Musical Episode #005: Do Right Women

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I’ve been pretty lackluster in terms of keeping up with the longer podcasts and have had some pretty persistent and vocal complaints so I’m going to try to up the frequency of them (though not at the expense of writing up the singles which I like to do a lot more…).  To kick off my (hopefully) renewed commitment to longer mixes today we have an themed mix; a full hour of 60’s female soul!  It runs a small gamut of straight soul to some early sixties girl group tracks but they are all united by the fact they are absolutely monster tracks whether they’re sung by a soloist or a group.

One of the tough things about the longer podcasts is I simply can’t give the background on all the records I’d like and it takes quite some time just to put the thing together so I hope you’ll excuse the lack of biographical information on these mixes.  As always, if you have ANY questions, hit me on IG, facebook or email, both links provided on the left.

The track list is as follows:
Candy & The Kisses : The 81 (Cameo, 1964)
The Velvelettes : He Was Really Saying Something (VIP, 1964)
The Marvelettes : He’s A Good Guy (Yes He Is) (Tamla, 1964)
The Blue-Belles : I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Newtown, 1962)
The Pussycats : You Can’t Stop Loving Me (Columbia, 1966)
The Shirelles : I Met Him On Sunday (Decca, 1958* whoops!)
The Lovelites : I Found Me A Lover (Bandera, 1967)
The Dolls : This Is Our Day (Maltese, 1965)
The Du-Ettes : Please Forgive Me (One-Der-Ful, 1965)
The Blossoms : Tweedlee Dee (MGM, 1968)
The Adorables : Be (Golden World, 1964)
Gladys Knight & The Pips : Letter Full Of Tears (Fury, 1961)
The Shangri-Las : Out In The Street (Red Bird, 1965)
Mona Lisa & The Pastels : Any Other Way (Steady, 1968)
The Jelly Beans : I Wanna Love Him So Bad (Red Bird, 1964)
Barbara Greene : Young Boy (Renee, 1964)
The Forum : Boy Without A Girl (Mira, 1966)
Mable John : If You Give Up What You Got (You’ll See What You Lost) (Stax, 1967)
Barbara A. West : I’m A Fool For You Baby (Nu Sound, 1968)
Betty Everett : I Can’t Hear You No More (Vee Jay, 1964 )
Aretha Franklin : Soulville (Columbia, 1964)
Ann Mason & Big Mac featuring The Boss Sounds : You Can’t Love Me (In The Midnight Hour) (Atlantic, 1965, UK press)
Rhetta Hughes : Light My Fire (1969)
Jackie Moore : Here I Am (Shout, 196)
The Flirtations : Nothing But A Heartache (Deram, 1969)

Enjoy

George / Snack Attack

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