A Song A Day
Brook Benton - For My Baby
14 plays

Brook Benton - For My Baby  (c.1961)

                                               

Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is (Shimi Sonic Edit)
11 plays

Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is (Shimi Sonic Edit)

Listen to the 1972 original HERE

                                               

Andy Allo - People Pleaser
42 plays

Andy Allo - People Pleaser

                                               

Esther Phillips - Home Is Where the Hatred Is
17 plays

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

                                               

Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing, Pt. 1
26 plays

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

                                               

Bill Withers - Heartbreak Road
20 plays

Bill Withers - Heartbreak Road  

(c.1974 from his album +’Justments

                                               

Johnnie Taylor - You're Good for Me
104 plays

Johnnie Taylor - You’re Good For Me (c.1969)

                                               

The Delfonics - Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
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

                                               

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

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

                                               

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
397 plays

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (c.1965)

…Jones was born in Cincinnati, and moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of seven, where she first started singing.

                                               

Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me - Lulu Rouge Re-Edit
30 plays

Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (Lulu Rouge Re-Edit)

…loving these Lulu Rouge edits that put Marvin’s voice so close up.

Original version released c.1971

                                               

The Shirelles & King Curtis - Take The Last Train Home
50 plays

King Curtis - Take The Last Train Home

                                               

Frankie Beverly & The Butlers - Love (Your Pain Goes Deep).320
29 plays

Frankie Beverly & The Butlers - Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) c.1968

                                               

Seth Walker - Wait A Minute
49 plays

Seth Walker - Wait A Minute

… Seth opened his incredible acoustic set with this tune at Largo the other night supporting The Wood Brothers.

                                               

Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
73 plays

Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)  c.1964