Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Love Will Find A Way Hello All Night Long Lionel Richie was the fantastic lead singer in the Motown band The Commodores beginning in 1968. As well as having a talented, smooth, unmistakable voice, he is a very successful songwriter, Easy and Three Times A Lady being among his most well known titles. He wrote … Read more
R & B Time (Part1) E Rodney Jones was a DJ just like Jerry O. This 45 gets to 327 in Kev Roberts Top 500. “Boogaloo, freeze, work that thing, boogaloo into a groove, jump back hit it, you lookin’ so cool… boogallo yall’, watch me.. this thing is so cool…” It reminds me so … Read more
You Really Got A Hold On Me Emanuel Taylor was from Detroit. This track was released in 1978.
It Ain’t Easy A Great 45 from 1974. Another falsetto voiced Soul singer, Charles Russell. On the CD Masterpieces of Modern Soul.
Love Is A Serious Business This song from 1979 by Alfie Davison is – 265 on Kev Roberts Top 500.
Slick Chic Vernon Harrell performing a fairly typical late fifties rock number. However, for us, his main achievement was co-writing Seven Days Is Too Long with J.R. Bailey and sung by Chuck Wood, surely one of the all time soul greats. Vernon Harrell – Wikipedia
I Just Kept On Dancing Found in the 1980’s a disc by Doug Banks from Chess – ARGO in the early sixties. 250 on that Kev Roberts Top 500 of Northern Soul.
I’m Standing -1966 This fantastic 45 was released by Rufus Lumley. This is one we missed in 1966. In our defence, in that year there was just too many great artists and records blasting onto our scene. Maybe we weren’t interested because he was a white-sounding artist? And, of course, he was white. At one … Read more
Psychedelic Soul – Part 1 (1968) The ’45 by Saxie Russell starts off with a weird Sci-Fi sounding tone and then his voice not dissimilar to Taj Mahal. The Thomas record label was owned by none other than the I Spy For The FBI Man: Jamo Thomas. It took off in 1974 at Wigan casino. It’s 193 … Read more
They’re Talking About Me This track by Johnny Bragg reaches 131 on the Kev Roberts Top 500. J BRAGG STORY