{"id":4632,"date":"2014-03-23T12:15:07","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T17:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4632"},"modified":"2014-03-23T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T17:15:07","slug":"zulema-telling-the-world-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4632","title":{"rendered":"Zulema – Telling the World Goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zulema Cusseaux<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download Zulema – Telling the World Goodbye <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

I\u2019m coming out of the weekend feeling a touch somnolent, so I thought I\u2019d whip out something funky to get the motor running, as it were.<\/p>\n

Zulema Cusseaux<\/strong> may not be well-remembered today, but in the early 70s she was making some fine music.<\/p>\n

Hailing from Tampa, FLA, she was part of a local group, the Lovelies<\/strong> that was discovered by Van McCoy<\/strong> and renamed Faith Hope and Charity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That group had two hits in 1970 \u2013 So Much Love (#14 R&B) and Baby Don\u2019t Take Your Love (#36 R&B) \u2013 before Zulema left the group (which would continue to have hits into the late 70s) to go solo.<\/p>\n

She signed to the Sussex label, recording her first solo LP \u2018Zulema\u2019 in 1972.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection \u2018Telling the World Goodbye\u2019 (from her second LP \u2018Ms. Z\u2019) was her first solo hit, making it just inside the R&B Hot 100 in 1973.<\/p>\n

Produced by Bobby Taylor<\/strong>, \u2018Telling the World Goodbye\u2019 is a funky number recorded with a who\u2019s who of West coast studio heads.<\/p>\n

The tune has that very groovy, funk on the way to disco feel that was coming to prominence around that time (note the presence of Eddie Kendricks<\/strong> collaborator Leonard Caston<\/strong> on piano), making it a treat for the feet as well as the ears.<\/p>\n

Zulema would chart three more times between 1973 and 1979, recording one more LP for Sussex, three for RCA and one for LeJoint before the end of the 70s.<\/p>\n

She would eventually leave the music business to lead the band in her church, passing away in 2013 at the age of 66.<\/p>\n

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

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