A Song A Day

14 plays

Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is (c.1972)

22 plays

Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1 (c.1975)

20 plays

Bill Withers - Heartbreak Road

(c.1974 from his album +’Justments)

41 plays

Bill Withers - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh (c.1974)

50 plays

Bill Withers - You

…from his 1974 album, +’Justments which I had not heard in its entirety until yesterday and am now completely obsessed with.

69 plays

The Delfonics - Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide From Love) - c.1969

…used as the basis of the Fugees’ Ready Or Not

41 plays

Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay (c.1973)

101 plays

Rose Royce - I’m In Love (And I Love The Feeling) c.1978

…contrary to what this song might imply, I am not currently in love (other than with this song).

59 plays

Nick Drake - Road (c.1972)

49 plays

The Jackson 5 - Who’s Lovin’ You (c.1969)

69 plays

Kraftwerk - The Man Machine (c.1978)

Telex - Twist A St. Tropez (Les Chats Sauvages Cover)

30 plays

Telex - Twist À St. Tropez (Les Chats Sauvages Cover) c.1978

…The Belgian synth-pop group Telex was formed in 1978 with the intention of “Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar — and the idea was electronic music.” Mixing the aesthetics of disco, punk and experimental electronic music, they released a stripped-down synthesized cover version of “Twist à St. Tropez” by Les Chats Sauvages.

1978 Telex video:

Hear the original version on yesterday’s A Song A Day:
Les Chats Sauvages - Twist À St. Tropez

90 plays

The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child (c.1970)

…#SoulfulSundays

As performed on Soul Train:

72 plays

Cymande - Brothers On The Slide (c.1972)

(pronounced Sah-mahn-day)

549 plays

Latimore - Let’s Straighten It Out (c.1974)

… #SoulfulSundays