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By Larry, February 4, 2018 11:51 am

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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By Larry, January 14, 2018 11:12 am

Funky16Corners Presents: Queens
Vicki Gomez – Boys Are a Dime a Dozen (ABC/Paramount)
Rita and the Tiaras – Gone With the Wind Is My Love (Dore)
Apollas – Mr Creator (WB)
Clara Ward – The Right Track (Verve)
Gloria Jones – Heartbeat Pt1 (Uptown)
Sandy Wynns – Love Belongs To Everyone (Champion)
Tina Britt – The Real Thing (Eastern)
Brenda Lee – Dancing In the Street (Decca)
Candy and the Kisses – Keep On Searching (Scepter)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Marie Queenie Lyons – Drown In My Own Tears (Deluxe)
Mirettes – Now That I Found You Baby (Mirwood)
Bobbettes – Tighten Up Your Own Home (Mayhew)
Funky Sisters – Soul Woman (Aurora)
Ella Fitzgerald – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (Salle)
Sari and the Shalimars – No Reason To Doubt My Love (Veep)
Judy Clay – Sister Pitiful (Atlantic)
Lesley Gore – Take Good Care (Of My Heart) (Mercury)
Barry St John – Cry Like a Baby (GRT)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Presents: Queens 86MB Mixed MP3

Greetings all.

What you see before you is one of the mixes I did for the 2016 Funky16Corners Allnighter/Pledge Drive.

‘Queens’ has long been a fave of mine, and a few weeks back, while using it as the pre-show for the Funky16Corners Radio Show, I was digging it so much that I thought it deserved a re-posting.

So here it is, just about an hour of the finest female 45s, mostly in a Northern bag but with just a touch of funky soul, and album tracks in my crates.

So pull down the ones and zeros and give it a spin.

I hope you dig it.

See you all next week.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, September 3, 2017 11:14 am

Funky16Corners Soul Party A Go Go

Andre Williams – Soul Party A Go Go (Avin)
Bob Kuban Explosion – Jerkin’ Time (USA)
Kip Anderson – A Knife and a Fork (Checker)
Citations – Chicago (Mercury)
Eddie Bo – Shake Rock and Soul (Cinderella)
Oliver Sain – Jerk Loose (Checker)
Magnificent Malochi – Mama Your Daddy’s Come Home (Brunswick)
Larry Johnson – Mercy (Zorro)
Soupy Sales – Nitty Gritty (ABC/Paramount)
Alvin Cash and the Crawlers – The Barracuda (Mar V Lus)
Chuck Berry – Back To Memphis (Mercury)
Billy Preston – Hey Brother (Capitol)
Johnny Daye – I Need You (Stax)
Billy Graham and the Escalators – Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Atlantic)
The Foundations – Jerkin the Dog (Uni)
Howard Roberts – Florence of Arabia (Capitol)
Howard Tate – Stop (Verve)
Joe Simon – Come On and Get It (SS7)
Johnny Maestro and the Crests – Come See Me (Parkway)
Tender Joe Richardson – I Ain’t Going For That (Hot Biscuit)
Jackie Wilson – Hold On I’m Coming (Brunswick)
Ronnie Milsap – Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (Scepter)
Objectives – Love Went Away (Jewel)
Fats Domino – If You Don’t Know What Love Is (ABC/Paramount)
Other Brothers – Hole In the Wall (Modern)
Russell Evans and the Nighthawks – Send Me Some Cornbread (Atco)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners Soul Party A Go Go 117MB Mixed MP3

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Greetings all.

Welcome to Part Eleven of the Funky16Corners 2017 Allnighter/Pledge Drive aka The Summer of Soul!

This week we have the traditional closing mix of the festivities from your’s truly.

I got things started this year with a selection of Northern Soul, and I’m closing things out with a mix of dance floor movers, party starters, soul jazz and Hammond groovers.

The fundraising aspect of the 2017 Summer of Soul hasn’t been all that encouraging.

