The Apollas “Open The Door, Fool” (Warner Brothers 7181, 1968) Another door opens, and then it closes. So goes a number of “game of love” songs in the proliferation of music created by humanity. There’s plenty of those to find and discover in the Lady Soul mold, therefore, as we slip and slide down a…
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Ruby Winters “Act Three” (Diamond 207-B, 1966)
Ruby Winters “Act Three” (Diamond 207-B, 1966) Singing stories, when you’re great at it, is like making a mini-movie on Vinyl. I write this as I do rehearsals for my first bit of actual stage acting in a good 10 years. There’s so much fun, so much psychology you can dig into when you put…
Barbara Lynn “Don’t Spread It Around” (Jamie 1286, R&B #35 Pop #93, 1964)
Barbara Lynn “Don’t Spread It Around” (Jamie 1286, R&B #35 Pop #93, 1964) First out the door: Barbara Lynn is a bad-ass. The Beaumont born Singer, Songwriter and Electric Guitarist celebrates her 74th Birthday today. A true R&B pioneer, she was one of the women that was determined to do it her way. Be that…
Ruth Brown “Help A Good Girl Go Bad” (From the LP Ruth Brown ’65, 1965)
Ruth Brown “Help A Good Girl Go Bad” (From the LP Ruth Brown ’65, 1965) Miss Rhythm, The House That Ruth Built, Ruth Brown is that legend that always fought for her face time. 65 years after her debut on Atlantic Records, 70 years after she ran off and started her performing career, we celebrate…
Patti Drew “Mirror, Mirror” (Quill 107-B, 1966)
Patti Drew “Mirror, Mirror” (Quill 107-B, 1966) On the penultimate day of the year, we continue to intention set. Maybe a bewitching spell to cast? Had I been more on top of things this week, I’d be on the birthday game a bit better. Yesterday, the 29th, was the 71st Birthday of Chicago Cult Soul…
Esther Phillips “Too Much Of A Man (To Be Tied Down)” (Roulette 7059-B,1969)
Esther Phillips “Too Much Of A Man (To Be Tied Down)” (Roulette 7059-B, 1969) As we draw back the light as a resource close to Christmas in the early days of Capricorn season, we continue to knock out Birthday Wishes. Today we celebrate the 80th Birthday of Capricorn Princess of Soul, Esther Phillips. Although she’s far often…
Juanita Williams “Baby Boy” (Golden World 18, 1964)
Juanita Williams “Baby Boy” (Golden World 18, 1964) Okay, another one of my favorites, really a crowning jewel in perhaps my favorite sub-genre of Soul Music. Like with Kim’s offering a few days ago, I won’t tell you what position Juanita Williams’s debut single on Golden World occupies, but trust me my eyes light up,…
The Broadways “Are You Telling Me Goodbye” (MGM 13486-B, 1966)
The Broadways “Are You Telling Me Goodbye” (MGM 13486-B, 1966) I‘m a sucker for an elegant break-up ballad. Better yet if the singer has a pensive tone to their voice that heightens the melodrama. It seems that Billy Brown, later of The Moments and Ray, Goodman & Brown decidedly had that voice that lifted him…
Sheila Ferguson “Little Red Riding Hood” (Landa 706-B, 1965)
Sheila Ferguson “Little Red Riding Hood” (Landa 706-B, 1965) Although she would go on to become most famous as one of The Three Degrees, Sheila Ferguson started her career as a soloist. Her solo efforts throughout 1965 were Three Degrees records by proxy, since The Three Degrees handled background duties on most, if not all…
Jackie Ross “You Really Know How To Hurt A Girl” (Chess 1929, 1965)
Jackie Ross “You Really Know How To Hurt A Girl” (Chess 1929, 1965) Jackie Ross is in some weird way, is a tangent in the Mary Wells story. Her big debut record for Chess Records, “Selfish One” sounded more like a sequel to “My Guy” than Wells did herself at 20th Century Fox in the…
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