{"id":5347,"date":"2015-01-29T11:16:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T16:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2015-01-29T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T16:16:01","slug":"rosey-grier-i-dont-want-nobody-to-lead-me-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5347","title":{"rendered":"Rosey Grier – I Don’t Want Nobody (To Lead Me On)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Rosey Grier – I Don’t Want Nobody (To Lead Me On) <\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n

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

The end of the week is here, and that means that the Funky16Corners Radio Show<\/strong> once again takes to the airwaves of the interwebs, this (and every) Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio<\/strong><\/a>. If you can\u2019t bet there at airtime, you can always subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes, listen on your mobile device via the TuneIn app, or grab an MP3 here at the blog.<\/p>\n

I am always game for a new version of a favorite song, and especially son when I find one by a singer that I really dig.<\/p>\n

Thus was the case when I found today\u2019s 45 by the mighty Rosey Grier.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grier, who first gained fame as a pro football star, then as a TV and movie actor also had a sideline (successful artistically, if not financially) as a soul singer.<\/p>\n

He recorded a string of 45s (and an LP or two) for labels like Liberty, RIC, D-Town, MGM, Amy, AGP, ABC and A&M between 1960 and the mid-70s.<\/p>\n

During that time, he made some excellent (if largely unsung) records, some of which are sweated heavily by the Northern Soul collectors.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m partial to his late 60s Memphis-based recordings like \u2018Slow Drag\u2019 and \u2018People Make the World\u2019 when he was working with the likes of Tommy Cogbill, Chips Moman<\/strong>, and Dan Penn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s selection comes from a few years later (1970) yet still has a Memphis connection.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned earlier, I love finding new versions of a favorite song, which in this was was the Masqueraders<\/strong> \u2018I Don\u2019t Want Nobody To Lead Me On\u2019. The group had gotten their start in Texas, relocated to Detroit, but my the mid-60s were recording in Memphis, TN, working with many of the same people as Grier.<\/p>\n

Written by group members Harold Thomas<\/strong> and Lee Jones<\/strong>, and recorded by the Masqueraders for Wand in 1967, \u2018I Don\u2019t Want Nobody To Lead Me On\u2019 was covered a number of times, by the Exotics<\/strong> in the UK, the Gentlemen Four<\/strong>, and even Paul Revere and the Raiders<\/strong> on their 1968 \u2018Goin\u2019 To Memphis\u2019 LP (again, working with Chips Moman).<\/p>\n

Grier covered the song in 1970 on his sole ABC 45, which appears to be an LA-based session.<\/p>\n

Rosey\u2019s version of the song features a strong arrangement, with female backing vocals, and a nice horn section, with an excellent lead vocal.<\/p>\n

A career retrospective of Rosey Grier\u2019s best work as a singer is long overdue.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the track, 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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