Whether it was the change in format, the switch to Patreon, or just a general lack of interest, I can’t really say, but if you were waiting for an appropriate time to toss something into the mix, now would be it.

So dig the sounds, and make sure to click on the Patreon button to help keep the lights on here at Funky16Corners! Fundraising up to this point has not been very encouraging, so please do what you can. It is as always greatly appreciated.

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The fundraiser will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to 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 (i.e. if you pledge 12 bucks, it doles it out a dollar a month over the course of a year), which will help cover the ongoing server/broadcast/hardware expenses. This year has seen the upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central.

So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

In addition to all the broadcasts and the blogging all of the Funky16Corners and Iron Leg mix archives will continue.

As I have mentioned recently, the changes to the general format here are as thus – The concentration of the operation will continue its shift to podcasting/radio, with the Funky16Corners Radio Show originating every week as a live broadcast, Thursday nights at 9PM Eastern on MIXLR, and will continue to be posted as a downloadable podcast every Friday, and broadcast in the UK on Cruising Radio.

The Iron Leg Radio Show will also move to a monthly live broadcast (day to be determined) also on MIXLR and will continue to be broadcast on Cruising Radio in the UK.

Don’t forget, my weekly radio show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, Testify! is on the air live, every Wednesday night from 10-12. If you dig Funky16Corners and/or Iron Leg I think you’ll dig it. So tune in when you get a chance!
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So, download and dig the mix, keep digging the radio shows, and we’ll be back next week with another groovy mix.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, June 25, 2017 10:48 am

Funky16Corners Presents – Sliding Across the Floor

Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band – Brown Sugar (WB)
Barbara Lewis – Don’t Forget About Me (Atlantic)
JJ Barnes – Sad Day A-Coming (Revilot)
Flo Ballard – Forever Faithful (ABC)
Steelers – Get It From the Bottom (Date)
Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples – Ain’t That Good (Stax)
Bernadette Peters – We’ll Start the Part Again (ABC/Paramount)
Bobby Byrd – Lost In the Mood of Changes (Smash)
Bobby Hebb – Crazy Baby (Philips)
Aubrey Twins – Love Without End Amen (Epic)
Olympics – We Go Together (Mirwood)
Danny White – Taking Inventory (Decca)
The Foundations – I Can Take or Leave Your Loving (Uni)
Danny Wagner – This Thing Called Love (Imperial)
Ben Atkins and the Nomads – Love Is a Beautiful Thing (Goldwax)
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk In My Shoes (Soul)
Len Barry – Bullseye (Decca)
Major Lance – Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (Okeh)
The Belles – Don’t Pretend (Mirwood)
Otis Clay – Show Place (One-derful)
Sonny Stitt – The Double O Soul of Sonny Stitt (Wingate)
Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Atco)
Swingin’ Medallions – M.Y.T.L.T.T. (Smash)
Curtis Lee – Is She In Your Town (Mira)
Isley Brothers – I Guess I’ll Always Love You (Tamla)
Twilights – It’s Been So Long (Cameo/Parkway)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners – Slidin’ Across the Floor – 140MB Mixed MP3

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Greetings all.

The Funky16Corners 2017 Allnighter/Pledge Drive aka The Summer of Soul has begun!

We’re starting things off this years (as we have traditionally) with a Funky16Corners mix, this year ‘Slidin’ Across the Floor’, a solid hour of (mostly) Northern Soul for the dancefloor.

We will continue with a new mix every week for the duration of the summer, with a selection of stellar contributions from some of my (and your) favorite selectors including DJ Prestige, Tarik Thornton, Ben Gibson, DJ Prime Mundo, DJ RP of Funkdefy, Vincent the Soul Chef, Chris Lujan of the M-Tet, DJ Bluewater and HeavySoulBrutha Dave B.

The pledging will also take a slightly different form this year, moving to 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 upgrade of a couple of crucial pieces of equipment, and any help you fine people can provide will keep the machinery moving here at Funky16Corners central. So please dig deep so we can continue to do the same!

