Funky16Corners Radio Show: Recent Episodes
Larry Grogan
Show #806 Originally broadcast 08/03/26
Desmond Dekker and the Aces – Israelities (Uni) Dave and Ansel Collins – Double Barrel (Techniques) Heptones – The Book of Rules (Jaywax) Jackie Mittoo – Hip Hug (Coxsone) Pioneers – At the Discotheque (Trojan) Winston Groovy – Please Don’t Make Me Cry (Harry J) Symarip – Skinhead Moonstomp (Treasure Isle) Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 Was My Number (Shelter) Winston Wright – Heads or Tails (Green Door) Roland Alphonso & the Beverley’s All Stars – Soul Finger (Pyramid) Desmond Dekker and the Aces – Intensified (Uni) Ken Booth – Let’s Get It On (Trojan) Harry J All Stars – Liquidator (Harry J) Byron Lee and the Dragonaires – Hot Reggay (Dynamic Sounds) Prince Buster – Al Capone (Blue Beat) Federalmen – Soul Serenade (Steady) Gaylettes – Son of a Preacher Man (Steady) Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come (Island)
Show #805 Originally broadcast 07/27/26
Willie Hutch – Brother’s Gonna Work It Out (Motown)Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles (Prophecy)BT Express – Express (Scepter)Joe Bataan – Latin Strut (Mericana)AABB- Pick Up the Pieces One By One (Identify)Eddie Kendricks – Boogie Down (Tamla)Chic – Dance Dance Dance (Buddah)Salsoul Orchestra – Zambezi (Salsoul)Silvetti – Spring Rain (Salsoul)Touch – Love Hangover (Breakdown) (Brunswick)Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Casablanca)Dorothy Morrison – Rain (Elektra)
Show #804 Originally broadcast 07/20/26
Paul Jones – Not Before Time (Bell)Area Code 615 – Stone Fox Chase (Polydor)Nina Simone – See Line Woman (Philips)Olatunje – Gin-Go-La-Ba (Columbia)Santana – Jingo (Columbia)Candido – Jingo (Salsoul)Titanic – Sultana (Epic)Dakila- Gozala (Epic)El Chicano – Mas Zacate (MCA)Babe Ruth – The Mexican (Island)Mystic Moods – Cosmic Sea (WB)Manu Dibango – New Bell (Atlantic)Barabbas – Woman (RCA)Hoctor – Gold Coast (Hoctor)Brick – Dazz (Bang)
Show #802 Originally broadcast 07/13/26
Eddie Holman – Eddie’s My Name (Parkway)Danny Wagner – This Thing Called Love (Imperial)Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)Lou Courtney – Me and You Doing the Boogaloo (Riverside)Theresa Lindsey – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)Younghearts – A Little Togetherness (Soultown)Corvairs – Ain’t No Soul Left In These Old Shoes (Columbia)Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Atco)Jerry Blavat – Discophonic Walk (Favor)Sims Twins – A Losing Battle (Omen)Nolan Porter – If I Could Only Be Sure (ABC)Falcons – I’m a Fool I Must Love You (Big Wheel)Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’ (VIP)Spellbinders – A Little On the Blue Side (Columbia)Curley Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)Lonnie Brooks and the Four Souls – Good Soul Lovin’ (Chirrup)Ron Moody and the Centaurs – New Breed (Columbia)Billy Vera and Judy Clay – Really Together (Atlantic)Dusty Springfield – Go Head On (Decca)Pieces of Eight – Come Back Baby (A&M)
Show #802 Originally broadcast 06/29/26
Sly and the Family Stone – Stand (Epic)Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing (T-Neck)Gladys Knight and the Pips – Nitty Gritty (Soul)Brenda Hollway – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy (Tamla)Checkmated Ltd – Black Pearl (A&M)Flirtations – Nothing But a Heartache (Deram)Marvin Gaye – I’m Too Busy Thinkin’ Bout My Baby (Tamla)Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour (Motown)Isley Brothers – I Turned You On (T-Neck)Sly and the Family Stone – I Want To Take You Higher (Epic)Jackie Shane – Sticks and Stones (Sue)Little Richard – I Need Love (Okeh)Little Richard – I Don’t Want To Discuss It (Okeh)Sylvester and the Hot Band – Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Blue Thumb)Arthur Conley – Rita (Cotillion)Linda Divine- Same Time Same Place (Columbia)Jackie Shane – Any Other Way (Sue)
Show #801 Originally broadcast 06/15/26
Jackie Wilson – Light My Fire (Brunswick) Buddy Rich Big Band – Soul Kitchen (World Pacific) Rhetta Hughes – Light My Fire (Tetragrammaton) Merry Clayton – Tell All the People (Ode)Soul Merchants – Light My Fire (Weis) Rusty Bryant – Riders On the Storm (Prestige) La Lupe – Touch Me (Roulette)Shirley Bassey – Light My Fire (UA) John Bishop – Come Together (TRC) El Chicano – Eleanor Rigby (Kapp)Ramsey Lewis – Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey (Cadet) Harold Johnson – Get Back (Revue) Don Randi Trio – She Said She Said (Reprise) Crusaders – Golden Slumbers (Chisa) Brian Auger Trinity – A Day In the Life (Atco) Bobby Bryant – Happiness Is a Warm Gun (World Pacific)
Show #800 Originally broadcast 06/08/26
Precisions – If This Is Love (Drew) Taj Mahal – Ain’t That a Lot of Love (Columbia) Timothy Wilson – Got To Find a New Love (Buddah) Dee Dee Warwick – Monday Monday (Mercury) Incredibles – I Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts) Intruders – (You’d Better) Check Yourself (Gamble) Panic Buttons – Come Out Smokin’ (Gamble)Interpretations – Blow Your Mind (Jubilee) Landslides – We Don’t Need No Music (Huff Puff) Georgie Woods – Potato Salad (FatBack)Brothers of Hope – Nickol Nickol (Gamble) Fantastic Johnny C – Let’s Do It Together (Kama Sutra) Electric Indian – Broad Street (UA) Tyrone Davis – Knock On Wood (Dakar) Mable John – Same Time Same Place (Stax) William Bell – You Don’t Miss Your Water (Stax)Carl Hall -You Don’t Know Nothing Bout Love(Loma) Invincibles – Heart Full of Love (WB) Soul Clan – That’s How It Feels (Atlantic)
Show #799 Originally broadcast 06/01/26
Laura Lee – Crumbs Off the Table (Hot Wax) Laura Lee – Hang It Up (Chess) Laura Lee – I Need It Just as Bad as You (Invictus) Gladys Knight and the Pips – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Soul) Gladys Knight and the Pips – You Need Love Like I Do (Soul) Gladys Knight and the Pips – Nitty Gritty (Soul) Wildare Express- A Rivers Invitation (Brunswick) Wildare Express – Cruising (Brunswick) Wildare Express – Why Am I Treated So Bad (Brunswick) Reuben Wilson – Cisco Kid (Groove Merchant) Reuben Wilson – Superfly (Groove Merchant)Average White Band – Cut the Cake (Atlantic) Average White Band – Person to Person (Atlantic)Average White Band – TLC (MCA)
Show #798 Originally broadcast 05/25/26
Billy Ward and the Dominoes – Stardust (Liberty) Flamingos – I Only Have Eyes For You (End) Jive Five – What Time Is It (Beltone) Little Buster – I’m So Lonely (Jubilee) OV Wright – Please Forgive Me (Back Beat) Ordells – Sipping a Cup of Coffee (Dionn) Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind (Cadet) Mary Wells – A Woman In Love (Jubilee) Nancy Wilson – (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am (Capitol)Brenda Lee – The Crying Game (Decca) Irma Thomas – Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Imperial) Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together (Glades)Bobby Bland – Do What You Set Out To Do (Duke) Willie West – Keep You Mine (Deesu) Detroit Emeralds – I’ll Never Sail the Sea Again (Westbound) Mel Brown – Ode to Billie Joe (Impulse) Jackie Lee – I Love You (Uni)
Show #797 Originally broadcast 05/18/26
Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roach Clip (Sussex) Crusaders – Journey From Within (Blue Thumb)Cal Tjader – Alonzo (Skye) Dizzy Gillespie – Stomped and Wasted (GWP) Gordon Staples and the String Thing – Strung Out (Tamla)Overton Berry Trio – Guacomolean Shuffle (Jaro)Lena Horne – Mother Time (Buddah)Peddlers – We’re Working (Philips) Ramsey Lewis Trio – Them Changes (Cadet)Herbie Hancock – Fat Albert Rotunda (WB)
Show #769 Originally broadcast 10/06/25
Alvin Robinson – Down Home Girl (red Bird)
Exciters – Do Wah Diddy Diddy (UA)
Spinners – Sweet Things (Motown)
Dobie Gray – The In Crowd (Charger)
Don Covay – See Saw (Atlantic)
Shirelles – Sha La La (Scepter)
Garnet Mimms – Look Away (UA)
Drifters – If You Don’t Come Back (Atlantic)
Ojays – I Dig Your Act (Bell)
OJays – Lipstick Traces (Minit)
Ike and Tina Turner – I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine ()
Rufus Thomas – Walking the Dog (Stax)
Lonnie Youngblood – Soul Food (Fairmount)
Lonnie Youngblood – African Twist (Loma)
Eddie Jefferson – Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Muse)
Herbie Mann – Scratch (Atlantic)
Ella Fitzgerald – Get Ready (Reprise)
Chuck Wood – Soul Shingaling (Roulette)
Delacardos – They Put a Spell On You (Atlantic)
Show #768 Originally broadcast 09/29/25
King Solomon – Louisiana Groove (Cadillac)
King Coleman – The Boo Boo Song (King)
Earl King – Tic Tac Toe (Wand)
King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew (Atco)
King Curtis – Pattycake (Atco)
King Floyd and Three Queens – Times Have Changed (Pulsar)
Bobby Hollaway – Cornbread, Hog Maws and Chitterlins (Smash)
Bobby Powell – Why Am I Treated So Bad (Whit)
Bobby Keys – Gimme the Key (Ring’O)
Bobby Newton – Do the Whip (Mercury)
Bobby Parker – Watch Your Step (V Tone)
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It’s Growing (Gordy)
Bobbhy Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (King)
Timmy Thomas – Have Some Boogaloo (Goldwax)
Roy Lee Johnson – Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
Tommy and Cleve – Boo-Ga-Loo Baby (Checker)
Don Gardner – My Baby Like to Boogaloo (Tru Glo Town)
The Exotics – Boogaloo Investigator (Excello)
Flamingos – Boogaloo Party (Philips)
AC Reed – Boogaloo Tramp (Nike)
Show #767 Originally broadcast 09/22/25
Alvin Cash – Twine Time (XL)
Ray Pereira – They Say (Columbia Fr)
Catalyst – Ain’t It the Truth (Cobblestone)
Flow – Line’em (CTI)
Hack Bartholomew – La La You (CTI)
Delia Gartrell – Fight Dire With Fire (Right On)
Ross Carnegie – Win Lose or Draw (El Con)
Erma Franklin – Gotta Find Me a Lover (Brunswick)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)
Themes- Bent Out of Shape (Minit)
Maurice Dollison & the Turnkeys – The Earth Worm Pt1 (Impact)
Dee Irwin and Mamaie Galore – Day Tripper (Imperial)
Hoctor – Cissy Strut (Hoctor)
Mirettes – Heart Full of Gladness (Uni)
Linda Jones – Last Minute Miracle (Loma)
Mamie Galore – Special Agent 34-24-38 (St Lawrence)
Troy Keyes – Love Explosions (ABC)
Leon Haywood – It’s Got to Be Mellow (Decca)
Four Seasons – The Night (Mowest)
Show #766 Originally broadcast 09/01/25
Billy Harner – Sally Sayin’ Somethin’ (Kama Sutra)
Bob Kuban and the Inmen – SOS (Stop Her On Sight) (Musicland USA)
Danny Wagner – I Lost a True Love (Imperial)
Felice Taylor – Love Theme (Mustang)
Grover Mitchell w/ St John and the Cardinals – Take Your Time and Love Me (Josie)
Little Richard – Function at the Junction (Okeh)
RB Hudmon – Yo Yo (A&M)
Platters – Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island) (Musicor)
Rosco Robinson – That’s Enough (Wand)
Taj Mahal – Ain’t That a Lot Of Love (Columbia)
Belles – Don’t Pretend (Mirwood)
Charlie McCoy and the Escorts – Screamin’ Shoutin’ Beggin’ Pleadin’ (Monument)
Edwin Starr – I Have Faith In You (Ric Tic)
Fontella Bass – Recovery (Checker)
Contours – Can You Jerk Like Me (Gordy)
Corvairs – Ain’t No Sole (Left In These Old Shoes) (Columbia)
Dee Dee Warwick – Monday Monday (Mercury)
Gene Pitney – She’s a Heartbreaker (Musicor)
Ike and Tina Turner – Dust My Broom (TRC)
Jackie Lee – Do The Temptation Walk (Mirwood)
Jones and Blumenberg – The Right Track (Volt)
Show #765 Originally broadcast 08/25/25
Billy Clark and His Orchestra – Hot Gravy (Dynamo)
Freddie Scott and the Seven Steps – It’s Not Unusual (Marlin)
Johnny Watson – Unchain My Heart (OKeh)
Kelly Gordon – If That Don’t Get It. It Ain’t There (Capitol)
Paul Nero – Soul Medley Number One (Liberty)
Inez and Charlie Foxx’s Swinging Mocking Band – Speed Ticket (Dynamo)
Quincy Jones – Mohair Sam (Mercury)
Choker Campbell and His 16 Piece Band – Wild One (Motown)
Lloyd Price Band – Oo Pee Day (LL)
Detroit City Limits – Think (Okeh)
June Gardner – It’s Gonna Rain (Emarcy)
Sammy Lowe – Baby Baby Baby (Smash)
