Manu Dibango brought funk back to its origins in 1972
Ken Shane’s Soul Serenade
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The Bo-Keys rose from the ashes of a legendary ’60s soul band
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Rufus scored one last hit with this 1983 smash
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The Jimmy Castor Bunch scored with a funky hit in 1972.
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Yes, you’re reading that title correctly. For a few years in the ’70s, Dionne Warwick added that ‘e’ to the end of her last name because her astrologer convinced her…
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Best known as a songwriter/producer, Lamont Dozier also had hits on his own
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Isaac Hayes’ 1970 album was a key component in the Stax Records resurgence
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Bobby Marchan’s unusual career reached a high point with his 1960 hit
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Latimore scored with his Miami soul hit in 1974
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Billy Paul’s career was not limited to one hit single
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Natalie Cole emerged from a large shadow to become a star in her own right
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The Fantastic Johnny C scored with a funky hit in ’67
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The world lost a musical giant when Maurice White died last week at 74
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Young-Holt Unlimited scored with a ’68 hit … but was it them?
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Maxine Nightingale delivered a British soul smash in 1976
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Stevie Wonder broke new artistic ground with a trio of classic albums
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Happy New Year! In 1967, Aretha Franklin released “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)” on Atlantic Records. The song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, with…
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It’s New Year’s Eve! Everybody’s waiting for The Midnight Hour
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Donny Hathaway’s 1970 single has become a holiday standard
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Brook Benton scored a big comeback hit in 1960
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A funked up cover of an already funky Bill Withers tune scored in ’74
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Luther Ingram released his indelible soul classic in 1972
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Robert Parker and the legendary Wardell Quezergue collaborated on a ’65 smash
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The world lost a musical giant when Allen Toussaint died this week
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A rare foray into the ’80s for a neo-soul smash with a classic soul pedigree
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The stars aligned in Muscle Shoals and produced a big hit for R.B. Greaves
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JJ Jackson scored big with his classic dance hit in 1966 and again in 1969
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Lee Dorsey had a string of classic Crescent City hits in the ’60s