In addition to all the broadcasts and the blogging all of the Funky16Corners and Iron Leg mix archives will continue.

As I have mentioned recently, the changes to the general format here are as thus – The concentration of the operation will continue its shift to podcasting/radio, with the Funky16Corners Radio Show originating every week as a live broadcast, Thursday nights at 9PM Eastern on MIXLR, and will continue to be posted as a downloadable podcast every Friday, and broadcast in the UK on Cruising Radio.

The Iron Leg Radio Show will also move to a monthly live broadcast (day to be determined) also on MIXLR and will continue to be broadcast on Cruising Radio in the UK.

Don’t forget, my weekly radio show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, Testify! is on the air live, every Wednesday night from 10-12. If you dig Funky16Corners and/or Iron Leg I think you’ll dig it. So tune in when you get a chance!
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So, download and dig the mix, keep digging the radio shows, and we’ll be back next week with another groovy mix.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, May 18, 2017 10:33 am

Nolan Porter

Listen/Download – Nolan Porter – If I Could Only Be Sure MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here, and so I will remind you once again to dig into the weekly celebration of all things soulful that is the Funky16Corners Radio Show. You ccan subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, follow it in Stitcher and TuneIn, check it out on Mixcloud, or grab yourself an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com
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In related news, my new weekly radio show for WFMU’s Give the Drummer Radio, Testify! had it’s inaugural episode last night and is archived over there. If you dig Funky16Corners and/or Iron Leg I think you’ll dig it. I’ll be on the air every Wednesday night from 10-12, live, so tune in when you get a chance!
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The track I bring you today is one of those examples of how if you wait long enough, the record gods will smile on you, even if it’s only for a moment.

‘If I Could Only Be Sure’ by Nolan Porter is a fairly costly 45, thanks to its rarity, as well as its embrace by the Northern Soulies and other collector cadres. It has been known (in its promo form) to pull in several hundred dollars, and in its stock version well over a hundred dollars.

A while back I was on one of my periodic, online vinyl safaris, checking out the usual nooks and crannies/dealers etc, when what should I see in the ‘New Arrivals’ section but the copy of the record you see above, listed in VG condition, for twenty measly dollars.

I gave the matter about ten seconds of consideration before pulling the trigger, always in fear that someone else had spotted the record and was at the same time, attempting to purchase the very same copy.

As luck would have it, I was there first, and in a few short days the record slid through the mail slot and onto my turntable.

I have made a fairly regular practice of picking up harder to find things that are listed in slightly poorer condition (especially is the dealer is trustworthy and a good grader, as he was in this case) because more often than not, the record plays better than grade, and the savings are considerable. I’ve been exceptionally lucky in this regard, only having been burned a few times, and at five or ten dollars, it’s not taking much of a chance, all things considered.

The song itself is exceptionally haunting and unusual record, and in many ways atypical of a Northern Soul favorite, but so then is his other number that rings the bell with the soulies, the heavy ‘Keep On Keeping On’, which is as weird a “Northern” side (in a good way, as opposed to countless inexplicable novelties that have entered the canon) as you’ll find. It’s an interesting example of a transitional period on the UK dance floor and collector scene, moving away from the usual, classic 60s sound and indicating a broadening of the palate.

‘If I Could Only Be Sure’ approaches a mournful vibe, thanks in large part to the repeated guitar line, and several points where Porter flies into a pleading falsetto.

Porter’s albums are also very interesting because of the backing band, which included several members of the Little Feat/Mothers of Invention axis, including Lowell George, Richie Hayward, Jimmy Carl Black and Roy Estrada.

Original copies of the LP on which the track appeared, 1972’s ‘Nolan’ also command high prices, though both of his early 70s albums have been reissued.

It’s a spectacular track, and one that I find myself putting on a loop whenever I call it up.

