R&B and Soul Classics (1945-1975 or so)

[Satchmo Distel]

Cry To Me - Betty Harris (Solomon Burke cover)(1963)

His Kiss - Betty Harris (1964)

Nearer To You - Betty Harris (1967)

[gjw100]

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band. 'Too Much Time' from 1972.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Seems we've got to six pages without one of the greatest vocal performances of all time:

Stay With Me (Baby) – Lorraine Ellison.

And it would never have happened if Frank Sinatra hadn't cancelled a studio session

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

Down a recent wormhole, picking up from UNKLE's single 'If We Don't Make It, Nobody Can', featuring Michael Kiwanuka (the Ronin edit is an awesome version), I found the original from which it was sampled. Tom Brock - of whom I've not heard until today, with a beautiful Barry White-produced mostly instrumental banger.

[gjw100]

'Don't Change Your Love' by the Five Stairsteps from 1968.

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The Main Ingredient's 1970 cover of 'I'm So Proud' by The Impressions (1963)

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I Do - Marvelows (1965). Very lively, great brass by the Impressions' arranger Johnny Pate. Sadly they forgot to write any lyrics but it's a good dance record that you could imagine on the Northern Soul circuit:

[Satchmo Distel]

This song feels like it's going to fall off a cliff because the melody is quite challenging but it somehow works:

Yes, I’m Ready - Barbara Mason (1965)

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Candy - The Astors (written by Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes at Stax, 1965)

[gjw100]

Tower Of Power - 'There's Only So Much Oil In The Ground' (1975).

[Satchmo Distel]

This is amazing: For Your Love - Sam & Bill (1965), cover of a 1958 Ed Townsend hit Conducted by Johnny Nash but far more gospel-inspired than Nash's own work.

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Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart - Arthur Prysock (1965)

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Gone For Good - O.V. Wright (1966)

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James Carr - You got my mind Messed Up (1966)

O.V. Wright and James Carr were both discovered by Roosevelt Jamison

https://www.peterguralnick.com/post/...ison-1936-2013

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Johnnie Taylor - I Had A Dream (1966), his first hit (Stax 186):

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Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Searching For My Love (1966, Checker 1129)

And yes, it was in the charts when Bobby should have been training for the World Cup.

[gjw100]

Patrice Rushen's 'Let Your Heart Be Free' from 'Shout It Out' (1977).

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The Vontastics - Day Tripper (1966)

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Money Won't Change You - James Brown (1966)

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Love Is A Hurtin Thing - Lou Rawls (1966)

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And I Love Her - The Vibrations (1966)

[gjw100]

Sam Dees - 'Child Of The Streets' (1975).

[The_Purple_Cow]

Thought this thread needed some Bobby Womack - 'That's The Way I Feel About Cha'

[Satchmo Distel]

I went off Bobby a bit when I found out that he had sex with Linda Cooke (son of Sam, future wife of Cecil Womack) when she was 17 and he was married to her mother.

[The_Purple_Cow]

Ahhh man, you don't even know 5% of it, it got way more complicated than that.