Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly” January 27, 2009
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Here’s a little “Superfly” on Super Bowl Week:
Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” December 3, 2008
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Great timeless tune from the late Donny Hathaway – enjoy!
Forget about the recent re-makes — they just don’t cut it.
Seal releases “SOUL” Tribute November 14, 2008
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Watch Seal perform James Brown’s powerful “It’s a Mans, Mans, Mans World.”
It’s included on Seal’s collection of soul classics – released 11/11.
Here’s a video synopsis of the critically acclaimed “Soul” CD …
O.V. Wright Deserves this First Class Tribute October 9, 2008
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Thanks to our old Memphis pal Preston Lauterbach for hipping us to this event.
Get there if you can.
If you can’t, dig deep and give what you can to this wonderful cause.
To learn more, go to www.ovwright.org or www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com
Now, have a listen to O.V. belting out the classic, “Nickel and a Nail.”
Eddie Floyd Releases New CD on Stax Label October 4, 2008
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Soul man Eddie Floyd’s first new album in six years, Eddie Loves You So, marks his return to Stax Records. The singer who scored a monster soul classic with “Knock on Wood” in 1967 has returned to his Southern roots for the new CD. Includes 10 original songs written for fellow soul artists in the `50s and `60s.
Watch Eddie & Phil Upchurch perform Floyd’s hit, “Knock On Wood.”
Soul Music Still Alive and Kickin’ September 25, 2008
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Enjoy this video of Raphael Saadiq performing his hit, “100 Yard Dash.”
This was recorded live in Washington DC on September 1st of this year.
Dig those threads!
Goodbye, Norman Whitfield September 17, 2008
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Whitfield (on the left) with Barrett Strong
Norman Whitfield, the man behind many of Motown’s biggest hits, has died after a long bout with diabetes. Whitfield began writing for Motown when he was 19 years old.
Some of the classic songs he wrote for Motown artists, we covered by some of the biggest acts in the world. The Beatles’ covered ‘Money (That’s What I Want), The Stones did a version of his ‘Ain’t Too Proud To Beg’, Creedence Clearwater Revival did a cover of his ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’.
Between 1966 and 1974, Whitfield produced nearly every song by The Temptations.
Highlights of the hits of Norman Whitfield are:
1963: “Pride & Joy” – Marvin Gaye
1964: “Too Many Fish in the Sea” – The Marvelettes
1964: “Needle in a Haystack” – The Velvelettes
1964: “He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’” – The Velvelettes
1964: “Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)” – The Temptations
1966: “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” – The Temptations
1966: “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” – The Temptations
1966: “(I Know) I’m Losing You” – The Temptations
1967: “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” – Gladys Knight & the Pips, also recorded by Marvin Gaye and Creedence Clearwater Revival
1967: “You’re My Everything” – The Temptations
1967: “I Wish It Would Rain” – The Temptations
1968: “I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) – The Temptations
1968: “The End Of Our Road” – Gladys Knight & The Pips
1968: “Cloud Nine” – The Temptations
1969: “Friendship Train” – Gladys Knight & the Pips
1969: “Runaway Child, Running Wild” – The Temptations
1969: “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby” – Marvin Gaye
1969: “I Can’t Get Next to You” – The Temptations
1969: “Don’t Let The Joneses Get You Down” – The Temptations
1970: “You Need Love Like I Do (Don’t You)” – Gladys Knight & The Pips, also recorded by The Temptations
1970: “Psychedelic Shack” – The Temptations
1970: “Hum Along and Dance” – The Temptations (later covered by Rare Earth and The Jackson 5)
1970: “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” – The Temptations
1970: “War” – Edwin Starr
1971: “Smiling Faces Sometimes” – The Undisputed Truth, originally recorded by The Temptations
1971: “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)” – The Temptations
1972: “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” – The Temptations
1973: “Masterpiece” – The Temptations
1973: “Let Your Hair Down” – The Temptations
1976: “Car Wash” – Rose Royce
1976: “I’m Going Down” – Rose Royce
1976: “I Wanna Get Next to You” – Rose Royce
1977: “Ooh Boy” – Rose Royce
1977: “Wishing on a Star” – Rose Royce
1978: “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore” – Rose Royce
RIP, Norman — you were THE MAN!
Cropper & Cavaliere “Nudge It Up a Notch” September 16, 2008
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Sounds like a keeper – can’t wait to hear it start to finish …
Steve Cropper’s guitar, production and songwriting embodied the sound and the spirit of Stax and the southern soul of the `60s. At the same time, in the Northeast, there was a band called The Rascals, whose sound was epitomized by the brilliant songs, B-3 organ and voice of Felix Cavaliere. Now these two R&B legends come together to Nudge It Up a Notch, a tour de force of 12 smokin’ original tunes, guaranteed to satisfy your soul.
http://www.amazon.com/Nudge-Up-Notch-Steve-Cropper/dp/B001B2KUP6/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_1_1
Vote for our friends at Stax Museum July 31, 2008
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The Stax Museum needs your help! As you know, it’s election season again, which means that it’s time for the Memphis Flyer’s annual BEST OF MEMPHIS poll–and we want YOU to help make sure that the Stax Museum is rightfully recognized as the BEST MUSEUM in Memphis!
Vote now or Shaft will grab you where it hurts!
