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Not a singer in the business who hasn't learned a lil'
somethin' from Brotha Ray Charles! With a mama
named Aretha, he was destined to be an innovator!

hitroadj.wav...."Well baby listen baby don't treat me this way...well I'll be back on my feet some day....I don't care if ya do cause it's understood ya ain't got no money you just ain't no good....well I guess if you say so....I'll have to pack my things and go ....that's right! Hit The Road Jack and don't ya come back no more no more no more no more"...

roadjack.wav...."Hit the Road Jack and don't ya come back no mo no mo no mo....hit the road Jack and don't ya come back no mo....Whad you say?"....

georgia.wav...."Ray sings the tune now famous as the state's anthem....Georgia.....

unchain1.wav...."Unchain My Heart....baby let me be...unchain my heart....cause you dont care about me"......

unchain2.wav...."Every time I call you on the phone somebody tells me you're not home....so Unchain My Heart"....

igotawmn.wav...."Weeell....I Got A Woman.....way over town that's good to me....oooh yea".....

julep.wav....One Mint Julep....."hmmmmm just a little bit o' soul now".....(nice cha cha number)....

getstond.wav...."You know my baby, she won't let me in....I got a few pennies....I'm gonna buy myself a bottle of gin....then I'm gonna call my buddy on the telephone....and say...Let's Go Get Stoned"...this is one of those gentle love songs that Ashford and Simpson are so famous for writing".....

messarnd.wav...."They're Doin' The Mess Around....they doin' the mess around....everbody doin' the mess around"....very early Ray having some fun! This song was later featured in the movie Trains Planes and Automobiles when John Candy is driving and gets himself tied into a knot with a seatbelt and a lit cigarette.

ritetime.wav...."Wooo...I know the night time is The Right Time to be with the one you love".....

gotnews4.wav...."Well...baby...baby baby I've Got News for you somehow your story don't ring true...well I've got news for you...well you told me you'd be late... cause you took the wrong express....then you walk in smiling...with your lipstick all a mess...let me say it to ya mama ooh...I got news for you"....

dontnome.wav...."No you don't know the one who dreams of you at night...and longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight....to you I'm just a friend....that's all I've ever been....no You Don't Know Me".....

whatisay.wav...."See the girl with the diamond ring....she knows how to shake that thing...oh yea....all right....tell me What I say"....

Can ya do it? Ask the Capitols?
It's the Cool Jerk!

cooljerk.wav...."Now give me a little bit of bass with those 88's....mmmm you're cookin' baby...man you're smokin'...m m m....now everybody I wanna hear ya all...can ya do it...can ya do it...can ya do it...can ya do the Cool Jerk...come on people"....

The Chambers Brothers
Mississippi gospel gone Rock 'n Soul

time.wav....Get out your cowbells! "Time Has Come Today! I've been crushed by tumbling tides...And my soul has been psychedelicized!"....

turnlose.wav....A little Otis Redding ditty for you...."hip shakin' mama I love ya....I Can't Turn You Loose now"....

uptown.wav...." I'm Goin' Uptown to Harlem...gonna let my hair down in Harlem...125th Street now....here I come...gonna get me some some chitlins and some black eyed peas....some barbequed ribs...and mustard greens"....hmm and what else?

strungou.wav...."Baby baby please don't leave me....if you do there's gonna be a panic....baby I'm All Strung Out over you"....

...The "highlights" of the Chi-Lites career....
2 top ten records for Chicago born Eugene Record and the guys

ohgirl.wav...."Oh Girl I'd be in trouble if you left me now...cause I don't know where to look for love...I just don't know how"....

oohgirl.wav...."All my friends call me a fool they say let the woman take care of you...so I try to be hip and think like the crowd....not even the crowd can help me now....oh wooow ooo....Oh Girl"...

seenher.wav...."I know I can't hide from her memory...though day after day I've tried....I keep saying...she'll be back...but today again, I've lied....ooh I see her face everywhere I go....on the street and even in the picture show....Have You Seen Her?"....

