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Post by blackbowl68 on Aug 24, 2014 14:41:16 GMT -5
I am creating this thread in honor of an segment featured inconsistently on classic American Top 40 shows. Casey used this feature to showcase a oddity that was relevant to something in the top 40, a well-known personality, a popular recording technique, or an event. Unlike the lost 60's, 70's, 80's & B side threads, this is an opportunity for members to post entries you feel Casey could have featured. I have a few in mind. And on some occasions I'll make a pleasant game out of it. Here's my first entry: This single was released in 1976 on Vigor Records, a De-Lite subsidiary. It's by a funk/soul group from New York. Soul On Your Side - The Rhythm Makers Does this song sound familiar?
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Post by chrislc on Aug 24, 2014 18:02:31 GMT -5
I had to scroll down and read the comments to get it. Shame on me.
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Post by countdownmike on Aug 24, 2014 18:05:47 GMT -5
I'm blown away that someone other than me would know or talk about this song! Bought this in the summer of 1976 along with another rarity, "Born To Get Down" by the Memphis Horns. Neither song I heard on the radio. I was in a record shop in Cincinnati called The Song Shop at 6th & Race Streets. Whenever I was out-of-town I visited record shops to see if I could pick up something new and different. Sometimes I had to gamble on a song title or the name of a group. If either sounded like it would be something I could dig, I'd get it. A music lover would have to win picking up singles by the Memphis Horns or the Rhythm Makers, so I did. Earlier that year at the same store I picked up "Music Matic" by Brick. Not a hit either but a darn good song...every bit as funky as their followup "Dazz."
Nice post!! This group changed their name to GQ, re-did, renamed and changed the lyrics of one of their old songs and capitalized on the disco movement ("Disco Nights."). One of the earliest examples of "sampling" a song and making a new hit out of it. Except this time it was the same group. Nice one, blackbowl68!
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 24, 2014 18:38:11 GMT -5
Nice blackbowl68! I have one for you. Casey could've featured this one late in 1971. A lost 60s classic from late 1966. Karate - Emperor's
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Post by blackbowl68 on Aug 24, 2014 20:04:05 GMT -5
Nice example, 1finemrg. As I was listening to it, I was going "Western Union," then "Shake And Fingerpop" before I arrived at (!Spoiler Alert!) "Everybody's Everything."
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 24, 2014 20:56:37 GMT -5
This satirical record was recorded by one of the most beloved voices of the 1940s. By today's standards, it would be considered politically incorrect at best and racist at worst, so it probably never would have been played on AT40. youtu.be/h_11Fb01UjwHere's another version recorded by one of the most famous black singers of the era. youtu.be/Lqaw2jviEsQ
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 24, 2014 21:00:43 GMT -5
Nice post!! This group changed their name to GQ, re-did, renamed and changed the lyrics of one of their old songs and capitalized on the disco movement ("Disco Nights."). One of the earliest examples of "sampling" a song and making a new hit out of it. Except this time it was the same group. Nice one, blackbowl68! Got another example of remaking your own song (ala "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do) for you countdownmike. This one is pretty well known, a non-charter from 1964. AT40 may have mentioned it. Who's That Lady - Isley Brothers
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Post by jlthorpe on Aug 24, 2014 21:16:47 GMT -5
Nice post!! This group changed their name to GQ, re-did, renamed and changed the lyrics of one of their old songs and capitalized on the disco movement ("Disco Nights."). One of the earliest examples of "sampling" a song and making a new hit out of it. Except this time it was the same group. Nice one, blackbowl68! Got another example of remaking your own song (ala "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do) for you countdownmike. This one is pretty well known, a non-charter from 1964. AT40 may have mentioned it. Who's That Lady - Isley BrothersHere's another example that was mentioned on AT40 - the original version of "How 'Bout Us" by the Water Brothers Band, which was re-recorded by a newer incarnation of the group, Champaign. youtu.be/-kX1evKBvng
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Post by blackbowl68 on Aug 24, 2014 21:40:55 GMT -5
This satirical record was recorded by one of the most beloved voices of the 1940s. By today's standards, it would be considered politically incorrect at best and racist at worst, so it probably never would have been played on AT40. youtu.be/h_11Fb01UjwHere's another version recorded by one of the most famous black singers of the era. youtu.be/Lqaw2jviEsQNot realizing what the lyrics were really saying, I once sang Bill Medley's "Brown Eyed Woman" on a karaoke night. Boy, did I feel stupid afterwards!
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Post by countdownmike on Aug 24, 2014 21:48:19 GMT -5
Great stuff here! I forgot about the Isley Brothers remake and knew nothing about Champaign or the others!
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Post by trekkielo on Aug 26, 2014 21:02:21 GMT -5
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Post by mga707 on Aug 26, 2014 22:40:43 GMT -5
This satirical record was recorded by one of the most beloved voices of the 1940s. By today's standards, it would be considered politically incorrect at best and racist at worst, so it probably never would have been played on AT40. youtu.be/h_11Fb01UjwHere's another version recorded by one of the most famous black singers of the era. youtu.be/Lqaw2jviEsQNot realizing what the lyrics were really saying, I once sang Bill Medley's "Brown Eyed Woman" on a karaoke night. Boy, did I feel stupid afterwards! Nothing to feel stupid about, IMHO. The lyrics are fine, and heartfelt. Medley was in a relationship with Darlene Love at the time. Interestingly, that same summer--1968--there was another song about an interracial relationship on the charts right before "Brown Eyed Woman": "Does Your Mama Know About Me" by Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. Tommy Chong (of Cheech and) was a group member. Taylor's song charted slightly higher than Medley's: 29 vs 43. Kind of surprising since Medley was a known artist (one half of the Righteous Brothers). ...and the summer before, Janis Ian's "Society's Child" covered the same thematic territory and was a bigger hit than either of the 1968 songs.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Aug 29, 2014 18:42:02 GMT -5
Here's one that requires a personal backstory. During his time in the service, my father made several reel-to-reel mixtapes. On several of those tapes, he notated the song titles but sometimes not the artists. I used to listen to many of these when I was very young. Thanks to Youtube and their many posters, I was able to find these records. One in particular I was looking for was a rare bubblegum soul track I found was recorded by a young singer named Little Jimmy Gandy. In the process, I found a few cover versions of the song in question, including one by a female vocal trio using the same music track as the Gandy version. I am featuring that cover version here. I'm Not Like The Others - The Lovelites (1969)Why I am presenting this song? Listen to the LEAD VOCALIST. YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS!
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Post by mga707 on Aug 29, 2014 18:51:22 GMT -5
It does sound like Deniece Williams, but there is some conflicting discussion in the comments as to whether it is her singing lead or not.
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Post by blackbowl68 on Aug 31, 2014 10:44:59 GMT -5
Yes, that is Deniece Williams. And I did read the same Youtube comments. But I am certain it's her on this track because Niecy has a distinctive baby doll type singing voice the other three members don't really have.
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