We'll take a musical tour of the San Francisco Bay with Rodger Collins, the Pointer Sisters, and Richie Havens, sprinkle a little tinsel on our soulful tree with James Brown and the Jive Turkeys, and send out a Redbone song in honor of the 50th anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz.
UpFront Soul #2019.50 Playlist PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Richard "Groove" Holmes "Flyjack" from Night Glider
Spirit of Love "He's Alright" on Athens of the North
Slavic Soul Party! "Blue Pepper" from Slavic Soul Party! Plays Duke Ellington's Far East Suite on Ropeadope
Joan Armatrading "Rosie" from Track Record on A&M
The Glories "No News" from Soul Legend
The Kingdom Bound Singers "Standing By the Way" from Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol. 2
Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers "Any Day Now" from Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story
Tanika Charles "Waiting" from Soul Run
Bernard Purdie "If You Never Cried" from Soul Drums
La Mont Zeno Theater "The Streets of Harlem" from Black Fairy on Athens of the North
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band "Gogo Rock" from Medaho
Big Jay McNeely "Deacon's Hop" from The History of Rhythm and Blues - Disc 2
Rasheed Ali "Just Keep It Right There" from 1968: The Other Side of Town
Dawn and Sunset "Move in the Room" from Bay Area Funk II
The Pointer Sisters "The Pointer Sisters" from Sesame Street: The Stars Come Out On Sesame Street
Harvey Milk "Hope Speech"
Richie Havens "San Francisco Bay Blues" from Resume: The Best of Richie Havens
Redbone "Alcatraz" from Potlach
James Brown "Sweet Little Baby Boy Parts 1&2" from James Brown's Funky Christmas
Nancy Dupree "Call Baby Jesus" from Ghetto Reality on Smithsonian Folkways
Kamasi Washington "Malcolm's Theme" from The Epic- Radio Edits
Roy Ayers "Black Family" from Drive
Pharoah Sanders "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from The Creator Has a Master Plan
Joseph Washington Jr. "Shopping" from Merry Christmas to You
The Jive Turkeys "Get Down Santa"
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "White Christmas" from It's a Holiday Soul Party
Charles Leonard "Funky Driver on a Funky Bus" from Bay Area Funk
The Ray Camacho Band "Si Se Puede" from Bay Area Funk II
Rodger Collins "Foxy Girls in Oakland" from Bay Area Funk
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M