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Today’s trax featured Marlena Shaw, The Trammps, Dexter Wansel, Soul Rebels

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Save the children – Marlena Shaw (Former Jazz vocalist with Count Basie Orchestra … Marlena recorded for ‘Chess’ subsidary “Cadet Records” before moving unto Blue Note … originally co-written and sung by Marvin Gaye on Motown Records)

Shout – The Trammps (Headed by Drummer/Singer Earl Young, this is a cover of The Isley’s Brothers original, which was a hit for Scottish singer Lulu in the U.K. … a Golden Fleece release – part of Philadelphia International Records)

All night long – Dexter Wansel (Not the Lionel Ritchie but preceeded it by a few years … Former ‘Yellow Sunshine’ band member who became artist, writer, arranger, producer – from the album “Voyager” on Philadelphia International Records)

The Revolution will not be televised – Soul Rebels (Written by Chicago-an Activist, Poet & Musician Gil Scott-Heron – Dance version of his most famous Protest song … a Defected Records release)

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Trax feat. Marlena Shaw, MFSB, Brass Construction, Jon Cutler/E-Man

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Shaw Biz/Suddenly it’s how i like to feel/Shaw Biz  –  Marlena Shaw (After cutting her musical teeth with ‘The Count Basie Orchestra’ and others – Marlena later signed with Columbia Records towards the late seventies … co-written by the lady herself   ”left on the stage of life with nothing but battery operated love” are some of the lyrics)

Summertime  –  MFSB (Written by George Gershwin for the opera “Porgy & Bess” – this was the title trak from their fifth long player of Philadelphia International’s  ‘house band’ which was based at the city’s Sigma Sound Studios … the album’s theme was based around ‘Summer’)

Ha Cha Cha (Funktion) –  Brass Construction (Headed and produced by Randy Muller – this eight piece Funk power-house  began their recording career with a single on Docc Records which has since been re-released on Kenny Dope’s ‘Kay -Dee Records)

It’s yours – Jon Cutler featuring E-Man (This trak was produced for Chez Music of New York and instantly became anthem – featuring Eric Clark on vocals also known as E-Man … licensed to a variety labels for singles & compilation releases)

 

Today’s trax Featuring Marlena Shaw, The Trammps, Dexter Wansel, Soul Rebels

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Save the children  –  Marlens Shaw (One of the hardest thing to do is to make someone else’s song your own – & in this case Marlena does that with this Marvin Gaye original)

Shout  – The Trammps (The Isley Brothers’ song, Lulu hit, and this is why The Trammps were the greatest Disco group)

All night long  –  Dexter Wansel (Philly’s all-round musician/writer/producer shows without doubt he was the man for the job)

The revolution will not be televised  –  Soul Rebels (Gil Scot-Heron original has been made from a protest song to a dance trak