Star Time #90: Sometimes It's Got to Rain
A Thanksgiving spread of '70s R&B numbers that are relatively, but not entirely, obscure, or at least not consistently at the forefront of anyone's minds, possibly excepting the people who made them, unless of course they're expired. But we're doing our best to change that in today's show, or at least shove the needle in a bit more of an upward direction, or make them a little more memorable, although I thought they were memorable enough to begin with, or else they wouldn't be on this show. And that's how you make a word salad, amateurs. Happy Thanksgiving!
Artist | Song | Year | Label |
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Set 1 | |||
The Douzer | The Sneak | 1970 | Dore |
Curtis, the Brothers | When Love Goes Wrong | 1970 | Bell |
Black Haze Express | Won't Nobody Listen | 1971 | ClinTone |
Mary Love | Born to Live With Heartache | 1971 | Elco |
Ann Alford | If It Ain't One Thing (It's Another) | 1971 | Hy Sign |
Jackie Moore with the Dixie Flyers | Sometimes It's Got to Rain (In Your Love Life) | 1971 | Atlantic |
The Sequins | Hey Romeo | 1970 | Gold Star |
Set 2 | |||
Howard Tate | She's a Burglar | 1972 | Atlantic |
Eric Mercury | Wrap Me in a Map | 1972 | Enterprise |
Lord Sausage | Funky River | 1973 | Derbs |
9th Street Exit | 9th Street | 1974 | Solid Foundation |
King Floyd | I Feel Like Dynamite | 1974 | Chimneyville |
Shuggie Otis | Aht Uh Mi Hed | 1974 | Epic |
Hall & Oates | Do What You Want, Be What You Are | 1976 | RCA VIctor |
Set 3 | |||
Kokomo | Use Your Imagination | 1975 | Columbia |
Commodores | Fancy Dancer | 1976 | Motown |
Bloodstone | Do You Wanna Do a Thing | 1976 | London |
Rose Banks | I Get High On You | 1976 | Motown |
Garnet Mimms & Truckin' Company | What It Is | 1977 | Arista |
James & Bobby Purify | All the Love I've Got | 1975 | Casablanca |
Wilbert Harrison | (Just Got to Have Some) Money Honey | 1976 | Fury |
Set 4/Outro | |||
The Ambitions | When the Fuel Runs Out | 1977 | Firefly |
Delores Hall | Never Needed You Anyway | 1979 | Capitol |
Mtume | Funky Constellation | 1978 | Epic |
Phil Hurtt | PH Factor Boogie | 1979 | Fantasy |
Maxine Nightingale | Get It Up For Love | 1977 | United Artists |
Timmy Thomas | Why Can't We Live Together | 1972 | Glades |
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