Stop, look, listen  –  Patti Austin (In the seventies this woman was New York’s No.1 session lead and background vocalist)

You’re the most precious thing in the world   –  Love & Kisses (Studio group was the  brainchild of Alec R Constandinos … this trak appeared on the Thank God It’s Friday soundtrax)

Big time   –  Rick James  (This funkster was so big that Prince was his opening act …. trak co-written by Leroy Burgess the Boogie Specialist)

Mama said  –  Carleen Anderson (the daughter of Funk meaning she is the daughter of    Vicki Anderson & Bobby Byrd  who were part of James Brown musical family  … this was tweeked by K-klass)

Black eyed blues   –  Esther Phillips (A song about wife beating  –  and in some cases husband also … ‘nobody want to get up early in the morning, look in the mirror and be ugly with  a black eye’ … are some of the lyrics on Kudu Records, a division of C.T.I.)

To sir with love  –  Vicki Sue Robinson (Vicki takes Lulu’s place whilst covering this Don Black composition a Profile record release & produced by Warren Schatz … from the film of the same name starring Sidney Poitier)

Tight Money   –  Leon Huff (From the lp ‘Here to create music’ and he certainly did with over 500 compositions to his name)

Bac n da day   –  Frankie Knuckles (As a tribute to Frankie  –  who died earlier this week – here is one of his lesser known trax )

Let’s make love   –  Jerry  Butler  (This man can only be described as a musical giant … he was one of The Impressions, writer for Otis Redding, cohort of Curtis Mayfield and singer of Moon River before Andy Williams made it his signature tune …)

Who needs enemies with friends like you  –  Montana Sextet (Vince on vibraharp or metal xylophone to the non music people)

No news is news  –  Kreamcicle (Another of Darryl Payne studio efforts … feat. Paula Anderson)

Do it properly   –  Two puerto-ricans, a Black man &  a Dominician (feat. David Morales, David Cole , Robert Clivilles &  Chep Nunez … these men became titans of Garage/House music)