I hope you dig it too, and I’ll see you all next week.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, April 27, 2017 11:34 am

Timothy Wilson

Listen/Download – Timothy Wilson – Got To Find a New Love MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week is here, and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show podcast, which comes to you each and every Friday with the finest in soul, funk, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the Stitcher and TuneIn apps, check it out on Mixcloud, or grab yourself an MP3 at Funky16Corners.com

We got the sad news this week of the passing of the great Timothy Wilson.

Wilson, who was 73 had a long string of singles (and one LP) , starting in Tiny Tim and the Hits in the late 50s, then the Serenaders on VIP (with George Kerr and Sidney Barnes) and under his own name from 1965 on into the late 70s.

Wilson, who had a high, sweet tenor voice has appeared in this space before, with his stellar cover of the Supreme’s ‘Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart’ from 1969.

The 45 I bring you today hails from a few years earlier in 1967, but was also produced by his old bandmate George Kerr.

‘Got To Find a New Love’ starts out slow and mellow, with a repeated piano riff, but picks up steam quickly, with horns, vibes and some nice harmony backing vocals. It definitely packs enough heat for the dance floor and has a following with the Northern Soul crowd. Wilson’s lead vocal is great, at times treading the line between tenor and falsetto.

Interestingly enough, this was the B-side of the 45, and the A-side, the sweet, pleading ‘Baby Baby Please’ hit #45 on the R&B charts in 1967, having some regional pop success as well.

Wilson went on to tour extensively as the lead singer of the modern version of Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers.

He will be missed.

See you on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, April 9, 2017 1:53 pm

E. Rodney Jones at the mic!

Listen/Download – E. Rodney Jones – R&B Time Pt1 (Vocal) MP3

Listen/Download – E. Rodney Jones – R&B Time Pt2 (Instrumental) MP3

Greetings all.

The new week is dawning, and what better way to slide into the groove than with the intersection of Chicago soul, motor mouth DJs and a certified Northern Soul classic?

We have covered the work of the mighty E. Rodney Jones here many times before, usually in connection with the oeuvre of Jerry-O.

Jones was one of the top DJs in Chicago during the 1960s, and like many of his compadres (see Funky16Corners Radio v.44 ‘Hey Mr DJ’) waxed a few records of his own.

‘R&B Time Pts 1&2’ was released in 1965 and was a minor hit in St Louis, as well as getting play in NY and Miami (why it didn’t chart in Chicago, where it was no doubt in heavy rotation, I do not know).

Fully credited to Jones (though I’d say it was a safe bet there were actual musicians involved) the tune is a hard charging dancer (thus the Northern Soul popularity) with a bizarre faux-Asian introduction and Jones rapping over the tune with instructions for the dancers. The flip is a straight instrumental dub (minus the weird intro).

The price of the record seems to have varied wildly, running anywhere from 30-100 dollars, and there is also a local pressing on Charisma that goes for big bucks.

It is a groover, and I hope you dig it.

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.

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By Larry, February 28, 2017 12:47 pm

Listen/Download – Johnny Jay and the Gangbusters – You Get Your Kicks MP3

Listen/Download – Johnny Jay and the Gangbusters – Gangbusters Blues MP3

Greetings all.

Today’s selection is one of those records that I picked up at a record show, never having heard it before, taking a chance on it because I knew the tune, a cover of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels 1966 ‘You Get Your Kicks’.

I had never heard of Johnny Jay and the Gangbusters, and I still haven’t been able to find anything out about them. The group appears to have recorded only this one 45 (in 1967) , and the information on the label isn’t very helpful, except to indicate that the record was produced by Gary Knight (aka Harold Temkin, Gary Temkin, Gary Weston), the co-writer of ‘You Get Your Kicks’ (and also co-writer, with Barbara Banks of one of the greatest soul 45s ever ‘River of Tears’).

I know it seems blasphemous to suggest this, but I think the Gangbusters version of the tune is better than the original by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.

Though Ryder is the superior vocalist, the arrangement and playing on this version of the song is much more robust and ultimately danceable than the original.

The bass guitar is more prominent, as is the horn section and the lead guitar.

