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| Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/6/12 at 12:29 pm)
Yes, another genre thread. Haters will be happy to know I may run out soon.
William Bell - "You Don't Miss Your Water" (1961) -- The original version of a song later done by many country acts, including Gram Parsons (on the Byrds' Sweetheart Of The Rodeo)
Garnett Mimms -- "Cry Baby"
Little Richard - "I Don't Know What You've Got, But It's Got Me" -- Mr. Lipstick tries to cash in on the soul boom
Toussaint McCall - "Nothing Takes The Place Of You" -- As you might guess from the first name, he was from LA (Monroe)
James Carr - "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man"
Ann Peebles - "I Can't Stand The Rain"
Nat Hall - "A Broken Hearted Clown" -- Now THIS is an obscure record. I only know about it b/c a guy on a music message board posted that he had uploaded it to YouTube.
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TFTC 
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/6/12 at 12:33 pm to Kafka)
Ive always loved this William Bell tune...
Every Day (will be like a holiday)
Also love this version of this Terry Callier song w/Beth Orton
Lean on Me
Ted Hawkins - Green Eyed Girl
This post was edited on 9/6 at 12:45 pm
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Kafka
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/6/12 at 12:42 pm to TFTC)
A nice and depressing William Bell song:
"Everybody Loves A Winner (But When You Lose, You Lose Alone)"
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/6/12 at 12:53 pm to Kafka)
More Ted Hawkins... Such an amazing voice...
Strange Conversation
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/6/12 at 1:02 pm to Kafka)
Roy C "If I had my life to live over
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/6/12 at 5:00 pm to Kafka)
Writer-producer Jerry Ragovoy (1930-2011):
I could have included him in the Brill Building thread, but he seems to fit better here
Howard Tate - "Get It While You Can"
Erma Franklin - "Piece Of My Heart" (Aretha's sister)
Some may know these songs via covers by Janis Joplin (she also did Ragovoy's "Cry Baby" -- see OP)
Irma Thomas - "Time Is On My Side"
Lorraine Ellison - "Stay With Me"
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/7/12 at 10:56 am to Kafka)
Pardon me buddy
Cuttin in
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 9/7/12 at 11:07 am to Rittdog)
Larry Williams and Johnny Watson - "Mercy Mercy Mercy" (1967)
Some may know this song from the hit version by The Buckinghams. I don't know which version was released first.
The song had been an instrumental hit for Cannonball Adderly the year before.
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Kafka
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 10/31/12 at 9:45 pm to Kafka)
Surprised this thread never got more traffic -- no soul fans on here?
Bessie Banks - "Go Now" -- original version
Brenda Holloway - 'You've Made Me So Very Happy" -- original version
Don Covay - "Mercy Mercy" -- note how much his voice sounds like Mick Jagger
The Parliaments - "I Wanna Testify"
David Ruffin - "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" -- great solo single from the Temptations lead singer
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OldTigahFot
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 10/31/12 at 10:30 pm to Kafka)
Kafka, since you appear to be a somewhat serious student of music, let me pose this question to you. How do you think Marvin Gaye stacks up against some of his contemporaries like David & Jimmy Ruffin, Levi Stubbs, Smokey Robinson, etc. My personal opinion is that he is a little below their level yet he seems to get more play and attention than they do. What say you ?
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Kafka
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 10/31/12 at 10:45 pm to OldTigahFot)
quote:
How do you think Marvin Gaye stacks up against some of his contemporaries like David & Jimmy Ruffin, Levi Stubbs, Smokey Robinson, etc. My personal opinion is that he is a little below their level yet he seems to get more play and attention than they do. What say you ?
I know this is a sports site that insists on rankings and champions ("All real Americans love a winner, and will not tolerate a loser"), but I try to avoid it on things like music and movies.
I like Marvin Gaye -- I would classify him more on the "sweet" side of R&B rather than the "bluesy" side, like most of the Motown singers.
The grittier soul singers generally recorded in the South. IMHO one of the best was the underappreciated Wilson Pickett -- I really like his phrasing; he never seems to make a wrong decision. If you must have a ranking and a controversial opinion, I certainly prefer Pickett to Otis Redding, who I've always found somewhat overrated.
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 7:04 am to Kafka)
Gotta put in some Etta... Blind & Cry
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 12:30 pm to Kafka)
quote:
Lorraine Ellison - "Stay With Me"
Does it get any better than that?
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Duane Dibbley 
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 12:35 pm to Kafka)
What; no Percy Sledge yet, or do people consider him more Swamp Pop/R&B?
Some of the best belly rubbin music ever!
Percy Sledge: When a Man Loves a Woman (Full Album)
Percy Sledge Compilation (Full Album)
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 2:46 pm to Kafka)
Sweet Soul Music
Love and Happiness
Tired of Being Alone
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Kafka
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 2:50 pm to Duane Dibbley)
quote:
Percy Sledge
"Out Of Left Field"
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Kafka
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 2:54 pm to oompaw)
quote:
Gotta put in some Etta
"Tell Mama"
Original version:
Clarence Carter - "Tell Daddy"
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 3:33 pm to Kafka)
Sam and Dave - "Small Portion of Your Love"
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Kafka
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/1/12 at 3:40 pm to Bunk Moreland)
quote:
Sam and Dave
"I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down"
Elvis Costello did a great uptempo cover of this
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| re: Sweet Soul Music (Posted on 11/2/12 at 3:38 pm to Cdawg)
quote:
Lorraine Ellison - "Stay With Me"
Does it get any better than that?
This record didn't sell well, but got such a reputation among soul fans that soon after it came out collectors were paying $50 (an absolutely mind-boggling sum at the time for a recent release) for bootleg copies
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