GLORIA TAYLOR - You Got to Pay the Price - Glo-Whiz 711-644
BARBARA LYNN - (Daddy Hot Stuff) You're Too Hot to Hole - Atlantic 45-2880
LYN COLLINS - People Make the World a Better Place - People PE626
THE GLASS HOUSE - Crumbs Off the Table - Invictus Is-9071
LAURA LEE - Two Lovely Pillows - Hot Wax HS 7204
HONEY CONE - Innocent Til Proven Guilty - Hot Wax HS 7208
BETTYE SWANN - Don't Wait Too Long - Money 108-A
LINDA LYNDELL - What a Man - Volt VCA 4001
PEGGY SCOTT - Every Little Bit Hurts - SSS International 767
RUBY ANDREWS - Hound Dog - Zodiac 1022
ANN PEEBLES - You Got to Feed the Fire - Hi 5N-2284
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - I Wish It Would Rain - Soul 35047
STAPLE SINGERS - I'll Take You There - Stax STA0125
BETTY WRIGHT - Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do - Alston 4569
BARBARA LYNN - You'll Lose a Good Thing - Jamie 1220
CAROL FRAN - You Can't Stop Me - Port 3005
RUBY & THE ROMANTICS - When You're Yound and In Love - Kapp K-615
THE SHIRELLES - Baby It's You - Scepter 1227
THE ELGINS - Put Yourself In My Place - V.I.P. 25029
MAXINE BROWN - Oh No Not My Baby - Wand W162
LAURA LEE - Wanted: Lover - No Experience Necessary - Chess 2030
JEANNE & THE DARLINGS - Soul Girl - Volt 45-156
BETTYE SWANN - Angel of the Morning - Capitol 2515
LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS - Mo Jo Hannah - Atlantic 45-229
THELMA JONES - Souvenirs of a Heartbreak - Barry BRV 1018
LAVERN BAKER - Tiny Tim - Atlantic 45-2041
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - It Should Have Been Me - Soul 35045
IKE & TINA TURNER - Tral La La La La - Sue 757
BETTY LAVETTE - He Made a Woman Out of Me - Silver Fox SF-17
THE SANDPIPERS - Forget It - Calla 134
HONEY CONE - Girls It Ain't Easy - Hot Wax HS 6903
HONEY CONE - Stick Up - Hot Wax HS 7106
MARLENA SHAW - Let's Wade In the Water - Cadet 5549
ETTA JAMES - Tell Mama - Cadet 5578
ETTA JAMES & SUGAR PIE DESANTO - In the Basement - Part 1 - Cadet 5539
IRMA THOMAS - Hitin' On Nothing - Minit 666
ERMA FRANKLIN - Piece of My Heart - Shout 221
GLORIA JONES - Tainted Love - Stardust URS159
CANDI STATON - Stand By Your Man - Fame 1472
MARGO THUNDER - Expressway to Your Heart - Capitol 7008
PATTI DREW - Hard to Handle - Capitol 2339
LAURA LEE - Crumbs Off the Table - Hot Wax HS 7210
FREDA PAYNE - Unhooked Generation - Invictus Is-9080
FREDA PAYNE - You Brought the Joy - Invictus Is-9100
THE SOUL SISTERS - Think About the Good Times - Sue 45-130
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Wholy Holy - Atlantic 45-2901
GLORIA SPENCER - I Got It - Jay-Walking 016
ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Say a Little Prayer - Atlantic 45-2546
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Jump - Atlantic 45-3358
BETTY WRIGHT - Clean Up Woman - Alston 4601
RUBY ANDREWS - You Made a Believer (Out of Me) - Zodiac 1015
BARBARA LYNN - I'm a Good Woman - Tribe 8316
BARBARA LYNN - You Left the Water Running - Tribe 8319
BETTY LAVETTE - Only Your Love Can Save Me - Calla 104
BETTY HARRIS - Ride Your Pony - Sansu 480
BETTY HARRIS - Mean Man - Sansu 478
MYRA BARNES (VICKI ANDERSON) - Super Good(Answer to Super Bad) - King 6344
MARVA WHITNEY - "I'm Tired - I'm Tired - I'm Tired" - King 6218
ANN SEXTON - You're Losing Me - Seventy Seven SV900
VICKI ANDERSON - Don't Throw You're Love In the Garbage Can - Brownstone 4207
MARVA WHITNEY - What Do I Have to Do to Prove My Love to You - King 6202
THE IKETTES - I'm Just Not Ready for Love - UA 51103
IKE & TINA TURNER - Sexy Ida (Part 1) - UA XW528
MITTY COLLIER - Git Out - Chess 2035
ANNA KING - Mama's Got a Bag of Her Own - END 1126
BETTY HARRIS - There's a Break In the Road - SSS International 766
