.......Colombus was quite a busy recording centre in the 70's........ The 2 biggest concerns were the CapSoul / ColSoul / Col-La-Soul / Loren / Bleu Rose /...
... just ... idea ... Well it is always tough to describe music... This is not the "southern" album one could imagine given the gospel career of Esther Marrow,...
Thought I'd send this to the Southern Soul Group - hope that's OK? It is admittedly leaning more towards Northern Soul & 70's Modern Soul US 45's (although it...
Today's gospel pick features Howard "Slim" Hunt and The Supreme Angels doing a nicely funky A GREAT DAY. The Supreme Angels originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...
London listees may like to know, if not already searching for their gold cards, that Dionne Warwick is doing a two-week season at the Shaw Theatre in Euston...
SUNDAY MEANS.......REAL SOUL TIME.... Live on the net.. http://www.soulcellar.co.uk/Playlists.html Click Radio Station logo ...on Radio Station page click 'Zum...
Today we'll hear The Ramada Singers' deeply moving version of STAND BY ME. The Ramada Singers were a quartet out of Columbia, South Carolina, formed in 1973. I...
...arrived this morning. And very nice they are too. " How much can a man take " is, apart from a Japanese LP from years ago, the first time Big John Hamilton...
Must agree with John Lias about these two releases. Both very good but one is incomplete as far as notes go. I just hope that when the Playground issues appear...
Sorry the first effort wouldn't download. Let's try again: Today we'll hear The Ramada Singers' deeply moving version of STAND BY ME. The Ramada Singers were a...
Just out of idle curiosity I was wondering,given that so many soul greats had a crack at disco, what in the esteemed opinion of this list would be the finest...
John I posted about 10 days ago about these two CD's however I guess that things got lost in the shuffle. The Big John CD is excellent - I have the Japanese...
Just off the top of my head a couple come to mind. Candi Staton "Young Hearts Run Free" has to be in consideration. A couple of things by Loleatta Holloway...
Mmm...thats a hard one. Johnnie Taylor had alot of great moments, although a lot of embarrassing to, the same with Tyrone. Candi & Denise LaSalle had some...
... Everything you always wanted to know about Double Soul can be found in the linernotes of ACE/Kent's "Southern Soul Showcase". Liners are written by John...
In case I haven't said so recently, these songs always get my day off to a good start. They take me back to local radio when I was just a kid. Many thanks to...
Ricky Stevens
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Dec 3, 2006 4:07 am
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... Cies, thank you very much for this, it is appreciated. I wasn' t blaming the sleeve writer for not writing about Double Soul so much as blaming him for not...
I would definitely agree with Candi Staton's " Young hearts run free " a magnificent record. I would also add : David Ruffin : " Walk away from love " Teddy...
on 12/3/06 8:29, southernsoul@yahoogroups.com at ... Dear John, Candi was asked about that one when we did the feature on her for issue #22 of 'In The...
David Cole
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Dec 3, 2006 12:16 pm
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Cies, I seem to recall reading somewhere that Elmore Morris was the warm up act for B. B. King, but I don't know whether this was before or after the...
Following up on yesterday's gospel pick, today we'll spotlight another version of STAND BY ME. The Gospel Songbirds, a mixed sex group, were out of Grand...
Oops again! I linked you to yesterday's pick. Here's a second try: Following up on yesterday's gospel pick, today we'll spotlight another version of STAND BY...
Rev. Glassburner, As a novice to your congregation I'm a bit confused. Are this the same Gospel Songbirds as the group who had once Otis Clay as one of its...
... Hi All, Please add: 1959-Peacock 1691-Elmore Morris-"Baby I Need You / What Can I Do" (source:Duke/Peacock Records by Galen Gart & Roy C. Ames-p141) Rev....
All the messages concerning this topic are interesting, but of more interest to me is the number of real soul records that managed to thrive on the charts in...
... A few more spring to mind : Enchantment : " Sunshine " , " Gloria " and " It' s you that I need " Dramatics : " Be my girl " and " I can' t get over you " ...
Cies (& ALL), No, I don't believe there is any connection between these two Gospel Songbirds (or Song Birds). The group that Otis Clay was with briefly (c. ...
I know that she has become a sort of caricature of disco, but I always thought Donna Summer had an awesome voice, and some of her early tunes (well, we can...