I’ve never been a woman before – Esther Phillips (Esther was a singer who had her feet in Soul, Gospel, Blues, Disco & Jazz genres … the telling of the story of Mr. Sunshine who she noticed on the bus – then fell in love with who made her became a woman – and she made him into a man)
Turn this mother out – Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony (The Soul City Symphony included Strings arranger and player Gene Orloff – who worked with the Bebop giant Charlie Parker … written by Van from his album ‘Disco Baby’)
Thunder Thumps and Lightinin’ Licks – Brothers Johnson (Brothers George & Louis played with George Duke before introduced to Quincy Jones … so impressed with their talent that Quincy featured their compositions – he included some on his ‘Mellow Madness’ album)
Loca (You can look, but don’t touch) – Liz Torres (‘The Queen is in the House’ … Chicago native was the reigning ‘House Queen’ and to prove it – she not only cemented it with trax worthy of such a title but gave the name to her second album)