The flipside, entitled ‘Gangbusters Blues’, and credited to five separate writers (none of them Knight or his original co-writer Bob Crewe) is actually an instrumental version of ‘You Get Your Kicks’.

The 45 seems to have had some level of success on Northern Soul dance floors in the UK.

If anyone out there knows anything more about the group, please let me know.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, February 23, 2017 11:07 am

Dorothy Berry

Listen/Download – Dorothy Berry – Shindig City MP3

Greetings all.

The end of the week in here and that means that it is Funky16Corners Radio Show time again. We come to you each and every Friday with the best in soul, funk, jazz and rare groove, all on original vinyl. You can subscribe as a podcast in iTunes, listen on Stitcher and TuneIn (catch the show on Cruising Radio UK every Friday evening), Mixcloud, or grab yourself an MP3 right here at Funky16Corners.com.

I remember the first time I ever heard Dorothy Berry’s mighty ‘Shindig City’ – on Gail Smith’s incredible ‘Work Your Soul’ podcast – and nailed it right at the top of my want list.

It took a long time, and more than a couple of dollars to actually score a copy for my playbox, but it was a happy day indeed when I did.

Dorothy Berry is an especially interesting singer, having recorded a string of excellent singles (under her own name, with Jimmy Norman, as part of Dorothy, Oma and Zelpha, and with the African Bag All Stars – between 1962 and the early 70s, and because she was for a time, Mrs Richard ‘Louie Louie’ Berry.

‘Shindig City’ is a as booming, fast moving and danceable a soul 45 as was ever made in the classic era, and oddly enough you can thank future Bread-man David Gates for that.

No, really…DAVID GATES.

For those in the know, Gates is much more than Bread, having left behind a very long (and very good) string of records in rock, soul, rockabilly, and pop for a string of labels as writer, producer, arranger and performer from the late 50s right on up to the formation of Bread in the late 60s.
He was – like Leon Russell and JJ Cale, both of whom he worked with – part of the Oklahoma expat music scene in LA.

Gates wrote, produced and arranged ‘Shindig City’, as well as almost everything else recorded for the short-lived Dot Records subsidiary Planetary in 1964 and 1965, including both of Berry’s 45s for the label.

‘Shindig City’ – which has a fair amount of popularity on the Northern scene, like many Northern Soul faves starts with the Motown sound as a template, but takes it in a more muscular, Wall of Sound direction, seemingly testing the limits of magnetic tape to see exactly how much sound it can contain.

The drums are thundering, the horn section (specifically the trombones) creating waves of sound and Berry’s wailing vocal abetted by a female chorus.

It’s one of those records that verily drags people out of their seats and onto the dance floor, and sounds amazing coming out of a big sound system.
Though in a sane world ‘Shindig City’ should have been a big hit, it only had a brief period of regional success (in New England) in May of 1965.

Dorothy and Richard Berry (who sings backup on the flipside of this 45) would divorce in the late 60s, and she would go on to join the Ray Charles Revue as a Raelette, a job she would hold into the early 80s.

So dig this incredible record, over and over again, and if you haven’t checked out the Clyde Stubblefield tribute, please do so.

I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, January 18, 2017 11:46 am

Marching Music

Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk In My Shoes (SOUL)
Jackie Verdell – Are You Ready For This (Decca)
Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Tina Britt – The Real Thing (Eastern)
Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Betty Everett – Getting Mighty Crowded (Veejay)
Royalettes – Out of Sight Out of Mind (MGM)
Theresa Lindsay – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)
Mary Wells – Can’t You See You’re Losing Me (Atco)
Marvelettes – I’ll Keep On Holding On (Tamla)
Apollas – Mr Creator (WB)
Bettye Lavette – I Feel Good All Over (Calla)
Bobbettes – Tighten Up Your Own Home (Mayhew)
Clydie King – ‘Bout Love (Lizard)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Glories – Give Me My Freedom (Date)
Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
Helena Ferguson – My Terms (Compass)
Ikettes – Don’t Fee Sorry For Me (Modern)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Shirelles – Last Minute Miracle (Scepter)
Supremes – Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart (Motown)
Aretha Franklin – Save Me (Atlantic)
Marva Whitney – Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) (King)
Jean Wells – With My Love And What You Got (Calla)

Listen/Download – Funky16Corners – Marching Music MP3

Greetings all.

