Trax feat. Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, Tuxedo Junction, Salsoul Orchestra & Adeva

 

 

I’m not in love  –  Dee Dee Sharpe Gamble (Dee Dee started a Dance-craze with her hit single ‘Mash Potato Time’ and other  subsequent Dance-craze releases … an original composition/hit for U.K. self-contained group TEN CC)

Chattanooga choo choo  –  Tuxedo Junction (Studio group concieved by Disco Producers Extraordinaire Rinder & Lewis – having made their mark via their America Variety International Recordings of El Coco, Le Pamplemousse et al – they move this production to the newly activated Butterfly Records)

Getaway  –  Salsoul Orchestra (A hit for Maurice White’s Earth , Wind & Fire … Vince Montana led Salsoul Orchestra reconstructed it and took it up a few notches above the original … from the album ‘Magic Journey’)

Respect  –  Adeva (Patrica Daniels to her mother … Smack Productions brought Adeva to the public attention via a monster club hit that was released on Easy Street Records – second single from her self-titled album, written by Otis Redding)

Trax feat. Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch, Kool and The Gang, DJ Gregory

 

 

Last time i made love  –  Joyce Kennedy featuring Jeffrey Osbourne (Former “Mother’s Finest” lead vocalist teams up with former ‘Love, Tenderness & Devotion’ more commonly known as LTD)

Hold your horses babe  –   Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch (Written, produced and arranged by her  husband Pepe Soto  – who was also the brains and talent of ‘The Rice & Beans Orchestra’ … second outing by of the studio group before Celi dropping ‘The Bunch’)

Love the life you live  – Kool & The Gang (Their early releases were predominately ‘Straight Jazz’ however as time went by they veered towards Funk then 100 % Funk … from the album “Music is the Message”)

Tropical Soundclash  –  Dj Gregory  (Originally released on the small but significant French label ‘Faya Combo’ and licensed to the U.K.’s Defected Records additional remix by Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez)

Trax feat. Esther Phillips, Van McCoy, Brothers Johnson and Liz Torres

 

 

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)