One of 1982's BEST!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO_Wuw8LjYA
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One of 1982's BEST!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO_Wuw8LjYA
I remember Michael Wycoff. This song was one of my favorites for a long time. I'm pretty sure it wasn't released on radio, but my cassette deck was well familiar with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_cKPHsfYDU
That Michael Wycoff song is one of those that I have the audacity to sing when I'm alone or in the shower. Here's another one, my favorite Michael Henderson song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WojJLbTgeco
Here's one of Michael's biggest hits with Rena Scott. Springtime 1978:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLVgTtHYBQg
Another one from 1978. Back when you had to SING! Ms. Jean Terrell here.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLUOaDA_s2U
I was literally just listening to that one Marv!!! We is rare groovin!!!! :)
I was listening to an mp3 CD in my car that had nothing but ol' skool on it. This one came up and reminded me how fantastic this bass line is. Wayne Braithwaite was one of those underappreciated session musicians who could make a good song great back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYAmSbg-uE0
When the Funkadelic collective dissolved back in the '80s, Uncle Jam soldiered on with some albums that may have had a few hits but had a bunch of gems for those who loved P-Funk. I actually paid more attention to this one 20 years later than when I first played it. It's now one of my favorite George Clinton records. The horns are subtle but fantastic and the bass line is so sublime you might not pay attention to how well it carries the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdRq_BcSxxg
This song is tattooed in my mind from the '80s. I wish I could go back and relive some of the moments that I experienced back then. Coincidentally, that was about when I met the missus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IlHq3n3hy0
This isn't soul but it was from that same period. This record changed rap in a bunch of ways. It was the first real beef record to sell and it was also one of the first to change cadence of the lyrics. That's Teddy Riley working his magic behind him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_nAZ3VEA0
Babyface and L.A. escaped the Deele and blew up the same way that Jam & Lewis [[Flyte Time) did with the Time. Both were in great bands but they made their marks in the industry by being some of the best producers of the '80s and '90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh5ejGUTGAo
Speaking of the Deele:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vr9a46ZZ18
They had some of the greatest ballads, including this one which I don't think was released but a lot of people in my crowd would jump on the dance floor when it came on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS_06ALzlCc
Another Babyface record. This was before the Deele. I'm not sure if it led to the Deele signing with SOLAR.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9rcOKChT1k
Speaking of Jam & Lewis, Alexander O'Neal's "Hearsay" album remains one of the best things I heard in the '80s. Every song on that record was a strike. This might be my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU-2bj_1_-M
And his first record, also produced by them, embodies the Minneapolis sound as well as anything outside of Prince's music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnvJfRkK6oI
I met Cherelle at a club out on 8 Mile one night back in the mid-80s. I scared her a bit when I introduced her to a couple of buddies of mine that everyone thinks are gangsters. hehehehehehe.......!
Here was the "masterpiece" and a bona fide Detroit Classic JAM! "Frontline Symphony" - Eddy Grant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SyT4Qitdao
His first album, like Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" and Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever" might as well have served as his greatest hits collection as far as I'm concerned. The songs were all under produced but easy to dance to. The best thing that he did was his part of Q's "Secret Garden".
And before they changed their name to GQ, they were The Rythm Makers. Here's their club hit ZONE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GgVaTGbk8U
I was a big GQ fan since "Disco Nights". They had a tight ensemble. Their "Face To Face" album was so solid but didn't break because it only had one really chartable song [["Shake"). But in my opinion, it was by far their best record. This is a song that I always dug off of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Gc8jYpOzk
FACE TO FACE sounds good! I was a club DJ then and DISCO NIGHTS was a favorite. I liked diversity in the night's composite sound and GQ stood out. Part of the wave of "rock" "freak" records so popular then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPITlS9DEqU
Maybe not a big seller,but..your baby doesn't love you anymore-ruby an the romantics is a soul gem.
What would an 80s party be like without this one....."Din Daa Daa" by Greg Krantz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb8ALxDFV6Y
Bros. Johnson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ipH9Ws-zs
:cool:
researching music on the internet so often offers rewarding surprises. like finding out STRAWBERRY LETTER 23 is a remake. And was not remade far from the original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPPAJ1sT8g
quite a gift from Shuggie.
And now another generation is reveling in "Uncle Charlie's" brilliance; thanks to R. Kelly's, "First Name Charlie, Last Name Wison." Even rappers love Uncle.Charlie! At one point, he was singing on most hip-hop records & award shows!!
Maybe someone should start a thread on R. Kelly's positive attributes: resurrecting funk & r&b acts; Charlie Wilson [[Uncle Charlie), Ron Isley [[Mr. Big), etc.
Oh. Before I go, whatever happened to the rest of the GAP Band? Didn't they all hail from the same home town? Hence the group's name was an acronym of the streets of that town.