At the same time, Bob Marley & the Wailers finally crossed over with this record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-yQaMbQ3o
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At the same time, Bob Marley & the Wailers finally crossed over with this record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-yQaMbQ3o
And this one, as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB20gzqebPA
One of my sincere beliefs is that Jodeci was/is the last true soul band. They had so many fantastic songs that could only be classified as soul even though they were mainly a '90s group.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyX3DzsO_dE
And this. K-Ci and JoJo are as timeless for me as Marvin, Stevie, and Michael. Don't pile on me, it's just my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYwL-FzFDKQ
Mid-80s. Keith Sweat had a dynamic album and this will be an oldie but goodie for me when/if I'm in my 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YJc80Xgubk
Same Summer. Same discos. Same prime of my life was spent listening to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCWrlmPG9AQ
This one, too. The '80s might be remembered as a great decade for Pop, but in my opinion the R&B from that era was fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGNb5yh7RkE
Guy was so hot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAu2bsV9CiQ
Guy's lead singer, Aaron Hall had a hit with this song. The video's heartbreaking take on the already sad song gave people chills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkEATnHMYIs
This is when Steve Arrington's voice and Mark Adam's bass were instantly recognizable as the sound of Slave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu5IdUJPr28
I saw them in a concert when I was in high school touring off of this album. They were with Rufus and the Brothers' Johnson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZdRU8iiw0
And although Mass Production wasn't really one of my favorite bands, they had some of my all-time favorite songs, including "Firecracker".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sha3GJ9wmRc
A few years earlier, Brick busted with one of the all-time baddest rhythms ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpr9qvuodVA
The Brothers Johnson had a classic for every Black kid who appreciated a great house party. This song was played at all of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ipH9Ws-zs
And another fantastic cut from the '70s. If you don't sing it when you hear it, then you can't be a friend of mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQ-Bk63Hs8
Remember this one? I bought the album "Minnie" at the end of June 1979....two weeks later Minnie died.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDP0GJ2rlME
I love minnie.
From Washington DC and one of the coldest, snowiest winters I remember, the Winter of 1975-76. Terry Huff & Special Delivery - I DESTROYED YOUR LOVE :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-m7FdBtoR4
Hey marv,true story,when that classic was out,i was trying to reunite my old singing group and i had to learn that lead being a first tenor and it was hard singing it because of the pitch,but i was young and cocky...i killed it!!
One of the greatest love song of the 80s, maybe not the best video, but a classic all the same.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH3rx8LhrQo
For some reason this song always makes me remember the first time I drove through Camden, NJ in the Summer of 1985. This was a HUGE hit. Rene & Angela and "I'll Be Good"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVj1m8uy5AM
Aww JAI! You were in a group man? First tenor is difficult for almost everyone. How long were you guys together? I use to sing along with that classic every time it came on the radio. It was number one for like 7 weeks in the Detroit-Toledo area. A girls group from my high school performed it very well at our Spring concert in 1976.
I was in a group for about a week before we broke up over who was going to be the main lead singer! LOL! Our song was the O'Jays "She Usta Be My Girl" and "It's You That I Need" by Enchantment.
Great thread! Lots of songs I'd never heard, thanks. Will post a few I love
Also love You Goin' Miss Your Candyman but keep coming back to this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0YOb5IC1js
A classic. I sing this word-for-word when it plays in the radio. Good thing I normally am alone in my car!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYycDyAxgb0
Quincy Jones' "The Dude" LP is one of my favorites. It introduced us to James Ingram with two of his best songs. I think this song is timeless:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcd3kN656zg
This was underrated:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPTStxHx0c0
I love this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvpgvUgU3Vo
This is my favorite Patti LaBelle song. She is probably the only person who could sing this song with this much power and soul while still being as nuanced on every note.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F18-Y_GIvUQ