Classic Soul JAMS!

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

But if I need to get back to truly "classic soul", I don't think anybody will argue with that this one is as soulful as it gets:

Jerry you weren't messin' around were you? These are all KILLER tracks! LOL!!!! Loved this song.

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

And here is another one [[although it was a big hit at Black discos):

That's from the end of my senior year in H.S.!

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 08:41 PM

Not can you get to this!

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 08:44 PM

From the Fall of 1977. She could sing to me anytime......

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 08:49 PM

Then there were these girls here!

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 08:50 PM

The songs in this thread are the most incredible playlist!!!

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 08:52 PM

A totally underrated classic by one of the classiest groups....The Supremes! I call it "The Supremes Sing the Blues":

**marv2** · 02-24-2017, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by waynesville

Another choon about important things..The Supremes, Bill, When are You Coming Back?, Issued in 1970 as the B side of Up The Ladder To The Roof with Jean Terrell in absolutely stunning form.
Why Motown never issued this as an A side defeats me, there were millions of Bills in the US at the time, and millions of their wives and girlfriends too

Waynesville, this song "Bill When Are You Coming Back" was played on Detroit and Toledo radio as if it were a new single. That's how excited everyone was over "The New Supremes". They could not wait for a new single that they flipped "Up The Ladder to the Roof" over and started playing this weeks after "Up the Ladder...." had been released.

**waynesville** · 03-06-2017, 11:29 AM

Here's another then, from the Queen.
Angel, from the otherwise badly flawed album Hey Now Hey [[1973). Possibly the most personal and heartfelt song Aretha ever did, and by repute one she did every time she performed. [[certainly did when I saw her). Written by Carolyn Franklin, who sang background vocals with her sister Erma.
Absolutely beautiful.....
Personal note - I used the listen to a late night soul station in early 1970s Leicester - and this was the first Aretha track I ever heard.

**marv2** · 03-08-2017, 11:18 PM

From the Fall of 1968....The Impressions - This is My Country

**waynesville** · 03-10-2017, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by marv2

From the Fall of 1968....The Impressions - This is My Country

Choon!!! Curtis Mayfield really was the greatest chronicler of the black experience in america

**marv2** · 03-10-2017, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by waynesville

Choon!!! Curtis Mayfield really was the greatest chronicler of the black experience in america

Especially in the sixties. He laid the foundation for what was to come after, namely Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On?" as well as some of Donny Hathaway's work.

**marv2** · 03-10-2017, 06:43 PM

Now here's one that's been sampled a lot by Hip Hop artists:

**waynesville** · 03-15-2017, 10:39 AM

From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Brenda and The Tabulations with That's The Price You Have to Pay. Released on Dionn Records 1969, but never made it to an album release. Brenda Payton died tragically young, aged just 46 in 1992.

**marv2** · 03-17-2017, 11:48 PM

This is the one song I know that has been playing on New York City radio since the 70s. It was released in 1979 and they never stopped playing it in the City. I can count on hearing it at least once every week till this very day! First Choice and " Love Thang"

**marv2** · 04-27-2017, 01:17 PM

Michael Henderson from Detroit and the Summer of 1980!

**Jerry Oz** · 04-27-2017, 05:18 PM

An underrated gem from Slave [[feat. Steve Arrington) that has been in my head all day:

**Jerry Oz** · 04-27-2017, 05:19 PM

And here is my favorite Michael Henderson cut:

**Jerry Oz** · 04-27-2017, 05:23 PM

I'm not sure if I added this one earlier, but this is one of my favorite bass lines from the '70s:

**marv2** · 04-27-2017, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

An underrated gem from Slave [[feat. Steve Arrington) that has been in my head all day:

HA HA Jerry! I bought that album out in Denver where I went to college. I thought it was so cool at the time. This brings back some good memories. Thanks man!

**marv2** · 04-27-2017, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry Oz

And here is my favorite Michael Henderson cut:

Talk about underrated! Also I dug "Take Me I'm Yours" which was his duet with Rena Scott .

**Luciano** · 05-07-2017, 09:50 AM

Two of my favorite O'Jays songs...Survival

**Luciano** · 05-07-2017, 09:52 AM

The O'Jays - Give The People What They Want [[Plus Cholly Atkins interview)...

**arr&bee** · 05-07-2017, 10:23 AM

What is life-the softones

**marv2** · 05-07-2017, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by arr&bee

What is life-the softones

Here we go JAI

**arr&bee** · 05-08-2017, 05:32 PM

Marv,you got them vinyl elves workin!!!

**marv2** · 05-08-2017, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by arr&bee

Marv,you got them vinyl elves workin!!!

Man I like that song. Send some more good ones our way!

**arr&bee** · 05-15-2017, 12:15 PM

I'll be there-gene chandler

**arr&bee** · 05-16-2017, 09:04 PM

As long as i live-the fantastic four

**Luciano** · 05-19-2017, 09:04 PM

The Moments [[aka Ray, Goodman & Brown) with this great classic. A #1 for them in 1970 for 5 weeks:

**Luciano** · 05-19-2017, 09:08 PM

Love this Joe Simon song "Power Of Love"

**Luciano** · 05-19-2017, 09:12 PM

A #1 in 1980 "Stomp" by The Brother Johnson.

**Luciano** · 05-19-2017, 09:18 PM

How did this song only make #11 R&B.....that is just Silly. This one is such a classic by Niecy.

**arr&bee** · 05-21-2017, 12:09 PM

Sister love-the impressions...any love-luther vandross...i need you do-the isley bros...face it girl it's over-nancy wilson.

**marv2** · 05-26-2017, 08:48 PM

One of the better dance jams of the 70s...........From 1977, T-Connection - "Do What You Wanna Do"

**Luciano** · 05-27-2017, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by marv2

One of the better dance jams of the 70s...........From 1977, T-Connection - "Do What You Wanna Do"

Great addition Marv!!

**marv2** · 05-27-2017, 01:22 PM

Thanks Luciano! It makes me feel younger again! LOL!

**arr&bee** · 05-27-2017, 06:43 PM

Come back-the stairsteps..love is-the chi-lites.

**arr&bee** · 05-30-2017, 02:30 PM

The best part-the emotions

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:18 PM

One of the greatest hits from Muscle Shoals:

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:20 PM

One of my favorite songs of the '70s is "Everybody Plays the Fool".

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:21 PM

And there's nothing more soulful than "If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right" by Luther Ingram.

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:23 PM

The Blackbyrds [[I'm on a '70s kick today, LOL):

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:26 PM

This may have been previously posted, but aside from Johnny Wilder, Jr.'s "Always and Forever", I don't know of any performance from the '70s that was a perfect or smooth as Philip Bailey's in "Reasons". Truly beautiful songs.

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:27 PM

I remember the time in my life when this song was a hit. Not the biggest Atlantic Starr song, but one of my favorites:

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:30 PM

And right about the same time, they did this gem. I'm in the minority, but I liked this iteration of the band more than the one that produced "Secret Lovers" and "Always". They were more of a soul band than a funk/pop outfit at first.

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:32 PM

Have we had "Pull Up To The Bumper" in this thread, yet? Sly & Robbie went from Reggae to one of the hottest rhythm tracks ever. This bass line, y'all... Hot!

**Jerry Oz** · 05-30-2017, 03:34 PM

And Tom Tom Club with one of the best Summer jams from my young adult years. They branched off from Talking Heads; I wonder how David Byrne would have impacted this record? I can imagine him on the lead and it would sound just as good, IMO.