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The Whispers - In The Mood

2013-03-25T21:15:00.000-04:00

The Whispers' music NEVER gets old!

I love these guys!

The Whispers - In The Mood

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Odyssey - Inside Out

2013-02-07T17:30:00.000-05:00

Odyssey - Inside Out (Original 12'' Version) above.

An all time favorite of mine.

Too Bad no one makes music like this anymore. Great years, Great Music!

Slave produced 'Inside Out' for Odyssey, that's why it sounds very much like "Watching You".

Odyssey - Inside Out 1982 video.

Odyssey
New York born band famous for their contribution to the disco era.

Odyssey
The New York born Lopez sisters, Lillian, Louise and Carmen Lopez formed Odyssey back in the mid sixties. By 1968 Carmen Lopez had left the group and was replaced by Tony Reynolds. He also left the group after the first album and was replaced by Bill McEachern. Now stood the final line-up for Odyssey, who had their first hit in 1977 with Native New Yorker.

Further hits followed including the disco classics, Use It Up And Wear It Out (1980), If You're Looking For A Way Out (1980), Going Back To My Roots (1981) and Inside Out (1982), all reaching the top ten in the charts.

By the beginning of 1983, the group had disbanded and moved on to other projects, although none attained the success achieved with Odyssey.

Lillian Lopez, your music will live on forever, absolutely a magical voice.

R.I.P....

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Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before

2013-02-06T07:30:00.000-05:00

Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before HQ

This is one of my all time favorites.

Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before Remix

Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This - Live!!!

Stephanie sings her biggest crossover hit produced by James Mtume, Winning her an Grammy award.

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Keith Sweat - Don't Stop Your Love

2013-02-04T01:20:00.000-05:00

Keith Sweat - Don't Stop Your Love

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Keith Sweat - I'll Give All My Love To You

2013-02-04T01:10:00.000-05:00

Keith Sweat - I'll Give All My Love To You

This song brings back good memories.

I Just luv this song so much. (/^_^\)

I'm still listening to it in 2013. :)

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Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever

2013-02-04T01:00:00.000-05:00

Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever - 1987

One of THE BEST old school slow jams of all time!

Enjoy!

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Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine

2012-10-05T19:00:00.000-04:00

Luv this!<3 back in the day KTU..98.7 KissFM...107.5WBLS

The London group Central Line were among the English soul ensembles of the early '80s.

Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine

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Change - Searching

2012-10-05T18:00:00.000-04:00

I love Change - Searching

Club Zanzibar...WOW! People traveled from far places to experience the light show. It was spectavcular!

Everybody got their opinion, these days on Luthor!! But most of them are just speculators.. They weren't there at the beginning of his career like his true fans.. This is another one of his early First Hits..it was play alot in the ZANIZABAR IN NEWARK N.J and THE PARADISE GARAGE IN N.Y.C.!!!

Luther what a voice there will never be aother RIP!

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Norman Connors - You Are My Starship

2012-08-11T17:30:00.000-04:00

Norman Connors - You Are My Starship (1976)

Taken form his 1976 album "You Are My Starship" with vocal by Michael Henderson

Like Roy Ayers, George Benson and Patrice Rushen, Norman Connors is best known for his major R & B hits but started out as a jazz improviser.

The drummer / composer was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he lived in the same neighborhood as Bill Cosby. Connors became interested in jazz as a child, and began playing drums early, once sitting in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane performance he attended while in middle school. Connors studied music at Temple University and Juilliard; his first recording was on Archie Shepp's 1967 release, Magic of JuJu. He played with Pharaoh Sanders for the next few years until signing with Cobblestone Records in 1972 and releasing his first record as a bandleader. In the mid-1970s, Connors began focusing more on R&B tunes, and had several US hits with songs featuring vocalists such as Michael Henderson, Jean Carne, and Phyllis Hyman. The most successful of these was "You Are My Starship". His more recent work has seen him operating more in the vein of smooth jazz and urban crossover music.

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Enchantment - Where Do We Go from Here

2012-08-11T16:00:00.000-04:00

Enchantment - Where Do We Go from Here

Enchantment were one of the very last "sweet soul" groups of the '70s to reach fruition and chart success. Not slick enough to be dubbed "urban contemporary," they offered a polished take on the early '70s soul of Motown (especially the Temptations and Marvin Gaye) and Philly (the O'Jays, particularly on the more uptempo numbers). Indeed, by the time of their first hits in 1976, the disco boom was already making them sound a bit like an anachronism.

~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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Tina Turner & Barry White - In Your Wildest Dreams

2012-08-05T14:00:00.000-04:00

An excellent duet recorded by the two soul legends, Tina Turner and Barry White.

Released in 1996 from the Wildest Dreams album.

(Pictorial)

Tina Turner & Barry White - In Your Wildest Dreams

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Barry White and Isaac Hayes - Dark And Lovely (You Over There)

2012-08-05T11:00:00.000-04:00

Barry White and Isaac Hayes - Dark And Lovely (You Over There) 1992
The King of a Soul and the Duke of the Passion.

Together... Wow... Unspoken...

Two of the baddest voices in the world together cannot, will not shall not ever be another song ever..

This is music at its very, very, very best!

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Gino Soccio - Dancer

2012-07-03T23:00:00.000-04:00

Gino Soccio - Dancer (Disconet Remix)

One of my all-time favorite disco era tracks. It still works a crowd whenever I play it on a retro night...

