Today’s trax includes Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, David Simmons, Steve Arrington, Hardsoul featuring Ron Carroll

Ooh child – Dee Dee Sharpe Gamble – (Former Cameo-Parkway artist and hit-maker was assigned to her husband’s label Philadelphia International Records … from her first P.I.R. album came this said trak which was originally a hit for “The Five Stairsteps” also known as ‘The Burke Family’ – real life siblings)

Locked up in a groove – David Simmons (Sounding similar to Teddy Pendergrass vocally – rumour has it that he was offered the job to replace him with The Blue Notes … assigned to local production company/label ‘W.M.O.T’ where he was produced by Butch Ingram with their musical family support unit)

Crazy about you – Steve Arrington (Former ‘Slave’ drummer and vocalist who later fronted his ‘Hall of Fame’ band … releasing his retrospective double cd on Tummy Touch which also includes some of his Salsoul & Atlantic catalogue)

Back together – Hardsoul featuring Ron Carroll (Dutch brothers Rogier & Greg Van Bueren are Djs/producers and label owners … they commissioned Chicago based Ron as co-writer and vocalist for this trak who is known for his productions on Afterhour & Body Music Records)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPS5zGZmrcI

Trax feat. Greg Perry, Loose Change, Steve Arrington, Bougie Soliterre

Will she met the train in the rain  –  Greg Perry (Greg signed to Chicago’s Chess Records before becoming a in-house writer for Invictus … he moved unto Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records where he released a solo album – since been re-released on cd)

All night man  –  Loose Change (Put together by producer Tom Moulton and arranged by John “The Monster Orchestra”  Davis – written by the people who gave us ‘Frantique’ on released on “Tom N’ Jerry Records” then an imprint of Casablanca  Records)

Summer lovin’  –  Steve Arrington (By the time this trak was release Steve had been the lead vocalist of  Slave – one of U.S. top Funk bands who recorded for Cotillion Records … this one-off trak came out on Salsoul)

Got the bug  –  Bougie Soliterre (headed by Bettina Costanzo and licensed to Sphere Records … a fusion of House & Jazz which was whisked unto turntables by the likes of Kerri Chandler, Jerome Sydenham & Tony Humphries)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1mhQVWPKWA