{"id":3377,"date":"2012-12-02T15:51:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T20:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2013-02-14T11:41:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:41:43","slug":"eddie-kendricks-son-of-sagittarius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3377","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Kendricks – Son of Sagittarius"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Eddie Kendricks – Son of Sagittarius<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

Welcome to another week here at the Corners…<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is something very groovy from one of the greats of 70s soul (as a solo, that is), Mr. Eddie Kendricks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After helping to create the sound of the Temptations<\/strong> in the 60s, Kendricks departed for a solo career in the early 70s.<\/p>\n

He was hugely successful, both artistically, and chart-wise.<\/p>\n

1973\u2019s \u2018Boogie Down\u2019 LP brought him his second #1 record with the title cut (#2 Pop) and continued his association with the late Frank Wilson<\/strong>. It was the songwriting team of Wilson, Leonard Caston and Anita Poree<\/strong> (with Wilson and Caston producing) that worked with Kendricks to create his influential and ahead-of-its-time disco funk sound, starting with 1972\u2019s \u2018People\u2026.Hold On\u2019 LP.<\/p>\n

It would be an understatement to say that Kendricks broke through in a big way. I was a 10 year old suburban white kid when he started his run of solo hits and they are still favorites of mine, drilled deeply into my brain.<\/p>\n

Oddly though, I have no recollection of today\u2019s selection, which was Top 5 R&B and Top 30 Pop in the Spring of 1974.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s too bad, because \u2018Song of Sagittarius\u2019 is a fantastic bit of dance floor magic.<\/p>\n

My first instinct would be to classify it as \u2018mid-tempo\u2019 but there\u2019s something in the throbbing bass drum, and the way the arrangement fluctuates between a smoother feel and slightly rougher funk that makes it feel more propulsive.<\/p>\n

Plus, you get to listen to one of the greatest falsetto\u2019s in the history of soul for almost four minutes, so there\u2019s that too.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it (and dance to it) and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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