Scarred knees – Esther Phillips (Esther was discovered by Johnny Otis and was named after the Gas/Petrol company … she was vocally comfortable in Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul and even Disco genres – from her first Kudu album, a subsidiary of CTI Records)
Unity – The O’Jay’s (With studio superstars MFSB as their background musicians, Eddie Levert and his boys had the world singing, dancing also thinking – with their message songs … or as one of their later albums was titled ‘Message in the music’)
Everybody hustle – Funky People (A pre-Brass Construction single that was co-produced by Jeff Lane and Randy Muller – both were arrangers/producers of the first Brass Construction album … released on Roulette Records)
Easy as life – Deborah Cox (Canadian Deborah came to prominence via Clive Davis’s Arista Records – her singles were remixed by Dj/Remixers/Producers such as David Morales, Hex Hector amongst others … after becoming an independent artist musically she did not forget her Dance/House/Garage fans)