The most successful hit single of all time was introduced to us
by former chicken plucker from Philadelphia Ernest Evans,
familiar to most, as Chubby Checker.

twist.wav...."C'mon Baby....let's do The Twist.....round and around and a up and down we go again!"

twistagn.wav...."Let's Twist Again....like we did last summer...oooh let's twist again...twistin' time is here!"...

dolimbo.wav...."How low can you go?"...time to do the Limbo Rock.....

ponytime.wav...."Do the Pony with your partner....or in a big boss line....get with it don't quit it...boogedy boogedy boogedy shoop!"....I'ts Pony Time!

From Tuskeegee Alabama,
Lionell Ritchie and The Commodores

brickhse.wav...."Woo She's a Brick House....she's mighty mighty....she's lettin' it all hang out....yea she's a brick house....she's the one the only one built like an amazon..shake it down shake it down now"....

easy.wav...."I'm Easy like Sunday morning...that's why I'm easy"....

sailon.wav...."I gave all my money and my time...I know it's a shame...but I'm giving you back your name....Sail On....sugar"....

3xalady.wav...."You're once, twice, three Times A Lady....and I love you"....1978 was the year this one went to the top chart possition at number one.

ladyyou.wav...."I saw your face and something told me you were the one....you guided me and now....my life's begun....Lady (You Bring Me Up)....when I'm down"....

still.wav...."Remembering the pain and the play...it's deep in my mind and locked away...but then most of all....I do love you....Still"....a number 1 record in 1979.

close2u.wav...."Just To Be Close To You....yea"....their fourth hit single....

From The Bay Area, Felton Pilate, Michael Cooper
founders of the band known as Con Funk Shun

confunks.wav....It's a party atomosphere, so bring on the horns! "Gonna Confunsunizeya...hypnotize ya...mesmerize ya! If ya shake any booty it's hard for us to stop"....

theheart_.wav..."There's a spell on my mind....and you're too blame...nothing else in my life will ever be the same....it must be love for there is nothing that I won't do for the love of you....from now on everything that I have is yours...forever...this is Straight From The Heart" ........

luvstrain.wav...A live version of Love's Train..from one of the shows Con Funk Shun did with Tom Joyner's United We Funk Tour. "Warm night, can't sleep, too hurt, too weak... Gotta call her up...dial that, number, no one, answers...'til it's two o'clock...and if by chance, you let me come over...out on the street, I want to see ya baby...and if by chance you let me just hold ya...I'm down on my knee, I wanna please ya baby, I'll be your righteous lover"....

calif1.wav..."And the golden gate lights are callin' me...California1.....highway of my memories"....

asong.wav..."Here's a song...here's A Song For You....about my faith in you....and all my lovin' baby"....

...Arthur Conley's biggie below is a tribute to the best of them....

soulmuz.wav...."Do ya like good music (yea, yea)...that Sweet Soul Music?"......

....The Delfonics with a pair of hits....

lalalala.wav...."Now I don't wear a diamond ring....I don't even know a song to sing....all I know is la la la la la la la La La Means - I Love You"....

didnti.wav...."Didn't I do it baby...I tried so many times and that's no lie...it seemed to make you laugh....each time I cried....Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)....didn't I?"....

William DeVaughn had a number 4 record in '74 with this tune
'bout a fine lookin' automobile...it had a a diamond in the back!

thankful.wav...."Though you may not drive...a great big Cadillac...gangsta white walls...TV antena in the back....you may not drive...a car at all...but remember brothers and sisters... you can still stand tall....just Be Thankful For What You've Got....diamond in the back, sunroof top, digging the scene with a gangsta lean...woo whoo"....

...Manu DiBango brought us an African tune
with a Rhumba "can't stop dancing" beat!

makossa.wav....Dance the Soul Makossa....can anyone interpret the words for me?..."mama see....mama ka?"....

Bo Diddley took his name from a one note African guitar.
It was his style to play the same way, and it
influenced the sound of Rock and Roll forever!

bodiddly.wav...."That most identifiable sound...which bears his name...Bo Diddley....(lots of reverb!)...

imaman1.wav...."Here's Bo's tune that later became a staple of rock and roll history....as a Yardbirds hit record...."I'm A Man"....

mona.wav...."Heeeey Mona....Hey Mona.....Where's Your Sister?".....

uugly.wav...."I hear you got a new job standing in front of a doctors office making people sick...your breath is killing me....dance ova there...don't dance too close to me...cause U Ugly....and your breath stinks too"....

