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Trax feat. Aretha Franklin, Loleatta Holloway, Don Blackman, Pound Boys

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“A Summer Place”  –  Aretha Franklin (“A Summer Place” was an instrumental theme from a film of the same name – made famous by Percy Faith Orchestra, this is the vocal version by “The Queen Soul which was an independent release)

Good good feeling  _  Loleatta Holloway (Loleatta’s second album was again recorded Sigma Sound in Philadelphia – produced by Norman Harris for his ‘Harris Machine’ production  company – released on his “Gold Mind” imprint as part of the deal with Salsoul Records)

Dead hook-up Connection  –  Don Blackman (Known primarily for his first solo album on Arista Records … his keyboard wizardy can be found in works by Weldon Irvine, Lenny White, Bernard Wright and others)

Jack it up  –  Pound Boys (Released on “Look At You Records” formally of Denver, Colorado before it moved to Chicago where ‘House Music’ was born … co-written by Karen Gordon who known the “House Heads” as ‘Dajae’)

Trax feat. Loleatta Holloway, Faith Hope & Charity, The Blackbyrds, Praise Cats & Andrea Love

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I’m in love  –  Loleatta Holloway (written by Bobby Womack and was previously a hit for both Bobby and Wilson ‘Wicked’ Pickett – Loleatta decided to try her luck at this ‘everygreen’ … from the album “Queen of the night” on Gold Mind/Salsoul Records)

A time for celebration  –  Faith, Hope & Charity feat. The Choice Four (Writer/arranger/producer Van McCoy has been with his muses F, H, & C. for a number of years when Zulema Cusseaux was part of the group before leaving for a solo career … Choice Four was also produced by Van McCoy)

The Blackbyrds Theme  –  the Blackbyrds (Put together by the trumpet supremo whilst Donald Byrd whilst at his tenure at Howard University, Washington U.S.A. … assigned to Fantasy Records – this is a trak from their second album release “Flying Start”)

We got love  –  Praise Cats feat. Andrea Love (Released on Eric Morillo’s Subliminal Records – Chicagoan based Eric Miller writer/producer released singles under a variety of pseudonyms on a variety of labels … Andrea Love was one one of Eric’s several featured vocalists who also worked with Italian dj/producers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6FlT5yNAQI

Trax feat. Roberta Flack, Loleatta Holloway, Wuf Ticket, Kym Mazelle

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Reverend Lee  –  Roberta Flack (“This is the story of a big strong black sexy Southern baptist minister – his name was Reverend Doctor Lee” are the opening lyrics of the song – written by Eugene McDaniels … studio version from the album “Chapter Two’ on Atlantic Records)

The Greatest performance of my life  –  Loleatta Holloway (Loleatta joined the Gospel group “The Caravans” before going solo – she later joined Salsoul Records under the direction of Philadelphian Norman Harris & husband Floyd Smith as co-managers/producers … the most sampled female vocalist in history)

The Key  –  Wuf Ticket (Written and produced by James Mason … remixed by Prelude Records in-house remixer French emigre’ Francois Kervorkian – a Prelude Record release)

I’m a lover  –  Kym Mazelle (Kym was one of the earliest Chicago-an House Divas – released on “Lower Level Records” and produced by Marshal Jefferson … Kym was also a session singer making advertisements for a variety of U.S products)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tubGRlKFLVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-kotrp1rU