The Friday Five: October 25, 2013
It's the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community....
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Soul Serenade: Carl Carlton, “Everlasting Love”
Carl Carlton scored his biggest hit with a cover...
Soul Serenade: Diana Ross And The Supremes, “Reflections”
Florence Ballard was part of one last hit before she was brutally dismissed from the Supremes...
Soul Serenade: The Temptations, “I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)”
David Ruffin's final single as lead vocalist with the Temptations featured one of his finest performances....
Soul Serenade: Sam & Dave, “When Something Is Wrong With My Baby”
Isaac Hayes and David Porter wrote a string of hits for Sam & Dave in the '60s. Ken Shane recalls perhaps the greatest of them all....
Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 26
We're back after a brief pause for the holiday season, and we've got a couple of stone classics for you....
Soul Serenade: The Temptations, “My Girl” (A Cappella)
The Temptations' hit "My Girl" is the very definition of a Motown standard. This week Ken Shane unearths a rare a cappella version of the soul classic....
The Popdose Holiday Mixtape 2010
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero...
Soul Serenade: Anniversary MegaMix 1
Ken Shane celebrates the six-month anniversary of his Soul Serenade column with an awesome mix that includes every song that has appeared in his column so far....
Soul Serenade: The Temptations, “You’re My Everything”
It’s surprising to me that we’re now several months into Soul Serenade, and I have yet to feature a track by the Temptations. They are, after all, my favorite soul...
Soul Serenade: The Four Tops, “Ask the Lonely”
Levi Stubbs never left. While Diana Ross split from the Supremes, Smokey Robinson migrated from his Miracles, and David Ruffin took off from the Temptations (ok, technically he was fired,...
Soul Serenade: David Ruffin, “Walk Away From Love”
I have mixed feelings when it comes to telling people about some of the shows I’ve seen. After all, the Beatles in ’64, Dylan in ’65, and the Stones in...
CD Review: “Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates”
The multiplatinum duo gets its first four-disc box, containing all the hits, a few deep cuts, and plenty of unreleased material. Ken Shane has the review....
CD Review: The Revelations featuring Tre Williams, “The Bleeding Edge”
Last year, the Revelations featuring Tre Williams released their Deep Soul EP, which was not only one of my favorite recordings of the year, but one that I voted for...
Bootleg City: Daryl Hall & John Oates
The career-spanning, four-disc box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates comes out October 13, and in anticipation of its...
CD Review: The Revelations featuring Tre Williams, “Deep Soul”
I love soul music in each and every one of its glorious permutations, so it’s been gratifying for me to listen as a new generation of soul masters has taken...
