Posts tagged: Northern Soul

Timmy Willis – Mr Soul Satisfaction

By , November 14, 2013 11:23 am

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Greetings all

The end of the week is here, so I must remind you that the Funky16Corners Radio Show returns to the airwaves of the interwebs, this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. If you cannot make the scene at airtime, you can keep up by subscribing to the show as a podcast in iTunes or by grabbing an MP3 out of the archive here at the blog.

The tune I have selected toclose out the week is a longtime fave of mine.

Timmy Willis’s ‘Mr Soul Satisfaction’ is one of those records that I saw popping up on playlists (especially Northern Soul-related) for years before I actually got to hear the record.

Once I did, I dug it so much I had to go out and find myself a copy, which I did.

Recorded and released in 1967 on Detroit’s Sidra label, and the picked up for national distribution by Veep (and by United Artists in the UK), ‘Mister Soul Satisfaction’ made it under the wire into the R&B Top 40 in February of 1968.

Opening with a very groovy guitar line (the guitarist is the unsung/un-singing hero of this 45), the rhythm section kicks in with a nice punch before Timmy, and a chorus of girl singers get rolling.

The tune is a classic bit of soul boasting, with Timmy nailing it with the line:

I’m so bad I shoulda been born twins!

Timmy Willis was born in Columbus, OH, but seems to have done most of his recording in Detroit.

The song was written and produced by George McGregor, who worked the board on a grip of Detroit 45s under his Gee-Mac productions name, including sides for Gwen Owens, Barbara Mercer, Ruby Andrews and Tobi Lark among others.

Willis had two more singles skirt the outside of the R&B Top 50 in 1969 (both for the Jubilee label) and appears to have done his last 45 for Epic in 1972.

That said, considering the quality therein, this is not a terribly hard to find or expensive 45 to find, so grab yourself one for your record box, and whip it on the people.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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Otis Clay – Got To Find a Way

By , November 12, 2013 1:21 pm

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Otis Clay

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Welcome to the middle of the week. Today’s selection is another one of those records that the first time I heard it, I knew I had to have it.

I had the old stereola warmed up and my aerial pointed in the direction of New Zealand, where my man Kris Holmes was slinging the 45s on Radio Ponsonby, when I first heard the mind-blowingly soulful strains of Otis Clay singing ‘Got To Find a Way’.

While I certainly knew his name – Clay had a run of R&B hits between 1967 and 1972 – it wasn’t until I picked up his outstanding cover of the Sir Douglas Quintet’s ‘She’s About a Mover’ (which skirted the outside of the R&B Top 40 in 1968) that I became acquainted with his music.

That was some years ago, and no matter how cool the aforementioned 45 was (both sides, too) I was unprepared for the explosive soul power of today’s selection.

Though this song was also recorded by the great Harold Burrage two years earlier (1965)  for M-Pac , there’s just no comparison.

Man, oh man, this is a stone solid, ass-kicker of a 45. It has everything, from a spellbinding vocal by Clay, catchy melody by Jimmy Jones and a powerful arrangement.

Every instrument in the mix verily explodes through your speakers, and oddly enough it sounds like a live mix. The drums (listen to those snare hits!), piano, rhythm guitar and horns are exquisitely balanced, propelling Clay’s vocal into the stratosphere.

Here we have the fabled intersection of pure, undiluted soul shouting, pop hooks and dance floor burn, jumping from the grooves on a 45 that is neither well known, nor exceedingly rare.

If you were similarly moved, you could head on over to Ebay and slap down less than twenty bucks (a steal, you should send the guy a fifty and insist he keep the change) and walk away with two and a half minutes of soul power that’ll set your record box (and any dance floor you bring it to) on fire.

I’m serious…if this record doesn’t knock you back on your heels, I don’t know what to tell you.

I mean, KABOOM.

Honestly.

See you on Friday

Keep the faith

Larry

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The Ambassadors – Good Love Gone Bad

By , November 5, 2013 1:55 pm

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Greetings all

The middle of the week is once again upon us, and what better way to scale (and overcome) the dreaded ‘hump’ than a tasty Philadelphia Northern Soul 45?