Soul Finders – Dead End Street (Camden)
Steve Allen – Son of a Preacher Man (Flying Dutchman)
Tony Newman – Soul Thing (Parrot)
Woody Herman – It’s Your Thing (Cadet)
X Citers Unlimited – Soul To Billie Joe (ABC)
Al Brisco Clark – Soul Food Pt 2 (Fontana)
Lloyd Price Orchestra – It’s Your Thing (Lloyd Price’s Turntable)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band – Soul Stream (Vocalion)
Show #764 Originally broadcast 08/18/25
Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – Whispers Getting Louder (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – Soul Galore (Brunswick)
Della Reese w/ The Bobby Bryant Quintet – It Was a Very Good Year (ABC)
Della Reese – If Loving You Is Wrong (LMI)
Donny Hathaway- What’s Going On (Atco)
Ken Boothe – Let’s Get It On (Trojan)
Sarah Vaughan – Inner City Blues (Mainstream)
Earl Van Dyke and the Soul Brothers – How Sweet It Is (Soul)
Pharoah Sanders – Got to Give it Up (Arista)
Roy Meriwether – Sexual Healing (Gemini)
Grover Washington Jr – Mercy Mercy Me (Kudu)
Grover Washington Jr – Inner City Blues (Kudu)
Show #763 Originally broadcast 08/11/25
Betty Harris – Mean Man (Sansu)
Esther Phillips – Sweet Touch of Love (Kudu)
Isis – Ain’t No Backin’ Up Now (Buddah)
Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can (Blue Thumb)
Etta James – Night People (MCA)
Claudia Lennear – Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (WB)
Irma Thomas – It’s Raining (Minit)
Judy Clay – The Greatest Love (Atlantic)
Bettye Lavette – Nearer To You (Silver Fox)
Tami Lynn – Can’t Last Much Longer (Cotillion)
Claudia Lennear – From a Whisper to a Scream (WB)
Gayle McCormack – Whoever’s Thrilling You Is Killing Me (Decca)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Jackie DeShannon – Over You (Liberty)
Jean Knight – T’aint it the Truth (Tribe)
Lola Falana – Working In a Coal Mine (Reprise)
Candi Staton – Dreamer of Dreams (WB)
Show #762 Originally broadcast 08/04/25
Dave Baby Cortez – Hurricane (Clock)
Dave Baby Cortez – Poppin’ Popcorn (Okeh)
Dave Baby Cortez – I Turned You On (T-Neck)
Hindal Butts – In the Pocket (M-S)
Willard Burton and the Funky Four – Funky In Here (Capitol)
Joe Chopper and the Swinging Seven Soul Band – Soul Pusher (Lanor)
Philly Four – The Elephant (Cobblestone)
Georgie Fame – The In Crowd (imperial)
Hank Marr – The Out Crowd (Wingate)
Bobby Emmons- Blue Organ (Hi)
Dave Lewis – JAJ (Panorama)
Merl Saunders and Orchestra – Soul Roach (Early Bird)
Billy Larkin and the Delegates – Agent 00 Soul (World Pacific)
Butch Cornell Trio – Goose Pimples (Ru Jac)
Charlie Earland Erector Set – Yas Suh! (Eldorado)
Hollis Floyd – Black Poncho Is Coming (Silloh)
Kossie Gardner – Fire (Dot)
Chicago Cubs Clark St Band – Slide (Chess)
Dukays – Sho Nuff MF (Jerry O)
Art Jerry Miller – Mod Strut (Enterprise)
Show #761 Originally broadcast 07/21/25
KC and the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight (TK)
Brick – Dazz (Bang)
Chic – Dance Dance Dance (Buddah)
Average White Band = Person to Person (Atlantic)
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – Don’t Leave Me This Way (PI)
Olatunji – Soul Makossa (Paramount)
Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles (Prophecy)
Fine as Wine – Why Won’t You Let It Go (WB)
Barrabas – Woman (RCA)
Eddie Kendricks – Girl You Need a Change of Mind (Tamla)
Show #760 Originally broadcast 07/14/25
Warren Lee – Star Revue (Deesu)
George Davis and Red Tyler – Hold On Help Is On the Way (Par Lo)
Johnny Sayles – Concentration (Chi Town)
Roosevelt Grier – Slow Drag (MGM)
Freddy Scott and the Four Steps – Same Ole Beat (Marlin)
Jeff Afdem and the Springfield Flute – Watermelon Man (Jerden)
Jackie Verdell – Are You Ready For This (Decca)
Dee Dee Warwick – We’re Doing Fine (Blue Rock)
Bernice Willis – Breakfast In Bed (OKeh)
Parliaments – Time (Revilot)
Marvelows – Talkin’ Bout You Baby (ABC)
Sharpees – I’ve Got a Secret (One Der Ful)
ZZ Hill – Don’t Make Promises (Kent)
Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce (Verve)
TNT Band – The Meditation (Cotique)
Lee Moses – Reach Out (Musicor)
Little Royal – Razor Blade (Trius)
Velvet Hammer – Happy (Soozi)
Willie West – Fairchild (Josie)
Shades of Brown – Garbage Man (Cadet)
Show #756 Originally broadcast 06/16/25
Melvin Sparks – Thank You Pt 1 (Prestige)
Wakefield Sun – Sing a Simple Song (MGM)
Detroit City Limits – Dance to the Music (Okeh)
The Family – Family Affair (North Bay)
Kool and the Gang – I Want To Take You Higher (Delite)
Charles Earland – You Caught Me Smiling (Prestige)
Lonnie Smith – Stand (Kudu)
E Rodney Jones, Larry and the Hippies Band – Right On Right On (Sex Machine) (Double Soul)
Different Strokes – Sing a Simple Song (Okeh)
Peggy Lee – Everyday People (Capitol)
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Everybody Is a Star (Soul)
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Soul)
Show #755 Originally broadcast 06/09/25
Dave and Ansil Collins – Double Barrell (Techniques)
Harry J All Stars – Spyrone (Blank)
Shark Wilson and the Basement Heaters – Make It Reggae (Ashanti)
Zap Pow – Soul Revival (Jaywax)
Winston Wright – Heads or Tails (Green Door)
Pioneers – Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Trojan)
Lorna Bennett – Breakfast In Bed (Harry J)
Winston Samuels – Let’s Get It On (Clintones)
Gaylettes – Son of a Preacherman (Steady)
Federalmen – Soul Serenade (Steady)
Desmond Dekker and the Aces – Israelites (Uni)
Ken Boothe – Is It Because I’m Black (Trojan)
Alton Ellis – La La Means I Love You (Nubeat)
Horace Andy – Show and Tell (Money Disc)
Jackie Mittoo- Hip Hug (Coxsone)
Harry J All Stars – Liquidator (Harry J)
Show #754 Originally broadcast 06/02/25
Lou Courtney – Hey Joyce (Popside)
Lou Courtney – Hot Butter’n’All (Hurdy Gurdy)
Jimmy Jones – Dynamite (Parkway)
Jimmy Robins – I Can’t Please You (Jerhart)
Preston Love – Cool Ade (Kent)
Spencer Wiggins – Double Lovin’ (Fame)
Clarence Carter – Take It Off Him and Put It On Me (Atlantic)
Howard Peters – Soulville (Coral)
Bobby Doyle – River Deep Mountain High (WB)
Al Green and the Soul Mates – Don’t Leave Me (Hot Line Music Journal)
Kip Anderson – A Knife and a Fork (Checker)
Rufus Thomas – Can Your Monkey Do the Dog (Stax)
Etta James – Tell Mama (Cadet)
Larry Williams and Johnny Watson – Keep On Loving You (Okeh)
Barbara West – You’re No Good (Ronn)
Laura Lee – Hang It Up (Chess)
Maurice and Mac – You Left the Water Running (Checker)
Pop Ups – Lurking (HBR)
Russell Evans and the Nite Hawks – Send Me Some Cornbread (Atco)
Jackie Wilson – Soul Galore (Brunswick)
Jr Walker and the All Stars – Shoot Your Shot (Soul)
Show #753 Originally broadcast 05/26/25
Staple Singers – Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (Epic)
Staple Singers – For What It’s Worth (Epic)
Dixie Hummingbirds – Love Me Like a Rock (Peacock)
Solomon Burke – Keep Looking (Atlantic)
Judy Clay – Get Together (Atlantic)
Memphis Soul Band – Oh Happy Day (Minit)
Aretha Franklin – Save Me (Atlantic)
Clara Ward – The Right Direction (Verve)
Salem Travelers – Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (Checker)
Otis Redding – Amen (Atco)
Majestic Choir and Soul Stirrers – Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (Checker)
Andrae Crouch and the Disciples – Wade In the Water (Light)
Andrae Crouch and the Disciples – Precious Lord Take My Hand (Light)
Reverend Charles Taylor – Well Done (HOB)
Dorothy Morrison – Spirit In the Sky (Buddah)
Sam Cooke – A Change is Gonna Come (RCA)
Staple Singers – Step Aside (Epic)
Louis Armstrong – The Creator Has a Master Plan (Flying Dutchman)
Show #752 Originally broadcast 05/19/25
Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Atlantic)
Bob Marshall and the Crystals – She Shot a Hole In My Soul (L-Rev)
Don Covay – Seesaw (Atlantic)
Lonnie Youngblood – Go Go Shoes (Fairmount)
Johnny Wyatt – Everybody’s Going Mod (Bronco)
Rufus Thomas – Walking the Dog (Stax)
Tommy Tucker – Long Tall Shorty (Checker)
Rodge Martin – Loving Machine (Bragg)
Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)
Derek Martin – Daddy Rollin’ Stone (Crackerjack)
Della Reese – It Was a Very Good Year (ABC)
Arthur Alexander – You Better Move On (Dot)
Timi Yuro – What’s a Matter Baby (Liberty)
Funky Sisters – Soul Woman (Aurora)
L’il Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)
Betty Harris – There’s a Break In the Road (SSS Intl)
Ray Bryant – Up Above the Rock (Cadet)
Chuck Wood – Soul Shingaling (Roulette)
Chuck Bridges and the LA Happening – Keep Your Faith Baby (Vault)
Fanatics – Dancing To the Shotgun (Back Beat)
O’Jays – Deeper In Love With You (Neptune)
Show #751 Originally broadcast 05/05/25
Lou Courtney – Me and You Doing the Boogaloo (Riverside)
Just Brothers – Sliced Tomatoes (MM)
Monitors – Number One In Your Heart (VIP)
Sam and Bill – I’ll Try (Decca)
Shirley Ellis – Soul Time (Columbia)
Volcanos – Storm Warning (Arctic)
Corvairs – Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (Columbia)
Younghearts – A Little Togetherness (Soultown)
Exciters – Blowing Up My Mind (RCA)
Incredibles – I Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts)
Robert John – Raindrops Love and Sunshine (A&M)
Eddie Holman – Eddie’s My Name (Parkway)
Darrell Banks – Our Love Is In the Pocket (Revilot)
Supremes – Love Is Like and Itching In My Heart (Motown)
Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Magnificent Men – I’ve Got News (Capitol)
Precisions – If This Is Love (I’d Rather Be Lonely) (Drew)
Theresa Lindsey – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)
Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Atco)
Show #750 Originally broadcast 04/28/25
Impressions – I’m So Proud (ABC/Paramount)
Impressions – Amen (ABC/Paramount)
Impressions – I’m the One Who Loves You (ABC/Paramount)
Curtis Mayfield – Mighty Mighty Spade and Whitey (Curtom)
Curtis Mayfield – We’re a Winner (Curtom)
Curtis Mayfield – I Plan To Stay a Believer (Curtom)
COD’s – Michael the Lover (Kellmac)
Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (Alon)
Van Dykes – No Man Is an Island (Mala)
Invincibles – Heart Full of Love (WB)
Radiants – Voice Your Choice (Chess)
Afro Blues Quintet Plus One – The Monkey Time (Mira)
Billy Butler and the Chanters – I Can’t Work No Longer (Okeh)
Young-Holt Unlimited – Give Me Your Love (Paula)
Reuben Wilson – Superfly (Groove Merchant)
Show #749 Originally broadcast 04/21/25
Benny Scott – Soul Beat (Brunswick)
Clarence Carter – Soul Deep (Atlantic)
Dorothy Norwood – Get Aoard the Soul Train (GRC)
Leon Haywood – Soul On (Imperial)
Obrey Wilson – Soul Satisfaction #1 (Bell)
Packers – Soul Time (TRC)
Vibrations – Soul a Go Go (Okeh)
Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations (Cadet)
Joe Zawinul – Soul of a Village (Vortex)
Dizzy Gillespie – Soul Kiss (Perception)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band – Soul Stream (Vocalion)
Ohio Players – A Little Soul Party (Trip)
Bobby and the Heavyweights – Soul Train (Mor Soul)
Art Butler – Soul Brother (Epic)
Dinah Washington – Soulville (Roulette)
Earl Van Dyke – Soul Stomp (Soul)
Merl Saunders – Soul Roach (Early Bird)
Louis Chachere – A Soulful Bag (Central)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Soul Food (Keynote)
Sam, Erv and Tom – Soul Teacher (Dynamo)
Trensations – Soulin’ and Rollin’ (Minit)
Show #748 Originally broadcast 04/14/25
Charles Earland –Here Comes Charlie (Prestige)
Charles Earland – Black Gun (Prestige)
Idris Muhammad – Express Yourself (Prestige)
Gene Ammons – Chicago Breakdown (Prestige)
Johnny Hammond Smith – The Stinger Pt1 (Prestige)
Hampton Hawes – JBs Mind (Prestige)
Leon Spencer – Message From the Meters (Prestige)
Sonny Phillips – Make It Plain (Prestige)
Show #747 Originally broadcast 04/07/25
Quartette Tres Bien – Boss Tres Bien (Decca)
Odell Brown and the Organizers – No More Water In the Well (Cadet)
Catalyst – Ain’t It the Truth (Cobblestone)
Grant Green – In the Middle (Blue Note)