Time for the Dramatics to begin

whatcha.wav...."Some people are made of plastic...wooo...some people are made of wood.....ha! Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get....now baby".....

rain.wav...."Gonna go outside.....In The Rain...said...I think I'll go outside.....in the rain.....and I....wow I think I'm gonna cry".....

....Every place you'll go there's a Broadway....
so this one was sure to be a hit for The Fantasic Johnny C!

downbdwy.wav....."Baby oh baby....Boogaloo Down Broadway....funky Broadway"....

....The Queen Of Soul....Aretha....
with her Sweet Inspirations

respect.wav...."What you want...Baby I got it...what you need you know I got it....all I'm askin'...for a little Respect...when ya come home....when ya come home....Aretha taking the tune Otis Redding penned to number 1 in 1967.

respect1.wav...."I'm about to give you all my money...but all I'm asking in return honey..is to give me my propers when ya get home...just a little bit...just a little bit...when ya get home"....more from Respect....

rrespect.wav........Aretha with the girls and sister Carolyn's trademark Re-Re-Re-Re spect when ya come home....when ya come home"....Respect....

think.wav...."You better Think...think of what you're tryin' ta do ta me....wowoo Think!....

babyilov.wav...."Stretch out your arms little boy you're gonna get it....cause I love you boy...baby baby baby..I love you ain't no doubt about it, baby I love you....baby baby baby I love you...I love you....I love you....I love you...Baby I Love You".....

bridge.wav....Here she does Simon And Garfunkle's Bridge Over Troubled Water.... it went to number 6 in 1971.

spanish.wav....The Queen Of Soul's version of Ben E. King first hit song Spanish Harlem....penned by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector.

lovedman.wav....The first single released from her Muscle Shoals sessions in 1967, the year her careeer began to skyrocket....I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You)....

dontplay.wav....Don't Play That Song another one of Ben E. King's hits reworked by Aretha....

doright.wav...."If ya want a do right...all day woman...gotta be a do right...all night man.....Do Right Woman - Do Right Man"....

ccchain.wav...."My Doctor says take it easy....ah but your lovin' is much too strong....I'm added to your ch ch chain....Chain Of Fools"....

drfeelgd.wav...."Don't send me no doctor filling me up with all of those pills....got me a man named Dr. Feelgood....Dr. Feelgood in the morning".....

whatitis.wav...."Rock Steady...steady it babe...baby.....what it is.....baby babe....what it is"....

freeway.wav....We goin' ridin' on the Freeway Of Love wind's against our back....we're going riding on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac".....

freway.wav....Jump in....ain't no sin...take a ride in my machine....city traffic's movin' way too slow...drop the pedal and go go go.....we goin' riding on the Freeway Of Love".....

whoszoom.wav...."In the crowd I called you out....you can't hide yourself....Who's Zoomin Who"....

sisters.wav...."Comin' out of the picture cause there's something we forgot to say to you....Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves"....a duet with Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics.

....Formerly known as Detroit's Four Aimes....
they aimed for the "Top," so they were better known as The Four Tops!

reachout.wav...."So darlin' reach out....c'mon girl...Reach Out...for me....just look over your shoulder...huaa...I'll be there....to always see you through.....and I'll be there to cherish and care for you"......

shakeme.wav...."I hear my neighbors talkin' she don't love him...comon and Wake Me Shake Me....when it's over....somebody tell me...that I'm dreaming and wake me when it's over"......

shadows.wav...."Standing In The Shadows Of Love...Im' gettin' ready for the heartache to come....can't you see me"....

bernadet.wav....Bernadette....a love ballad.....

needlovn.wav...."Baby I Need Your Lovin'....although you're never here....your voice I often hear".....

sugarpie.wav...."Sugar Pie Honey Bunch....you know that I love you....Can't Help Myself....I love you and nobody else"....

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