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Sorry, the first paragraph of my previous post should have appeared as a quote from Nothing But Souls' post.

Even though Buddy knew how to rock, his lasting legacy is undoubtedly a ballad he wrote, "Since I Fell For You." Besides the hit pop version by Lenny Welch, that song has been covered hundreds of...

I thought I would add two very worthy figures onto the list of founding fathers of R&B, Buddy Johnson and Roy Milton. Listen to these, they move like crazy!
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I would love to know how much unreleased material still lies in the vaults.

Please tell me they don't get Eastenders [[subtitled 'I can shout louder than you' ) in the USA. What sort of impression must they have of us? Bleedin' awful !!! [[Pease note, the G is not pronounced)

On the UK Kent CD 'Still paying our dues' they had a track '[[I've got to find) happiness', which was originally issued on Atlantic in '67. In the CD notes, Ady Croasdell writes:
Another Philly...

Nothing But Soul, how could I forget Amos Milburn !? I have his original version of 'Chicken shack' and the album he did for Motown, on which he recut that track, and I much prefer the latter. It...

I completely agree with all your comments on Louis Jordan who is a big favourite of mine, but I would add three more names onto the list of founding fathers of R&B; Roy Brown, Wynonie Harris and Joe...

Without doubt Clapton is technically supreme, but for me The Man was always Freddie King, who Clapton also rates very highly. I like this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdyvPg0c6bI

Here in the UK the Dells are revered and held in the highest esteem. Marvin Juniors voice ranks alongside the greatest, no question and 'The love we had stays on my mind' is for me at the very...

What a great game, and in the very finest traditions of the underdog coming through, how very much Wigan deserved to win. I love their chairman, a real football man, also the manager who I believe...

Kamasu, if you're still in that mood, try this, it's an absolute KILLER !!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0AzkPh7ki0

Keith

Hi Kamasu

Phillip Mitchell wrote so many killer songs. This is the original version of 'Hurt so good' from 1971, 3 years before Millie Jackson recorded it.
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I have just read that George Jackson has died. Mainly associated with Muscle shoals and Memphis, he never attained the high status of other writers, but wrote some wonderful songs for himself and...

Methuselah - I don't know what your view on post - Motown Isleys' is; I didn't like their material so much, but recently these two from their '3+3' album have rather grown on me.
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Methuselah - Glad you liked the Brenda Holloway. Here's another couple of B-sides from the wonderful Isley Brothers. I think that one of the secrets of the Isleys vocals is that they really were...

Methuselah, I agree with those two great sides. The Isleys are my all time fave group, Ronnies' voice has so much SOUL, and that side is full of Pathos. As Irma Thomas sang, Anyone who knows what...

Methuselah, with regard to the Larry Atkins track using the Brenda Holloway backing track, she recorded all of her tracks in LA, mainly with Frank Wilson, and in this case Marc Gordon. They also...

Methuselah, just to confuse things further, the Temptations also recorded 'He who picks a rose', as did a group called Carstairs on Okeh records, which was very popular in the UK.
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PS: I think Kim Westons version sounds all wrong.

I have asked the same question of many of the tracks that have appeared on the various Cellarful compilations. One in particular is 'Jealousy is creeping up on me', which absolutely explodes from...

Since obtaining all of the Invictus and Hot Wax tracks on CD in their full versions, it's obvious how much they were edited for single release. Some of those edits are quite obvious, rough or basic,...

Here's a link to the show, but there's only about 3 days left to view it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01qlcss/Danny_Bakers_Great_Album_Showdown_File_under_RandB/

I don't know how many SPers in the USA are aware of Jools Holland and his R&B Orchestra, but they are very popular in the UK, and feature an amazing home grown singer, Ruby Turner. She is completely...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjQYQ8Q8L8g

Rather belatedly, this album track from three years ago is a new discovery for me. It's got a great retro feel and I really like it, but to my ears the...