Ernie Wilkins Big Band – Bigfoot Country (Mainstream)
Baby Face Willette – Roll’em Pete (Argo)
Butch Cornell Trio – Here Tis Now (Ru-Jac)
David Rockingham – Bee Dee (Josie)
Delegates – Pigmy Pt1 (Aura)
Freddie Roach – Next Time (Blue Note)
Chuck Edwards – Downtown Soulville (Punch)
Dynatones – Hole In the Wall (HBR)
Charlie Rich – Mohair Sam (Smash)
Isley Brothers – Nobody But Me (Wand)
Fred Hughes – Oo Wee Baby I Love You (Veejay)
Brenda Holloway – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy (Tamla)
Olympics – Good Lovin’ (Loma)
Show #723 Originally broadcast 09/30/24
Marvelettes – I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)
Bob and Earl – Harlem Shuffle (Marc)
Cannibal and the Headhunters – Land of 1,000 Dances (Rampart)
Maurice and the Radiants – Baby You’ve Got It (Chess)
Martha and the Vandellas – In My Lonely Room (Gordy)
Mickey Lee Lane – Hey Sah Lo Ney (Swan)
Bob and Earl – The Sissy (Cheyne)
Henry Lumpkin – Soul Is Taking Over (Buddah)
Larry Williams – Boss Lovin’ (El Bam)
Soul Partners – Walk On Judge (Bell)
Bill Moss – Sock It To Em Soul Brother (Bell)
Edwin Starr – Agent 00 Soul (Ric Tic)
Jo Ann and Troy – Who Do You Love (Atlantic)
Chitlins – Sugar Woman (Pala)
Clarence Frogman Henry – Tore Up Over You (Parrot)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Jesse Hill – My Children My Children (Chess)
Kim Melvin – Doin’ the Popcorn (Hi)
Otis Clay- Got To Find a Way (One Der Ful)
Show #722 Originally broadcast 09/23/24
Ben E King – What Is Soul (Atco)
Chuck Wood – Soul Shingaling (Roulette)
Al Brisco Clark and his Orchestra – Soul Food Pt1 (Fontana)
Bob Marshall and the Crystals – She Shot a Hole In My Soul (L Rev)
Funky Sisters – Soul Woman (Aurora)
Steve Colt and the 45s – Just a Little Bit of Soul (RCA)
Soulful Strings – Soul Message (Cadet)
Spencer Wiggins – Soul City USA (Goldwax)
Clara Ward – The Right Direction (Verve)
Chuck Wood – Seven Days Is Too Long (Roulette)
Mamie Galore – I Wanna Be Your Radio (St Lawrence)
O’Jays – Lipstick Traces (Imperial)
O’Jays – I Dig Your Act (Bell)
Tommy and Cleve – Boogaloo Baby (Checker)
Cheques – (I Wanna) Testify (Hip)
Flavor – Sally Had a Party (Columbia)
Feathers – Tryin’ To Get To You (Team)
Chubby Checker – Hey You Little Boogaloo (Parkway)
Chuck Bridges and the LA Happening – Keep Your Faith Baby (Vault)
Fanatics – Dancing to the Shotgun (Back Beat)
Four Seasons – The Night (Mowest)
Show #721 Originally broadcast 09/16/24
Bobby Bland – Shoes (Duke)
Grover Mitchell with St John and the Cardinals – Take Your Time and Love Me (Josie)
Intruders – Every Day Is a Holiday (Gamble)
OV Wright – Love the Way You Love (Back Beat)
Soul Brothers Six – I’ll Be Loving You (Atlantic)
Norman T Washington – Jumping Jack Flash (Pama)
Marie Franklin – You Ain’t Changed (Maverick)
Fatback Band – Going to See My Baby (Perception)
Bobby Womack – Take Me (Minit)
Constellations – Easy To Be Hard (Gemini)
Billy Vera and Judy Clay – Do Right Woman Do Right Man (Atlantic)
Magictones – I’ll Make It Up To You (Westbound)
Dorothy Morrison – Black California (Buddah)
Hesitations – Stay In My Corner (Kapp)
Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man (Atlantic)
American Group – Enchillada Soul (AGP)
Betty Everett – You’re No Good (Veejay)
Glories – Dark End of the Street (Date)
Tangeers – This Empty Place (Scepter)
Show #720 Originally broadcast 09/09/24
Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough For You (PI)
Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman (Alston)
Eddie Bo and the Chain Gang – Disco Party (Bo Sound)
Sherlock Holmes Invesrigation – The Pot’s Hot (CRS)
Cold Blood – Valdez In the Country (Reprise)
Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Soul Poppin’ (Brunswick)
Contributors of Soul – I Don’t Know (Newmiss)
Contributors of Soul – Look What You Done For Me (Newmiss)
Clarence Reid – Ten Tons of Dynamite (Alston)
Jo Armstead – Stone Good Lover (Giant)
Jr Walker and the All Stars – Come See About Me (Soul)
Drifters – Steal Away (Atlantic)
Drifters – At the Club (Atlantic)
James Carr – Dark End of the Street (Goldwax)
Spencer Wiggins – Up Tight Good Woman (Goldwax)
Percy Sledge – Baby Help Me (Atlantic)
Solomon Burke – These Arms of Mine (Bell)
Otis Redding – Happy Song (Atco)
Show #719 Originally broadcast 09/02/24
Frankie Valli – You’re Gonna Hurt Yourself (Smash)
Four Seasons – Beggin’ (Philips)
Shirelles – Boys (Scepter)
Shirelles – Sha La La (Scepter)
Shirelles – Last Minute Miracle (Scepter)
Marie Knight – Cry Me a River (Musicor)
Marie Knight – Come Tomorrow (Okeh)
Broadways – You Just Don’t Know (MGM)
Broadways – Sweet and Heavenly Melody (MGM)
Herbs – There Must Be an Answer (Smoke)
Herbs – You Put a Hurtin’ On My Heart (Smoke)
Billy Harner – Sally Sayin’ Somethin’ (Kama Sutra)
Billy Harner – I Struck It Rich (OR)
Billy Harner – Something You Got (6+6)
Valtairs – The KO KO MO (Selsom)
Valtairs – Soul (Selsom)
Kool and the Gang – Funky Stuff (Delite)
Kool and the Gang – Hollywood Swinging (Delite)
Kool and the Gang – Jungle Jazz (Delite)
Show #718 Originally broadcast 08/26/24
Dee Dee Warwick – Monday Monday (Mercury)
Dee Dee Warwick – We’re Doing Fine (Blue Rock)
Dee Dee Warwick – Don’t You Ever Give Up On Me (Mercury)
Hoagy Lands – Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Atlantic)
Isley Brothers – Testify Pts 1&2 (T-Neck)
Spellbinders – Help Me (Get Myself Back Together Again) (Columbia)
Spell binders – Chain Reaction (Columbia)
Patti and the Emblems – Please Don’t Ever Leave Me Baby (Kapp)
Rascals – Come On Up (Atlantic)
Rascals – Mickey’s Monkey/Lovelight (Atlantic)
Rascala – Groovin (Atlantic)
Linda Jones – A Last Minute Miracle (Loma)
Linda Jones – Seeing Is Believing (Loma)
Linda Jones – I Can’t Stop Lovin’ My Baby (Loma)
Ad Libs – He’s No Angel (Blue Cat)
Variations – A Shot of Love (Amy)
Variations – Tra La La La (Amy)
Dionne Warwick – This Empty Place (Scepter)
Show #717 Originally broadcast 08/12/24
Derek Martin – Daddy Rolling Stone (Crackerjack)
JJ Barnes – Don’t Bring Me No Bad News (Ric Tic)
Chuck Bernard – Indian Giver (St Lawrence)
Bettye Lavette – I Feel Good All Over (Calla)
The Shells – When I’m Blue (Conlo)
James Booker – Gonzo (Peacock)
Coasters – Down Home Girl (Date)
Jewels – Opportunity (Dimension)
Superlatives – I Don’t Know How (To Say I Love You Don’t Walk Away )(Westbound)
Gene Chandler – You Can’t Hurt Me No More (Constellation)
Spinners – Sweet Thing (Motown)
Tammi Terrell – Oh What A Good Man He Is (Motown)
Dynamics – Ain’t No Sun (Since You’ve Been Gone) (Cotillion)
Billy Butler and the Chanters – Nevertheless (Okeh)
Dyna-Might – Borracho (Uni)
Don Soul Train Campbell – Campbell Lock (Stanson)
Chuck Cornish – Blue Eyed Brother and Soul Get Along (SSS Intl)
Billy Davis – Stanky Get Funky (Cobblestone)
Buena Vistas – Kick Back (Marquee)
Kenny Smith – Go For Yourself (RCA)
Show #716 Originally broadcast 08/05/24
Unifics – It’s a Groovy World (Kapp)
Woody Guenther and the Cheaters – Bang Dangin’ Time (Shout)
Cymande – Fug (Janus)
Sugarpie DeSanto – Go Go Power (Checker)
James Brown – Funky President (People It’s Bad) (Polydor)
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – If You Love Her (Gordy)
Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It’s Growing (Gordy)
Chris Bartley – The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven (Vando)
Little Lover – Ditty Wah Ditty (Vest)
Tony Fox – (I’ve Got To) Do It To It (Calla)
Herbie Mann and Tamiko Jones – The Sidewinder (Atlantic)
Marva Whitney – This Girl’s In Love With You (King)
Simtec and Wylie – Maggie May (Mr Chand)
Jimmy Bo Horne – Let Me Be Your Lover (Sunshine Sound)
Deodato – Super Strut (CTI)
TSU Toronados – Play the Music Toronados (Volt)
Freddie Scott and the Four Steps – Same Ole Beat (Marlin)
Show #715 Originally broadcast 07/29/24
Maxine Weldon – It Don’t Matter To Me (Mainstream)
Ralfi Pagan – Make It With You (Fania)
Margie Joseph – Baby I’m a Want You (Atlantic)
New Birth – Make It With You (RCA)
Oscar Toney Jr – Everything I Own (Atco)
Margie Joseph – Sweet Surrender (Atlantic)
Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23 (Epic)
Shuggie Otis – Ice Cold Daydream (Epic)
Brian Auger and the Trinity – A Day In the Life (Atco)
Jackson Five – I’ll Bet You (Motown)
Shirley Scott – Because (Atlantic)
Pat Lewis – I’ll Wait (Solid Hit)
Johnny Otis Show – Watts Breakway (Epic)
Johnny Otis Show – Country Girl (Kent)
Black Heat – Chip’s Funk (Atlantic)
Gate Wesley and Band – Zap! Pow! Batman (Atlantic)
Little Milton – Grits Ain’t Groceries (Checker)
Jimmy Hicks – I’m Mr Big Stuff (Big Deal)
Show #713 Originally broadcast 07/22/24
Producers – Love Is Amazing (Huff Puff)
Len Barry – 1-2-3 (Decca)
Show Stoppers – Heartbreaker (Beacon)
Volcanos – You’re Number One (Arctic)
Dee Irwin – You Really Are Together (Fairmount)
Billy Harner – Sally Sayin’ Somethin’ (Kama Sutra)
Fantastic Johnny C – Some Kind of Wonderful (Phil LA Of Soul)
Gene Waiters – Shake and Shingaling Pts 1&2 (Fairmount)
Teddy and the Fingerpoppers – Soul Groove (Arctic)
O’Jays – Deeper In Love With You (Neptune)
Ethics – Look at Me Now (Vent)
United Four – Go On (Harthon)
Ambassadors – (I Got to Find) Happiness (Atlantic)
Billy Harner – Watch Your Step (OR)
Candy and the Kisses – Keep On Searchin (Scepter)
Intruders – A Love That’s Real (Gamble)
Volcanos – Make Your Move (Arctic)
Cooperettes – Everything’s Wrong (Brunswick)
Cooperettes – Trouble (Brunswick)
Eddie Holman – Don’t Stop Now (Parkway)
Show #713 Originally broadcast 07/15/24
Isley Brothers – Got To Have You Back (Tamla)
Big Dee Irwin – Discotheque (Roulette)
Dee Irwin and Mamie Galore – Dat Tripper (Imperial)
Billy Graham and the Escalators – Ooo Poo Pah Do (Atlantic)
Jimmy Jones – Don’t You Just Know It (Parkway)
Bobby Whitlock – And I Love You (Hip)
Monti Rock III – For Days and Days (Mercury)
Del-Cords – Just a Little Misunderstanding (UP)
Teri Nelson Group – Love Is Getting Better (Kama Sutra)
Teri Nelson Group – SOS Heart In Distress (Kama Sutra)
Anna King – If You Don’t Think (Smash)
Yvonne Fair – Just As Sure (As You Play You Must Pay) (Smash)
Betty Everett – Getting Mighty Crowded (Vee Jay)
Betty Everett – I Can’t Hear You No More (Veejay)
Johnny Moore – A Dollar Ninety Eight (Wand)
Johnny Moore – Haven’t I Been Good To You (Wand)
Little Richard – Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (Veejay)
Spyder Turner – I’m Alive (MGM)
Spyder Turner – Dream Lover (MGM)
Johnny Wyatt – Everybody’s Going Mod (Bronco)
Capitols – We Have a Thing That’s In the Groove (Karen)
Capitols – Afro Twist Time (Karen)
Show #712 Originally broadcast 07/01/24
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor)
Cal Tjader – Solar Heat (Skye)
Dee Felice Trio – In Heat (Bethlehem)
George Shearing, the Quintet and the Amigos – The World Is a Ghetto (MPS)
Dave Stryker – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Strikezone)
Kool and the Gang – Dujii (Delite)
Kool and the Gang – Hollywood Swinging (Live) (Delite)
Kool and the Gang – Summer Madeness (Live) (Delite)
Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze Pts 1&2 (T-Neck)
Hesitations – Groovin’ (Kapp)
War – Summer (UA)
Show #711 Originally broadcast 06/24/24
Alvin Robinson – Down Home Girl (Red Bird)
Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll (Blue Cat)
Alvin Robinson – Baby Don’t You Do It (Atco)
Bill Doggett – Fingertips (Columbia)
Blendells – La La La La La (Reprise)
Bill Blacks Combo – Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Dah Day (Hi)
Jackie Wilson and Count Basie – Uptight (Everything’s Alright) (Brunswick)
Boy Meets Girl – Soul-Le-Lujah
Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples – Piece of My Heart
William Bell and Mavis Staples – Leave the Girl Alone
William Bell and Mavis Staples – I Thank You
Pervis Staples and Carla Thomas – It’s Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)
Chevelles – The Gallop (Flaming Arrow)
Von Ryan’s Express – Squat Pot (MGM)
