Paul Kelly – Chills and Fever
Paul Kelly
Listen/Download – Paul Kelly – Chills and Fever MP3
Greetings all.
The end of the week is here and so then is the Funky16Corners Radio Show, coming to you each and every Friday with the best in funk, soul, 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 TuneIn app, check it out at Mixcloud, or grab an MP3 right here at the blog.
The tune I bring you today is an old fave, but maybe not the one you were thinking of.
The OTHER ‘Chills and Fever’, by Ronnie Love is a mod soul/R&B classic with a certain amount of popularity with the Northern crowd as well.
This ‘Chills and Fever’ is a completely different song, much easier to find, and also popular with the soulies.
Paul Kelly was an old school Miami homeboy of Clarence Reid (who co-wrote this 45 with Willie Clarke) who recorded a long string of 45s in the 60s, going on to have a successful career, releasing a string of LPs in the 70s.
‘Chill and Fever’ was Kelly’s first Dial 45 in 1965 (originally released on the small Lloyd label).
The song has a fast, four on the floor beat, bright, upbeat pop hooks and a great vocal by Kelly. It had some regional success but doesn’t seem to have made the R&B charts.
Kelly would go on to have a long string of R&B hits for Warner Brothers in the 70s.
I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Monday.
Keep the faith
Larry
____________________________________________________________________________
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.
Themocracy
Hi Larry. I was in touch with you several years ago as I was trying to track down a vaguely remembered deep soul 45 about the Atlanta child murders of 79-81, but I had no further details to go on. I’ve finally found it again, and it’s every bit as haunting and beautiful as I recalled. The track is Ain’t Nothing But Sorrow, a very obscure release (not on discogs) by the prolific songwriter/singer George Jackson. It’s here on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ddxp6H15uak
Andy