We'll remember the samba great Elza Soares, put on our Wigs with Fats Domino, dance to zydeco with Major Handy, Dwayne Dopsie, and Clifton Chenier, and play a set of tunes for Groundhog Day!
UpFront Soul Playlist #2022.05 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 1Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Kashmere Stage Band "Do Your Thing [Instrumental]" from Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 Rebecca, Elza Soares "A Coisa Ta Preta" Parliament "Do That Stuff" from Parliament's Greatest Hits ENDRECHERI "Make Me Up, Funk Me Up" from GO TO FUNK Billy Paul "Am I Black Enough For You" from Black Power: Music of a Revolution Amerigo Gazaway "Indivisible" Kaleta & Super Yamba Band "Black Man's Cry (live)" Jon Batiste "Tell the Truth" from We Are Joy Harjo "An American Sunrise" from I Pray For My Enemies Alfredito Linares "Boogaloo Girl" on Rocafort Clifton Chenier "Party Down (At the Blue Angel Club)" from The Best of Clifton Chenier: The King of Zydeco & Louisiana Blues Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers "Better Go Get It" from Up in Flames Major Handy "Te Ni Nee Ni Nu" from 100 Proof Zydeco King Curtis "Instant Groove" from Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis Chu Berrry "Maelstrom" from Chu Fats Domino "Wigs" from Getaway With It Lynn Hope Orchestra "More Bounce to the Ounce" LaVern Baker "Bumblebee" Billy Boy Arnold With Tony McPhee and The Groundhogs "Riding The El" from Checkin' It Out Party Brothers "Ground Hog" on Revue Records Groundhog "Bumpin' and Stompin'" Aretha Franklin "How I Got Over" from Amazing Grace Charles Bradley "Strictly Reserved For You" from Victim of Love The Glories "Oh Babe, That's Love" from Soul Legend Sam Cooke "Win Your Love (For Me)" from The Man Who Invented Soul Disc 1 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "It's a Good Feeling" from The 35th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Joan Armatrading "Your Letter" from To The Limit Liniker "N?o Adianta - Acorda Amor" Tim Maia "Rational Culture" from World Psychedelic Classics 4: Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia Elza Soares, Flavio Renegado "Negao Negra" from Negao Negra Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M