Von Ryan’s Express – Bushman (MGM)
Dyke and the Blazers – Funky Broadway (Original Sound)
Little Ann – Going Down a One Way Street (Ric Tic)
Floyd Smith – Soul Strut (Dakar)
Leon Haywood – Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (Atlantic)
Show #710 Originally broadcast 06/17/24
Cal’s Tricks – Who’s Gonna Take the Weight (Secant)
Benny Scott – Soul Beat (Brunswick)
Coasters – Cool Jerk (King)
Lloyd L Williams – Be Mine Tonight (ABC)
Lewis Clark – Dog (Ain’t a Man’s Best Friend) (Brent)
Mighty Hannibal – Fishin’ Pole (Josie)
Timmy Willis – Mr Soul Satisfaction (Sidra)
Spellbinders – Help Me (Get Myself Together Again) (Columbia)
Four Tops – Something About You (Motown)
La Salles – La La La La La (VIP)
Clydie King – Bout Love (Lizard)
Intruders – Up and Down the Ladder (Gamble)
Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Jean Wells – With My Love and What You Got (Calla)
Marvin Gaye – Baby Don’t You Do It (Tamla)
Arthor Conley – Love Got Me (Atco)
James and Bobby Purify – Let Love Come Between Us (Bell)
Blossoms – Soul and Inspiration (Bell)
Aretha Franklin – Soulville (Columbia)
Chuck Edwards – Downtown Soulville (Punch)
Show #709 Originally broadcast 06/03/24
Richard Groove Holmes – Listen Here (World Pacific)
Freddy McCoy – Huh! (Prestige)
Freddy McCoy – One Cylinder (Prestige)
Ekseption – This Here (Philips)
Brother Jack McDuff – Mystic John (Blue Note)
Jimmy Smith – Uh Ruh (MGM)
Joe Thomas Group – Coming Home Baby (Cobblestone)
Merl Saunders – Julia (Fantasy)
Leon Spencer – The Slide (Prestige)
Sonny Phillips – Make It Plain (Prestige)
Lonnie Smith – See Saw (Blue Note)
Show #708 Originally broadcast 05/27/24
Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds – Get Down (Magic Touch)
Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds – The Funky Yolk (Chess)
Harvey Scales – What’s Good For You (Don’t Have To Be Good To You) (Stax)
Junior and the Classics – Mix Up a Go Go (Magic Touch)
Junior and the Classics – Wise Up (Magic Touch)
Marvell and the Blue Mats – Dance Called the Motion (Dynamic Sound)
Marvell and the Blue Mats – Mellow Man (Dynamic Sound)
Esquires – Get On Up (Bunky)
Esquires- Things Won’t Be the Same (Bunky)
James Brown – Cold Sweat Pts 1&2 (King)
AB Skhy – Camel Back (MGM)
Ben Sidran – Puttin’ In Time On Planet Earth (Blue Thumb)
Woody Herman – Can’t Get Next To You (Fantasy)
Woody Herman – Crosswind (Fantasy)
Show #707 Originally broadcast 05/20/24
Jimmy Smith – The Cat (Verve)
Bobby Byrd – Hot Pant’s (I’m Coming) (Brownstone)
Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (King)
Bobby Byrd – If You Don’t Work You Can’t Eat (King)
Jamo Thomas – Arrest Me (Thomas)
Jamo Thomas – I Spy (For the FBI) (Thomas)
Mr Jamo – Shake What You Brought With You (SSS Intl)
Richie Barrett – Some Other Guy (Atlantic)
Sam Erv and Tom – Soul Teacher (Dynamo)
Jimmy Hughes – Neighbor Neighbor (Fame)
Eddie Purrell – The Spoiler (Volt)
Johnny Otis – Country Girl (Kent)
Dee Dee Sharp – You’re Just a Fool In Love (Atco)
Kim Weston – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (People)
Bob Dorough – The Beat Goes On (MMO)
Henry Mancini – Police Woman (RCA)
Henry Mancini – The Streets of San Francisco (RCA)
Johnny Mathis – Evil Ways (Columbia)
Moe Koffman – Coming Home Baby (Jubilee)
Show #706 Originally broadcast 05/06/24
Gladys Knight and the Pips – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Soul)
Gladys Knight and the Pips – You Need Love Like I Do (Soul)
Gladys Knight and the Pips – Nitty Gritty (Soul)
Aretha Franklin – Soulville (Columbia)
Aretha Franklin – See Saw (Atlantic)
Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man (Atlantic)
Dobie Gray – The In Crowd (Charger)
Dobie Gray – See You at the Go Go (Charger)
Dobie Gray – Out On the Floor (Charger)
Georgie Fame – Last Night (Imperial)
Georgie Fame – El Bandido (Imperial)
Georgie Fame -Knock On Wood (Columbia UK)
Baby Lloyd – Satisfaction (Smash)
George Semper – Satisfaction (Imperial)
Thelma Houston – Jumping Jack Flash (ABC/Dunhill)
Wynder K Frog – Jumping Jack Flash (Island)
Merry Clayton – Gimme Shelter (Ode)
Show #705 Originally broadcast 04/29/24
Joe Youngblood Cobb – It’s LB Time (exSPECTmore)
Jerry-O – There Was a Time (White Whale)
E Rodney Jones – R&B Time (Tuff)
E Rodney Jones – The Whole Thing (Brunswick)
Bernie Hayes – Calling All My Buddies (Bright Star)
Alley Pat – Pat’s Rubber Band (AP)
Paul Sir Raggedy Flagg – Papa Mama Romper Stomper (Atlantic)
Real Don Steele – Hole In My Soul (Cameo)
Real Don Steele – Tina Delgado Is Alive (Cameo)
Sly – Buttermilk (Autumn)
Murray the K – It’s What’s Happening Baby (Red Bird)
John R – Keep On Scratching (Smash)
Bill Butterball Crane – Stepin’ Tall (Key)
Jerry Blavat – Discophonic Walk (Favor)
Georgie Woods – Potato Salad (Fat Back)
Georgie Woods and Jimmy Bishop – Oo Wow (Uptown)
Sonny Hopson – Unhh Unhh (Giant Step)
Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Penguin Pt1 (Stax)
Show #704 Originally broadcast 04/22/24
Dells – Make Sure You Have Someone Who Loves You (Cadet)
Falcons – I’m a Fool I Must Love You (Big Wheel)
Sandy Nelson – Love Is Like an Itching In Your Heart (Imperial)
Themes – Bent Out of Shape (Minit)
Toys – I Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby (Dynovoice)
Eddie Forehand – Cry Me a River (Minit)
Vibrations – Expressway To Your Heart (Neptune)
Rivingtons – Papa Ooo Mow Mow (Liberty)
Rivingtons – Bird Is the Word (Liberty)
Soul Brothers – Horsing Around (Newmiss)
Dynamics – Misery (Big Top)
Eddie Holland – Leaving Here (Motown)
Chuck Berry – Club Nitty Gritty (Mercury)
Junior and the Classics – Mix Up a Go Go (Magic Touch)
G Davis and R Tyler – Hold On Help Is On the Way (Par Lo)
Jeff Afdem and the Springfield Flute – Watermelon Man (Jerden)
Jackie and Tut – 10-2 Double Plus (Chess)
Stereos – I Feel Soul a Coming (Cadet)
Blue Notes – Hot Thrills and Cold Chills (Uni)
Buddy Guy – Buddy’s Groove (Chess)
Jackie Lee – African Boogaloo (Keymen)
Show #703 Originally broadcast 04/15/24
Derek Martin – Daddy Rollin’ Stone (Crackerjack)
Derek Martin – Soul Power (Tuba)
Spencer Wiggins – Soul City USA (Goldwax)
Chuck Brooks – Baa Baa Black Sheep (AGP)
Sam Hutchins – Dang Me (AGP)
Jay Lewis – Oh (Venture)
Sam Rhodes – Shake Your Soul Honey (Capitol)
Homer Banks – A Lot of Love (Minit)
Homer Banks – 60 Minutes of Your Love (Minit)
Billy Preston – Let the Music Play (Capitol)
Jimmy Jones – Dynamite (Parkway)
Magnificent Men – Just Walk In My Shoes (Capitol)
Magnificent Men – I Got News (Capitol)
ZZ Hill – Don’t Make Promises (Kent)
Geater Davis – Don’t Marry a Fool (House of Orange)
Martha and the Vandellas – Never Leave Your Baby’s Side (Gordy)
Theresa Lindsey – Daddy-O (Golden World)
Linda Carr – These Things Will Keep Me Loving You Baby (Capitol)
Four Larks – Groovin at the Go Go (Tower)
Henry Cain – Why Am I Treated So Bad (Capitol)
Dave Davini Four – The Jupe (Capitol)
Ohio Players – Find Someone To Love (Capitol)
Show #702 Originally broadcast 04/08/24
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pts 1&2 (Seven B)
James Brown – Get On the Good Foot (Polydor)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
Lee Moses – Reach Out (Musicor)
Laura Lee – Crumbs Off the Table (Hot Wax)
Gene Chandler – In My Body’s House (Checker)
Lou Courtney – Hey Joyce (Popside)
Mickey and the Soul Generation – Iron Leg (Maxwell)
L’IL Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)
Rodge Martin – Lovin Machine (Bragg)
Roy Lee Johnson – Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)
Village Callers – Hector (Rampart)
Chitlins – Sugar Woman (Pala)
Gentleman June Gardner – It’s Gonna Rain (Emarcy)
Show #701 Originally broadcast 04/01/24
Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Fantasy)
Fine As Wine – Why Won’t You Let It Go (WB)
Frankie Gee – A Date With the Rain (Claridge)
Louie Ramirez – Do It Any Way You Wanna (Cotique)
Geraldo Pino – Heavy Heavy Heavy (Suzumi)
Average White Band – Person to Person (Atlantic)
Sugar Billy – Super Duper Love (Fast Track)
Jimmy Bo Horne – Let Me Be Your Lover (Sunshine Sound)
Manu Dibango – New Bell (Atlantic)
Salsoul Orchestra – Zambezi (Salsoul)
Mongo Santamaria – Lady Marmalade (Vaya)
Herbie Mann – Hijack (Atlantic)
Show #700 Originally broadcast 03/25/24
Stevie Wonder – We Can Work It Out (Tamla)
Bar-Kays – A Hard Days Night (Volt)
Mary Wells – I Should Have Known Better (20th Century Fox)
Clara Ward – Help (Verve)
Ike and Tina Turner – Get Back (Liberty)
Vontastics – Day Tripper (St Lawrence)
Chubby Checker – Back In the USSR (Buddah)
Bettye Lavette – With a Little Help From My Friends (Karen)
Fats Domino – Lovely Rita (Reprise)
Sweet Linda Divine – Good Day Sunshine (Columbia)
Dionne Warwick – We Can Work It Out (Scepter)
Billy Preston – Eight Days a Week (Veejay)
Lee Moses – Day Tripper (Musicor)
Jackie Wilson – Eleanor Rigby (Brunswick)
Chris Clark – Got To Get You Into My Life (Motown)
Fats Domino – Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except For Me and My Monkey) (Reprise)
Junior Parker – Tomorrow Never Knows (Capitol)
Soulful Strings – Within You Without You (Cadet)
Tams – Hey Jude (ABC)
Show #699 Originally broadcast 03/11/24
Artistics – What Happened (Brunswick)
Cooperettes – Shing-A-Ling (Brunswick)
Barbara Acklin – Am I The Same Girl (Brunswick)
Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – Soul Galore (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – Whispers Getting Louder (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Brunswick)
Barbara Acklin – A Raggedy Ride (Brunswick)
Erma Franklin – Change My Thoughts From You (Brunswick)
Emperors – Karate Boogaloo (Brunswick)
Lavern Baker – Batman to the Rescue (Brunswick)
Little Richard – Soul Train (Brunswick)
Young Holt Unlimited – California Montage (Brunswick)
Billy Butler – I’ll Bet You (Brunswick)
Lionel Hampton – Them Changes (Brunswick)
Willie Henderson and the Soul Explosions – Funky Chicken (Brunswick)
Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – It’s Gonna Be Good (Brunswick)
Young Holt Unlimited – Horoscope (Brunswick)
U Dwi Peopl’s Paraphernalia – Push and Pull (the Tom Jones) (Brunswick)
Soupy Sales – Break Your Back (Brunswick)
Show #698 Originally broadcast 03/04/24
Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce (Verve)
Carlos Malcolm – Don’t Walk (Roulette)
Hector Rivera – At the Party (Barry)
Machito – Shake (RCA)
Lt Garcia’s Magic Music Box – Latin Shake (Kama Sutra)
Joe Cuba Sextet – El Pito (Tico)
Joe Cuba Sextet – Que Son Uno (Tico)
Perez Prado – A Go Go (Raza)
Cecil Davis (El Pajarito) – Let’s Have a Ball (Dial)
Cal Tjader – Ran Kan Kan (Fantasy)
Tito Puente – Oye Como Va (Tico)
Joe Bataan – Crystal Blue Persuasion (Uptite)
Mongo Santamaria – Sing a Simple Song (Columbia)
Armando Peraza – Wild Thing (Skye)
Pete Rodriguez – I Like It Like That (Alegre)
Willie Bobo – Grazing In the Grass (Verve)
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Show #697 Originally broadcast 02/26/24
Wynder K Frog – Dancing Frog (UA)
Casey and the Pressure Group – Powerhouse (Wizdom)
Inez and Charlie Foxx’s Swinging Mocking Band – Shimmy (Dynamo)
Merrit Hemmingson – The Letter (Camden)
Ross Carnegie – Cool Dad (El Con)
Andre Brasseur – Pow Pow (Palette)
Graham Bond – Wade In the Water (Ascot)
Bob Kuban and the In Men – Batman (Musicland USA)
Four Instants – Watermelon Man (Society)
Trudy Pitts – Bucketful of Soul (Prestige)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band – Soul Mate (Vocalion)
Pop Ups – Lurking (HBR)
Dave Russell and the Wright Sounds – Harlem Shuffle Pt 2 (Jemal)
Donald Seward – Studio B Funk (Revolution)
Brother Jack McDuff – But It’s Alright (Atlantic)
Mohawks – Ride Your Pony (Pama)
Shotgun Express – Curtains (Columbia UK)
Bob’s Band – Score (Atco)
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Show #696 Originally broadcast 02/19/24
Les James Trio – Joe’s Thing (Century)
Steve Allen and the Gentle Players – Fox (ABC)
Monk Higgins – Who Dun It (St Lawrence)
