Classic Soul JAMS!

[Jerry Oz]

More from down south. I love Stax and Muscle Shoals music. The guitars, horns, and bass worked seamlessly with each other and the construction of the songs was on point.

[Jerry Oz]

And this:

[Jerry Oz]

And in my opinion, there will never be a more soulful singer than Otis Redding.

[Jerry Oz]

This. Right here. Oh, Lord.

[Jerry Oz]

What would Otis have made had he lived for another 30 years? Would we regard him the way we regard Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, and Gladys Knight, holdovers from a better day for music? He put everything into his songs.

[Jerry Oz]

Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" album is one of the five best soul albums ever and I'm not going to think about the other four. He changed the game on smoothness. I love this record.

[marv2]

More from down south. I love Stax and Muscle Shoals music. The guitars, horns, and bass worked seamlessly with each other and the construction of the songs was on point.

Jerry, that is the very first song of this thread LOL!!!! Look at page 1

[marv2]

Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" album is one of the five best soul albums ever and I'm not going to think about the other four. He changed the game on smoothness. I love this record.

This was my song all through 1976 or at least from the time I first heard it that year.

[Jerry Oz]

Jerry, that is the very first song of this thread LOL!!!! Look at page 1

LOL! Embarrassing!

[marv2]

LOL! Embarrassing!

hehehehehehehehehe!

[RichyP]

Isn't it time we had some more MOSES ?

[RichyP]

and a little more ?

[RichyP]

Oh hold on just thought of another great Otis track

[marv2]

King Floyd - Groove Me [[1971)

[marv2]

Jackie Moore - Precious Precious -1970

[marv2]

O'jays - Stairway to Heaven 1976

[RichyP]

​1966

[RichyP]

And another

[RichyP]

CNN ​Fake News?

[marv2]

CNN ​Fake News?

This one was popular when I was a kid during the "secret agent" craze [[i.e. "I Spy", Man from U.N.C.L.E.", James Bond, Secret Agent Man, etc.etc.).

[marv2]

The greatest Rap record in history!

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Message"

[RichyP]

[QUOTE=marv2;404895]The greatest Rap record in history!

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Message"

Hey Marv

Never really got into much of this stuff, do remember this one tho' and The Sugar Hill Gang one Rappers Delight?
Guess I was and still am stuck in the 50s/60s

How about some Godfather not Marlon Brando

[marv2]

I went through music that came just before me [[the 50s) on through the 00s and every now and then a song will pop up I like today!

[marv2]

Here's one of my favorite artists from the 80s...........SADE!

[Jerry Oz]

Man, Sade was so smooth. I don't know of another singer who sat on my soul like she did with that voice.

[marv2]

Man, Sade was so smooth. I don't know of another singer who sat on my soul like she did with that voice.

Add to that the fact she was so gorgeous it was ridiculous! LOL!

[marv2]

It is late night in the Mid-60s and if your are tuned into radio station WKLR [[Kooler Radio) in Toledo, OH I guarantee you would here this. "I [[WHO HAVE NOTHING)" - Ben E. King [[original 1963 rendition)

[Jerry Oz]

Well, if we're going there, let's break out my favorite Ben E. King song.

[Jerry Oz]

And another classic:

[marv2]

These songs came out when I was just an infant. LOL!

[Jerry Oz]

These songs came out when I was just an infant. LOL!

Same here. I can remember hearing them being played by my parents on our console.

[marv2]

Same here. I can remember hearing them being played by my parents on our console.

Oh man, my father loved the Drifters! When the Temptations hit, it was curtains for the Drifters at our house. Outside of Motown and perhaps Stax, almost everyone else had to wait to get a play. The radio was on, however everyday and we heard everyone eventually.

[RichyP]

Need to push this thread back up, and what better way to do it than with a little TP

[RichyP]

Solomon Burke, in my opinion, the most influential of them all!

Not the most danceable, but certainly one of the most powerful soul songs I ever heard

[Jerry Oz]

Oh man, my father loved the Drifters! When the Temptations hit, it was curtains for the Drifters at our house. Outside of Motown and perhaps Stax, almost everyone else had to wait to get a play. The radio was on, however everyday and we heard everyone eventually.

That sounds familiar, but my Pops held onto every act that he loved and added to the playlist. Still loves the Dominoes, Clovers, and the Coasters to this day. Consequently, so do I. His dad influenced him, too. I remember my grandfather's last favorite song was Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and I can remember him playing "Take A Look Around", too.

[marv2]

Need to push this thread back up, and what better way to do it than with a little TP

Now that is a Classic Soul Jam!

[marv2]

That sounds familiar, but my Pops held onto every act that he loved and added to the playlist. Still loves the Dominoes, Clovers, and the Coasters to this day. Consequently, so do I. His dad influenced him, too. I remember my grandfather's last favorite song was Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and I can remember him playing "Take A Look Around", too.

One of my Grandpa's favorites was "Clean Up Woman" by Betty Wright.

[Tony Clifton]

[RichyP]

[RichyP]

[Jerry Oz]

One of my favorite bands from my high school days was GQ. They were one of the four-man ensembles who seemed to get as much out of their collaboration as a lot of larger groups. Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc was one of those guys like Steve Arrington, whose voice seemed kind of average except for it sounded really good with the songs that they sung. To me, anyway. This song was huge for them:

[Jerry Oz]

And of course, there is this very respectful remake of Billy Stewart's classic, "I Do Love You". You know that LeBlanc was digging in the stacks from how he treated this and the next album's "Sitting In The Park".

[Jerry Oz]

That's Luther singing on that song. Thanks for posting it.

[Jerry Oz]

Switch is one those acts that I didn't like when their records were fresh but can't hear enough later in life. They are a classic late '70s act but still sound better as time goes on.

[Jerry Oz]

And from Switch arose DeBarge. I'll admit that I only played this album a couple of times before putting it away without caring for it much. I pulled it out a few months ago and every single song on it is fantastic. I don't know how I missed it when everybody else was jamming to it. Better 30 years late than never, I guess.

[marv2]

Man Jerry, you're hitting it hard. Those are some true Classic Soul Jams! Speaking of Luther, my brother Robert was hip to him as early as 1975-76 when Luther had his own group called "Luther". In fact, he encourage us to use this song as a part of my high school's homecoming ceremony in the fall of 1977:
Luther- "This Is For Real"

[marv2]

No words are needed other than......Chaka Khan - "Clouds"

[Jerry Oz]

Man Jerry, you're hitting it hard. Those are some true Classic Soul Jams! Speaking of Luther, my brother Robert was hip to him as early as 1975-76 when Luther had his own group called "Luther". In fact, he encourage us to use this song as a part of my high school's homecoming ceremony in the fall of 1977:
Luther- "This Is For Real"

My uncle brought a Luther album back from Mississippi. It had "The Second Time Around" on it. He'd later re-record it as a solo artist. It's one of my favorite songs by one of my very favorite singers. I remember wondering how he won the Best New Artist Grammy when he'd been performing for years. I guess the Grammys don't consider regional releases.

[RichyP]

[marv2]

Today is the one year anniversary of this thread and my birthday.....YEAH! LOL!

Let the music play on and on and on!

Remember this one?

Doug E. Fresh - "The Show"