The mighty Ambassadors have been featured many times since the days of the Funky16Corners web zine, as well as in mixes for the blog, but as far as I can tell, never featured here on the front page.

Known best for their recordings for the storied Arctic label, the group also recorded three 45s for Atlantic prior to their association with the Philly powerhouse.

These 45s are all excellent, and well worth picking up if you can find them.

The tune I bring you today, ‘Good Love Gone Bad’ was the A-side of their second Atlantic 45 in 1968.

Co-written by Philly DJ/impresario Jimmy Bishop and Kenny Gamble (sans Huff), ‘Good Love Gone Bad’ features a predictably excellent Bobby Martin arrangement, and some excellent harmonies by the Ambassadors.

The record was a minor local hit in April of 1968, but doesn’t seem to have dented the national charts at all.

If you’re not familiar with the Ambassadors, you can hear a number of their songs in Funky16Corners mixes, and their Arctic material has been reissued as Soul Summit
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I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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The Soul City/Little Caesar and the Empire – Everybody Dance Now

By , October 29, 2013 11:33 am

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Soul City (above) Little Caesar (below)

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Listen/Download Little Caesar and the Empire – Everybody Dance Now (Vocal)

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Greetings all

Welcome to the middle of the week.

The tune(s) I bring to you this fine day bring with them something of a mystery.

The world of soul is filled with re-used/repurposed backing tracks (check out the recent copycats/covers edition of the Funky16Corners Radio Show for some examples).

‘Everybody Dance Now’ by the Soul City is one of those explosive party-starters that soul collectors and DJs are always on the lookout for.

The first time I heard it (via Kris Holmes Sunday Shuffle show) I knew I had to have a copy for my box, and it didn’t take too long to score one.

I know nothing of the group, or the label, though the comments on the Youtube video of the flipside ‘Who Knows’ seem to indicate that the Soul City may have also recorded under the name The Royal Robins on the Tru-Glo-Town label.

Where it gets (more) interesting, is that while I was trying to track down info on the Soul City, I discovered that that there was another version of the song (employing the same backing track) by Little Caesar and the Empire on Cameo/Parkway.

It took me a little bit longer to track down a copy of that disc, but when I did I got a pleasant surprise indeed.

The Little Caesar and the Empire disc included an instrumental dub of the song on its b-side, making it a fantastic companion piece for DJs that might want to mix the vocal and instrumental together for the dance floor.

As it turns out, Little Caesar and the Empire were led by Robert ‘Bocky’ Di Pasquale, who had been the leader of the Ohio-based white R&B group Bocky and the Visions.

While I dig the vocal on the Soul City version a little bit more, Bocky acquits himself nicely, and I think either version would go over on the dance floor equally well.

The Soul City 45 was popular on the UK soul scene, being a popular spin at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester.

While these 45s don’t turn up that often, when they do they aren’t particularly expensive (though the UK issue of the Soul City 45 can get up there in price).

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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The Platters – With This Ring

By , September 24, 2013 11:47 am

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Greetings all

Anybody feel like a little Northern Soul to help get us over the hump?

I think it would be safe to say that discovering the md-60s recordings of the Platters was one of the nice surprises of my record collecting life.

While I was certainly familiar with their 1950s hits like ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’and ‘Only You’, it was only when I started to familiarize myself with the world of Northern Soul that I realized that the group had a second life.

Formed in Los Angeles in the early 50s, the Platters were a regular fixture on the charts – R&B and Pop – from 1955 to 1961. Though a rotating group membership was releasing records all the way through, they were absent from the charts between 1961 and 1966 when they returned with ‘I Love You 1000 Times’.

Most of the male leads on their mid-60s material were – as on ‘With This Ring’ – by Sonny Turner.

This period of their career saw them recording in Detroit. ‘With This Ring’ was written by Popcorn Wylie, Tony Hester and Luther Dixon, and features backing vocals by none other than George Clinton.

The production – also Dixon – is spot on, with punchy bass and drums (that opening roll is right, tight and outta sight), stylish brass and ringing piano that pops in at just the right times.

