The killingest R&B singles . .

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 09:33 am »

"Tryin to get oooover". It does. You bad.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #21 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 10:17 pm »

Sittin and Thinkin- Junior Parker; Further On Up The Road- Bobby Bland; Pledging My Love- Johnny Ace; I Gotta A Woman- Ray Charles; Fever- Little Willie John. Maybe by the time most of you reached puberty, you were gettin your kicks from American Bandstand or beach party movies. Somebody, please, help me!!

kbuzz3 · « **Reply #22 on:** 26 Feb 2008, 10:37 pm »

Quote from: gslashcpc on 26 Feb 2008, 05:40 am

Little Child Runnin' Wild--Curtis Mayfield

curtis my man....double down on that one

must give a shout out and props the following as well:

cowboys to girls-intruders
whos that lady, full version-gets me every time no matter how much its played

we should also have a honorable white boy mention, ill start with an obvious chesnut but stone cold rnb classic nonethless:

van morrison-ive been working

rockadanny · « **Reply #23 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 12:19 pm »

My second killingest award goes to the Capitols for "Cool Jerk". When this was released I went nuts with my little transistor radio, dancing like a jerk (though not cool) while on duty at my safety patrol post. Its a wonder that no kids got killed when this song came on because my mind got lost in the music instead of getting kids safely across the street.

ZLS · « **Reply #24 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 02:05 pm »

Cool Jerk, oh take me back to my dim distant youth. I listened to it on WNJR out of Newark NJ.

I will simply say this; if ever a Cd came out with all the songs that have been mentioned so far; I would pay good old American cash money to purchase it!

carusoracer · « **Reply #25 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 02:24 pm »

Ain't nothin' like the real thing baby- Marvin Gaye
Poppa Don't take no mess- James Brown
Let's Do It Again- Staple Singers
Footprints on the Ceiling- Unknown Artist?
Do Right Man- Aretha Franklin
Let's Get It On- Marvin Gaye

soundbitten1 · « **Reply #26 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 02:59 pm »

Thebiker · « **Reply #27 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 03:37 pm »

Step into my way back machine:

The Animals: "House of the Rising Sun"

Walt

TF1216 · « **Reply #28 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 04:59 pm »

Great thread.

How about two songs by Donny Hathaway?

Little Ghetto Boy & We're Still Friends

doug s. · « **Reply #29 on:** 27 Feb 2008, 09:51 pm »

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xHstlUiEaos

the temptations - the way you do the things you do:

You got a smile so bright
You know you could have been a candle
I'm holding you so tight
You know you could have been a handle
The way you swept me off my feet
You know you could have been a broom
The way you smell so sweet
You know you could have been some perfume
Well you could have been anything that you want to
And I can tell
The way you do the things you do

As pretty as you are
You know you could have been a flower
Your good looks was a minute
You know that you could have been an hour
The way you stole my heart
You know you could have been a cuckoo
And baby you're so smart
You know you could have been a schoolbook
Well you could have been anything that you want to
And I can tell
The way you do the things you do

You make my life so rich
You know you should have been some money
Baby you're so sweet
You know you should have been some honey
Well you could have been anything that you want to
And I can tell
The way you do the things you do

You're really swep me off my feet
You make my life complete
You make my life so bright
You make me feel alright

doug s.

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #30 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 05:18 am »

Caruso- Footprints On The Ceiling? That was me and your old lady! You bad.

gslashcpc · « **Reply #31 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 06:50 am »

Karate Boogaloo-Jerry-O
The Boy From NYC-Ad Libs
Come See About Me-Supremes
Baby Love-Supremes
Stop In the Name of Love-Supremes
He'll Be Back-The Players (a sho' nuff smoka')
Misty Blue-Dorothy Moore
Funny How Time Slips Away-Dorothy Moore
Brenda & the Tabulations: 1.Dry Your Eyes 2.Touch of You 3. Tip of My Tongue
Rainbow 65-Gene Chandler
Just Be True-Gene Chandler
This Broken Heart-The Sonics
Does Your Mama Know About Me?-Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers

kbuzz3 · « **Reply #32 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 02:31 pm »

let me add to my prior post above, now that ive had some more time to think:

My current fave-play it loud:
Wild Magnolias - Handa Wanda Part 2

Others
soulful strut: young holt
soulfinger: barkays
slip away: clarence carter
gimme little sign: benton wood
grazin the grass: Hugh mesakela
groove me: king fllyod
hollywood: rufus n chaka khan
snatch it back n hold it: junior well/buddy guy

For those who think the above posts are too "mundane" (see jack black- circa high fidelity) id suggest checking out this:

eccentrtic soul series by numerogroup. I love vol. 1 the capsoul years...

the lost memphis tracks of betty lavette reissues a while back

Po'k Bones & Rice -- Unreleased New Orleans Funk 1969-1974
Sam & The Soul Machine

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #33 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 04:25 pm »

Green Onions- Booker T and MG's; Hold On, I'm Coming- Sam and Dave; Mustang Sally- Wilson Pickett; Chains- Aretha Franklin; Willie and The Hand Jive- Johnny Otis (for the West Coast, way back).

Didn't Chaka Khan have a bad, bad single with The Average White Band in the 70's?? That's bad. Gslash, you bad.

ZLS · « **Reply #34 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 04:49 pm »

Some White Girls:

Bonnie Raitt-Love Me Like A Man

Marcia Ball-Another Man's Woman

Judy Henske-Till The Real Thing Comes Along

What is Blues; What is Jump Blues; What Is Soul; What Is Early Rock & Roll?
We are discussing a Genre where all these come together!

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #35 on:** 28 Feb 2008, 05:26 pm »

I hear ya. R&B, as I know it, is Texas radio in the 50's. Early Ray Charles, The Clovers, The Drifters, The Midnighters, etc. Soul is later like Aretha, Motown, and Memphis, I guess. Early Rock and Roll is Bill Haley and The Comets, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, I suppose. Blues is Mississippi and Chicago. After the 50's, it's harder to tell. Atlantic, Chess, King, Federal and Duke (in Houston) were progenators of R&B. Altho Chess was mostly blues. Atlantic carried on as we all know. Still, I'm gettin a rush behind some of the tunes mentioned above. I recently bought a complilation of BB King hits from when he was in his twenties. On the Virgin label would you believe?

Here's an another white girl, Angela Strehli who Bonnie Raitt calls the real deal. On "Blonde and Blue" (Rounder), first off is a little autobiographical tune named Two Bit Texas Town. I know exactly where she is comin from . . "first time I heard the blues on the radio scared me half to death". She makes a reference to several radio stations to include one in Del Rio, TX. That would be Wolfman Jack, who broadcasted R&B from Cuidad Acuna, MX (across the Rio Grande) in those days, and a wonderful little bit about Howlin Wolf who blew both our minds. Jimmy Reed was huge in Dallas then.

mjosef · « **Reply #36 on:** 29 Feb 2008, 04:46 am »

Wow...nice thread...lots of good stuff mentioned herein.
Got to throw my hat in with "Vanish in our sleep" and "I'd rather be with you" by Bootsy Rubberband...a must play for me back in the 70's.
Oh yeah, and "Wildflower" by the Newbirth.
Many of the aforementioned tunes certainly sent me back, way back...back before time...a la Jimmy Castor Bunch.

gslashcpc · « **Reply #37 on:** 29 Feb 2008, 06:24 am »

Five Stairsteps:
Ooh Child
You Waited too Long
Baby Makes Me Feel So Good
The Love of My Man-Theola Kilgore
Are You Lonely For Me Baby-Freddie Scott
Back Up Train-Al Green
Boogaloo Down Broadway-Fantastic Johnny C
In Crowd-Dobie Gray
Dyke & the Blazers:
Funky Broadway
Let a Woman Be a Woman
We Got More Soul
Testify-The Parliaments
It's My Thing-Marva Whitney

gslashcpc · « **Reply #38 on:** 29 Feb 2008, 06:40 am »

Just a few more....
Get On Up-The Esquires
Give It Up Turn It Loose-James
Think-Lynn Collins
Curtis Mayfield:
We're A Winner
I Loved and Lost
I'm the One You're the One-Little Sister
Tell It Like It Is-Aaron Neville

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #39 on:** 29 Feb 2008, 07:03 am »

Chambers Brothers - " People Get Ready "

Joe Tex - " I Gotcha "

Wilson Pickett - " Land Of A Thousand Dances "