Rhine Oak’s – Tampin’ (Atco)
Young Holt Unltd – Listen Here (Brunswick)
EJ’s LTD – Rockin’ In the Same Old Boat (Back Beat)
Duke of Burlington – Soul Clap ’69 (Joker)
Sonny Cox – Chocolate Candy (Bell)
Phil Moore III- Hog Call (Atco)
South Suburban Electric Strings – Blues For Strings and Things (Nickel)
Errol Garner – Watermelon Man (MGM)
Gabor Szabo – Pretty Girl Why (Blue Thumb)
James Rivers – It’s All Over (Kon-Ti)
Rhine Oaks – Oleancler (Atco)
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Show #695 Originally broadcast 02/12/24
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC/Paramount)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)
Rubaiyats- Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Eldridge Holmes – Poor Me (ALON)
Hueys – Feelin’ Kind of Coo Coo Too (Instant)
Willie Harper – You You (Sansu)
Johnny Adams – You Made a New Man Out Of Me (SSS Intl)
Eddie Bo – Don’t Turn Me Loose (Bo Spund)
Art Neville – Hook Line and Sinker (Instant)
James Rivers – Tighten Up (Eight Ball)
Johnny Moore – Haven’t I Been Good To You Baby (Wand)
Robert Parker – Everybody’s Hip Huggin’ (Nola)
Marie Boubarere – I’m Going Home (Nola)
Willie West – Hello Mama (Deesu)
Lee Dorsey – Operation Heartache (Amy)
Chris Kenner – Fumigate Funky Broadway (Instant)
Anthony Butler and the Invaders – Katty’s Thing (Big Deal)
Tony Owens – Got A Get My Baby Back (Soulin)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit)
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Show #677 Originally broadcast 09/11/23 Marie Knight – Come Tomorrow (Okeh)Marie Knight – Cry Me a River (Musicor)Marie and Rex – I Can’t Sit Down (Carlton)Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Raw Funky (Uptown)Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers […]
Show #676 Originally broadcast 09/04/23
Dramatics – Get Up and Get Down (Volt)
BT Express – Do It (Til You’re Satisfied) (Scepter)
Holland/Dozier- Don’t Leave Me Starving For Your Love (Invictus)
Temptations – Papa Was a Rolling Stone (Gordy)
Moses Dillard and the Tex Town Display – Got To Find a Way To Hid My Hurt Pts 1&2 (Curtom)
Isaac Hayes – Walk On By (Enteprise)
Butterscotch – Something Has Got To Change (Renee)
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Show #675 Originally broadcast 08/28/23 Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (Atco)Otis Leavill – Boomerange (Blue Rock)Otisettes – You’re All I Want (Epic)Otis Williams and the Charms – Ain’t Gonna Walk Your Dog No More (Okeh)Otis Clay – Gotta Find a Way (one Der Ful)Otis Goodwin and the Casternetts – I Feel It (Just a […]
Show #674 Originally broadcast 08/21/23 Banbarra – Shack Up (UA)Bob Dorough – Three Is the Magic Number (Capitol)Liquid Liquid – Cavern (99) Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol)Chambers Brothers – Funky (CBS)Al Hirt – Harlem Hendoo (RCA)Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (King)James Brown – Funky Drummer Pt2 […]
Show #673 Originally broadcast 08/14/23 Babe Ruth – The Mexican (Harvest)Commodores – Machine Gun (Motown)Grant Green – Sookie Sookie (Blue Note) Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band – Scorpio (Sussex) Bob James – Nautilus (CTI)Dave and Ansil Collins – Double Barrell (Big Tree) Freddie Scott – You Got What I Need (Shout)20th Century Steel […]
Show #672 Originally broadcast 08/07/23 Bill Blacks Combo – Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Be Doo Dah Day (HI)Blendells – La La La La La (Reprise)Choker Campbell – Fingertips (Motown)Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (Atlantic)Charles Earland – Cherie Amour (El Dorado)Sandy Nelson – Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby (Imperial) Arthur […]
Show #671 Originally broadcast 07/31/23 Al Kent – Where Do I Go From Here (Ric Tic)Edwin Starr – Back Street (Ric Tic)San Remo Golden Strings – All Turned On (Ric Tic)San Remo Golden Strings – Hungry For Love (Ric Tic)Sonny Stitt – The Double O Soul of Sonny Stitt (Wingate) JJ Barnes – Day Tripper […]
Show #670 Originally broadcast 07/24/23 Brother Jack McDuff – Hunk of Funk (LP edit) (Blue Note)Brother Jack McDuff – Moon Rappin’ (Blue Note) Johnny Hammond Smith – Higher Ground (Kudu)Johnny Hammond Smith – Big Sur Suite (Kudu) Lonnie Smith – Mama Wailer (Kudu)Lonnie Smith – See Saw (Blue Note)Leon Spencer – Message From the Meters […]
Show #669 Originally broadcast 07/17/23 Chris Farlowe – Headlines (Immediate)Dusty Springfield – Go Head On (Philips)Georgie Fame – The In Crowd (Imperial)Joe E Young and the Toniks – 60 Miniutes of Your Love (Toast)Barry St John – Cry Like a Baby (GRT) Keith Mansfield – Soul Confusion (Epic)Mohawks – The Champ (Philips)Tony Newman – Soul […]
Show #668 Originally broadcast 07/10/23 Darrell Banks – Our Love Is In the Pocket (Revilot)Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary)Monitors – Number One In Your Heart (VIP)Sam and Bill – I’ll Try (Decca)Bobbettes – Tighten Up Your Own Home (Mayhew) Incredibles – Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts)Florence Ballard – Forever Faithful (ABC)Marketts […]
Show #667 Originally broadcast 07/03/23 El Chicano – Tell Her She’s Lovely (MCA)El Chicano – Mas Zacate (Kapp)El Chicano – Un Mundo (MCA) Kool and the Gang – Jungle Jazz (Delite)Kool and the Gang – Dujii (Delite)Kool and the Gang – Summer Madness (Live) Eddie Cano Quintet – Slip Slip (Dunhill)Eddie Cano Quintet – El […]
Show #666 Originally broadcast 06/26/23 The Heavy Sounds – Reach Out (Lugnutbrand)The Heavy Sounds – Midnight Sun (Lugnutbrand)Andre Cruz and Chris Lujan – Heart Full of Love (Lugnutbrand)Andre Cruz and Chris Lujan – All of the Hearts (Lugnutbrand) Young Holt Unlimited – Wack Wack (Brunswick)Young Holt Unlimited – Hot Pants (Cotillion)Young Holt Unlimited – Freddie’s […]
Show #665 Originally broadcast 06/05/23
Aretha Franklin – Save Me (Atlantic)
Betty Harris – Trouble With My Lover (Sansu)
Glories – I Love You Babe (But Give Me My Freedom) (Date)
Madeline Bell – Picture Me Gone (Philips)
Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Atco)
Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Cadet)
Rhetta Hughes – Light My Fire (Tetragrammaton)
Dorothy Norwood – Get On Board the Soul Train (GRC)
Gloria Lynne – If You Don’t Get It Yourself (Canyon)
Dee Dee Sharp – You’re Just a Fool In Love (Atco)
Dinah Washington – Soulville (Roulette)
Royalettes – River of Tears (Roulette)
Babies – Hand of Fate (Dunhill)
Linda Jones – You Can’t Take It (Loma)
Jo Armstead – I Feel an Urge Coming On (Giant)
Barbara Lynn – I’m a Good Woman (Tribe)
Barbara Lynn – Club A Go Go (Tribe)
Judy Clay – It Takes a Lot of Good Love (Stax)
Judy Clay – You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart (Stax)
Marvelettes – Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead (Tamla)
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Show #664 Originally broadcast 05/29/23 Ike and Tina Turner Revue – Big TNT Show MedleyIke and Tina Turner – Finger Poppin’ (WB)Ike and Tina Turner – Somebody Needs You (Loma) Tina Turner – Something’s Got a Hold On Me (WB)Tina Turner – Twist and Shout (WB)Ikettes – I’m Blue (Atco)Ikettes – Don’t Feel Sorry For […]
Show #663 Originally broadcast 05/22/23
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
Danny White – Taking Inventory (Decca)
Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca)
Jay Lewis – Oh (Venture)
Lou Courtney – Me and You Doing the Boogaloo (Popside)
Clarence Carter – Take It Off Him (And Put It On Me) (Atlantic)
Clarence Carter – Soul Deep (Atlantic)
James Duncan – I’ll Be Gone (King)
Otis Clay – Got To Find a Way (One Der Ful)
Bobby Bryant – I Wanna Testify! (World Pacific)
Mad Lads – No Time Is Better Than Right Now (Volt)
Ollie and the Nightingales – Girl You Have My Heart Singing (Stax)
Ted Taylor – Love Is Like a Rambling Rose (Okeh)
Washington Smith – Fat Cat (Okeh)
Eyes 0f Blue – Heart Trouble (Deram)
Bob Brady and the Conchords – More More More of Your Love (Chariot)
Velvelettes – He Was Really Sayin’ Something (VIP)
Olympics – The Duck (Mirwood)
Seven Souls – Groove In (Venture)
Quovans – Boogaloo Pt1 (Symbol)
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Show #662 Originally broadcast 05/08/23
Dizzy Gillespie – Stomped and Wasted (GWP)
Dizzy Gillespie – Chicken Giblets (GWP)
Lena Horne – Feels So Good (Buddah)
Horace Silver – Acid Pot and Pills (Blue Note)
Horace Silver – Big Business (Blue Note)
Mary Lou Williams – The Credo (Mary)
Lionel Hampton – Chameleon (Glad Hamp)
Erroll Garner – Watermelon Man (MGM)
Woody Herman – Can’t Get Next To You (Fantasy)
Woody Herman – Crosswind (Fantasy)
Eddie Jefferson – Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin (Muse)
Eddie Jefferson -Psychedelic Sally (Prestige)
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Show #660 Originally broadcast 05/01/23
George, Teddy and the Condors – Sticks and Stones (Reprise)
Betty Lavette – With a Little Help From My Friends (Karen)
Eddie ‘Little Buster’ Forehand – Cry Me a River (Minit)
James Burton – Delta Lady (A&M)
Hubert Laws – Let It Be (CTI)
Carmen McRae – Something (Atlantic)
Lou Rawls – Feelin’ Alright (Capitol)
Roberta Flack – Superstar (Atlantic)
Mar-Keys – Hummingbird (Stax)
Maxine Brown – Darling Be Home Soon (Commonwealth United)
Tams – The Letter (ABC)
Donny Hathaway – A Song For You (Atco)
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Show #660 Originally broadcast 04/17/23
Intruders – I’ll Always Love My Mama (Gamble)
Sonny Ross – Alakazam (Event)
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (Philadelphia International)
Average White Band – Person to Person (Atlantic)
O’Jays – Love Train (Philadelphia International)
Detroit Emeralds – You Want It You Got It (Westbound)
Spinners – It’s a Shame (VIP)
Spinners – I’ll Be Around (Atlantic)
Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love (Atlantic)
Johnny Williams – Slow Motion (Philadelphia International)
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Show #659 Originally broadcast 04/10/23
Joe Williams and the Jazz Orchestra – Get Out of My Life Woman (SS)
Memphis Soul Band – Who’s Making Love (Minit)
Quincy Jones – Mohair Sam (Mercury)
Soul Finders – Dead End Street (Camden)
Ralph Soul Jackson – Sunshine of Your Love (Atlantic)
Machito – Shake (RCA)
Harvey Averne Band – Stand (Fania)
Armando Peraza – Wild Thing (Skye)
Fred Ramirez – Hold On I’m Coming (WB)
Steve Allen – Son of a Preacher Man (Flying Dutchman)
Timmy Thomas – It’s My Life (Glodwax)
Maurice and Mac – You Left the Water Running (Chess)
Foundations – Call Me (Uni)
Terry Reid – Stay With Me (Epic)
Choker Campbell – Wild One (Motown)
Detroit City Limits – Cowboys to Girls (Okeh)
Freddie Scott and the Seven Steps – It’s Not Unusual (Marlin)
Ike and Tina Turner Review – You’re No Good (Loma)
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Show #658 Originally broadcast 04/03/23
Grant Green – Ease Back (Blue Note)
Grant Green – Cease the Bombing (Blue Note)
Grant Green – Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is (Blue Note)
Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones – Right On (Prestige)
Melvin Sparks – Thank You Pt1&2(Prestige)
John Bishop – Wade In the Water (TRC)
John Bishop – Sweet Emma (TRC)
John Bishop – 35 Saint Servon (TRC)
Kenny Burrell – Burning Spear (Verve)
David T Walker – Since You’ve Been Gone (Revue)
David T Walker – Hot Fun In the Summertime (Ode)
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Show #657 Originally broadcast 03/27/23
Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa (Atlantic)
Manu Dibango – New Bell (Atlantic)
Manu Dibango – Weya (Atlantic)
Lou Courtney – Hey Joyce (Popside)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
James Brown – Get On the Good Foot (Polydor)
Vicki Anderson – I’m Too Tough For Mr Big Stuff (Hot Pants) (Brown Stone)
Erma Franklin – I Gotta Find Me a Lover (Brunswick)
Ike and Tina Turner – Bold Soul Sister (Blue Thumb)
