{"id":2715,"date":"2012-05-20T13:27:58","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T18:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2715"},"modified":"2012-06-21T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T20:52:55","slug":"freddie-scott-you-got-what-i-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2715","title":{"rendered":"Freddie Scott – (You) Got What I Need"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Freddie Scott – (You) Got What I Need<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

I hope all is well in your corner of the universe.<\/p>\n

I thought\u00a0 – after what turned out to be an entire week of obituaries – we\u2019d get the new week off to a killer start with a record that I chased for a long time.<\/p>\n

There can hardly be a person left on the face of the earth who hears the opening bars of <\/strong> \u2018(You) Got What I Need\u2019 and doesn\u2019t immediately think \u2018Biz Markie!\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, there are without a doubt a large portion therein who cannot follow that thought with the name of the original recording artist,\u00a0 Freddie Scott.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love playing this record for people whose eyes light up with the opening, and then get even wider when they hear an unfamiliar voice and song follow.<\/p>\n

When Biz Markie hit in 1989 with \u2018Just a Friend\u2019 it\u2019s hard to imagine that many of his contemporaries (other than the DJs) had any idea at all about the sample source.<\/p>\n

Though Freddie Scott had a Top 40 R&B hit with \u2018You Got What I Need\u2019 in 1968 (the second to last hit in a chart run that started in 1963 with \u2018Hey Girl\u2019), the record did not subsequently find a spot in the rotation of oldies radio. His music was strictly the purvey of soul collectors and members of an older generation when the Diabolical Biz Markie slapped on a powdered wig and let loose.<\/p>\n

As groovy as the Biz was (is) the really cool thing is, when you sit down and give the Freddie Scott OG a good listen and realize what a fantastic record it is.<\/p>\n

Then you take a look at the label and get your second surprise, that being that \u2018You Got What I Need\u2019 was written and produced by none other than the mighty Kenny Gamble<\/strong> and Leon Huff!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though Gamble and Huff had written and produced a grip of amazing local Philly stuff, when Bert Berns<\/strong> handed Scott over to them they had only had one national hit, 1967\u2019s \u2018Expressway To Your Heart\u2019 by the Soul Survivors<\/strong> (the Intruders<\/strong> \u2018Cowboys to Girls\u2019 would hit the charts only a few months before \u2018You Got What I Need\u2019).<\/p>\n

Scott had hit the R&B and Pop charts more than half a dozen times in five years. He had moved from Colpix\/Columbia to Shout in 1966.<\/p>\n

\u2018You Got What I Need\u2019 manages to be both tuneful and funky (dig those drums), and a great showcase for both Scott\u2019s voice and Gamble and Huff\u2019s producing\/arranging talents.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m surprised that the record didn\u2019t make a bigger dent in the charts, but following Bert Berns\u2019 death in late 1967, Freddie Scott would only record one more 45 for the label.<\/p>\n

He went on to record briefly for Probe, and then Mainstream, but my the mid-70s had moved on to writing advertising jingles.<\/p>\n

He passed on in 2004.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all later in the week.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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