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R&B & Soul music
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Marvin Gaye What’s Going On, 1971, one of the best albums ever, non only in this genre. It is one of my favorite albums.
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It’s truly phenomenal.
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I also lean more into Motown era when I think of R&B. Especially since this post grouped it with soul my head goes to anything Stevie wonder did in the early 70’s. Anything Aretha did especially I never loved a man, maybe young gifted and black, amazing grace. Otis Blue is pretty special to me. I can really groove to Curtis mayfield once in awhile.
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Percy Sledge
Real thing Southern Soul. Alabama farm boy, got lucky, someone connected heard him sing.
...has to begin with When A Man Loves A Woman ...first release 1966.
Muscle Shoals... if you don't hear the Muscle Shoals horns here, you'll hear them in another performance of it.
Real thing Southern Soul. Alabama farm boy, got lucky, someone connected heard him sing.
...has to begin with When A Man Loves A Woman ...first release 1966.
Muscle Shoals... if you don't hear the Muscle Shoals horns here, you'll hear them in another performance of it.
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Massive in South Africa. People of that time will never forget
Mother took me to see him at the City Hall.
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Percy Sledge In South Africa at the "Luxurama" / Liner notes:
The Luxurama in Cape Town darkened, there was a momentary hush, then the audience exploded in a deafening roar as Percy Sledge walked on the stage. Commencing with his chart buster " My Special Prayer " he went on to perform for 45 thrilling electrifying minutes. Everyone of the 1300 seats was filled, people were sitting in the aisles and the happy audience screamed and cried, shouted and stamped, clapped and cheered for the King of Soul was here in South-Africa at last!
"Don't leave Percy ", they cried , "Stay here in South Africa." And stay he did for it was Friday, May 29th 1970, that he opened at the Luxurama Theatre and played three weeks there. On June 22nd he opened at the Three Arts Theatre, Cape Town and played for four weeks. On July 20th he opened at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg. This LP(*) has captured many exciting moments of a show which proves beyond doubt, that Percy Sledge is the undisputed " King Of Soul". For those who have been fortunate enough - to have seen the show - this LP will always bring to mind an experience which will live with us for the rest of our lives. For those who missed the show, this LP is a must, for it re-lives a rare experience.
(Richard Sassoon).
(*FunkSoulBluesJazzRockPop Live Music can't download this LP in its entirety due to copyright issues).
New York Times - June 11, 1970, Page 51 :
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 10—The Government has relaxed restrictions on Percy Sledge, the American singer, to allow him to appear before all‐white audi ences.
The success of Mr. Sledge's South African tour has been so great that white fans have been clamoring to see him. The soul singer was orginally restricted to appear before non white audiences only. Some whites even tried to masquerade as colored in order to slip into his opening night show in Capetown.
On his nonwhite‐only circuit it was estimated that Mr. Pledge would earn about $19, 000. Now the estimates are doubled.
He had a big hit in 1966 with his first recording, “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, Gold-certified disc from the RIAA. Having previously worked as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his strongest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In later years, Sledge received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Career Achievement Award.
Mother took me to see him at the City Hall.
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Percy Sledge In South Africa at the "Luxurama" / Liner notes:
The Luxurama in Cape Town darkened, there was a momentary hush, then the audience exploded in a deafening roar as Percy Sledge walked on the stage. Commencing with his chart buster " My Special Prayer " he went on to perform for 45 thrilling electrifying minutes. Everyone of the 1300 seats was filled, people were sitting in the aisles and the happy audience screamed and cried, shouted and stamped, clapped and cheered for the King of Soul was here in South-Africa at last!
"Don't leave Percy ", they cried , "Stay here in South Africa." And stay he did for it was Friday, May 29th 1970, that he opened at the Luxurama Theatre and played three weeks there. On June 22nd he opened at the Three Arts Theatre, Cape Town and played for four weeks. On July 20th he opened at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg. This LP(*) has captured many exciting moments of a show which proves beyond doubt, that Percy Sledge is the undisputed " King Of Soul". For those who have been fortunate enough - to have seen the show - this LP will always bring to mind an experience which will live with us for the rest of our lives. For those who missed the show, this LP is a must, for it re-lives a rare experience.
(Richard Sassoon).
(*FunkSoulBluesJazzRockPop Live Music can't download this LP in its entirety due to copyright issues).
New York Times - June 11, 1970, Page 51 :
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 10—The Government has relaxed restrictions on Percy Sledge, the American singer, to allow him to appear before all‐white audi ences.
The success of Mr. Sledge's South African tour has been so great that white fans have been clamoring to see him. The soul singer was orginally restricted to appear before non white audiences only. Some whites even tried to masquerade as colored in order to slip into his opening night show in Capetown.
On his nonwhite‐only circuit it was estimated that Mr. Pledge would earn about $19, 000. Now the estimates are doubled.
He had a big hit in 1966 with his first recording, “When a Man Loves a Woman.”
Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, Gold-certified disc from the RIAA. Having previously worked as a hospital orderly in the early 1960s, Sledge achieved his strongest success in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of emotional soul songs. In later years, Sledge received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Career Achievement Award.
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Percy Sledge - Cover Me
Live at The Luxurama, Cape Town, South Africa - 1970.
Born on 25 November 1941 in Leighton, Alabama, in the USA. He started working on farms around his home town before accepting a job as an orderly at a hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. On weekends he would tour with the Esquires Combo, until a former patient of the hospital introduced him to Quin Ivy, a record producer, who offered him a recording contract. His first big hit was "When a man loves a woman" in 1966.
This song is off the album "Percy Sledge Live In South Africa", released in 1970.
In South Africa he had twelve Top 20 hits, with two reaching the #1 position: "My special prayer" in 1968 and "Come softly to me" in 1970. He toured South Africa in 1970, opening at the Luxarama Theatre in Cape Town on 29 May for 3 weeks, then moving to the Three Arts Theatre, also in Cape Town, on 22 June, and finally opening at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg on 20 July.
Live at The Luxurama, Cape Town, South Africa - 1970.
Born on 25 November 1941 in Leighton, Alabama, in the USA. He started working on farms around his home town before accepting a job as an orderly at a hospital in Sheffield, Alabama. On weekends he would tour with the Esquires Combo, until a former patient of the hospital introduced him to Quin Ivy, a record producer, who offered him a recording contract. His first big hit was "When a man loves a woman" in 1966.
This song is off the album "Percy Sledge Live In South Africa", released in 1970.
In South Africa he had twelve Top 20 hits, with two reaching the #1 position: "My special prayer" in 1968 and "Come softly to me" in 1970. He toured South Africa in 1970, opening at the Luxarama Theatre in Cape Town on 29 May for 3 weeks, then moving to the Three Arts Theatre, also in Cape Town, on 22 June, and finally opening at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg on 20 July.
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Then you can spice it up. Soulify it all and go from:
To this, the R&B soul genius's version:
To this, the R&B soul genius's version:
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