Etta James – I Got You Babe (Cadet)
Magnificent Malochi – Mama Your Daddy’s Come Home (Brunswick)
Roy Lee Johnson – Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
Rodge Martin – Lovin’ Machine (Bragg)
Bobby Powell – Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (Whit)
Billy Harner – I Struck It Rich (OR)
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Show #656 Originally broadcast 03/20/23
Barry Jones – Let’s Do the Funky Boogaloo (Dial)
Alvin Cash – Funky 69 (Toddlin Town)
Dynamic Corvettes – Funky Music Is the Thing (Abet)
Common Pleas – The Funky Judge (Crimson)
Bull and the Matadors – Funky Judge (Toddlin Town)
Chambers Brothers – Funky (CBS)
Mark Lewis Trio – Funky Street (C&M)
Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds – The Funky Yolk (Chess)
Phil Moore III – Funky Canyon (Atco)
ST4 – Funky (Scepter)
Sam Moultrie – Funky Jerk (Roulette)
Freddy King – Funky (Cotillion)
Fried Chicken – Funky DJ (Stone)
Soul East – Funky Lady (DeLuxe)
Willie Henderson – Funky Chicken Pt1 (Brunswick)
Wilson Pickett – Funky Broadway (Atlantic)
Richard Marks – Funky Four Corners Pt2 (Roulette)
Johnny Cameron – Funky John (Atlantic)
J Hines & the Boys – Funky Funk (Nation-Wide)
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Show #655 Originally broadcast 03/13/23
Chuck Jackson – Any Day Now (Wand)
Lou Johnson – Kentucky Bluebird (Send a Message to Martha) (Big Hill)
Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles – Always Something There To Remind Me (Atlantic)
Ben E King – They Don’t Give Medals to Yesterday’s Heroes (Atco)
Dionne Warwick – This Empty Place (Scepter)
The Drifters – Mexican Divorce (Atlantic)
The Shirelles – Baby It’s You (Scepter)
Tommy Hunt – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Scepter)
Oscar Toney Jr – Any Day Now (Bell)
Brook Benton – A House Is Not a Home (Mercury)
Alohe Burke with the Five Stairsteps – The Look of Love (Cobblestone)
Dionne Warwick – Here I Am (Scepter)
Cal Tjader – Moneypenny (Skye)
Lou Johnson – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me (Big Hill)
Tangeers – This Empty Place (Scepter)
Marva Whitney – This Girl’s In Love With You (King)
Lou Johnson – Walk On By (Big Top)
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Show #653 Originally broadcast 03/06/23
Billy Preston – Shotgun (Capitol)
Billy Preston – The Duck (Capitol)
Billy Preston – The In Crowd (Capitol)
Sly – Buttermilk (Autumn)
Sly and the Family Stone – Everyday People (Epic)
Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools (Atlantic)
Aretha Franklin – See Saw (Atlantic)
Don Covay & the Goodtimers – Sookie Sookie (Atlantic)
Don Covay & the Goodtimers – Mercy Mercy (Rosemart)
Don Covay – Shingaling 67 (Atlantic)
Billy Butler – Right Track (Okeh)
Artistics – What Happened (Brunswick)
Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Brunswick)
Major Lance – Too Hot To Hold (Okeh)
Billy Butler – I’ll Bet You (Brunswick)
The Valentinos – It’s All Over Now (Sar)
Bobby Womack – Take Me (Minit)
Sammy Gordon and the Hiphuggers – Breezin (Archives)
Bobby Womack – Woman’s Gotta Have It (UA)
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Show #652 Originally broadcast 02/27/23
Chuck Jackson – Yah (Wand)
Chuck Jackson – Just a Little Bit Of Your Soul (Wand)
Al Kent – You’ve Got to Pay the Price (Ric Tic)
E Rodney Jones – R&B Time Pt 2 (Tuff)
Joe Renzetti’s Sounds – Reach Out For Me (Mala)
Wynder K Frog – Dancing Frog (UA)
Little Caesar and the Empires – Everybody Dance Now (inst) (Parkway)
Righteous Brothers Band – Rat Race (Verve)
Baltimore and Ohio Band – Condition Red (Jubilee)
Mike Post Coalition – Afternoon of the Rhino (WB)
Buena Vistas – Hot Shot (Swan)
Marketts – Stirrin’ Up Some Soul (WB)
Papa Don Association – Souled Out (Amy)
San Remo Golden Strings – I’m Satisfied (Ric Tic)
Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn)
Sounds of Lane – Tracks To Your Mind (Cobblestone)
Sandy Nelson – Love Is Like and Itching In My Heart (Imperial)
Sandy Nelson – Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby (Imperial)
Steve Karmen – Breakaway (Pontiac)
Cal Tjader – Soul Sauce (Verve)
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Show #651 Originally broadcast 02/20/23
Professor Longhair – Go To the Mardi Gras (Ron)
Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit)
Al Tousan – Java (RCA)
Earl King – Trick Bag (Imperial)
Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns – Don’t You Just Know It (Ace)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc a Way (ABC)
Art Neville – Hook Line and Sinker (Instant)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)
Eddie Bo – Just Like a Monkey (Cinderella)
Fats Domino – Something You Got (ABC-Paramount)
Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Chris Kenner – Land of 1,000 Dances (Instant)
Willie West – Hello Mama (Deesu)
Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt1 (Watch)
Lee Dorsey – Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (Amy)
Johnny Moore – A Dollar Ninety Eight (Wand)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Robert Parker – Everybody’s Hip Hugging (Nola)
Eddie Bo – Every Dog Got His Day (Ric)
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Show #650 Originally broadcast 02/13/23
Benny Gordon – Turn On Your Lovelight (Wand)
Benny Gordon – Give Her All the Love I’ve Got (Wand)
Big Dee Irwin – Discotheque (Roulette)
Bob Kuban and the In-Men – Get Out (And Let Me Cry) (Musicland USA)
Chet Ivey – Soul Is My Game (Bee Cee)
Billy Harner – Sally Sayin’ Something (Kama Sutra)
Five Steps – Tightin Up (Dade)
Howard Peters – Soulville (Coral)
Ike and Tina Turner – Dust My Broom (TRC)
Louis Chachere – Soulful Bag (Central)
James Brown – Bring It Up (King)
O’kaysions – Soul Clap (ABC)
Johnny Moore – Haven’t I Been Good To You (Wand)
Richard Berry – Have Love Will Travel (Flip)
Steve Colt and the 45s – A Little Bit of Soul (RCA)
Joe E Young and the Toniks – 60 Minutes of Your Love (Toast)
Wylie Trass – That Soul Thing Pts 1&2 (ABC)
Bar Kays – Give Everybody Some (Volt)
Bobby Byrd – Lost In a Mood of Changes (Smash)
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Show #648 Originally broadcast 02/06/23
Ricky Allen – Cut You a Loose (Age)
Dukays – Sho Nuff MF (Jerry O)
Dutones – The Bird (Columbia)
Junior Wells – Girl You Lit My Fire (Blue Rock)
Billy Stewart – Scramble (Chess)
Facinations – Girls Are Out To Get You (Mayfield)
CODs – Michael (the Lover) (Kellmac)
Mamie Galore – It Ain’t Necessary (St Lawrence)
Impressions – You Must Believe Me (ABC/Paramount)
Shells – Whiplash (Conlo)
Jamo Thomas – Arrest Me (Thomas)
Fred Hughes – Ooowee Baby I Love You (Veejay)
Major Lance – Ain’t No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (Columbia)
Radiants – Baby You’ve Go It (Chess)
Otis Clay – Got To Finda Way (One Der Ful)
Gene Chandler – In My Body’s House (Checker)
Billy Butler – Right Track (Okeh)
Jerry-O – There Was a Time (White Whale)
Lancers – Doing the Snatch (Blue Rock)
Newday – Wait a Minute (On Top)
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Show #648 Originally broadcast 01/23/23
Howard Tate – Get It While You Can (Verve)
Bobby Bland – Do What You Set Out To Do (Duke)
Diamond Joe – Fair Play (Minit)
James Carr – To Love Somebody (Goldwax)
Invincibles – Heart Full Of Love (WB)
Irma Thomas – Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Imperial)
Eldridge Holmes – A Love Problem (Decca)
Johnny Soul – I Almost Called Your Name (SSS Intl)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Blues Tears and Sorrow (Sansu)
Laura Lee – Hang It Up (Chess)
Linda Divine – Same Time Same Place (Columbia)
Betty Harris – Nearer To You (Sansu)
Baby Washington – What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (Cotillion)
Brenda Holloway – Every Little Bit Hurts (Tamla)
Brenda Lee – The Crying Game (Decca)
Carl Hall – You Don’t Know Nothing About Love (Loma)
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Show #647 Originally broadcast 01/02/23
Luther Ingram Orchestra – Exus Trek (Hib)
Robert Walker and the Soul Strings – Stick With Me (RCA)
Soft Summer Soul Strings – Theme For Soul Strings (Columbia)
Groovin’ Strings and Things – Explosion In My Soul (Cub)
Soulful Strings – Zambezi (Cadet)
Soulful Strings – Chocolate Candy (Cadet)
San Remo Golden Strings – I’m Satisfied (Ric Tic)
Kaddo Strings – Crying Over You (Impact)
101 Strings – A Taste of Soul (Alshire)
Gordon Staples and the String Thing – Get Down (Tamla)
Gordon Staples and the String Thing – Strung Out (Tamla)
South Suburban Electric Strings – Pisces (Sign Of the Zodiac) (Nickel)
Soul Strings and a Funky Horn – Grazing In the Grass (SS)
Soul Strings and a Funky Horn – Think (SS)
Lebaron Strings – Now She’s Gone (Revilot)
South Suburban Electric Strings – Blues For Strings and Things (Nickel)
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Show #646 Originally broadcast 12/26/22
Brian Auger and the Trinity – Bumpin’ On Sunset (Atco)
Peddlers – Impressions Pt 3 (Philips)
Art Jerry Miller – Moon Shot (Enterprise)
Brothers of Hope – Nickol Nickol (Gamble)
Bob James- Nautilus (CTI)
The Cals – Stand Tall (Loadstone)
Cal Tjader- Alonzo (Skye)
William DeVaughn – Be Thankful For What You Got (Roxbury)
Hampton Hawes – JB’s Mind (Prestige)
Mose Allison – Meadows (Atlantic)
Pete Jolly – Prairie Road (A&M)
El Chicano – Viva Tirado (Kapp)
Ramsey Lewis – Living For the City (Columbia)
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Show #645 Originally broadcast 12/19/22
Ike and Tina Turner – Merry Christmas Baby (WB)
Honey and the Bees – Jing Jing a Ling (Chess)
Bobby Hollaway – Funky Little Drummer Boy (Smash)
Darlene Love – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Philles)
James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto (King)
Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa (Atlantic)
J Hines and the Boys – A Funky X-Mas To You (Nation Wide)
Count Sidney and the Dukes – Soul Christmas (Goldband)
Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby (Jewel)
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings – 8 Days (of Hannukah) (Daptone) Johnny Lytle – Chanukah (Tuba)
Baby Washington – White Christmas (Veep)
Otis Redding – Merry Christmas Baby (Atco)
Rotary Connection – Silent Night Suite (Cadet Concept)
Soulful Strings – Merry Christmas Baby (Cadet)
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Show #644 Originally broadcast 12/12/22
Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions (Stax)
Eddie Floyd – Raise Your Hand (Stax)
Triumphs – Burnt Biscuits (Volt)
Rufus Thomas – Walking the Dog (Stax)
William Bell – You Don’t Miss Your Water (Stax)
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas – Tramp (Stax)
Otis Redding and Carla Thomas – Knock On Wood (STax)
Johnny Daye – I Need Somebody (Stax)
Mable John – It’s Catching (Stax)
Mable John – Same Time Same Place (Stax)
Sir Mack Rice – I Gotta Have My Baby’s Love (Stax)
Sam and Dave – You Got Me Hummin’ (STax)
Sam and Dave – I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down (Stax)
Rufus Thomas – Sister’s Got a Boyfriend (Stax)
Booker T and the MGs – Plum Nellie (Stax)
Sam and Dave – You Don’t Know Like I Know (Stax)
Judy Clay – You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart (Stax)
Johnny Daye – What’ll I Do For Satisfaction (Stax)
Eddie Floyd – Big Bird (Stax)
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Show #643 Originally broadcast 12/05/22
Charles Mann – Do It Again (ABC)
Dorothy Morrison – Spirit In the Sky (Buddah)
Lea Roberts – All Right Now (UA)
Four of a Kind – Brand New Key (Toy)
Isley Brothers – Fire and Rain (T-Neck)
Margie Joseph – My Love (Atlantic)
Etta James – Only Women Bleed (WB)
Maxine Weldon – It Don’t Matter To Me (Mainstream)
New Birth – Make It With You (RCA)
Lou Bond – That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be (We Produce)
Wilson Pickett – Love Will Keep Us Together (Wicked)
