:24 am

Harvey Averne

Listen/Download Harvey Averne Band – Run Away Child Running Wild

Greetings all

The end of the week is nigh, so I will instruct you once again to twist the knobs on your Radiola until you dial into the Funky16Corners Radio Show, this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio.

If you are otherwise disposed, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, or grab an MP3 download out of the archive at the blog.

The cut I bring you today is an especially tasty bit of Latin funk, which I featured in an old Funky16Corners Radio mix back in the day.

If you have even a passing knowledge of the world of Latin soul and boogaloo, then the name Harvey Averne should be a familiar one.

Through the 60s and 70s, Averne was one of the major proponents of New York-based Latin soul and funk (and eventually salsa).

A vibraphonist and bandleader, Averne, like Latin music giant Larry Harlow, was not latino at all, but rather a Jew from the outer boroughs of New York.

The recordings he made in the 60s, for labels like Atlantic, Fania and Uptite are prime examples of the sound, and big favorites of mine as well.

The track I bring you today is a cover of the Temptations 1969 hit ‘Run Away Child (Running Wild)’.

You get lots of groovy piano, Latin percussion, and of course Avernes ringing vibes laying down a very cool version of the Whitfield/Strong classic.

Released in either 1969 or 1970 (I haven’t been able to nail down the date), ‘Runaway Child (Running Wild)’ is another great example of Averne taking source material from outside the Latin world and laying a little sabor in the grooves.

His treatment of the Temps classic is every bit as danceable as the OG, and then some.

Uptite was a very interesting label, releasing only 45s on between 1969 and 1971 by Averne, Joe Bataan, the 125th St Candy Store, Parrish and a few others.

Most of the 45s aren’t too hard to come by, with the marked exception of Averne’s ‘Never Learned To Dance’ which is exceptionally rare and expensive.

I hope you dig the sounds and I’ll see you in a few days.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 16, 2013 3:16 pm

The Fantastic Four

Listen/Download The Fantastic Four – Ain’t Love Wonderful

Greetings all

What better way to get over the hump in the midst of a sweltering summer week, than some sweet Detroit soul?

As I have stated several times in the past, there are some labels that I will pick up no matter whether I know the artist/song or not, and Ric-Tic is one of them.

Part of Ed Wingate’s Detroit soul empire, Ric-Tic – also home to Edwin Starr, JJ Barnes, Little Ann and many others issued some of the finest soul sounds to come out of the Motor City between 1965 and 1968.

Today’s selection was actually the b-side of the Fantastic Four’s first hit, ‘The Whole World Is a Stage’ which hit the R&B Top 10 in March 1967.

The Fantastic Four – Sweet James Epps, Ralph and Joseph Pruitt, and Toby Childs – were a dependable chart presence for Ric-Tic, Soul, Westbound and Eastbound between 1967 and 1979.

‘Ain’t Love Wonderful’, written by Al Kent (Hamilton), Ed Wingate and Hermon Weems, is a fantastic bit of uplifting soul, with soaring harmonies and a stellar Detroit instrumental backing (dig that insistent lead guitar!).

Produced by Kent, Wingate and Weems, there’s a serious argument to be made that ‘Ain’t Love Wonderful’ should have been a hit as well.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 14, 2013 11:01 am

It was.

Listen/Download Syl Johnson – Is It Because I’m Black

Greetings all

I had something else planned for today, but things changed last night.

This tune – Syl Johnson’s mighty ‘Is It Because I’m Black’ – has been sitting in the ‘to be blogged’ folder for over four years.

It is undeniably one of the most powerful soul records ever made, and I was never quite sure how to approach posting it.

It doesn’t get any deeper, or realer than this, and so when Trayvon Martin’s killer went free last night, this was the only record I thought of.

This record is 44 years old, but has lost none of its power or (sadly) its relevance.

Not sure how many days I’m going to leave this on the front page, but I suspect that my anger and disgust is not going to dissipate any time soon.

Listen to this song. Really listen.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, July 11, 2013 12:30 pm

Listen/Download – The Electrostats- 21st Century Kenya

Greetings all.

The next couple of weeks will be jam packed with events here at Funky16Corners central, so I’ll be republishing some of my favorite tunes from the Funky16Corners Archives. I hope you dig the sounds, and I’ll be back with all new stuff starting next Monday.

Don’t forget to tune in to the Funky16Corners Radio Show, this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio!

Larry

Originally posted 03/27/2006

>>Greetings all.

Monday is upon us, and I can assure you that I was no more eager to depart the safe, warm confines of my bed this morning than any of you were.

I had a sort of weird yin/yang weekend, one day spent hanging with old friends and family – good times all around – and another unable to convince anything thicker than tap water to stay in my stomach.

It was, I assure you, a hoot. As I write this morning, all appears to be well. Was God punishing me for saying unpleasant things about his loyal servant George W. Bush?

I mean, you’d kind of hope that God would be cooler than that, but you never know.

Anyway… Today’s entry will be considerably less verbose than most, because just about the only incontrovertible fact that I can supply you with about today’s selection is that it was recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The record I speak of is ‘21st Century Kenya’ by the Electrostats.

Released on the Three Oaks label – which was also home to Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington’s “Heavenly Vibrations (You Give Me)” / “Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine” – the record features the funky instro by the Electrostats on one side, and the band backing vocalist Hillary McGinnis on the ballad ‘Weak As You Want To Be’ on the other.

I first heard of the Three Oaks label back when Wax Poetics ran their comprehensive Eddie Bo feature.

The Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington 45 I just mentioned was an Eddie Bo production (one of three 45s he produced for Washington on various N.O. labels) that was previously unknown to me, as was the label itself.

Not too long after reading that feature, while a-Googling, I happened upon mentions of the Electrostats 45. After seeing a couple of positive comments from reliable sources, I decided to seek out my own copy. I finally scored one recently, and the search proved to be worthwhile.

Opening with heavy wah-wah guitar, the organ (which takes the lead for most of the song) comes in, followed immediately by the bass, drums and percussion.

While the title and to a certain extent the percussion suggest an attempt to latch on to other Afro-centric funk sounds of the era (which I guessing is the early 70’s), the record doesn’t exactly scream dashikis and naturals.

It reminds me a little – especially the organ – of another NOLA funker from the same era, Larry Foster’s ‘Funky Belly’ on Big Beat.

There’s also a nice fuzzed out guitar solo.

The Electrostats released at least one other 45 on Three Oaks, the extremely laid back ‘Setting The Mood’.<<

Keep the faith

Larry

PS This was posted so long ago that I couldn’t find the original file, so I dug out the 45 and re-recorded it
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