Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
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Stoned Out Of My Mind (1975) Satin Soul, Disco soul with a bit of a negative message these days! Not sure whether she is saying that losing him is driving her out of her mind or making her turn to drugs – you decide! Maryann Farra & Satin Soul – Facebook
Sugar Daddy (1975) Bettye Crutcher wrote ‘Who’s Making Love‘ for Johnny Taylor.
Natural High (1973) Bloodstone released the above track which was featured in the film Jackie Brown, lovely slow soul with a great falsetto lead from Charles Love. Wikipedia: Bloodstone Bloodstone – Last.fm
Carefree and wonderful free spirit, taken from us all too soon. A white woman with a soulful voice. A Soul singer, a blues singer, a great singer, a Soulful singer. A life of great promise cut short by an addiction to drugs, a lonely Soul, she just needed support and love. She started out as … Read more
Be My Baby Quirky song French MOD sixties. Vanessa Paradis had her first success at 14 with Joe Le Taxi which brought her worldwide fame. She is also an actress, very French… Vanessa Paradis
She Knew About Me Shirley Jones was at one time the lead singer in The Jones Girls. They were all sisters who disbanded in 1984 and Shirley went on to sing solo. Shirley Jones
Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music – Minit 1968 THE FANTASTICS Something Old Something New (1970) The Fantastics released a cover of the Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music original sang by Jay and The Techniques and then Johnny Johnson And the Bandwagon who had a worldwide hit with the same song. It became particularly … Read more
There’s Nothing Like This Omar is a British singer and song writer (real name Omar Lye-Fook) who released There’s Nothing LIke This in 1990. It reached number 14 in the British charts and did quite well in Europe. Born in Kent his music has a jazzy sound with a definite soul feel. Wikipedia There’s Nothing … Read more
I Have No Choice (1967) – Johnnie Mae Matthews Johnnie Mae Matthews – a respected name in soul and blues music. Curious name Johnnie for a woman, but she was heralded the “Godmother of Detroit Soul”. A big influence of many artists in the city who later signed to Motown. We think the ‘B’ side … Read more
I’m Hurting Billy Gales released this track with a shouting intro a lot like Mohammed Ali or Amos n’ Andy it evolves into a typical sixties R&B style Soul number. There is a slight Little Richard feel to it, definitely one for the R&B aficionado.