Master Plan – Bennie and the Jets (Delite)
Odia Coates – Showdown (UA)
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Show #642 Originally broadcast 11/28/22 Earth Wind and Fire – Bad Tune (WB) Earth Wind and Fire – C’Mon Children (WB) Earth Wind and Fire- Moment of Truth (WB) Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick) Dolly Parton – Busy Signal (Monument) Royalettes – River of Tears (Roulette) Royalettes […]
Show #641 Originally broadcast 11/21/22 Earl Van Dyke – Hot’n’Tot (Soul) Sandy Nelson – Unchain My Heart (Imperial) Johnny Hammond Smith – Days of Wine and Roses (Prestige) TKOs – Can You Dig It (Ten Star) Albert Collins – Cookin’ Catfish (20th Century Fox) Cook E Jarr – Can’t Turn You Loose (RCA) Spyder Turner […]
Show #640 Originally broadcast 11/07/22 Al Green and the Soul Mates – Don’t Leave Me (Hot Line Music Journal) Clarence Carter – Soul Deep (Atlantic) Sims Twins – Soothe Me (SAR) Alvin Robinson – Searchin’ (Tiger) Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll (Blue Cat) American Group – Enchilada Soul (AGP) Booker T and […]
Show #639 Originally broadcast 10/31/22 Brian Auger and the Trinity – Black Cat (Atco) Clea Bradford – My Love’s a Monster (Cadet) Howling Wolf – I Ain’t Superstitious (Chess) Johnny Watson – Wolfman (Okeh) Blacula Trailer The Delacardos – They Put a Spell On You (Atlantic) Betty Lavette – Witchcraft In the Air (Lu Pine) […]
Show #638 Originally broadcast 10/24/22 Grant Green – Ain’t It Funky Now Pts 1&2 (Blue Note) Blue Mitchell – HNIC Pt1 (Blue Note) Floyd Morris – Mellow Mood (BBS) Gene Ammons – Chicago Breakdown (Prestige) Sam Cooke – Shake (RCA) Sam Cooke – Yeah Man (RCA) Sam Cooke – It’s Got the Whole World Shakin’ […]
Show #637 Originally broadcast 10/10/22 Heatwave – The Groove Line (Epic) Mongo Santamaria – Lady Marmalade (Vaya) Brothers – Are You Ready For This (RCA) Chic – Dance Dance Dance (Buddah) Eddie Kendricks – Going Up In Smoke (Tamla) Fine As Wine – Why Won’t You Let It Go (WB) KC and the Sunshine Band […]
Show #636 Originally broadcast 10/03/22 Willie Hutch – Brother’s Gonna Work It Out (Motown) Willie Hutch – Vampin (Motown) Bobby Womack – Across 100th St (UA) Bobby Womack – Woman’s Gotta Have It (UA) Bobby Womack – All Along the Watchtower (UA) Albert King – Night Stomp (Stax) Gene Ammons – Son of a Preacherman […]
Show #635 Originally broadcast 09/26/22 Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It’s Growing (Gordy) Del-Cords – Just a Little Misunderstanding (Up) Incredibles – Can’t Get Over Losing Your Love (Audio Arts) Jones and Blumenberg – Right Track (Volt) Walter Scott and the Kapers – Brand New Girl (Ivanhoe) Sugarpie DeSanto – Go Go Power (Checker) […]
Show #634 Originally broadcast 09/19/22 Ramsey Lewis – Them Changes (Cadet) Ramsey Lewis Trio – Collage (Columbia) Ramsey Lewis – Sun Goddess (Columbia) Preparations – Get-E-Up (The Horse) (Heart and Soul) Delights Orchestra – King of The Horse (Atco) Roy Ward – Horse With a Freeze Pt1 (Seven B) Johnny Jones and the King Casuals […]
Show #633 Originally broadcast 09/12/22 Johnny Hammond – Higher Ground (Kudu) George Benson – The Shape of Things To Come (A&M/CTI) George Benson – My Cherie Amour (A&M/CTI) Lonnie Smith – I Feel the Earth Move (Kudu) Quincy Jones – Walking In Space (A&M/CTI) Deodato – Super Strut (CTI) Hubert Laws – Cymbaline (CTI) Gabor […]
Show #632 Originally broadcast 09/05/22 Billy Lee Riley – Don’t Fight It (Mojo) Jerry Lee Lewis – Shotgun Man (Smash) Johnny Daye – What’ll I Do For Satisfaction (Stax) Johnny Soul – Come and Get It (SSS Intl) Detroit City Limits – 98 Cents Plus Tax (Okeh) Darrell Banks – Open the Door To Your […]
Show #631 Originally broadcast 08/29/22 Billy Lamont – Sweet Thing (20th Century Fox) Eric and the Vikings – Get Off the Street Y’all (Soul Hawk) James Spencer – Take This Woman Off the Corner (Memphis) Jimmie Preacher Ellis & the Odd Fellows – I Gotta See My Baby (Round) Jimmie Preacher Ellis & the Odd […]
Show #630 Originally broadcast 08/22/22 Meters – Handclapping Song (Josie) Meters – Dry Spell (Josie) Meters – Chicken Strut (Josie) Lou Johnson – Frisco Here I Come (Volt) Earl King – Tic Tac Toe (Wand) Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol) Eddie Bo – Check Your Bucket (Bo Sound) Eddie […]
Show #629 Originally broadcast 08/15/22 Kool and the Gang – Dujii (De-lite) War – Summer (UA) Hesitations – Summertime (Kapp) Grant Green – Ease Back (Blue Note) Cal Tjader – Never Can Say Goodbye (Fantasy) Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor) Isley Brothers – Spill The Wine (T-Neck) George Shearing – The […]
Show #628 Originally broadcast 08/08/22 Superlatives – I Don’t Know How (To Say I Love You) Don’t Walk Away (Westbound) Ambassadors – A.W.O.L. (Away Without Love) (Arctic) Broadways – Sweet and Heavenly Melody (MGM Formations – Love’s Not Only For the Heart (MGM) Radiants – I Want To Thank You Baby (Chess) Artistics – What […]
Show #627 Originally broadcast 08/01/22 James Brown – Make It Funky (Polydor) James Brown – Hot Pants Pts 1-3 (People) James Brown – Get On the Goodfoot (Polydor) Soulful Strings – There Was a Time (Cadet) Dick Hyman – Give It Up Or Turnit a Loose (Command) Enoch Light and the Brass Menagerie – Hot […]
Show #626 Originally broadcast 07/25/22 Chambers Brothers – Funky (CBS) Booker T and the MGs – Sing a Simple Song (Stax) Lee Bates – International Playboy (Instant) Otis Goodwin and the Casternetts – I Feel It (Just a Little Bit) (Jazz) Maxine Brown – Darling Be Home Soon (Commonwealth United) Margaret Singana – Why Did […]
Show #625 Originally broadcast 07/18/22 Eyes of Blue – Heart Trouble (Deram) The Bandwagon – Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache (Epic) Dorothy Berry – Shindig City (Planetary) Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band – (I Gotta) Hold On To My Love (Picadilly) Isley Brothers – Got To Have You Back (Tamla) Radiants – […]
Show #624 Originally broadcast 07/11/22 Clarence Wheeler and the Enforcers – Doin’ What We Wanna (Atlantic) Billy Larkin – Russell and Williams St (World Pacific) Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk ’69 (King) Gene Ludwig – Mr Fink Pt1 (La Vere) O’Jahs – Roadside 75 (SS7) Ohio Players – Walt’s First Trip (Westbound) Art Butler – […]
Show #623 Originally broadcast 07/04/22 Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations (Cadet) Al Hirt – Harlem Hendoo (RCA) Freddy McCoy – One Cylinder (Prestige) Johnny Pate – El Jardia (ABC) Jack McDuff – Moon Rappin’ (Blue Note) Joe Zawinul – Soul of a Village (Vortex) Odell Brown – Come Together (Cadet) Cal Tjader – Invitation (Fantasy) […]
Show #622 Originally broadcast 06/27/22 Larry Williams – She Said Yeah (Specialty) Arthur Alexander – You Better Move On (Dot) Benny Spellman – Fortune Teller (Minit) Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side (Imperial) Valentinos – It’s All Over Now (SAR) Marie Knight – Come Tomorrow (Okeh) Shirelles – Sha La La (Scepter) Exciters […]
Show #621 Originally broadcast 06/20/22 Spencer Wiggins – Soul City USA (Goldwax) Oscar Toney Jr. – Down In Texas (Bell) Danny White – Cracked Up Over You (Decca) Precisions – Don’t Double With Trouble (Atco) Bobby Patterson – How Do You Spell Love (Mojo) Don Covay and the Goodtimers – Mercy Mercy (Rosemart) Chuck Brooks […]
Show #620 Originally broadcast 06/13/22 Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol) Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pts 1&2 (Capitol) Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Raw Funky (Uptown) Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – Sugar Baby (Tower) Billy Preston – Ain’t Got No Time To Play […]
Show #618 Originally broadcast 06/06/22 Magnificent Men – I’ve Got News (Capitol) Nancy Wilson – (You Got) The Power of Love (Capitol) Drew-Vels – Tell Him (Capitol) Gloria Jones – Heartbeat Pt1 (Uptown) Four Larks – Groovin’ at the Go Go (Tower) Linda Carr – These Things Will Keep Me Loving You Baby (Capitol) Brothers […]
Show #618 Originally broadcast 05/30/22 Chuck Jackson – Yah (Wand) Chuck Jackson – Just A Little Bit of Your Soul (Wand) Martha and the Vandellas – Never Leave Your Baby’s Side (Gordy) Theresa Lindsay – Daddy-O (Golden World) Eddie Jefferson – Freedom Jazz Dance (Muse) Eddie Jefferson – Thank You Fallettinme be Mice Elf Agin […]
Show #617 Originally broadcast 05/23/22 Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll (Blue Cat) Troy Thompson – I Don’t Need You Anymore (Dee Dee) Willie Tomlin – Check Me Baby (Peacock) Don Covay – See Saw (Atlantic) Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (Atco) James Brown – Bring It Up (King) Big Bubbles and […]
Show #616 Originally broadcast 05/16/22 Dee Dee Sharpe – A Fool In Love (Atco) Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants I’m Coming (Brownstone) Dottie Cambridge – He’s About a Mover (MGM) Johnny Goode – Payback (Solid Hit) Bobby Boseman – Astrological Soul Train (TRC) Richie Barrett – Some Other Guy (Atlantic) Eddie Purrell – The Spoiler […]
Show #615 Originally broadcast 05/09/22 Ann Mason with Little Mac and the Boss Sounds – You Can’t Love Me (In the Midnight Hour) (Atlantic) Benny Scott – Soul Beat (Brunswick Bobby Lester – Hang Up Your Hang Ups (Columbia) Spencer Wiggins – Double Lovin’ (Fame) Cal’s Tricks – Who’s Gonna Take the Weight (Secor) Ernest […]
Show #614 Originally broadcast 05/02/22 Sam Cooke – Yeah Man (RCA) Dinah Washington – Soulville (Roulette) Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu) Clyde McPhatter – A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Amy) Ben E King – What Is Soul (Atco) Drifters – If You Don’t Come Back (Atlantic) Drifters – Steal Away (Atlantic) Coasters – Down Home […]
Show #613 Originally broadcast 04/25/22 Isley Brothers – Nowhere to Run (Tamla) Kenny Bernard – Ain’t No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes) (Compass) Herbie Mann – Scratch (Atlantic) Jesse Boone and the Astros – You Can’t Be a Monkey Woman (Atlantic) Marie Queenie Lyons – Drown In My Own Tears (Deluxe) Lou Rawls – […]
Show #612 Originally broadcast 04/18/22 Dells – There Is (Cadet) Dobie Gray – (Out of Sight) Out On the Floor (Charger) Dee Dee Warwick – We’re Doing Fine (Blue Rock) Larry Williams – Boss Lovin’ (El Bam) Locomotive – Rudi’s In Love (Bell) Prince Buster – One Step Beyond (Blue Beat) Prince Buster – Al […]
Show #611 Originally broadcast 04/11/2022 Booker T and the MGs – Green Onions (Stax) Booker T and the MGs – Chicken Pox (Stax) Kingpins – In the Pocket (Atco) Marvin Gaye – One More Heartache (Tamla) Wilson Pickett – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Atlantic) Ted Taylor – (Love Is Like a) Ramblin’ Rose (Okeh) […]
Show #610 Originally broadcast 04/04/2022 Junior and the Classics – Mix Up a Go Go (Magic Touch) Soul Brothers – Horsing Around (Newmiss) Earl Van Dyke – Soul Stomp (Soul) TKOs – Can You Dig It (Ten Star) Chuck Berry – Club Nitty Gritty (Mercury) John R – Keep On Scratching (Smash) Exotics – Boogaloo […]
Show #609 Originally broadcast 03/28/2022 Chuck Edwards – Bullfight (Roulette) John Bishop Trio -Wade In the Water (TRC) Jeff Afdem and the Springfield Flute – Watermelon Man (Jerden) Leon and the Burners – Whiplash (Josie) Leon Haywood – Soul Cargo (Fat Fish) Gladys Knight and the Pips – Just Walk In My Shoes (Soul) Ronnie […]
Show #608 Originally broadcast 03/21/2022 Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn) Turtles – Buzz Saw (White Whale) Hideaways – Hide Out (MIrwood) Jimmy Smith – Chain of Fools (Verve) Jon-Lee Group – Pork Chops (Sparton) Mickey and The Soul Generation – Football (Maxwell) Bobby Patterson and the Mustangs – My Thing Is Your Thing (Jet Star) […]
Show #606 Originally broadcast 03/14/2022 Maceo and the Macks – Paarty Pt1 (People) Maceo and the Macks – Paarty Pt 2 (People) Maceo and all the King’s Men – Got To Getcha (House of the Fox) Hank Ballard – Blackenized (King) Pigmeat Markham – The Hip Judge (Chess) Buena Vistas – Here Come Da Judge […]
