I miss Bob. I was lucky enough to meet him back in 2005.
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Come on now, let's do the "Harlem Shuffle" with Bob & Earl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjrvEeQowRk
I saw them sing this live at City Park, Toledo, Ohio in 1966. I was kid so I had to push the big kids out of the way to see the stage LOL! My girls! The Marvelettes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B-pVkM6LY8
Sam and Dave - "Hold on I'm Coming" Saturday night in the sixties!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AREppyQf5uw
This made a big noise in the summer of '74. Labelle and "What Can I Do For You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uWZCOb-Q3M
They say this song was released in April,1973, but I distinctively remember there being snow on the ground when I first heard it on the radio, but oh well...........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTpIHph07Mo
The Spinners were so popular in the seventies that all you needed was their current album and you had a party! Here's one of my favorite from those days - "Mighty Love" - 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7AhsKXFa-8
Let's take a trip to Cleveland and check brother Bobby Womack and "THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT 'CHA"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyt106EA9w0
A true classic here from Mr. Darrell Banks from Detroit, MI, by way of Mansfield, Ohio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWlPIAxDAA0
More Chicago Soul! Sounding like it was right out of the church, Jerry Butler and the Impressions and "For Your Precious Love" 1958:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VndnTfW7Xyw
Here's one me and my little buddies use to sing playing in the alley. We were only like 7 -8 years old mind you! LOL! Check it out: Johnny Taylor - "Who's Making Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RueCun_Bh8
It is June, 1972 and this is the biggest JAM in the nation: The Staple Singers -" I'll Take You There"
Hep me now......LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3vgBzgYn4
From the Winter of 1971-72 Getting down with WAR............"SLIPPIN INTO DARKNESS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFSWW4O6QNM
Although radio stations at the time banned this one, we heard it at house parties and around the neighborhood. We're a Winner - The Impressions 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKFvvXSITbY
Great job Marv. Your selections are excellent. Really enjoying these.
Ha, they sound like fun!! Especially with guests like that... 😂
The sweet Sound of New York! Little Anthony and The Imperials "Hurt So Bad"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyUtEWaJI-g
Down the road a bit to one my hometowns, Philadelphia and the Delfonics with "La-La Means I Love You" ~ 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHJPb08KI1E
One of my favorite songs of '72. It makes me remember my best friend from that year who died earlier this year....... the Chi-LITES and "Oh Girl"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1JQsQuxPDA
Continuing on with our "lament to the girl" LOL! From the Winter of 1969-70, Eddie Holman and "Hey There Lonely Girl"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmyK_b4DCH4
Another of my personal favorites, Little Stevie Wonder and "Hey Harmonica Man" from 1964:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLrd685r86E
The Dixie Cups- Iko, Iko" from March '65:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5GzVZjd0iI
Way back in 1962 it was The Isley Brothers and "Twist & Shout"! I dare you try to sit still through this one. LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZx-yoYb4aM
A big smash in 1964 for my girls The Supremes with "Come See About Me". Ahhh work out nah! LOL!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pte_66F_laM
Hey, Marv, thought you might like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvYQxTXO3U&app=desktop
Pop-soul perfection!
Nice!! - and you're welcome
Wow, I wish I had been alive when this music was coming out!!! :)
From our 4th Grade class party at Ottawa River Elementary School! Gladys Knight & the Pips and "Friendship Train" -1969 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n23svvaqUw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_66mIm0Xqg
I must say I was more into the soul shouters so it took me a minute to appreciate how much soul Sam Cooke express without having to out run a song. Here is my favorite by him.
EWF - Devotion. Love the live version. The harmonies on this song is awesome. This is more recent clip but the version from the 70's is the one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grMdD0e0yIo
No many how times I have heard this song I always want to get up and dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAVKG0I6XXA
Here is a hidden gem. One of my favorites and can't believe it wasn't a hit. The Precisions - You're the Best That Ever Did It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2-UJviubLI
Miss Bettye Swan everybody.....................from 1967!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elGifrAU5xg
All the big kids on my block seemed to be singing this one back in the summer of '66. Mr. Jimmy Ruffin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQywZYoGB1g