{"id":2828,"date":"2012-06-05T17:13:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T22:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2012-06-21T15:56:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T20:56:17","slug":"johnny-williams-slow-motion-pt1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2828","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Williams – Slow Motion Pt1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Johnny Williams – Slow Motion Pt1<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Now here\u2019s an odd one (not the record, but the story).<\/p>\n

A while back one of my Facebook friends posted a Soul Train<\/strong> clip to illustrate a dance step, and after that part of the clip, Don Cornelius<\/strong> introduced another song.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a good thing I stuck around for the tune (and that Don mentioned the name of the singer<\/em>) because it was very cool indeed.<\/p>\n

The singer was Johnny Williams<\/strong>, and the song was the cut I bring you today, \u2018Slow Motion\u2019.<\/p>\n

This is another great example of how a song can graze the R&B Top 10, but not really make any noise at all on the Pop side of things.<\/p>\n

When \u2018Slow Motion\u2019 hit in 1972 I was listening to the radio \u2013 at least the AM side of the dial \u2013 quite a bit, but when I heard the song in the aforementioned clip, I had no recollection of it whatsoever.<\/p>\n

My first instinct was that this funky gem was a southern soul cut, but the tiniest bit of research revealed that the song had been written and produced by Gamble and Huff<\/strong> in Philadelphia!<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t been able to find much info on Johnny Williams, other than that he recorded for a couple of labels (Chess, Cub, Twinight) before making it to Philadelphia International.<\/p>\n

The Billboard R&B chart book mentions that he moved from his native Alabama to Chicago in the mid-50s and sang gospel, but not much else.<\/p>\n

\u2018Slow Motion\u2019 opens with some heavy drums and a soulful grunt from Johnny, before the band kicks in. The smooth electric piano underpinning and the stylish horns are the only hints that this might be a Gamble\/Huff jawn.<\/p>\n

Though Williams recorded a few more sides for PI, he failed to hit the charts again, and passed away in 1986.<\/p>\n

\u2018Slow Motion\u2019 is included in the recent boxed set of Tom Moulton<\/strong>\/Philadelphia International remixes.<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you dig the cut and I\u2019ll see you on Friday.
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