Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Cherry Mash's Rockin' New Years Eve Playlist

Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy - Young-Holt Unlimited
Reggae Merengue - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Ride Your Donkey - Tennors
Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley
How Long Do I Have to Wait for You? (Ticklah Remix) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
Chained (Alternate Take) - Mavis Staples
Pushin' On - The Quantic Soul Orchestra & Alice Russell
Raise Your Hand - Eddie Floyd
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips
First I Look at the Purse - The Contours
Respect - Aretha Franklin
V Neck Sweater - The Greyboy Allstars
Dolemite - Rudy Ray Moore and The Soul Rebellion Orchestra
Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
Brick House - The Commodores
Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti - The Daktaries
Gotta Clean Up the World, Pt. 1 - Funky Music Machine
Hard to Handle - Otis Redding
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations
Standing in the Shadows of Love - Four Tops
Take Care of Business (Pilooski Remix) - Nina Simone
Heavy Soup - Cornershop
The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
Let's Get It on (Single) - Marvin Gaye
I Believe to My Soul - Donny Hathaway
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
Tell Mama - Etta James
Legs - Darondo
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Budos Rising - The Budos Band
So Glad - The Evil D's

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The Crystals

The Crystals were a girl group out of New York that recorded their first hit while still in high school. They recorded with Phil Spector and his wall of sound is in full force on their recordings. They recorded the previously mentioned flop, He Hit Me, and it Felt Like a Kiss. The classic He's a Rebel was recorded in California after Spector moved his studio to the West Coast. Impatient to begin recording, Spector brought in Darlene Love of the Blossoms, along with several other studio musicians, and recorded the song under the Crystals name.

Over the years, members of the Crystals have come and gone but they are still performing. Beware when buying songs by the Crystals. Their biggest hits have been re-recorded by them several times and, frankly, the newer tracks lack the pizazz of the originals.



Playlist for Christmas Eve

Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
Invisible Man - Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
Budos Rising - The Budos Band
Proud Mary - Ike & tina Turner
Mr. Pitiful - Otid Redding
K.C. Stomp - Timothy McNealy
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
I Believe to My Soul - Donny Hathaway
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Didn't I - Darondo
Behind the Blue Curtains - El Michels Affair
I Say a Little Prayer for You - Aretha Franklin
Stop in the Name of Love - The Supremes
Sugar - Stevie Wonder
It's a Shame - The Spinners
Rudy Got Soul - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
Get Up Off of That Thing - James Brown
Who's That Lady - The Isley Brothers
Stubborn Kind of Fellow - Marvin Gaye
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
Dedicated to the One I Love - The Shirelles
Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Inlimited
Do What you Wanna - Ramsey Lewis
Get on the Good Foot - James Brown
V Neck Sweater - The Greyboy Allstars
Kasalèfkut Hulu (From All the Time I Have Passed) - Mulatu Astatke
Movin' On - Ray Camacho
Tell Mama - Etta James
Night Time is the Right Time - Ray Charles
'Cause I Love You - Carla & Rufus
Ain't That Nice - The Dixie Cups
Come and Get These Memories - Martha and the Vandellas
Beechwood 4-5789 - The Marvelettes
When the Boy's Happy the Girl's Happy, Too - The Chiffons
Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas
Baby, Baby, Baby - Sam Cooke
It's the Same Old Song - Four Tops
Open the Door to Your Heart - Darrell Banks
The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
ABC - The Jackson 5
Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr
Make The Road By Walking - Menahan Street Band
I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations
I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth
Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Playlist for December 17th

