{"id":6639,"date":"2016-09-20T10:08:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6639"},"modified":"2016-09-20T10:08:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T15:08:21","slug":"delores-hall-good-lovin-man-bw-w-o-m-a-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=6639","title":{"rendered":"Delores Hall – Good Lovin’ Man b\/w W-O-M-A-N"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Miss Delores Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download – Delores Hall – Good Lovin’ Man MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Delores Hall – W-O-M-A-N MP3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

One of the great pleasures of doing a blog like this is discovering that names on obscure 45s have entire careers attached to them that I knew nothing about.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s artist, Delores Hall<\/strong> is a great example thereof.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had the 45 you see before you today for a while (if memory serves I first heard it on Kris Holmes\u2019<\/strong> radio show) and I knew of (but do not yet own) her duet 45 with Jackie Lee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That said, her presence on the Keymen and Mirwood labels suggested to me that she was an LA-based singer, but I had no idea.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Hall was not only a recording artist (she went on to make albums for RCA and Capitol in the 70s) but was primarily a musical comedy performer, working in the original LA cast of HAIR, and acting on stage and in TV and movies, including a long run on the show \u2018Diagnosis Murder\u2019 in the 90s.<\/p>\n

Her 1968 Keymen 45 is one of those great, sort of crossover (not in the collector sense of the word) discs, with a Northern-flavored number on one side and something funkier on the flip.<\/p>\n

\u2018Good Lovin\u2019 Man\u2019, written and produced by LA giant Fred Smith<\/strong> is an upbeat dancer with a great four-on-the-floor beat and nice vibes and guitar accents (right out of the Mirwood playbook) through the song. Hall has a powerful voice that soars into the rafters at points.<\/p>\n

The breakdown at 1:27 sounds like an outtake from an Aretha Franklin<\/strong> session.<\/p>\n

The flip, \u2018W-O-M-A-N\u2019, written by Smith and Jackie Lee<\/strong> and produced by Lee, is a funkier affair, with a slower beat, a more gospel-inflected vocal by Hall and more of a southern soul sound to it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a very cool 45, and last I checked, not terribly hard to find or expensive, either.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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