Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown “Let’s Go Get Stoned” (From the LP Hold On, We’re Comin’, 1967) I guess sometimes it’s a bit too easy to come up with posts of the day. There’s a certain “holiday” of sorts being celebrated by a number of folks today, so I thought of some particular “relaxation” classics and…
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Dusty Springfield “I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face” (From the LP Where Am I Going? 1967)
Dusty Springfield “I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face” (From the LP Where Am I Going? 1967) I wouldn’t be the well rounded nearly 33 year old Queerling without the monumental vinyl coaching on life, love, regret and happiness that one Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien gave me starting in my Pre-Teen years….
The Temptations “You’re The One I Need” (From The LP The Temptin’ Temptations, 1965)
The Temptations “You’re The One I Need” (From The LP The Temptin’ Temptations, 1965) 50 years on, it can’t be under-estimated the vast impact that the glut of Motown acts flooding the nations airwaves and television screens made in 1965. Representing a new, suave and sophisticated Black Masculinity were Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and…
Walter Jackson “Suddenly, I’m All Alone” (Okeh 7215, R&B #13, Pop #96, 1965)
Walter Jackson “Suddenly, I’m All Alone” (Okeh 7215, R&B #13, Pop #96, 1965) Although Berry Gordy has reservations about launching him as the solo spotlight singer on crutches, the innate power and nuance of Walter Jackson’s vocal stylings. Although not very well known outside of soul circles, his run of singles for Okeh Records in…
Dionne Warwick “The April Fools” (Scepter 12249, R&B#33 Pop#37, 1969)
Dionne Warwick “The April Fools” (Scepter 12249, R&B#33 Pop#37, 1969) I think sincerely, the biggest joke I can think of this morning is that this holiday referencing Dionne Warwick record was actually released in May of 1969, not in April as would literally make sense. Anyways, what stands here is one of the prettier and more…
The Marvelettes “Learning To Forget You” (1965, Unreleased. From The Marvelettes: Forever More, 2011)
The Marvelettes “Learning To Forget You” (1965, Unreleased. From The Marvelettes: Forever More, 2011) The Marvelettes are in heavy rotation as the hours wind down to me taking the microphone at the 2nd ever Queer Astrology Conference where their songs and story will figure prominently in the proto-feminist discussions of the Astrology of the early to mid-1960s….
The Fascinations “Mama Didn’t Lie” (ABC Paramount 10387, Pop #108, 1962)
The Fascinations “Mama Didn’t Lie” (ABC Paramount 10387, Pop #108, 1962) We’re just about halfway through our Women’s History Month tour through soul music, so it’s perhaps time to score one of the best advice songs that made it to the airwaves during the 1960’s. But not the best known version. The Fascinations were actually another…
The Blossoms “My Love, Come Home” (Reprise 0475-B, 1966)
The Blossoms “My Love, Come Home” (Reprise 0475-B, 1966) I think so far, appropriately, 10 days into Women’s History Month (as much as I loathe segregating history off to one month of the year), that the month of March will be “Women Of Soul” themed around here. One group of Soul Survivors are The Blossoms. The group…
Laura Lee “Wedlock Is A Padlock” (Hot Wax 7007, R&B #37, 1970)
Laura Lee “Wedlock Is A Padlock” (Hot Wax 7007, R&B #37, 1970) Always a women’s rights activist on vinyl in my household, gospel protege turned soul siren Laura Lee celebrates her 70th Birthday today. Starting out with her adopted mother Ernestine Rundless in The Meditation Singers, she always brought a sanguine knowledge to her soulful…
The Toys “What’s Wrong With Me Baby?” (From the LP Sing A Lover’s Concerto and Attack, 1966)
The Toys “What’s Wrong With Me Baby?” (From the LP Sing A Lover’s Concerto and Attack, 1966) The Toys seemed the most perfect challenge to The Supremes supremacy as ruling Girl Group as 1965 turned into 1966. Their “Lover’s Concerto” took everything and everyone by surprise; mixing equal parts Supremes, Four Seasons and Bach overtones…
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