Turn Yo'self Around

Bobby Patterson
T.C.B. or T.Y.A.
Jetstar - 114


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Makes me want to stand up and say Yeah!!

Patty Cake Shake

Guitar Ray
Patty Cake Shake
Hot Line - 912


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Can't get enough of this song lately! Great New Orleans Soul groove. Arranged by Wardell Quezergue. Not sure of a date.

The Craze

Sherman Evans
The Craze
Manco - 1062
1965


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If you're going to record a dance craze record, might as well be straightforward about it.

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad
Mod Squad You All
Tangerine - 1004
1969

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This one is going out to my friends Marcos, Matty and Kristen...

Karate - The Emperors

The Emperors
Karate
Mala - 543
1967

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Great track. This is my favorite part of record collecting. I had never heard of this group or song before finding this disc. You may already be familiar with it, but it's toatllay new to me...

p.s. To learn more about this record and The Emperors go here: http://funky16corners.tripod.com/8_emperors.htm

You know, I really should start googling BEFORE I post...

Do the Monkey Dog!

O.V. Wright
Monkey Dog
Back Beat - 548
1965 - '66?

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Here's one of my favorite tunes by O.V. Wright. It's taken me a while to come across a clean copy of this one, although it's not particularly rare or pricey. Love it!!

Ray Sharpe Needs Your Help!

Ray Sharpe
Help Me (pts 1&2)
Atco - 6402
1966

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I know Ray Sharpe primarily as a rockabilly artist. His hit "linda Lu" from 59 gives no indication of the sounds that would come along later in his career. Here he is in 1966 on Atco throwing down one very heavy soul groove...
*pts 1&2 have been blended into one track for this post.

Loosen These Pains and Let Me Go - Albert Washington

Here's Georgia born gospel/soul singer, guitarist Albert Washington on Jewel records from 1965, or is it 1971? My guide book says '71, but the 1965 copyright on the label would indicate otherwise. Sounds earlier than '71 too...
Albert Washington
Loosen These Pains and Let Me Go
Jewel - 822
1965 or 1971?
* see comments


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Soul Is Our Music - Bobby Patterson

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Bobby Patterson
Soul is Our Music
Jetstar - 109
1967
Bobby Patterson seems to pop up here quite a bit. Probably because I like him and his 45s are pretty easy to find here in Dallas. I like the lyrics on this one. Nice horns too...

Bobby Patterson - I Got to Get Over

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Bobby Patterson
I Got to Get Over
Proud - 100
Mid to Late 70s?
Here's another Dallas record from local soul hero Bobby Patterson. Written and produced by Bobby and put out on his own label...

Gene "Bowlegs" Miller - Frankenstein Walk

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Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
Frankenstein Walk
Hi - 2161
1969
I figured I had better get this one up quick before any of my fellow bloggers had a chance to beat me to it. This is my absolute favorite Halloween 45 and one of my favorite 45s period. At the time I found this I had no idea who Gene "Bowlegs" Miller was, but the title was too great to resist. Of course when I listened to it, I stood with my mouth hanging open, not believing what I was hearing. I have since learned that Bowlegs Miller was a Hi records staffer and had a few one off singles of his own, of which this is one. Truly astounding...

Little Gary Ferguson

I first heard of Little Gary Ferguson on the excellent Bear Family DVD Series: The Beat!!!!
Available Here

On the video (from 1966) Gary appears to be about 8 or so and does his best attempt at a James Brown style stage act. A few years later this single was released and he appeared on a bill with Frank Zappa, the Count Five and others (see poster above.) After that, who knows? I can find very little info about him online. Anyway, this funky track, in kind of a Jackson 5 groove, is pretty cool with Gary singing (a little creepily perhaps) about loving those kisses and hugs from Mom! Check it out...
Little Gary Ferguson
A Mother's Love

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*edit* Okay, so upon further consideration, maybe I played down the creepiness of this song too much. Gary is singing in a very adult, sexual sounding way about loving his mother. Perhaps his handlers thought this would play off as cute, since he is a child, but something went wrong somewhere...

Percy Mayfiled on Tangerine

Percy Mayfiled
My Jug and I

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Here's a nice single from 1966 by one of my favorite singers, Percy Mayfield. This was put out on Ray Charles' Tangerine Records and the material that he recorded there at least equaled, if not surpassed in quality, the sides he recorded for Specialty in the fifties. All of the Tangerine recordings were compiled on a terrific CD called "Percy Mayfied his Tangerine and Atlantic sides" which I believe is now out of print. The photo above shows Percy in the studio with Ray. His facial injury from a horrific car wreck a few years earlier is clearly visible. BTW, yes that is Ray Charles playing organ on this track...

The Valentinos

The Valentinos
Tired of Livin' in the Country

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From 1964 on Sam Cooke's SAR label. Sam wrote this one too and you can hear a little melodic similarity to his song "Another Saturday Night." The Valentinos featured future soul star Bobby Womack, who controversially married Sam's widow after his bizarre and untimely death. This is the flip of "It's All Over Now" which the Rolling Stones covered a bit later...
*edit - By the way, that skipping thing, where the beat slips? It's not the 45 skipping and it's not a digital glitch. I'm not sure what is going on there. If anyone else has a copy of this song, either on cd or vinyl, I'd be curious to know if this is a bad edit on the original master, or what?

Soulin' on... HBR?

Earl Gains
The Best of Luck to You

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I'm used to seeing cartoon soundtracks, bubblegum rock and garage on Hanna Barberra records, but was surprised to see this sweet, smoldering soul track from Earl Gaines. (the spelling on the label is a mis-print)

Barbara Lynn

Barbara Lynn
I'm a Good Woman

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This one's in pretty rough shape, but the excellence still shines through. Released in '66 on Huey Meaux's Tribe label.

Jello-Jim?

Finney - Mo
Shake That Thing

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Here's a great one from '63 on the tiny Fort Worth, Texas label Jello-Jim. I heard this song on the Fool's Paradise radio show on WFMU and about a week later I found this copy. It's a got a little edge warp, but still plays fine. Check out that phone number on the label!

King Kong's Monkey

Gary (U.S.) Bonds
King Kong's Monkey

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This is one of my favorite 45s. Exactly what we're all about here at Jukeboxmafia. A great beat and solid musicianship, mixed with a large dose of humor. King Kong escapes from the zoo and travels to New York where he dances the monkey on top of the Empire State Building!

That's the way the mop flops...

Eddie and the Rays
That's the Way it Is Out Here
Titan - 6601

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Here is another one I don't really know anything about. The label lists Billy J. Thomas as the vocalist. A song about life on the road...

RIP MLK 40 years today

George Perkins & the Silver Stars
Cryin' in the Streets (pts 1&2)
Silver Fox 18 - 1969

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This one is a two parter, but I've spliced them together into one mp3. I first heard this song on a compilation cassette that was released as a companion tape for my favorite book of all time: "Sweet Soul Music" by Peter Guralnik. This is the second copy of this 45 to come through my hands, as the first was lost? stolen? traded/sold? The song was recorded in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and is one of the most beautiful and moving songs I've ever heard. The thing that really gets me though is the uplifting message of hope at the end of part 2. You can learn a little more about it (as I just did) by clicking the link Below:
Learn More Here