I'm going to propose one too - one of my much-loved North Carolina "beach" tracks, I just love this. It don't have to be black to be soulful, this has it in bucketfuls. Big Stafford record.
FE Soulful 100 ============== 1. I Didn't Know How To - The Constellations (NE 27 Oct) 2. What More Do You Want - Gene Toones (NE 28 Oct) 3. Baby Mine - Thelma Houston (RS 28 Oct) 4. I Really Love You - The Tomangoes (NE 29 Oct) 5. This Love Starved Heart of Mine - Marvin Gaye (RS 29 Oct) 6. If This is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely) - The Precisions (DT 29 Oct) 7. Paris Blues - Tony Middleton (NE 30 Oct) 8. Seven Days Too Long - Chuck Wood (DT 30 Oct) 9. Better Use Your Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials (RS 30 Oct) 10. Suspicion - The Originals (SW 30 Oct) 11. Turning My Heartbeat Up - The MVPs (NE 31 Oct) 12. Just Walk in My Shoes - Gladys Knight (Macca 31 Oct) 13. Open the Door to Your Heart - Darrell Banks (SW 31 Oct) 14. You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies - Dana Valery (NE 1st Nov) 15. You Won't Say Nothing - Tamala Lewis (SW 3 Nov) 16. Nothing But a Heartache - The Flirtations (NE 4 Nov) 17. Baby Don't You Weep - Edward Hamilton & The Arabians (RS 8 Nov) 18. The Drifter - Ray Pollard (NE 8 Nov) 19. Nightowl - Bobby Paris (NE 22 Nov) 20. Out On The Floor - Dobie Gray (DT 23 Nov) 21. Oh No Not My Baby - Maxine Brown (NE 24 Nov) 22. You'll Never Make the Grade - Sunlovers (Hann 24 Nov) 23. How Could You Break My Heart - Bobby Womack (NE 25 Nov) 24. Cashin' In - Voices of East Harlem (DT 25 Nov) 25. Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield (DB 26 Nov) 26. Of Hopes, Dreams and Tombstones - Jimmy Fraser (NE 27 Nov) 27. Slow Fizz - The Sapphires (RS 27 Nov) 28. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson (Hann 02 Dec) 29. Too Late - Johnny Watson & Larry Williams (NE 07 Dec) 30. What Good am I - TSU Toronados (NE 22 Dec) 31. Gone With the Wind is My Love - Rita & The Tiaras (DT 22 Dec) 32. Wear Your Natural Baby - Towana & The Total Destruction (DT 23 Dec) 33. Hung Up on Your Love - The Montclairs (NE 02 Jan) 34. Anything I Can Do - Wil Collins and Willpower (NE 05 Jan) 35. Happy - Velvet Hammer (RS 18 Mar) 36. Tell Me It's Just a Rumour Baby - Isley Bros (Macca 21 Mar) 37. Do It - Pat Powdrill (Hann 21 Mar) 38. You Send Me - Sam Cooke (Hann 24 Mar) 39. Silly Girl - Mickey Buckins (NE 24 Mar)
I really love Sam Cooke. There's hardly a week goes by that I don't either play a track by him or find myself singing or whistling one.
This is just for interest. Craig Charles played him. I like the version and I've added him to my "to listen" list as he's got more NS-influenced tracks. Reminds me of a Scandi crime baddie.
I thought I might indulge of my "other" passion for your entertainment
Feel free to post, but please do try and keep it soulful. No funk or ska please! I maintain an off-line list of all the tracks posted, if you would like a copy please feel free to fmail me.
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Jan 2025