BETTY ADAMS - Make It Real - Notes of Gold 0001
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - Just Walk In My Shoes - Soul 35023
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Soul 35039
THELMA JONES - Mr. Fixit - Barry BRV 1024
PEGGY SCOTT & JO JO BENSON - I Thank You - Atco 6805
THE EXCITERS - Do-Wah-Diddy - United Artists 662
DEE DEE WARWICK - You're No Good - Jubilee 5459
ROSETTA HIGHTOWER - Big Bird - UK Toast TT509
MERRY CLAYTON - Gimme Shelter - Ode 66003
MERRY CLAYTON - Suspicious Minds - Ode 66030
THELMA HOUSTON - Jumpin' Jack Flash - ABC Dunhill D-4212
MARY WELLS - Come to Me - Motown M1016
YVONNE FAIR - Say Yeah Yeah - Dade 5006
IKE & TINA TURNER - I Can't Believe What You Say - Kent 402
LITTLE ANN - Lean Lanky Daddy - UK Kent Select CITY010
BETTY WRIGHT - Shoorah! Shoorah! - Alston 3711
CHRIS CLARK - Love's Gone Bad - V.I.P. 25038
MAMIE GALORE - It Ain't Necessary - St. Lawrence 1012
BARBARA RANDOLPH - Can I Get a Witness - Soul 35050
THE SUPREMES - Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart - Motown M1094
BRENDA HOLLOWAY - Just Look What You've Done - Tamla 54148
ELLA FITZGERALD - Get Ready - Reprise 0850
SHIRLEY ELLIS - The Nitty Gritty - Congress GC202
ETTA JAMES - Pay Back - Argo 5445
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Am I the Same Girl - UK Phillips BF1822
THE RAELETS - One Room Paradise - Tangerine 972
LULU & THE LUVERS - Shout - Parrot 9678
LULU - Love Loves to Love - Epic 10260
HONEY CONE - While You're Out Looking for Sugar - Hot Wax HS 6901
IKE & TINA TURNER - Finger Poppin - WB 5461
VICKI ANDERSON - If You Don't Give Me What I Want (I Gotta Get it Some Other Place) - King 6109
RAY BRYANT - Up Above the Rock - Cadet 5625
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, September 17, 2010
Barbara Randolph - Can I Get a Witness
Presenting a fantastic cover version of Marvin Gaye's 1963 hit written by Holland, Dozier, Holland and recorded in 1968 by Barbara Randolph. Randolph apparently only released two singles for Motown (on the Soul Label). It's a fantastic arrangement, with a late 60s funky soul sound.Friday, September 10, 2010
Dean Parrish - Tell Her
Turns out, according to Wikipedia, that "Tell Her" was originally recorded in 1962 by Gil Hamilton aka Johnny Thunder. "Tell Her" was also a single for Ed Townsend before Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller produced the version by the Exciters released - as "Tell Him" - in October of 1962.
The Dean Parrish version of "Tell Her" didn't come along until 1966.
It's hard-driving, hot, sweaty, and rough-around-the-edges, especially when compared to The Exciters version. And look at that fantastic "Boom" label and sleeve! When I bought the 45, there was no mention of the original sleeve being included. Beautiful!
Tell Him/Tell Her - Song, Wikipedia
Tell Her - Dean Parrish - YOUTUBE
The Exciters - Do-Wah-Diddy
I recently stumbled onto an old blog which had been inactive for more than a year. It was subtitled "rare 60s soul and vintage r&b" so I was excited. Remarkably, all the posted podcasts (14 of them) were still available, and they had been created in a way (no mixing) that made it relatively easy to separate the individual tracks. With 10 to 13 tracks per podcast, it turned out to be a treasure of material, much of which I didn't have and hadn't heard before.
This is the number one reason that I love music on the internet. You have this incredible ability to stumble into someone else's record collection and hear what they've determined to be the very best.
Today's track, Do-Wah-Diddy by the Exciters is one of the tracks from the blog. Who knew? I'd never heard their version, and it turns out that their version was the first. It's fantastic!
