Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Inspiration Information (1973) FABULOUS – from the son of Johnny Otis – Shuggie Otis – the man who got Blues and Soul going single handedly! Shuggie Otis is a songwriter, guitarist and recording artist who picked up the guitar when he was two and played in nightclubs when he was eleven! BB King rated his guitar … Read more
My Baby’s Been Cheating A pumping beat by A. C. Reed and His Band. (Cool Records) Boogaloo TrampA very sixties instrumental with a few words: “B ,b,b,ber boogaloo tramp”.
Stop Sign Rapid The song by Stop Sign Mel Wynn & The Rhythm Aces has got that rapid beat loved by Northern Soul dancers. Love the girly sounding male chorus. A sixties white band with a black singer in the U.S. – way ahead of their time. Billy Angelo Stella
Rockin Robin – (1958) Pretty Little Girl Next Door (1962) Rockin’ Robin by Bobby Day was in the soundtrack to the film American Graffiti and a version was made by the Jackson Five. Less known is the (dated to modern ears) 1962: Pretty Little Girl next Door.
She’s Looking Good (1967) This track was better known by Wilson Pickett who had the hit with this although the original was by Rodger Collins. Rodger was a soul and funk artist who converted to Islam and adopted the new name of Hajji Rajah Kasim Sabrie. This was after touring with Joe Tex – one thing … Read more
I Never Can Say Goodbye I Will Survive I Am What I Am Gloria Gaynor Became the Queen of Gay Disco, but it’s still Soul anyway you wanna…Funnily enough, I Will Survive was originally a ‘B’ side (what record company executive made THAT decision?) but a Boston D.J. Jack King had the sense to realize … Read more
BABY PLEASE DON’T GO Jo Ann Henderson was a Jazz Blues singer from the late 1940’s early fifties. This record was updated by the Northern Ireland group Them in 1965 with Van Morrison singing lead vocals. It was a standard that many blues artists used to sing including Muddy Waters and Joe Turner. It reached … Read more
Bad Boy Devil In His Heart 1962 A sort of girly Doo Wop style of the times by The Donays. Devil In His Heart was released in the UK on the Oriole label, same one that also released early Tamla Motown. It was covered by George Harrison on the Beatles second LP: With The Beatles.
Come Back With that Bashing, Smashing beat that the Northern Soulers loved so much. This time by Ken Williams.
The Ghetto Let’s Clean Up The Ghetto with disco from Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, Archie Bell, Teddy Pendergrass, O’Jays, Dee Dee Sharp – collectively The Philadelphia International All Stars. Well its better, better, better than, better than that – than Hip Hop.