The very groovy thing, is that with rare exception, the music from this remarkable period can be had very cheaply, with most of the 45s and their Musicor LPs (the ones to look for are I’ll Love You 1000 Times and I Get the Sweetest Feeling) well on the affordable side of the fence.

That said, let the ones and zeros fly, cut yourself a slice of rug, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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Kim Weston – Helpless

By , September 17, 2013 11:02 am

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Kim Weston

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Greetings all

The middle of the week is upon us, and I don’t know about you but I could certainly do with a little uplift right about now.

Kim Weston may not be the best known of Motown’s great female singers, but she had a very respectable run with the label, scoring five hits for various Motown labels between 1963 and 1967, two of them duets with Marvin Gaye.

The tune I bring you today, ‘Helpless’ is by far my favorite side she recorded for the organization (he had 45s released on both Tamla and Gordy), and while it wasn’t her biggest hit, it did skirt the R&B Top 10 in 1965.

Written and produced by Holland, Dozier and Holland, ‘Helpless’ is an upbeat dancer, with and interesting melody and an exceptional arrangement.

The guitar and percussion are fairly standard mid-period Motown (thus, amazing) but the horns deserve special mention.

‘Helpless’ opens up fairly quietly, but when the horns come in, they push the song forward, giving it rhythmic propulsion before the drums enter the mix.

The backing vocals are especially interesting as well.

When the baritone sax solo comes in, the package is complete.

Weston was – like so many of the female singers at Motown not named Diana Ross – underused/underappreciated by the label, which no doubt contributed to she and her husband, composer/producer/A&R man Mickey Stevenson leaving and moving on to a deal with MGM.

Weston would record a few LPs and a number of 45s for MGM before moving on to record for Volt, People, and eventually her own, Volt-distributed custom label Mikim.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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The Producers – Love Is Amazing

By , September 5, 2013 3:08 pm

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Greetings all

The end of the week is approaching, so I will remind you once again to tune into the Funky16Corners Radio Show, Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio. If you are otherwise occupied at airtime, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes or grab an MP3 at the blog.

The tune I bring you today is one of my favorite Philadelphia Northern Soul 45s, with a very interesting provenance that reaches back to the Motor City.

I picke up ‘Love Is Amazing’ by the Producers back in the early digging days, after having scored the other two 45s on the short-lived Huff Puff label (by the Landslides and Ruth McFadden).

Named for Leon Huff, Huff Puff existed for a short time (1968/69), with all of it’s released produced/arranged by Gamble and Huff with the usual gang, including Thom Bell and Bobby Martin.

None of the label’s releases appear to have generated any heat on the charts (even regionally) despite their obvious quality.

The side I bring you today, ‘Love Is Amazing’ was the third and final release on the label in 1969, and features a very interesting lead singer indeed.

Mikki Farrow got her start in Detroit (she was apparently once married to the mighty Mike Terry and later on to Billy Butler!) and recorded for a variety of labels (including the Northern fave ‘Set My Heart at Ease’ for Karate) before relocating to Philadelphia.

‘Love Is Amazing’ is one of those records that has everything going for it, from top-shelf songwriting (Kenny Gamble, Farrow and Thom Bell), fantastic production (Gamble/Huff) and a fantastic lead vocal by Farrow (I suspect that Gamble is the supporting make vocalist).

The record, matching superb melody and hooks with enough rhythmic heat for the dancers, ought to have been a hit, instead of the footnote that it is.

A superb 45 to end the week.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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The Parliaments – Don’t Be Sore at Me

By , September 3, 2013 2:21 pm

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Greetings all

Here we are, mid-week, and what better time for a little bit of stylish Northern Soul to lift the spirits?

I will assume that most of you are already familiar with the pre-P-Funk years of George Clinton as leader of the Parliaments.

Though they got their start in Plainfield, NJ, by the mid-60s the Parliaments had relocated to Detroit, where Clinton was working as a songwriter/producer.

They recorded their first Detroit-based 45, the mighty ‘Heart Trouble’ for Golden World in 1965.

It was a few years later that they hit with their first 45 for Lebaron Taylor’s Revilot imprint ‘(I Wanna) Testify’(#3 R&B, #20 Pop) in the summer of 1967.

