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From '50s NYC clubland, a Yma Sumac-inspired version of "Babalu" by jazz/calypso singer Phyllis Branch.The radio show
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Category Archives: Soul
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
Dusty Springfield, with her big voice, big bouffant, and hits like “Wishin’ and Hopin’,” “The Look of Love,” and “Son of a Preacher Man,” may have been the queen of ‘60s blue-eyed soul. She wasn’t the only ‘60s white soul … Continue reading
Walls of Sound
“Wall of Sound” is one of those descriptors that’s been tossed around for years in discussions of pop music. The phrase, though, is genuinely serviceable, referring generally to the ‘60s pop production style of erratic Los Angeles studio wizard Phil … Continue reading
Soul woman
This week: Late ’60s R&B; records, that fertile medium where the cross-over popularity of soul music and the voices of female empowerment and social consciousness were all beginning to intersect in a profound way. 1. Jean & The Darlings, How … Continue reading
Bay City Rollin’
(Ed. note: A terrific guest post this week courtesy of O-Dub, well-known to many of you as the proprietor of the one best and longest-running music blogs out there, Soul Sides.) I don’t remotely profess to have a very deep … Continue reading
Funk and the blues
Blues progressions and funk rhythms are one of those fusions that worked well for a time. Lowell Fulson’s “Tramp” and Alvin Robinson’s “Down Home Girl” spring to mind here. It was combination that worked best in the 1960s – a … Continue reading
Girl trips
This week, three female harmony-soul records from the early ’70s. Their production styles are wildly different, but they’re all suffused with the lightly trippy aesthetic of the era. 1. The Three Degrees, Collage (Roulette) An enduring Philadelphia female vocal trio, … Continue reading
The Shingaling
The Shingaling, like the term “boogaloo,” refers to two separate (but related) mid-’60s pop phenomena. There’s the “shingaling” synonomous with Latin Soul – jazzed-up guajiras and mambos with an R&B kick, sung in English and Spanish by younger Nuyoricans. Possibly … Continue reading
Chicago soul
Chicago was, in addition to being one of America’s greatest music cities, an epicenter for soul music in the ’60s and ’70s. As cities, only Detroit and Philadelphia rivaled Chicago in terms of a sheer abundance of independent record labels … Continue reading