Star Time #124: Tee Nine Chee Bit

When I first started doing the Summer Specials series last year, the unspoken goal was to shoehorn songs, when I could, that would never be played in a typical Star Time episode. In this week's tribute to the players who made up Earth, Wind & Fire, and the songs from other artists they played with (Sets 3 & 4), man oh man did we ever accomplish that. A couple of times. You'll know them when you hear/see them. The first half of the show is our usual high-floor, boundless-ceiling '70s R&B.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Simtec & Wylie	Put Up or Shut Up	1971	Mister Chand
Marie "Queenie" Lyons	Your Thing Ain't No Good Without My Thing	1970	DeLuxe
Bobby Franklin's Insanity	Don't Lose What You Got (Trying to Get Back What You Had)	1970	Westbound
Landlords & Tenants	Back Up Part 1	1972	Buddah
Bloodstone	The Traffic Cop (Dance)	1973	London
Bobby Hebb	S.S. Soul (Part I)	1970	Epic
Love Unimited	I Belong to You	1974	20th Century
Set 2
The Escorts	Disrespect Can Wreck	1974	Alithia
PG&E	Recall	1971	Columbia
Osibisa	Kokorokoo	1972	Decca
Milton Wright	The Silence That You Keep	1975	Alston
The Continental IV	How Can I Pretend	1972	Jay-Walking
Parliament	Up for the Down Stroke	1974	Casablanca
Set 3
The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	65 Bars and a Taste of Soul	1968	Warner Bros.
Dyke & the Blazers	Shotgun Slim	1969	Original Sound
Fontella Bass	Rescue Me	1967	Checker
The Salty Peppers	La La Time Pt. 1	1969	Capitol
Minnie Riperton	Les Fleurs	1971	GRT
Ramsey Lewis	Hot Dawgit	1974	Columbia
Shel Silverstein	Drain My Brain	1973	Janus
Earth, Wind & Fire	Tee Nine Chee Bit	1974	Columbia
Set 4/Outro
The Emotions	Flowers	1976	Columbia
Valerie Carter	The Story of Love	1978	ARC/Columbia
James Vincent	Walking on Higher Ground	1976	Caribou
Weather Report	And Then	1978	Columbia
Phil Collins	Behind the Lines	1981	Atlantic
Earth, Wind & Fire	Fantasy	1977	Columbia