The Soul Sisters – Good Time Tonight
The Soul Sisters
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Greetings all.
The middle of the week is here, and to help us all get over the hump, I have a little stick of dynamite by the Soul Sisters.
I picked up the 45 you see before you off of a friend’s sale list, because how could I not grab a 45 by a group called the ‘Soul Sisters’ with songs called ‘Good Time Tonight’ and ‘Some Soul Food’ on it?
It was a good thing I did too, since both sides – especially the one I bring you today – are smoking.
The Soul Sisters were Theresa Cleveland and Ann Gissendanner. They had previously recorded as the Canjoes (with none other than Lou Johnson) before signing with Sue. They recorded a grip of 45s and an LP for the label between 1964 and 1965 as well as a later 45 for Veep.
‘Good Time Tonight’, written by Smokey McAllister who also penned the oft-recorded ‘I Can’t Stand it’ – is a stomping soul shouter with a great horn chart and a ringing piano making its way through the mix.
The Soul Sisters voices (one high, one lower) complement each other and it’s not hard to imagine this getting spun in many a jukebox back in the day.
The song was covered that same year by Ike and Tina Turner on ‘The Ike and Tina Turner Show – Live’ on Warner Brothers.
I dig it a lot, and I hope you do, too.
See you on Friday.
Keep the faith
Larry
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Themocracy
Nice song! Got a reprint of the LP. I wonder: is the arranger Gene Redd the same Gene Redd of Kool & The Gang fame? Maybe he was responsible for the horns?