The first time I heard this masterpiece was at the Ipanema across the street from the Roseland man I freestyled they gave me the spotlight blue and red with strobes and doing alot of split kicks and spinning man what memories feeling the energy flow through your body going to the breaking point of your dance,yeah, I made my mark in New York!

A True Masterpiece!!

LOVE IT!

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Gino Soccio - Try It Out

2012-07-03T22:40:00.000-04:00

Gino Soccio - Try It Out (Original 12'' Version)

This song was with several more by sweat and hard phobe Apollo in 80 equal another one bite the dust, san san salvador, central line, evelyn king, rocker revenge for my brother to remember the happy days.

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LTD - (Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love

2012-06-22T12:30:00.000-04:00

LTD - (Everytime I Turn Around) Back In Love Video

Who's dancing down the Soul Train line with me???

Jeffery Osbourne must be proclaimed one of earths greatest soul vocalists.

Its clean, subtle and a classic!

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Slave - Watching You

2012-06-21T12:00:00.000-04:00

Slave - Watching You

Ok, let's start this summer off right.

This is an all time summer classic.

Love being out and listening to this.

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Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song

2012-06-17T13:00:00.000-04:00

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song

What a wonderful song.
I close my eyes and dream about.
I open my eyes and enjoy this beautiful recording.

Strumming my pain with his fingers
singing my life with his words,
killing me softly with his song,
killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
killing me softly with his song.
I heard he sang a good song. that sang style,
so I came to see and listen for a while.
And there he was, as a young boy,
a stranger to my eyes.
Strumming my pain with his fingers singing my life with his words,
killing me softly with his song,
killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
killing me softly with his song.
I felt all flushed with fever,
Embarrassed by the crowd,
seemed to have found my letters and read them aloud.
He asked God to finally winding,
but he still had it.
Strumming my pain with his fingers singing my life with his words,
killing me softly with his song,
killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
killing me softly with his song.
sang as if he known in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me as if I were not present.
He continued singing singing clear and strong.
Strumming my pain with his fingers singing my life with his words,
killing me softly with his song,
killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
killing me softly with his song.

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Aretha Franklin - Natural Woman

2012-06-17T11:00:00.001-04:00

Aretha Franklin - Natural Woman

Aretha the goddess of soul!!

She makes it look so effortless. Such talent!

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Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down 1974

2012-06-16T14:30:00.000-04:00

A Classic Hit by Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down 1974 original version.

Nice! Love this song!

A great hit from Mr. Temptation himself - the one & only Eddie Kendricks! This was a featured track on "American Top 40 - The '70s" [single edit] (from March 16th, 1974), & was the #2 song.
Bravo, Eddie Kendricks

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Frankie Knuckles - Tears

2012-06-16T12:00:00.000-04:00

Frankie Knuckles - Tears

I love this and have dance to this a many of hours.!

Oldskool Classics!

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Change - A Lover's Holiday

2012-06-15T11:35:00.000-04:00

Change - A Lover's Holiday ( Live )

Change was an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus (1949--1986) and Mauro Malavasi (1957). They were heavily influenced by legendary disco band Chic.

"A Lover's Holiday" is a 1980 crossover dance/soul single by Change, from the album, The Glow of Love. "A Lover's Holiday", along with the album's title track and "Searching" were very successful on the dance charts, spending nine weeks at #1.The three tracks were the most successful dance chart entries for 1980. Lead vocals for tracks: "Glow of Love" and "Searching" were performed by Luther Vandross. "A Lover's Holiday" was a hit on the soul singles chart peaking at #5, and peaking at #40 on the Hot 100.

Below is the original version of the song.

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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Your Precious Love

2012-06-15T10:00:00.000-04:00

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Your Precious Love

You gotta love this sweat medially!

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Eddie Kendricks - U need a Change of Mind

2012-06-14T15:30:00.000-04:00

Eddie Kendricks - U need a Change of Mind

Love this!

This is sure nough a classic.

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Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If This World Were Mine

2012-06-13T12:00:00.001-04:00

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If This World Were Mine

A Cappella ...
Hit from the album United (1967) without music.

Lyrics:
If this world were mine, I'd place at your feet
All that I own, you've been so good to me.
If this world were mine, I'd give you the flowers, the birds and the bees For with your love inside me, that would be all I need.
If this world were mine
I'd give you anything

If this world were mine,
I'd make you a king
With wealth untold, you
could have anything
If this world were mine
I'd give you each day so sunny and blue
If you wanted the moonlight,
I'd give you that too
If this world were mine
I'd give you anything

Oh baby, you're my consolation
And there's no hesitation
When you want me, honey, just call me

And honey, you're my inspiration
And I feel so much sensation
When I'm in your arms,
when you squeeze me

Every sky would be blue
As long as you're lovin' me

With you here in my arms
Life is so wonderful
Give me pretty lovin', baby
Give me pretty lovin', honey
Keep on lovin' me

You know I need you, baby
Really, really need you, baby
Keep on lovin' me

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Aretha Franklin - Rocksteady

2012-06-13T09:00:00.000-04:00

Aretha Franklin - Rocksteady 1971

Below, Aretha Franklin rare video footage of Rock Steady (LIVE!) in 1971.

"What it is?" Is Aretha Franklin (the Queen of ALL Music in my opinion) taking us on a musical ride here while we "Rock Steady" to her incomparable groove! Let yourself go and enjoy the good Sister!

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