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Post by jk on Apr 2, 2020 5:07:55 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Apr 3, 2020 4:25:30 GMT -5
This stonker by The Capitols finds us in less familiar territory. "Cool Jerk' was a US top ten hit in 1966. UK "pirate" DJ Mike Raven used to play it on his soul show. Interesting memories. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Capitols |
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Post by Will/P.P. on Apr 3, 2020 9:23:25 GMT -5
So far you've picked two songs I like, but not these versions. "Try A Little Tenderness" by Three Dog Night. Cory's signature song.
"Cool Jerk" - I remember dancing to that original, but never thought much of it until Todd did a cover.
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Post by Will/P.P. on Apr 3, 2020 10:21:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2020 16:47:01 GMT -5
I've got this on vinyl.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2020 16:52:37 GMT -5
Another one in my vinyl collection.
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Post by jk on Apr 6, 2020 5:52:39 GMT -5
Great stuff, sockit--the Otis song too. But don't forget there's a Motown thread for Temps, Tops and the like.  I remember hearing this at the time and thinking well perhaps girls are out to get me. They weren't.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fascinations |
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Post by jk on Apr 17, 2020 4:50:31 GMT -5
King Curtis was cruelly taken from us mere months after soloing on John Lennon's "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier". "Soul Twist" is a much earlier recording under his own name: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Curtis |
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Post by jk on May 6, 2020 17:07:09 GMT -5
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Post by jk on May 9, 2020 16:17:18 GMT -5
For my back balcony concert this evening I played a Stones medley. It went pretty well, if you ignore a seriously duff bass note in "Lady Jane".  The third song in the set was "Time Is On My Side". This soul version by Irma Thomas wasn't the original (that was by jazz trombonist Kai Winding) but it was the version on which the Stones drew heavily: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Is_on_My_Side |
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Post by jk on Jun 29, 2020 5:51:00 GMT -5
My son is a huge fan of Donny Hathaway, who died tragically young in dreadful circumstances. From his 1970 debut album Everything Is Everything, this is "The Ghetto": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donny_Hathaway |
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Post by jk on Jul 3, 2020 14:33:59 GMT -5
I remember frittering away my ill-gotten dole money back in the late '60s on "penny falls" machines in London's West End while The Show Stoppers' "Ain't Nothin' But A House Party" was blasting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Showstoppers |
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Post by jk on Jul 19, 2020 9:02:15 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Feb 13, 2023 17:19:31 GMT -5
I had this lined up for the doo wop thread but got cold feet at the last moment. The Marvelows' hyper-infectious "I Do" has been described as doo wop meets soul, although on reflection I'd say the soul aspect has the upper hand -- doo wop never sounded this well-licked: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvelows |
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Post by jk on Jun 9, 2023 14:23:16 GMT -5
Here’s George Clinton hitting the soul trail back in 1967, long before he got all funked up. The Parliaments are credited on the label of "(I Wanna) Testify'" but it's actually just George and a bunch of session singers and musicians. I remember hearing this at the time. Wonderfully sophisticated stuff -- I'm told that's the future Dr. Funkenstein on the far right: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(I_Wanna)_Testify |
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Post by jk on Jun 27, 2023 3:46:15 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Aug 8, 2023 16:16:36 GMT -5
This evening we watching a cinema showing of an intriguing Italian film (with Dutch subtitles) called Il primo giorno della mia vita. This is the only English-language description of it I could find, although I don't entirely agree with the review. One of the songs featured in it sounded very familiar, so I kept an eye out for it in the end credits (we unfailingly sit through the credits). Turns out it was "Soulful Dress", a #19 US hit in 1964 for Sugar Pie DeSanto: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Pie_DeSanto |
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Post by jk on Jan 1, 2024 8:33:10 GMT -5
I realize the version by Grand Funk Railroad (one of my least favourite bands) of "Some Kind Of Wonderful" is better known (and was a much bigger hit) but the thrilling 1967 original by Soul Brothers Six is the one for me: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Brothers_Six |
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