-Maxine Brown: "One step at a time" US Wand -64 Ashford&Simpson song.The well known problem of fast movin' boys.
-Sir Mack Rice: "Mustang Sally" US Blue Rock -65 Mack stompin' down own song in this Detroit production.Producer Andre Williams gigged Norway as late as three years ago btw.
-Howard Tate: "How come my bulldog don't bark" US Verve -66 Small red roosters,moanin' black snakes and barkin' bulldogs...no limits to zoological double entendre in afro-am. lore?
-Howard Tate: "Night owl" -67 US Verve Howard is asking "owl hanging from a tree" about spouse's demise.Mistaking bat for bird,obviously.Different song to Wilson Pickett's.
-Wayne Cochran: "Get down with it" US Mercury -68 Lil' Richard's Okeh version stuck with UK skin/suede/scooterists well into the 80s,along with Slade's.Here done funkier and grittier by Georgia's (alternate honkey) Peach.
-The Mugwumps: "I don't wanna know" US WB promo -64 Folksy Villagers cashing in on Brit Invasion,thus coming up with punky garage a full year prior to Shadows of Knight. Cass&Dougherty then formed Mamas&Papas.Rat Zanovsky & John Sebastian Lovin'Spoonful.
-Otis Spann: "Walkin'" US Blue Horizon -68 Muddy Water's cousin and keyboardist almost on his storming own,backed by ramblin' 1st generation Fleetwood Mac.
-Doris Troy: "What'cha gonna do about it" UK Atlantic -64 Seminal ballad to UK mod scene, to the point that Small Faces stole title for their "Everybody needs somebody" clone.Ms Doris took a liking to Brits in late 60s and was included on Apple roster.
-the Folkswingers: "Norwegian Wood (this bird has flown)" US World Pacific promo -66 L.A. session men plus deputy sitar player from Shankar's entourage,coining 'Raga rock'.
-Gabor Szabo: "Paint it,black" US Impulse -67 Hungarian jazzman,defecting in 56 and installed at Chico Hamilton's and Charles Lloyd's few years later. 'Raga jazz'?
-Marvin Gaye: "One more heartache" US Tamla -64 Smokey's song and prod.by him,also.Strange use of dim&maj chords,more like George Clinton three years later.
-the Parliaments: "A new day begins" US Atco promo -67 Speaking of the devil...
-Eddie Powers: "Gypsy woman told me" US SIMS promo -64 NOLa ballad,fo' dem ladies.
-Little Milton: "Let's get together (one more time)" US Checker -67 Cash McCall song,under real name Morris Dollison.Another fo' dem dames.
-Eddie Floyd: "Holding on with both hands" US Stax -67 And a 3rd one.
-Ted Taylor: "You give me nothing to go on" US Okeh -65 Hysterical Ted on eve of Okeh stint.
-Willie Mitchell: "Mercy" UK London -66 Not the Adderley song.Leased from Hi records,this could be sole example of Memphis rocksteady? Mitchell died Jan.2010,at impressive age of 82.
-Warren Lee: "Star revue" US DeeSu -67 Mighty King Lee's NOLa stormer.
-Charlie Hodges: "(they call me) Daddy Love" pt.1+2 US Sweet 73 issue,but certainly ol' skool and more correctly filed as late 60s.Released in UK as by "GiGi"?
-Buddy Guy: "Crazy love" US Chess -66 The more hysterical of TedT or BuddyG? Dunno,but they sure both tried their best.Guy using too lightweighd' gauged strings,alas.
-Oscar Toney jr.: " Turn on your lovelight" US Bell -67 Dig gospel'led 2nd half.
-the I.B.Special (Isley Bros.): "Spanish twist" US Wand -60 Instro version of their "Twist&shout".
-Versatones: "Bila" US Fenway -58 Punky doo whop from N.J.
-Bill Black's combo: "California dreamin'" US Col. -67 Mamas&Papas' song.Elvis' 50s bassist, but marred by severe disease at time of actual recording he had already leased band name out.
-David&Jimmy Ruffin: "Stand by me" US Soul -70
-the Staple Singers: "Nothing lasts forever" US Epic promo -68 Mavis! Mavis! Suspect this never got any stock issue.
-Willie Tee: "Walking up a one way street" US Atlantic,from NOLA(label) -65 Real clinger.
-J.J.Jackson(US Calla)/Jack McDuff(US Atl.)/BillBlack's combo(US Col.): "But it's alright" mix'd
-Cleveland Crochet: "Sugar Bee" US Goldband Canned Heat's version may be the better known,but here's -61 original that became first cajun song to hit Billboard100.
-Dobie Gray: "Look at me" US Cordak -63 and earlier than InCrowd&OutOnFloor.
-Shirley&Jessie: "You can't fight love" US Wand promo -65 Penned by Mac Rebbenak/Dr John and issued just prior to West Coast BigTrek by AFO artists.Shirley Goodman of 50s Shirley&Lee renown,she resurfaced(?) in mid 70s with disco "Shame,shame,shame".Jessie Hill of "Ooh,pah pah doo" fame.
-the Magnificient Men: "Much,much more of your love" US Capitol -67 Blue Eyed
-the Mindbenders: "Love is good" US Fontana -66 Flip of "Groovy kind of love",their US million seller.Punky UK RnB,really.
-Jackie Ross: "Honey dear" US Chess -65 Unusual chord progressions&eleganza.
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