{"id":4475,"date":"2014-02-06T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4475"},"modified":"2014-02-06T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:48:10","slug":"friday-dee-irwin-i-cant-stand-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4475","title":{"rendered":"Dee Irwin – I Can’t Stand the Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Dee Irwin – I Can’t Stand the Pain <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

The end of the week is fast approaching, so it\u2019s time to remind you to tune in to the Funky16Corners Radio Show,<\/strong> this and every Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio.<\/strong><\/a> If you can\u2019t be there at airtime, you ca keep up with the show by subscribing to the show as a podcast in iTunes.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is something I picked up a few years back, and promptly fell in love with.<\/p>\n

Big Dee Irwin<\/strong> (aka Erwin, Ervin<\/strong>, full name DiFosco Ervin<\/strong>) recorded for a variety of labels, under a variety of names (or at least spellings) between 1959 and 1978.<\/p>\n

He got his start as a member of the Pastels<\/strong>, before starting his solo career for the Hull label in 1959.<\/p>\n

Irwin had his only hit in a duet with Little Eva<\/strong> on the old standard \u2018Swinging On a Star\u2019, which made it into the Pop Top 40 in 1963 (it was a Top 10 hit in the UK).<\/p>\n

He continued to record for Dimension, 20th Century Fox, Roulette, Fairmount and others before hooking up with Imperial in 1968.<\/p>\n

Irwin recorded two solo 45s for the label, as well as three duet 45s (all very cool) with Mamie Galore<\/strong> in 1968 and 1969.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection was his second solo outing for Imperial, coming out in 1968. \u2018I Can\u2019t Stand the Pain\u2019, written by Maurice Dollison<\/strong> (aka Cash McCall<\/strong>) and Monk Higgins<\/strong>, arranged by Higgins and co-produced by Higgins and Irwin (credited on the label as Ervin), is one of those records that really ought to have been a much bigger deal that it was.<\/p>\n

\u2018I Can\u2019t Stand the Pain\u2019, pushed along by an insistent bass (I\u2019d love to know who the bassist is), combines a great vocal by Irwin (nice female backing singers, too) and a fantastic arrangement by Higgins, featuring flute, strings and a powerful rhythm section.<\/p>\n

Despite its obvious quality, this seems to be one of those records that just slipped through the cracks, failing to chart anywhere, never gathering the kind of following inclusion on a Top DJs set list can inspire (though it does seem to have gotten a UK release on Minit).<\/p>\n

\u2018I Can\u2019t Stand the Pain\u2019 is \u2013 like much of Irwin\u2019s catalog \u2013 unjustly forgotten, but that\u2019s why Funky16Corners is here, slipping it into your ears so that it might find a home in your heart.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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