Star Time #114: Don't Lose Your Cool

Lots of sundry pleasures in this week's batch of R&B songs from the 10-year sweet spot of 1966 to 1976. We have Bunny Sigler rifling through a Rolodex of metaphors, Bobby Taylor not getting his affairs in order, Ollie Nightingale's theory of personal economics, my new favorite Chi-Lites song, an Afrique song I'm not sure is a parody, a Linda Carr song that probably isn't, and a protracted negotiation by an annoyed Marlena Shaw. And more. Drink up.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Edwin Starr	Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)	1966	Ric-Tic
Bunny Sigler	Comparatively Speaking	1966	Decca
The Shalimars	Baby	1966	Verve
Flame N' King	Big Bad Shingaling	1967	Raines
John Roberts	Sockin' 1, 2, 3, 4	1967	Sue
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	More Love	1967	Tamla
Barbara Greene	Young Boy	1968	Renee
The Poets	The Hustler	1968	Veep
Set 2
Rufus Thomas	Funky Mississippi	1968	Stax
Ruby Andrews	You Made a Believer Out of Me	1969	Zodiac
The Natura'elles	Show Me the Way	1969	Venture
The Knightmares	Ain't That a Lotta Love	1969	Lyon
The Vibrating Vibrations	Right On Brother - Right On	1970	Neptune
Nora Lee	Forget It	1970	Westwood
Bobby Taylor	Blackmail	1970	V.I.P.
Bill Coday	When You Find a Fool (Bump His Head)	1971	Galaxy
Valerie Simpson	Back to Nowhere	1971	Tamla
Set 3
Ray Frazier & the Shades of Madness	(You've Got to) Push and Pull	1971	Chess
Tommie Young	Hit and Run Lover	1972	Soul Power
Ollie Nightingale	A Good Woman at Home (Is Better Than Two in the Street)	1972	Pride
Walter Hawkins	It Pays	1972	Fantasy
Afrique	Kumbo Coming	1973	Mainstream
The Chi-Lites	Go Away Dream	1973	Brunswick
Latimore	For What It's Worth	1973	One Way
Set 4/Outro
L.T.D.	Don't Lose Your Cool	1974	A&M
Exuma	Bom Bom	1974	Kama Sutra
Carolyn Hudson	Footloose & Fancy Free	1974	Malaco
Linda Carr	Cherry Pie Guy	1975	Roxbury
The Delreys Incorporated	Destination Unknown	1975	Tampete
Marlena Shaw	You Me and Ethel + Street Walkin' Woman	1975	Blue Note
Candi Staton	Young Hearts Run Free	1976	Warner Bros.