Today’s trax

 

 

Wishing on a star  –  Junior Walker (When writer/producer/arranger Norman Whitfield left Motown Records to form Whitfield Records – he assigned only one solo artist from his former company …  this trak has been covered by Beyonce, Seal and many more)

Livin, lovin & givin’  – Diana Ross (From the soundtrax ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ … released as a “b” side to ‘The Boss’ which was written and produced by “Ashford & Simpson” as Motown Records did not want Diana to be known as a Disco artist)

Hair  –  Graham Central Station (Larry Graham got his first guitar at the age of eleven – later becoming  the bass guitarist for Sly & The Family Stone … Larry became one of the first superstar black bassist)

Grateful  –  Dennis Ferrer featuring Kenny Bobien (Dennis is titan of Garage/House able to created a variety House/Garage styles without watering down his productions – Kenny is the undisputed King of Gospel House … released on New Jersey’s Sfere Records)

Today’s trax

 

 

Bring it on  –  N’dea Davenport (N’dea was introduced to The Brand New Heavies by Delicious Vinyl Records when they made a sojourn to the U.S.A. as a band  … N’dea’s first solo single on Richard Branson’s V2 Records which also includes the Hex Hector mix)

Shame, Shame, Shame  –  Shirley and Company (Sylvia Robinson – owner of All Platinum Records knew Shirley Goodman during the Fifties when they were both recording artists known as ‘Mickie & Shirley & Lee’ and ‘Mickie & Sylvia’ respectively  … they reconnected and gave All Platinum their biggest hit before it metamorphose into Sugar Hill Records)

Papa was a rolling stone  –  Bill Wolfer (When this album was originally released  on Solar Records subsidary : Constellation – everyone except the album credit readers was unaware who he was … a major session musician for Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson who were also featured on his lp ‘Wolf”)

Baby gets high  –  Quentin Harris featuring Drew Vision (From Quentin’s second album from the re-activated iconic Strictly Rhythm Records  …  written by Peter ‘Do you wanna get funky with me’ Brown)