Girl groups and their female soloist counterparts

It's in His Kiss - Betty Everett
The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
Da Doo Ron Ron Ron - The Crystals
Dancing in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas
Ain't That Nice - The Dixie Cups
You're no Good - Dee Dee Warwick
I'm Blue ( The Gong Gong Song) - The Ikettes
Tweedle Dee - LaVern Baker
The Boy From New York City - The Ad Libs
Mama Said - The Shirelles
When the Boy's Happy ( The Girl's Happy, Too) - The Chiffons
My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine - The Ronettes
I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
Shake a Tail Feather - The Ikettes
Come See About Me - The Supremes
Needle in a Haystack - The Velvelettes
Bye Bye Baby - Mary Wells
Please Mt Postman - The Marvelettes
Chains - The Cookies
The Way Watusi - The Orlons
A Lover's Concerto - The Toys
Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
After Laughter (Comes Tears) - Wendy Rene
Out in the Streets - The Shangri-las
You Don't Have to Say you Love Me - Dusty Springfield
You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
Be my Baby - The Ronettes
He's a Rebel - The Crystals
Will You Love me Tomorrow - The Shirelles
At Last - Etta James
Keep Your Hands off of my Baby - Little Eva
Don't Hang Up - The Orlons
I'm Gonna Get You - The Dixie Cups
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
Sophisticated Boom Boom - The Goodees
He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' - The Velvelettes
You Beat me to the Punch - Mary Wells
The First Cut is the Deepest - PP Arnold
Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
May my Heart be Cast Into Stone - The Toys
You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
(Love is Like a) Heat Wave - Martha and the Vandellas
I'll Keep Holding On - The Marvelettes
It's My Party - Lesley Gore
Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-las
I Adore Him - The Angels
One Fine Day - The Chiffons

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Eddie Floyd

Eddie Floyd may not come to mind when you think about soul legends but his song writing prowess shaped the sound coming out of R&B powerhouse, Stax Records. Teaming up with Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, and many other Stax artists, Floyd created hits for Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and more. Almost every Stax artist you can think of, from early Carla Thomas to the final days of the label, Floyd wrote chart topping numbers. He wrote some killer numbers for himself as well.

Knock on Wood from a live performance in 1967. Bonus points: Backed by Booker T. and the MG's

Playlist for December 10th

ABC - The Jackson 5
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas
You're Not All That - The Herbaliser (featuring Jessica Darling)
Pushin' On - The Quantic Soul Orchestra & Alice Russell
Sugar - Stevie Wonder
It's a Shame - The Spinners
Young & Holtful - Young Holt Unlimited
Summertime - Billy Stewart
I Believe to my Soul - Donny Hathaway
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth
Dolemite - Rudy Ray Moore and the Soul Rebellion Orchestra
Bosco's Blues - The Sugarman Three & Co (Bull Jun remix feat. Large Professor)
Uprising - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Make the Road by Walking - Menahan Street Band
Compared to What - Roberta Flack
Take Five - Dave Brubeck
Hang on Sloopy - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Build me up Buttercup - The Foundations
Open the Door to Your Heart - Darrell Banks
To be Loved - Jackie Wilson
Fool Fool Fool - The Clovers
Stubborn Kind of Fellow - Marvin Gaye
One Fine Day - The Chiffons
Invisible Man - Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators
Mercy - Duffy
I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine - The Ronettes
Anyone Who Had a Heart - Dionne Warwick
Night Time is the Right Time - Ray Charles
Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
See Saw - Aretha Franklin
Satisfaction - Otis Redding
I'm Movin' On - Ike and Tina Turner
Chained - Mavis Staples
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Why Can't There be Love? - Dee Edwards

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Playlist for December 3rd

An evening with a liberal dose of afrobeat

Harlem Shuffle - Bob & Earl
How I Got Over - Darondo
Astawesalehu - Lemma Demissew
Voodoo Soul Stew - The Daktaris
Lady - Fela Kuti
Water No Get Enemy - Fela Kuti
I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone
Kasalefkut Hulu - Mulatu Astatke
Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti - The Daktaris
Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps
Money i$ King - The Expressions
Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley
How Long Do I Have to Wait For You? - Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (Tiklah Remix)
I Can't Get Next to You - The Tempations
Pushin' On - The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Gopher - Yma Sumac
Budos Rising - The Budos Band
Tezeta - Tesfa-Maryam Kidane
Almokerkum Neber - Hirut Beqele
Maw Expensive (a tribute to Fela) - Masters at Work
Yegelle Tezeta - Mulatu Astatke
Lekar Ham Diwana Dil - Asha Bhosle
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Make the Road by Walking - Menahan Street Band
Yekermo Sew - Mulatu Astatke
Feeling Good - Bama & the Family
Mas y Mas - Bronx River Parkway
Pretty Green - Mark Ronson (featuring Santo Gold)
Got to Give it Up (part 1) - Marvin Gaye
Behind the Blue Curtains - El Michels Affair
Heywete Abatey New - Alemayehu Eshete
Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne - Asha Bhosle
Funky for You - Deadbeats
Abbey Rockers #1 - The Superpowers