What you see before you is my small contribution to the Women’s March on Washington, this Saturday, January 21 2017.

This historic assembly will be the first of what I’m sure will be a long list of actions confronting the incoming administration (and Congress and the Senate) for its horrifying policies.

This Saturday, hundreds of thousands of women (and men) will gather in Washington, DC, and in cities all over the country in ‘sister’ marches to send a message that the rights of women must be respected.

The mix you see before you – Marching Music – is an hour of some of the best, hard charging, uplifting and inspirational female soul records, engineered to provide an emotional boost to the people in the streets.

There are a few empowerment anthems, but by and large I assembled the mix with the uplifting quality of the music in mind. These are all records that are at the very least dance floor anthems (by some of the great female voices of the classic soul era) , engineered to lift the listener, and hopefully they can provide a boost for marchers as well.

If you’re going one of the marches, slap it onto your phone or iPod, or if you’re supporting in another way (like my lovely wife who has been knitting ‘pussy hats’ for marchers non-stop) put it on and do your thing wherever you are.

I think you’ll find that while they’re not all ‘message’ songs, they all pack a lot of power into their grooves.

I wanted to get it up here early, since people who will be traveling will get a chance to pull down the ones and zeros before they hit the road.

So get out there and fight the power!

And always and in all ways,

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, January 17, 2017 12:24 pm

Lee Rogers

Listen/Download – Lee Rogers – Go Go Girl MP3

Greetings all.

I hope the middle of the week finds you well enough to get up outcha seat and dance, on account of what’s up.

Lee Rogers (nee Rogers Lee Caton) was a fairly prolific (on the 45RPM tip, anyway) Detroit soul singer with a catalog that stretched from the early 60s into the late 70s.

The tune I bring you today was released in 1966 on the D-Town label.

Rogers one and only hit had come the previous year when ‘I Want You To Have Everything’ made it into the R&B Top 20.

He never made another dent in the national charts, but the A-side of today’s selection, ‘I’m a Practical Guy’ was a regional hit in Detroit and the Great Lakes area in the summer of 1966.

Though that tune is a cracker, ‘Go Go Girl’ is the side for me.

Written by Detroit stalwarts Mike Hanks, Rudy Robinson and William Garrett, produced by Hanks and arranged by McKinley Jackson, ‘Go Go Girl’ is a hard-hitting dance floor stormer, with booming drums, solid guitar and bass and a horn section thar builds nicely.

Roger’s vocal moves between a smooth tenor and a reaching falsetto.

It’s not hard to imagine packed rooms of dancers, here in the US and over in the UK where Rogers’ 45s are sought after, getting down to this one.

‘Go Go Girl’ isn’t cheap, but it’s not going to put you in the poorhouse either, so if you dig it, and you want to make some people dance, go get yourself a copy for your playbox.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you tomorrow with something very special!

Keep the faith

Larry

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By Larry, December 27, 2016 12:27 pm

Greetings all.

In continuation of our Christmas week ‘Best of’ grooves, I give you this selection of some of my favorite Northern Soul/soul dance mixes from the Funky16Corners Archives.

There are tons of storming dancers herein, so when you’re done wassailing, pull down the ones and zeroes and cut yourself a slice of rug.

And don’t forget to dig the Funky16Corners Radio Show, this and every Friday on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Mixcloud and Funky16Corners.com

Dig it, and I’ll see you all next week.

