Today’s trax

 

 

A song for Donny  –  The Whispers (Tribute to Donny Hathaway – his original song was called ‘This Christmas’ –  but was  re-named and re-lyriced by Carrie Lucas)

Casanova Brown  –  Gloria Gaynor (‘The story of Little Red Riding Hood – the Big Bad Wolf was up to no good’ … are some of the lyrics originally released on M.G.M Records)

Stretching out (on a rubber band)  –  Bootsy Collins (The Funkin’ of Casper – not the friendly ghost but the Holy Ghost…written by George Clinton & William ‘Bootsy’ Collins)

Can’t stop  –  Quentin Harris featuring Jason Walker (Originally sung by After 7 and written by L.A. & Babyface  – released on the revitalised Strictly Rhythm Records)

Today’s trax

 

 

‘Ole love  –  Stephanie Mills (Trak from her debut ‘Tantalizingly’ on on Casablanca Records – recently released on cd … an early self-production by Stephanie, the former “Dorothy” from the Broadway show ‘The Wiz’)

Do you wanna boogie hunh  –  Two Tons o’ Fun (Sylvester gave his  background vocalists the name due to their physical sizes and personalities … this duo later became known as ‘The Weather Girls’ – the name given by Paul Jabara – the writer/producer of their most well-known song)

Pass the peas  –  Maceo Parker (This is a trak from James Brown’s second lieutenant ‘live’ album “Life on Planet Groove” – an original recording by The JB’s which also featured Maceo … released on Germany’s Minor Music)

Music maakes me higher  –  Life featuring Jeannie Febus (Written, arranged by Mike Delgado and Matt Heilbronn for their DeepZone Productions … released on Tommy Musto’s Sub-Urban Records out of New York)

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Now that i have you  –  Teena Marie (Known for being  the most successful white artists on black owned Motown Records … one of ‘Lady T’ favourite artist was the late Minnie Riperton known for ‘Lovin you’ – this trak and album was written & produced by Minnie’s husband Richard Rudolph)

Love shadow/Standing in the shadows of love  –  Deborah Washington (After Gloria Gaynor had a Disco hit with a Motown song – it was Deborah turn to try … produced by Mike Piccirillo and George Tobin)

Smokin Cheeba Cheeba  –  Harlem Underground Band (Featuring George Benson and Ann Winley … written and produced by Paul Winley and released on interestingly creative Paul Winley Records)

Your attitude  –  Kim Cummings (Music Station was a label known for ‘The New Jersey Sound’ which had a House/Garage backbeat and Soul or Gospel vocals)