I immediately set out searching for the 45, and last week I got lucky...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ep-JvUqyU
Monday, August 2, 2010
45 Playlist - Saturday, July 24, 2010
I started off the night with some slow funk selections from the WHAT IT IS boxed set:
COLD GRITS - It's Your Thing - Atco R7 74167I
THE RHINE OAKS - Tampin - Atco R7 741672
EDDIE HAZEL - California Dreamin' (Instrumental) - WB R7 74167E
THE GATURS - The Booger Man - Atco R7 74167S
CYRIL NEVILL - Gossip - Josie R7 74167L
THE T.S.U. TORONADOES - Getting the Corners - Atlantic R7 74167B
CHARLES WRIGHT - Here Comes the Sun - WB R7 74167T
UNITED 8 - Getting Uptown(to Get Down) - Atlantic R7 74167V
BABY HUEY - Hard Times - Curtom R7 74167Q
TONY ALVON & THE BELAIRS - Sexy Coffee Pot - Atlantic R7 74167D
WILSON PICKETT - International Playboy - Atlantic R7 74167N
ELDRIDGE HOLMES - "Pop, Popcorn Children" - Atco R7 74167H
Then on to some other great stuff:
LAURA LEE - What a Man - Cotillion 45-44054
LAVERN BAKER - Tiny Tim - Atlantic 45-2041
TOUSSAINT MCCALL - Nothing Takes the Place of You - Ronn TM 1863
ANN PEEBLES - I Can't Stand the Rain - Hi 45-2248
BARBARA LYNN - Nice & Easy - Atlantic 45-2853
ERMA FRANKLIN - Piece of My Heart - Shout S-221
DONNY HATHAWAY - Jealous Guy - Atco 45-6884
BETTYE SWANN - Angel of the Morning - Capitol 2515
RUBY ANDREWS - You Made a Believer (Out of Me) - Zodiac Z-1015
JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY - I'm Your Puppet - Bell 648
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - I Wish it Would Rain - Soul S35047
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - Since the Days of Pigtales (and Fairy Tales) - Invictus ls-9074
JAMES BROWN - Mother Popcorn, pt.1 - King 45-6245
MYRA BARNES (VICKI ANDERSON) - Super Good - King 45-6344
SAM & DAVE - Hold On I'm a Comin' - Stax OS 13091
WILSON PICKETT - Land of 1000 Dances - Atlantic 45-2348
JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS - Shake and Finger Pop - Soul S35013
IKE & TINA TURNER - Finger Poppin - WB 5461
THELMA JONES - The House that Jack Built - Barry! BRY 1023
EDDIE FLOYD - Knock on Wood - Stax S-194
CHUCK BERRY - You Never Can Tell - Chess 1906
SAM COOKE - Twistin' the Night Away - RCA 447-0566
DORIS TROY - Just One Look - Atlantic 45-2218
SOUL BROTHERS SIX - Some Kind of Wonderful - Atlantic 45-2406
CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103RD ST. RHYTHM BAND - Express Yourself - WB 7417
WILD CHERRY - Play that Funky Music - Epic 8-50225
CLARENCE CARTER - I'm the Midnight Special - Fame FM-XW330-W
JAMES BROWN - Hot Pants pt.1 - People 45-2501
VICKI ANDERSON - If You Can't Give Me What I Want (I Gotta Get it Some Other Place) - King 45-6109
FRED WESLEY & THE J.B'S - Doing It to Death - People PE 621
VICKI ANDERSON - Don't Throw Your Love In the Garbage Can - Brownstone 45-4207
MARVA WHITNEY - What Do I Have to Do To Prove My Love to You - King 45-6202
MERRY CLAYTON - Gimme Shelter - Ode 66003
THE ISLEY BROTHERS - It's Your Thing - T-Neck 901
ARTHUR ALEXANDER - Anna - Dot 45-16387
STAPLE SINGERS - I'll Take You There - Stax STA0125
O'JAYS - Back Stabbers - Philadelphia Intl. ZS7 3517
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - Family Affair - Epic %-10805
LAURA LEE - Crumbs Off the Table - Hot Wax HS 7210
JUST BROTHERS - Sliced Tomatoes - Music Merchant MS 1010
SOUL RUNNERS - Spreadin' Honey - MoSoul MS-101
BETTY HARRIS - Ride Your Pony - Sansu 480
THELMA JONES - Souvenirs of a Heartbrake - Barry! BRY 1018
ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Say a Little Prayer - Atlantic 45-2546
IKE TURNER & HIS KINGS OF RHYTHM - The New Breed Part 2 - Sue 45-138
YVONNE FAIR - Say Yeah Yeah - Dade 45-5006
SYL JOHNSON - Dresses Too Short - Twinight 110
JAMES BROWN - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - King 45-5999
THELMA HOUSTON - Jumpin' Jack Flash - ABC Dunhill D-4212
GLORIA SPENCER - I Got it - Jay-Walking 016
ARETHA FRANKLIN - Wholy Holy - Atlantic 45-2901
THE ISLEY BROTHERS - Nobody But Me - Wand 131A
THE TRASHMEN - Surfin' Bird - Garrett 4002
THE WHO - I Can't Explain - Decca 31725
IKE & TINA TURNER - I Can't Belive What You Say - Kent 402
THE RONETTES - Be My Baby - Philles 116
THE KINKS - All Day and All of the Night - Pye 762
THE KINKS - Destroyer - Arista 0619
ZAPP - More Bounce to the Ounce pt. 2 - WB S45934
JOE TEX - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Epic 8-50313
SAMMY DAVIS, JR. - You Can Count On Me (Theme from Hawaii Five-O) - 20th Century 6162 101
Saturday, July 24, 2010
My first DJ gig was at the opening for the "Locals Only" show at the BE HERE NOW Gallery. I've been collecting 45s for a few years, got my second Stanton ST-150 back in March, and have an old Radio Shack mixer. I've been DJing at home for months, but I've been wanting to take the show on the road. A low key event, like the art opening, was the perfect opportunity for me!
The show brought together a great group of awesome Athens artists. Special thanks to Steven and Dan for making the gallery a reality, and allowing me an opportunity to DJ. I had a great time spinning the records and visiting with old and new friends and talking about records with my old friend Tobin.
Photo by Edwin Fuqua
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