Monthly Archives: November 2016

Trax feat. The Dells, Brenda & The Tabulations, Morning Noon & Night, Byron Stingily

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Passionate Breezes  –  The Dells (Written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy formally of The Independents … The Dells were assigned to Chi-Sound Records then distributed by 20th Century Fox Records – produced  by label supremo Carl Davis)

Everybody’s Fool  –  Brenda & The Tabulations (Put together by music entrepreneur Gilda Woods who had the groups trax released on a few independent Philadelphian labels mostly trax written and produced by Van McCoy eventually signing with Chocolate City – part of Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records)

Time  –  Morning, Noon & Night (Named after an album title by the Nite-liters – released by Roadshow Records and distributed by United Artists Records … produced by Michael Stokes known for his work with “Enchantment” & “Magic Lady”)

Testify  –  Byron Stingily (Byron came to prominence as the featured vocalist on Ragtyme – he later went on to form Ten City along with Herb Lawson & Byron Burke … signing to Michael Weiss’s Nervous Records of New York )

 

 

Trax feat. Brothers Johnson, Tasha Thomas, Ohio Players 6th Borough Project

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Treasure  –  Brothers Johnson (Written by Rod Temperton who penned monster hits for Michael Jackson & was part of Heatwave, a Soul/Funk band assigned to the U.K.’s GTO Records … Brothers Johnson were real life by brothers were got their break by being part of Quincy Jones’s army of musicians – he also produced their albums)

Hot buttered boogie  –    Tasha Thomas (Tasha was on a roll  – having become a top session vocalist in New York, being a cast member of the hot new Broadway show “The Wiz” and a scorching new solo album … sadly to say she developed cancer and died shortly afterwards)

Sweet Sticky Thing  –  Ohio Players (The Players were an underground Soul/Funk band who recorded albums on Capitol & Westbound but it was not until they tied up with Mercury Records that they hit gold … they had gold albums and singles so frequently that they called their greatest hits just that : Gold)

Read my mind  –  6th Borough Project feat. paul Joseph (6th Borough Project are Craig Smith and Graham Clark – name was inspired by New York’s five boroughs … 6.B.P. started off as re-editers and remixers on such record labels as ‘L.E.S.S. Productions’, ‘Instruments of Rapture’ & ‘Delusions of Grandeur)

Trax feat. Double Exposure, Syreeta, Light of the World, Soulmagic & Ebony Soul feat. Ann Nesby

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Gotta give my love away  –  Double Exposure (After hearing the lead vocalist Jimmy Williams, – i decided to pay a tribute with a Soul ballad  … recorded previously as ‘United Image’ for Stax Records before signing on the dotted line with Salsoul who it is claimed released first commercially available 12 inch record available in the world by Double Exposure)

Can’t shake your love  –  Syreeta (Originally recorded as “Rita Wright” before returning to her proper name –  became known as a co-writer of “It’s a shame” & Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, sealed & delivered” as well as Stevie’s wife … Syreeta spent nearly all her recording career with Motown Records)

Pete’s Crusade  –  Light of the World (Named after a “Kool & The Gang” album of the same name (minus the ‘s’)… these London boys help create the genre that became known as ‘Jazz Funk’ … signed to the newly formed Ensign Records by owner Chris Hills)

Get your thing together  –  Soulmagic & Ebony Soul feat. Ann Nesby (Soulmagic is primarily Morten Trost known for his trax on Morehouse Records amongst others – Ebony Soul is Victor Simonelli of Blind Truth, NY Finest, Bassline Records and a plethora of pseudonyms … Ann is the former lead vocalist of “Sound of Blackness” the African American Gospel ensemble)