{"id":1183,"date":"2011-01-06T15:18:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T20:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2015-02-04T16:47:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:47:47","slug":"lorna-bennett-breakfast-in-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1183","title":{"rendered":"Lorna Bennett – Breakfast In Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Lorna Bennett – Breakfast In Bed <\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope that <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>you’re all weathering the weather (there’s got to be a better way to phrase that) better than I am. This cold is kicking my ass. The first few hours of the day should be spent wrapped securely in a warm blanket, easing into a mellow state of awake-ness<\/em>, instead of rolling out of the sack and into 20 degree temperatures in the space of 45 minutes, which is what I did this morning.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, after getting the little Corners on the bus, and running various and sundry errands I have returned to my desk, deep inside the well-heated, secure Funky16Corners command center.<\/p>\n

Before we get started, I should remind you that this Friday night at 9PM – as is always the case – the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> will be taking to the airwaves, this week with an upbeat, hard-charging Northern Soul special guaranteed to get you out on the floor. Make sure to fall by Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>, or if plans preclude timely listening, hit the blog on Saturday to pick up an MP3 of the show, which you may listen to at your leisure.<\/p>\n

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I will remind you once again that I’ll be taking part in the Spindletop<\/strong> night with DJ Perry Lane<\/strong> next Monday night (1\/10) , beginning at 10PM at Botanica, 47 East Houston Street<\/strong> (between Mulberry and Mott) in New York City. There will be many shades of organ grooviness, as well as vibes, snappy drums and what not.<\/p>\n

Now that I’ve wasted space complaining about the cold,\u00a0 what better time for a little bit of island soul?<\/p>\n

I have to admit, although I featured the Baby Washington<\/strong> version of \u2018Breakfast In Bed\u2019 in this space back in 2006,<\/a> the first time I ever heard the song was via the 1988 cover version by UB40<\/strong> and Chrissie Hynde.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the time it was getting some airplay on the local alternative station, as well as on MTV. I dug the tune a lot, and eventually picked up a radio station promo CD single (no doubt liberated from the aforementioned local station and resold), which I still have banging around somewhere.<\/p>\n

I was unaware that the song was a cover until I saw the writing credit for Eddie Hinton<\/strong> and Donnie Fritts<\/strong>, and even then I had no idea who did the original version.
\nWhat I wouldn\u2019t discover until many years later, was that the UB40\/Hynde version was in its way a cover of a cover (cover once removed??<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The song was written by Hinton and Fritts for Dusty Springfield\u2019s<\/strong> 1969 \u2018Dusty in Memphis\u2019 album. Shortly after that, Baby Washington recorded her own \u2013 in my opinion, superior \u2013 version of the song (eventually released on Cotillion)*.<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, for such a finely crafted piece of Southern soul neither Springfield nor Washington\u2019s version of the song met with any chart success.<\/p>\n

Flash forward to 1972, when a young Jamaican singer named Lorna Bennett <\/strong>recorded her own version for the Harry J label.<\/p>\n

Produced by Geoffrey Chung<\/strong>, Bennett\u2019s version of the tune was a #1 hit in Jamaica, also garnering a substantial amount of airplay in the UK (which is likely where the boys in UB40 heard it first).<\/p>\n

Though Bennett\u2019s version of \u2018Breakfast In Bed\u2019 lacks the dynamic shifts and drama of the Springfield and Washington recordings, it does have a certain pleasant, laid back vibe (repeated in the UB40\/Hynde version) that locks in with the reggae beat.<\/p>\n

Bennett went on to have a few more Jamaican hits (including a cover of the Dixie Cups\u2019<\/strong> \u2018Chapel of Love\u2019) before retiring to practice law in 1974. She returned to performing in 2001.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll be back on Monday.<\/p>\n

Peace<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n


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*There were also early covers by Carmen McRae (1970) and Shirley Bassey (1971)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Check out the Funky16Corners Store at Cafe Press<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

PS Head over to Iron Leg for a garage cover of a soul classic
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