“Sloopy” was a bigger hit for the McCoys but the Vibrations got there first
Ken Shane’s Soul Serenade
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Despite a lack of chart success, Willie Tee became a New Orleans legend
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Saying goodbye to the Queen of Soul with a prayer from 1968
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The Chairmen of the Board teamed up with Motown legends Holland-Dozier-Holland to create a Beach Music classic
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The dog days of summer are upon us. I’m feeling lazy these days and I’ve even considered suspending the column for the rest of the summer and coming back fresh…
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One year ago in this column, I featured Ruby and the Romantics and their 1963 smash hit “Our Day Will Come.” The record was so big that it cemented the…
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Under the guidance of Barry White, Love Unlimited found chart success in the 1970s
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The Whispers had an impressive three-decade long string of hits
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The New Birth was an ever-shifting assemblage that scored a big hit in 1974
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Aaron Neville has had an impressive career with his brothers and as a solo artist but his biggest hit came in 1966
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The Brighter Side of Darkness hit inspired a parody song that did even better
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The original version of “Harlem Shuffle” made more of an impact as an influence then it did on the charts
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Cliff Nobles had a big hit in 1968. The only thing it was missing was … Cliff Nobles
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Johnny Nash’s trip to Jamaica in 1968 led to one of the first U.S. reggae hits
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Denise LaSalle earned the title “Queen of the Blues” with a series of legendary recordings and live performances
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No one brought the funk to the ’70s more than the originator of the “slap” bass, Larry Graham
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The Independents ran eight singles up the charts in their all-too-brief career
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Proving that soul knows no geographical bounds, this Canadian group raced up the charts in 1957.
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A multiracial British band gave us two of the most indelible hits of the ’60s
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Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson’s influence extended well beyond his hit records
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“The Godfather of G-Go” had his biggest hit in 1979
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The Ebonys had some chart success but never quite got the break they needed to really break through
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When Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown in 1968 the team needed new hitmakers. They found them in 100 PROOF.
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A new box-set delves deeper into the Stax catalog than any previous reissue
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Craft Recordings has remastered and reissued three of the seminal albums in soul music history on vinyl. It’s a veritable Holy Trinity of the genre.
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Founded by two brothers of Solomon Burke, this Philadelphia group had to go overseas to find true success
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The group responsible for the original version of “Funky Broadway” didn’t stop there
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“The Payback” was the start of one of the best years in James Brown’s storied career
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When Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin in the Temptations their sound changed but the hits kept coming
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On February 2, Omnivore Recordings will release the third and fourth discs in their splendid compilation series The Ru-Jac Records story. Ru-Jac was a Baltimore-based soul and R&B label founded…