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Star Time #170: Cream City

This episode's something of a social experiment in which I've forced a few bonafide '70s success stories (Ohio Players, Kool & the Gang, Donna Summer, Billy Ocean) to sit alongside some of their less heralded colleagues (Amnesty, Melvin Sparks, Christy Essien, Aalon) and asked them to come up with a way forward. Box lunches were provided. They didn't seem to make much of a difference. Funk on.

ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1
The Stovall SistersHang On in There1971Reprise
Eugene Blacknell & the New BreedGet in a Hurry1973Seaside
Dave HamiltonPisces Pace1970TCB
6ixI'm Just Like You1970Stone Flower
Julia DewittIf You Want Your Man (You Better Chain Him to Your Side)1972Cord
Pucho & the Latin Soul BrothersGot Myself a Good Man1970Prestige
Set 2
AmnestyMister President1973Now-Again
Ohio PlayersRunnin' From the Devil1974Mercury
Funk Inc.Smokin' at Tiffany's1973Prestige
Kool & the GangFruitman1974De-Lite
The RimshotsDance Girl1974London
Del DavisSugarloaf Hill1972Trojan (UK)
Set 3
Melvin SparksIf You Want My Love1975Westbound
Frankie Staton & Speckled RainbowBi-Centennial 19761976Speckled Rainbow
Odia CoatesI'll Just Keep On Loving You1975United Artists
The Real ThingYou to Me Are Everything1976Pye (UK)
Billy OceanL.O.D. (Love On Delivery)1976GTO (UK)
Fuzzy HaskinsThe Fuz and Da Boog1976Westbound
Donna SummerIf You Got It Flaunt It1977Casablanca
Set 4/Outro
J.A.L.N. BandGot Things to Do1978Magnet
AalonCream City1977Arista
Alfie DavisonLove is a Serious Business1979Mercury
TavascoLove Is Trying to Get a Hold of Me1976Rampart
Christy EssienYou Can't Change a Man1979Afrodisia
The EmotionsSmile1978Columbia
TrammpsI Know That Feeling1975Atlantic

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