The upbeat, Northern Soul fave ‘Don’t Be Sore At Me’ appeared as the flipside of their second Revilot 45 (and second hit) “All Your Goodies Are Gone’ which reached the R&B Top 20 in the fall of 1967.

As I’ve mentioned in this space before, Clinton and the Parliaments had a habit of pairing a more mainstream sound (like ‘Don’t Be Sore at Me’) with a slightly freakier side (like ‘All Your Goodies are Gone) which allowed both sides of their sound to get exposure. All of their Revilot 45s follow this pattern, with the exception of ‘A New Day Begins’ b/w ‘I’ll Wait’ (issued on both Revilot and Atco and the final chart entry – grazing the R&B Top 40- in 1969) where both sides have a more progressive bent.

‘Don’t Be Sore At Me’ features some great (and unusual, especially in the verse) group harmonies, a great melody and a nice kick from the bass and drums. The song was co-written by Clinton, fellow-Parliament Grady Thomas and singer Pat Lewis (who would cover two Parliaments tunes, ‘Look at What I Almost Missed’ and ‘I’ll Wait’ for Solid Hit).

This is one of the harder Revilot sides to turn up, so dig the sounds and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Until then…

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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Peaches and Herb – I Need Your Love So Desperately

By , August 20, 2013 7:25 pm

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Peaches and Herb

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Greetings all

Welcome to the middle of the week here at the Corners.

The track I bring you today is one of those ‘I know the name but not the song’ numbers.

Outside of dedicated soulies. Most of you will only know Peaches and Herb via their 1970s hits like ‘Shake Your Groove Thing’ (R&B #4 1978) and ‘Reunited’(R&B and Pop #1 1979).

I wouldn’t discover until many years later, that the duo (with interchangeable Peaches-es) had a recording career that went back to the mid-60s.

Formed in Washington, DC by Herb Fame (nee Feemster) and Francine ‘Peaches’ Barker, the duo had their first hit with ‘Let’s Fall In Love’ in 1966.

The tune I bring you today appeared as the B-side to their 1967 R&B Top 10 hit ‘For Your Love’, a cover of Ed Townsend’s 1958 hit.

Though that tune has a late night slow dance/make out session appel to it, you really need to flip the disc over for a little high octane, Northern Soul dance floor heat.

‘I Need Your Love So Desperately’ is a fast moving, melodic feature with a propulsive horn section and great back and forth between Fame and Barker.

The duo went on to chart steadily through 1970 (with Marlene Mack replacing Barker in 1968) and then, with Linda Green in the ‘Peaches’ spot, started up again in 1977.

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

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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The Astors – Candy

By , August 13, 2013 11:48 am

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Greetings all

Hows about something for the middle of the week that is, to borrow a phrase from the mighty Emperor of Vout, Slim Gaillard, is mellow as a cello?

The Astors were a Memphis-based group that recorded several 45s for Stax between 1961 and 1967.

Formed as the Chips, the group included Curtis Johnson, Eliehue Stanback, Sam Jones, Richard Harris, and Richard Griffin. That line-up recorded one single for Stax as the Chips.

After Griffin left the group, they changed their name to the Astors.

‘Candy’ – which borrows part of its melody from Ferde Grofe’s  ‘On the Trail’ from his ‘Grand Canyon Suite’ – was the group’s only hit, almost making it into the R&B Top 10 in the summer of 1965.

Written by Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes, and featuring sweet group harmonies and a hard-hitting Stax rhythm section (listen to those drums) ‘Candy’ has enough pop for the radio and more than enough heat for the dancers.

The flip side, ‘I Found Out’ is also very cool.

I hope you dig the cut, and I’ll see you all back here on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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Ronnie Love – Chills and Fever

By , August 6, 2013 7:42 pm

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Ron Dunbar aka Ronnie Love

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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

 

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*Chills and Fever was first issued as by ‘Johnny Love’ on the Startime label a few months earlier
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Ronnie Dyson – Fever

By , July 30, 2013 3:28 pm

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

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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

 

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