Keep the faith

Larry

 
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Carl Carleton – Competition Ain’t Nothing (Backbeat)
The Tams – Shelter (Probe)
Ambassadors – I’m So Proud of My Baby (Atlantic)
Billy Butler – Boston Monkey (Okeh)
Billy Harner – I Struck It Rich (OR)
Robb Fortune – Crazy Feeling (Now)
Tony Clarke – Landslide (Chess)
Patti and the Emblems – Please Don’t Ever Leave Me (Kapp)
Pat Lundy – Soul and Nothing But the Blues (Columbia)
Felice Taylor – Under the Influence of Love (Mustang)
Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore at Me (Revilot)
Jackie Lee – P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y (Mirwood)
Platters – With This Ring (Musicor)
James and Bobby Purify – The Last Piece of Love (Bell)
Baltimore and Ohio Marching Band – Condition Red (Jubilee)
JJ Barnes – Sad Day A’Coming (Revilot)
Stagemasters – Baby I’m Here Just To Love You (Slide)
Soul Twins – Quick Change Artist (Grapevine)
Paul Kelly – Chills and Fever (Dial)
Bob Brady and the Conchords – More More More of Your Love (Chariot)

Funky16Corners Presents: Condition Red

Ted Taylor – Love Is Like a Ramblin’ Rose (Okeh)
Stereos – I Feel Soul a Comin’ (Cadet)
Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – I Can’t Turn You Loose (RCA)
Choker Campbell and his 16 Piece Band – Wild One (Motown)
Joe Jeffrey Group – My Pledge of Love (Wand)
The Contours – First I Look at the Purse (Gordy)
Derek Martin – Sly Girl (Tuba)
Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
Ferris Wheel – Number One Guy (Philips)
Carl Carlton – Hold On To What You Got (Big Beat)
Ella Fitzgerald – Get Ready (Reprise)
High Keys – Living a Lie (Verve)
Dobie Gray – Out On the Floor (Charger)
Ronnie Dyson – Fever (Columbia)
Shirelles – No Doubt About It (Scepter)
The Tams – Trouble Maker (ABC)
Garnet Mimms – Prove It To Me (UA)
Marvelle and the Blue Mats – Mellow Man (Dynamic Sound)
Billy Butler – Boston Monkey (Okeh)

Funky16Corners Presents: Out On the Floor

Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Dancing’s Alright (Tamla)
The Marvelows – I Do (ABC/Paramount)
Sugar Pie DeSanto – Go Go Power (Checker)
Tom Jones – Get Ready (Parrot)
Roy Lee Johnson – Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
Otis Redding – Love Man (Atlantic)
R. Dean Taylor – There’s a Ghost In My House (VIP)
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels – Breakout (New Voice)
Lou Courtney – Me and You Doing the Boogaloo (Riverside)
The Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Don Gardner – My Baby Likes to Boogaloo (Tru Glo Town)
Righteous Brothers Band – Rat Race (Verve)
Chris Clark – Love’s Gone Bad (Motown)
Syl Johnson – Come On and Sock It To Me (Twilight)
Fantastic Johnny C – (She’s) Some Kind of Wonderful (Phil LA of Soul)
Jackie Lee – The Shotgun and the Duck (Mirwood)
The Magnificent Men – I Got News (Capitol)
Wilson Pickett – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Atlantic)
Wayne Cochran and the CC Riders – Goin’ Back to Miami (Mercury)

Funky16Corners Presents: Go Go Power

OV Wright – Love the Way You Love (Backbeat)
Billy Butler – Right Track (Okeh)
Lynne Randell – It’s a Hoe Down (Epic)
Thelma Jones – Stronger (Barry)
The Platters – Sweet Sweet Lovin’ (Musicor)
Christine Cooper – SOS (Heart In Distress) (Parkway)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Henry Lumpkin – Soul Is Taking Over (Buddah)
Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Luther Ingram – If It’s All the Same To You (Hib)
Chuck Wood – Seven Days Is Too Long (Roulette)
Maurice and the Radiants – Baby You’ve Got It (Chess)
Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore At Me (Revilot)
O’Jays – I Dig Your Act (Bell)

Funky16Corners Presents: Soulshake – Live at The Subway Soul Club

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