Classic Soul JAMS!

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Back when being "cool" was everything! Watch the video children. LOL!

[Jerry Oz]

And this one:

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And this one:

When I hear those two songs, I immediately think 1981, Junior year in college and still not really a care in the World! What happened to them?

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Always loved this one too!

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Here is the strange thing about "With You I'm Born Again". It was on the soundtrack to the movie "Fast Break" which was released on February 23, 1979. The song was not released [[even though they had performed it on television when the film was released) until December 1979 making it a chart record in 1980 a full year and more after the film's release.

[Jerry Oz]

This may have popped up earlier. Apologies if it has. But I used to love this record.

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This may have popped up earlier. Apologies if it has. But I used to love this record.

Nope, first appearance here! LOL! This is one of my favorites from the Fall of '78. Partied hard to it.

[Jerry Oz]

When I hear those two songs, I immediately think 1981, Junior year in college and still not really a care in the World! What happened to them?

I'm not sure. I bought his solo album, which was good but didn't have any singles. His voice was silky but I think he needed the right producer to turn him loose, which I suppose he never found.

[Jerry Oz]

There were a lot of great outfits in the '90s that got off to hot starts before disapearing. I always wondered why Soul 4 Real never followed up their album with more hits. They seemed to be a talented family.

[nativeNY63]

There were a lot of great outfits in the '90s that got off to hot starts before disapearing. I always wondered why Soul 4 Real never followed up their album with more hits. They seemed to be a talented family.

They were on The Breakfast Club [[YouTube) recently. Seems as if they're going the hip-hop route. The cut was not memorable. Trap Soul, no doubt.

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They were on The Breakfast Club [[YouTube) recently. Seems as if they're going the hip-hop route. The cut was not memorable. Trap Soul, no doubt.

It was way too obvious that they were mimicking New Edition. "Candy Rain", "Candy Girl" come on dudes! LOL!

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This one got my attention from the first time I heard it back in the early 90s

[Jerry Oz]

They were on The Breakfast Club [[YouTube) recently. Seems as if they're going the hip-hop route. The cut was not memorable. Trap Soul, no doubt.

They were two-hit wonders. What about Musical Youth, which was a one-hit wonder? There's no way their sad story should have ended the way it did. Can you imagine being so young and talented only to have everything unravel after an international hit with your first single?

[Jerry Oz]

This was the follow up, which I thought was better.

[Jerry Oz]

Montell Jordan had a low-key good career. His ego wrecked his personal life and that railroaded his professional life. That's too bad.

[Jerry Oz]

This was such a smooth cut. Almost jazz in its rendering.


It kind of reminds me of...

[Jerry Oz]

I Can't Help It by Michael Jackson, which ranks among my favorite songs by him. I wish he would have focused on more diverse music because he typecast himself with the pop output. His range in the end was seriously limited and it didn't need to be. I'm convinced he grew to appreciate his celebrity more than his music.

[Jerry Oz]

How in the world is this song not considered one of his better records? I've heard everything else on the radio 100 times but haven't heard this since 1989. That's too bad.

[Jerry Oz]

Of course, Siedah Garrett never had the career that her voice should have commanded. Here she is in Dennis Edwards' biggest hit [[without the Temptations).

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Of course, Siedah Garrett never had the career that her voice should have commanded. Here she is in Dennis Edwards' biggest hit [[without the Temptations).

Jerry, this is the 3rd time this one has been posted here. LOL! IT is an all time JAM!

[Jerry Oz]

Another duet with another underappreciated voice [[Syreeta Wright). I used to chill with this song back in the day but only heard it on my mix tapes. Don't know if it played anywhere else.

[Jerry Oz]

And here is the song that should have launched her to something grand:

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And here is the song that should have launched her to something grand:

It should have. It was out for a very long time. I remember when they debuted it on the Mike Douglas Show very early in 1979. It did not become a top hit until 1980.