Show #606 Originally broadcast 03/07/2022 Dells – Make Sure (You Have Someone To Love You) (Chess) Foundations – Call Me (Uni) Intruders – A Love That’s Real (Gamble) Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling (Brunswick) Darrell Banks – Our Love Is In the Pocket (Revilot) Spinners – Sweet Thing (Motown) Lee Williams and […]
Show #605 Originally broadcast 02/28/2022
**Professor Longhair – Go to the Mardi Gras (Ron)
Al Johnson – It’s Carnival Time (Ron)
Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns – Don’t You Just Know It (Ace)
Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt 2 (Watch)**
Jesse Hill – Mardi Gras (Pulsar)
Prince La La – She Put the Hurt On Me (AFO)
Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya (Fury)
Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pts 1&2 (Seven B)
Meters – Hey Pocky a Way (Reprise)
Billy Vera – Big Chief Two Way Pock a Way (Orange)
Earl King – Street Parade (Kansu)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc a Way (ABC/Paramount)
**Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Part 2 (Capitol)
L’il Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)
Dr John – Iko Iko (Atco)**
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Show #604 Originally broadcast 02/21/2022
**Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt1 (Watch)
Mac Rebennack – The Point (AFO)
The Stokes – Young Man Old Man (Alon)
George Davis and Red Tyler – Hold On Help Is On the Way (Par Lo)**
Prime Mates – Hot Tamales Pt1 (Sansu)
Gentleman June Gardner – It’s Gonna Rain (Emarcy)
Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras Pt1 (Capitol)
Anthony Butler and the Invaders – Katty’s Thing (Big Deal)
Porgy Jones – Catch Joe Potato (Great Southern)
David Batiste and the Gladiators – Funky Soul Pt1 (Instant)
The Gaturs – Booger Man (Atco)
James K Nine – Live It Up (Federal)
Doug Anderson – Hey Mama Here Comes the Peacher (Janus)
Meters – Cardova (Josie)
Meters – Chicken Stut (Josie)
George Porter’s Joyride – Cissy Strut (Deesu)
Eddie Bo and the Chain Gang – Disco Party Pt1 (Bo Sound)
James Rivers – Tighten Up (8 Ball)
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Show #603 Originally broadcast 02/14/2022
**Aaron Neville – Why Worry (Par Lo)
Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones (ALON)
Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)
Fats Domino – If You Don’t Know What Love Is (ABC)
Diamond Joe – Gossip Gossip (Sansu)**
Eddie Bo – S.G.B. (Seven B)
Johnny Moore – A Dollar Ninety Eight (Wand)
Johnny Moore – Haven’t I Been Good To You (Wand)
Willie Harper – Soda Pop (Sansu)
John Williams and the Tick Tocks – Do Me Like You Do Me (Sansu)
Zodiacs – Surely (Deesu)
Willie West – Hello Mama (Deesu)
Lee Dorsey – Go Go Girl (Amy)
Robert Parker – Everybody’s Hip Huggin (NOLA)
Danny White – Natural Soul Brother (SSS Intl)
**Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)
Wallace Johnson – I’m Grown (Sansu)
Chris Kenner – Fumigate Funky Broadway (Instant)
Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic)
Curley Moore – Soul Train (Hot Line)**
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Show #602 Originally broadcast 02/07/2022
**Barbara George – Satisfied With Your Love (Seven B)
Bates Sisters – So Broken Hearted (Nola)
Marie Boubarere – I’m Going Home (Nola)
Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC/Paramount)**
Irma Thomas – Breakaway (Imperial)
Irma Thomas – What Are You Trying To Do (Imperial)
Tami Lynn – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Atco)
Delores Riley – Hey Boy (Instant)
Betty Harris – Mean Man (Sansu)
Betty Harris – Hook Line and Sinker (Sansu)
Betty Harris – There’s a Break In the Road (SSS Intl)
Explosions – Hip Drop (Gold Cup)
Tami Lynn – Love Is Here (And Now Your Gone) (Cotillion)
Tami Lynn – Can’t Last Much Longer (Cotillion)
Mary Jane Hooper – Harper Valley PTA (Power)
Mary Jane Hooper – I’ve Got Reasons (Power Pac)
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Show #601 Originally broadcast 01/31/2022
**Otis & Carla – Tramp (Stax)
Otis & Carla – Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis (Stax)
Otis & Carla – Knock On Wood (Stax)
Arthur and Mary – Let’s Get Together (Modern)
Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin – From the Teacher to the Preacher (Brunswick)**
Eddie Bo and Inez Cheatham – Lover and a Friend (Capitol)
Lee Dorsey and Betty Harris – Love Lots of Lovin’ (Sansu)
Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown – Hold On I’m Coming (Wand)
Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown – Can’t Let You Out of My Sight (Wand)
Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples – Piece of My Heart (Stax)
Ike and Tina Turner – A Fool In Love (Sue)
Ike and Tina Turner – I Think It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (Sue)
Ike and Tina Turner – Goodbye So Long (Modern)
Bobby Byrd and Vicki Anderson – Here’s My Everything (ABC)
**William Bell and Mavis Staples – I Thank You (Stax)
Sam and Dave – You Got Me Humming (Stax)
Sam and Dave – Why Did You Do It (Contempo)
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell – California Soul (Tamla)**
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Show #600 Originally broadcast 01/24/2022
**Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Gene Waiters – Shake and Shingaling Pt1 (Fairmount)
Younghearts – A Little Tohgetherness (Soultown)**
Mighty Hannibal – Jerkin’ The Dog (Shurfine)
Chuck Edwards – Downtown Soulville (Punch)
Wayne Cochran – Goin’ Back to Miami (Mercury)
L’il Bob and the Lollipops – I Got Loaded (La Louisianne)
Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (Volt)
Diamond Joe – Fair Play (Minit)
Little Buster – I’m So Lonely (Jubilee)
Howard Tate – Get It While You Can (Verve)
Bobby Womack – Take Me (Minit)
Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pt1 (Seven B)
Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)
Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn)
Georgie Fame – El Bandido (Imperial)
Village Callers – Hector (Rampart)
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)
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Show #599 Originally broadcast 01/17/2022
**Andre Brasseur – Ali (Pathe)
Andre Brasseur – Pow Pow (Palette)
O’Jahs -Roadside 75 (SS7)
Nilsmen – Le Winston (RJR)
New London Rhythm and Blues Band – Soul Stream (Vocalion)**
Brown Brothers of Soul – Cholo (Specialty)
Georgie Fame – Beware of Dog (Epic)
Jackie Mittoo – Hip Hug (Coxsone)
Winston Wright – Heads or Tails (Green Door)
Jimmy Smith – Uh Ruh (MGM)
Jimmy Smith – Sag Shootin’ His Arrow (45 edit) (Verve)
Art Butler – Soul Brother (Epic)
Wynder K Frog – Oh Mary (UA)
**Lou Garno – Chicken In the Basket (Giovannis)
Willard Burton and the Funky 4 – Funky In Here (Capitol)
Kossie Gardner – Fire (Dot)
Toussaint McCall – Sweet Tea (Dore)
Willie Mitchell – My Babe (Hi)**
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Show #598 Originally broadcast 01/10/2022
**Chris Lujan and Electric Butter feat Andre Cruz – The Real Thing (Black Diamond)
Chris Lujan and Electric Butter feat Andre Cruz – Electric Butter (Black Diamond)
Incredible Say Whats – Twitchee Feet (Lugnutbrand)
R Dean Taylor – There’s a Ghost In My House (VIP)**
Dionne Warwick – Track of the Cat (WB)
Johnny Mathis – Life Is a Song Worth Singing (Columbia)
Stylistics – People Make the World Go Round (Avco)
Ramsey Lewis Trio – People Make the World Go Round (Columbia)
Della Reese – Never Can Say Goodbye/Let’s Stay Together (LMI)
Della Reese – If Loving You Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right (LMI)
Della Reese – Compared To What (Avco)
Sarah Vaughan – Inner City Blues (Mainstream)
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Show #597 Originally broadcast 01/03/2022
**Grant Green – Future Feature (Kudu)
Gabor Szabo – Summer Breeze (CTI)
Groovin’ Strings and Things – You (Cub)**
Impressions – Fool For You (Curtom)
Freddie Scott – Am I Grooving You (Shout)
James Brown – Think (Funk Version) (Polydor)
John Thomas – Come See Me (UA)
Johnny Mandel – Harper Does It Better (Mainstream)
**Kiki Dee – I’m Gonna Run Away From You (Fontana)
Temptations – Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) (Gordy)
The Clovers – One More Time (Porwin)
Bobby Hatfield – What’s a Matter Baby (Verve)
Charlie McCoy – Uptight (Monument)
The Sunshine Band – Rock Your Baby (TK)**
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Show #596 Originally broadcast 12/27/2021
**Alvin Cash – Funky 69 (Toddlin Town)
Bobby Byrd – Funky Soul Pt1 (King)
John Cameron – Funky John (Atlantic)
Lionel Hampton – Funky Chicken (Brunswick)
Mark Lewis Trio – Funky Street (C&M)
Ronny Rae and the Dynamics – Funky Shuffle (RJR)
Sam Moultrie – Funky Jerk (Roulette)**
Clydie King – Shingaling (Minit)
Don Covay – Shingaling ’67 (Atlantic)
Naked Truth – The Shingaling Thing (RCA)
Platters – Shing-a-Ling-a-Loo (Musicor)
Ron Moody and the Centaurs – The New Breed (Columbia)
James Brown – New Breed Pt1 (Smash)
El Dorados – The New Breed (Port)
Jimmy Holiday – The New Breed (Diplomacy)
Exotics – Boogaloo Investigator (Excello)
Quovans – Boogaloo Pt1 (Symbol)
Timmy Thomas – Have Some Boogaloo (Goldwax)
Tommy and Cleve – Boo-ga-loo Baby (Checker)
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Show #595 Originally broadcast 12/20/2021
**Darlene Love – Christmas (Please Come Home) (Philles)
Gems – Love For Christmas (Chess)
Honey and the Bees – Jing Jing a Ling (Chess)
Ike and Tina Turner – Merry Christmas Baby (WB)**
James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight To the Ghetto (King)
Count Sidney & His Dukes – Soul Christmas (Goldband)
Clarence Carter – Backdoor Santa (Atlantic)
Bobby Holloway – Funky Little Drummer Boy (Smash)
Rotary Connection – Silent Night Suite (Cadet Concept)
**Soulful Strings – Jingle Bells (Cadet)
Otis Redding – White Christmas (Atco)
Harold Johnson – Greensleeves (Revue)
Soulful Strings – Merry Christmas Baby (Cadet)**
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Show #594 Originally broadcast 12/13/2021
**Big Mama Thornton – Wade In the Water (Arhoolie)
Koko Taylor – The Egg or the Hen (Checker)
Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle (Checker)
Doris Troy – Whatcha Gonna Do About It (Atlantic)
Dinah Washington – Soulville (Roulette)**
Helen Ferguson – My Terms (Compass)
Barbara Acklin – Raggedy Ride (Brunswick)
LaSalles – La La La La La (VIP)
Nancy Wilson – (You Got) The Power of Love (Capitol)
Sandy Wynns – Love Belongs To Everyone (Champion)
Rita and the Tiaras – Gone With the Wind Is My Love (Dore)
Florence Ballard – Forever Faithful (ABC)
Cooperettes – Shingaling (Brunswick)
Lovables – Take Me For a Little While (Toot)
Mary Love – Lay This Burden Down (Modern)
Theresa Lindsey – I’ll Bet You (Golden World)
Barbara Banks – River of Tears (Veep)
Bobbettes – Looking For a New Love (Mayhew)
Clydie King – Bout Love (Lizard)
Jean Wells – With My Love and What You’ve Got (Calla)
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Show #593 Originally broadcast 12/06/2021
**Lyn Collins – Think (People)
Lyn Collins – Give It Up (Or Turnit a Loose) (People)
Lyn Collins – Rock Me Again and Again (People)
Vicki Anderson – Answer to Mother Popcorn (King)
Vicki Anderson – Baby Don’t You Know (King)
Vicki Anderson – I’m Too Tough For Mr Big Stuff (I Dentify)**
Yvonne Fair – Say Yeah Yeah (Dade)
Yvonne Fair – Just As Sure (As You Play You Will Pay) (Smash)
Marva Whitney – It’s My Thing (King)
Marva Whitney – Things Got To Get Better (Get Together) (King)
Marva Whitney – This Girl’s In Love With You (King)
**Anna King – If You Don’t Think (Smash)
Anna King and Bobby Byrd – Baby Baby Baby (Smash)
Anna King – Make Up Your Mind (Smash)
Myra Barnes – Super Good Pts 1&2 (King)
James and Vicki – Think (King)**
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