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In my head Atlantic Starr are filed as a 70s band as that is when I first heard them. But in truth most of their output came in the 80s and they hit it big commercially in the mid 80s. Three of their songs have lodged themselves permanently in my memory to the extent that I can replay them in my head at will. Those songs are When Love Calls, Circles, and this one, Silver ...
Look at Gwen Owens’ catalog of originally issued 45s and they span soul’s golden decade almost precisely. Gwen’s singing extended beyond that though, singing in the group Hot later in the 70s and having one more single released in her name in 1979, whilst still a member of Hot. Her 60s recordings were mostly cut in Detroit, where she grew up; and her 70s output was mostly...
Here’s a bit of a curiosity. A funky record from 1977 celebrating Jimmy Carter making it to The White House. The funk is tight, and the horns have some definite similarities with the horn arrangements that can be found on mid70s Parliament releases. No surprise at all as it happens – Walter Foster had links to the JBs, and Fred Wesley is credited as producer and arranger on this...
The next three records in this year’s Advent-ure are all late entrants, they dropped through the mailbox only a few days ago. Lou Johnson must have liked a bit of yomping – and the circus. In a short period of time in the 60s he had records released on Hilltop, Big Hill - and BigTop. All were distributed by Bell. These labels were all run by the music publishing company H...
Following on from yesterday’s post New Orleans gets another mention today. But, again, the music is not really New Orleans in style. The Barons were a New Orleans group (this is the one only release of theirs that gave them two RRs), but although some of their releases had a funky edge I wouldn’t say they had the classic sound of that NOLA syncopation. This group were c...
