Today’s trax includes Gwen Guthrie, Ben E King, J.B.’s Wedge, Studio Apartment feat. Terrance Downs

Oh Donny no – Gwen Guthrie (Introduced to background singing by Whitney’s mother Cissy Houston, one of her earliest sessions was with Aretha Franklin … she later wrote and/or produced trax for such luminaries as Sister Sledge, Ben E King, Angela Bofill, Roberta Flack, Linda Lewis and others before going solo)

Touched by your love – Ben E King (Having being the lead vocalist of “The Drifters” – Ben decided to to take solo route career-wise – mainly assigned to Atlantic Records throughout his journey … Co-written & co-produced by Bert De Coteaux, a trak from his ‘Music Trance’ album”)

Bessie – J.B’s Wedge (Originally released on TK Records ‘Brownstone’ imprint – a label headed by both Henry Stone and James Brown … available on 7 inch only, however a slightly different version turned up on James Brown’s ‘Mutha’s Nature’ long player)

We are lonely – Studio Apartment feat. Terrance Downs (Released in Japan on New World Records – Studio Apartment are/were duo Masanori Morita & Noboru Abe … Terrance is known as the main male vocalist affiliated with Chris Brann’s Ananda Project – both were released in the U.S.A. ON ‘King Street Sounds’)