{"id":6248,"date":"2016-02-23T13:07:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6248"},"modified":"2016-02-23T13:07:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T18:07:09","slug":"lonette-mckee-do-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6248","title":{"rendered":"Lonette McKee – Do To Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Lonette McKee – Do To Me MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

The tune I bring you today is something from the more \u2018modern soul\u2019 side of things, and has a very interesting pedigree.<\/p>\n

If you are close to my age or older, you probably first knew of Lonette McKee<\/strong> as an actress, in films like \u2018Sparkle\u2019, \u2018The Cotton Club\u2019 and \u2018Malcolm X\u2019, as well as many TV shows.<\/p>\n

It was only a few years ago that I discovered that the Detroit-born McKee had an earlier career as a singer, first recording in the ate 60s (when she was still a teenager) for Michigan labels like Dearborn and M-S, and then in the early 70s (as with today\u2019s selection) for Sussex.<\/p>\n

\u2018Do To Me\u2019 (mis-titled on this UK pressing as \u2018Do It To Me\u2019) is a smooth, hook-laden dancer, written by McKee herself and produced by no less a team than Mike Theodore<\/strong> and Dennis Coffey<\/strong>. The song has jazzy chord changes that remind me of a Becker\/Fagen<\/strong> outtake (the opening bears some resemblance to Terry Callier\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018Ordinary Joe\u2019).<\/p>\n

McKee was a fine singer and the brisk arrangement made \u2018Do To Me\u2019 a favorite on UK dance floors in the 70s, and while it didn\u2019t do much over here, its funky flipside \u2018Save It (Don\u2019t Give It Away)\u2019 made it into the R&B Hot 100 (with McKee performing the song on Soul Train<\/a>).<\/p>\n

It is a groovy tune, and I hope you dig it.<\/p>\n

See you on Friday.<\/p>\n

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

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

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