Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Time is on my Side Don’t Mess With My Man It’s Raining Irma Thomas, known as ‘the Soul Queen of New Orleans‘ first came to fame with You can have my husband( but please Don’t Mess with my Man) in 1959 which mainly appeared on R n B compilations in the UK. One of her … Read more
Selfish One is the foremost recording remembered in the UK by Jackie Ross. She made it at the age of 15. She did the original version of Take Me For A Little While which is superb. Simultaneously it was copied by Blue Cat artist Evie Sands. Years later it was given the original soulful treatment … Read more
Look What You StartedCome Go With MeFinders KeepersHeartbeatTainted Love – Minit 1968 – 70 Gloria Jones originally performed as a member of the Blossoms, she went solo and released two great soul tracks ‘Tainted Love’ and ‘Heartbeat’. She moved to England and was the girlfriend of Marc Bolan and appeared on his TV show and … Read more
DON’T MESS UP A GOOD THING 1964 (With Bobby McClure) You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone RESCUE ME Recovery- 1965 The ‘B’ side of Rescue Me – The Soul Of A Man by Fontella Bass was played at the end of the night at the Blue Note on many occasions – this is undoubtedly Fontella Bass … Read more
Unhooked Generation – 1969BAND OF GOLD- (1970)Deeper And DeeperBring The Boys Home – 1971 Beautiful Freda Payne (Freda Charcelia Payne) was born in Detroit, Michigan on 19th of September 1942, sister of the latter day Supremes’ star, Scherrie Payne. In Detroit Freda had been friends with ‘HDH’; Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr … Read more
Esther Phillips’ song Release Me was copied in the UK by Engelbert Humperdink leaving Esther’s revival version way behind in the race to the top of the UK pop chart (1962). It was a similar story with Am I That Easy To Forget. Esther Phillips had a very distinctive vocal style, once heard never forgotten. … Read more
At Last – 1961 (Pye UK)Stormy WeatherStop The WeddingBaby What You Want Me To Do (live 63 LP track.)Something’s Gotta Hold On Me (1965)Do I Make Myself Clear – with Sugar PieI Just Wanna Make Love To You I Worship The Ground You Walk On Tell Mamma In The Basement:- Recorded with Sugar Pie Desanto … Read more
I FEEL LOVE COMIN’ ON – President 1967 IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (1967 Mustang USA) I CAN’T FEEL YOUR LOVE – 1968 Barry White produced Felice Taylor for Bob Keane’s R ‘n B label, Bronco Records (Mustang).1967 It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It’s Spring) reached the American top 50. Felice sang in The … Read more
To The Other Woman (I’m The Other Woman) – 1970 I’m A Loser Doris Duke started her career as a gospel singer before quitting the cloth to become a session singer in New York. She released a couple of singles which didn’t do particularly well before working with writers and producers Gamble and Huff in … Read more
Doris Troy was born in New York (6th January 1937) she toured England frequently in the 1960s and lived in England for long periods in the 1970s. Her tracks were constant favourites at the main soul clubs in Manchester and London played constantly through the decade. She wrote most of her own recordings and under … Read more