Star Time #53: Love Jones

Valentine's Day might be over, but you can relive this special edition of Star Time over and over again, like I will for the rest of my life in fevered and disruptive dreams. Slow jams from the '60s and '70s, hosted by a certain Dr. Dimitri Corazon, a "sentimental cardiologist" who reflects the more facile aspects of V-Day and my inability to leave pitch control alone. Alert hip hop historians may recognize a (not so) secret homage to De La Soul Is Dead. Finally, DO NOT show up at the Airport Radisson this weekend expecting to find love. At least not in the conference rooms.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
James Brown	Prisoner of Love	1963	King
Clarence Reid	I Refuse to Give Up	1964	Wand
Sylvia Thomas	So Will I	1968	Bamboo
Sam & Dave	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby	1967	Stax
Lorraine Ellison	A Good Love	1969	Warner Bros.
Otis Redding	I'll Let Nothing Separate Us	1969	Atlantic
The Delfonics	La-La-Means I Love You	1968	Philly Groove
Set 2
Whatnauts	I'll Erase Away Your Pain	1971	Stang
The Impressions	This Loves For Real	1972	Curtom
Howard Tate	The Bitter End	1972	Atlantic
Aretha Franklin	Day Dreaming	1973	Atlantic
Smokey Robinson	Baby Come Close	1973	Tamla
Charen Cotten	A Little Bit of Love	1973	Perception
Brighter Side of Darkness	Love Jones	1973	20th Century
Set 3
Barry White	Oh Love, Well We Finally Made It	1974	20th Century
Earth, Wind & Fire	Can't Hide Love	1975	Columbia
Stevie Wonder	Creepin'	1974	Tamla
D.J. Rogers	Faithful to the End	1975	RCA Victor
Natalie Cole	I've Got Love On My Mind	1977	Capitol
Major Harris	Love Won't Let Me Wait	1974	Atlantic
Set 4/Outro
Marvin Gaye	Soon I'll Be Loving You Again	1976	Tamla
Shirley Brown	I'll Be Right Here Lovin' You	1977	Arista
Rose Royce	I Wanna Get Next to You	1976	MCA
Norman Connors	You Are My Starship	1976	Buddah
The Isley Brothers	For the Love of You	1975	T-Neck
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	The Closer I Get to You	1977	Atlantic