Your favorite retro R&B show is back, ready to take on whatever 2021 catapults in its direction. Also back: America, coincidentally. The first
Star Time of the year is a paean to easy maintenance, a '60s R&B marathon stuffed with 38 songs, a number very close to our all-time record. Whenever you have a chance in the next few days, after you're finished exhaling and less frightened of your Twitter feed, give this would-be hit parade a sliver of your regard. Once more with feeling.
Artist | Song | Year | Label |
Set 1 | | | |
Jimmy Jones | A Wondrous Place | 1960 | MGM |
The Flares | Jump and Bump | 1960 | Felsted |
Larry Bright | Mojo Workout | 1960 | Tide |
LaVern Baker | Saved | 1961 | Atlantic |
Calvin & Clarence | Money and Women | 1961 | Fairlane |
Barbara Lewis | My Heart Went Do Dat Da | 1961 | Karen |
Jessie Hill | The Pot's on a Strike | 1962 | Minit |
Eskew Reeder | Green Door | 1962 | Minit |
Arthur Alexander | Anna (Go to Him) | 1962 | Dot |
Set 2 | | | |
Baby Washington | Doodlin' | 1963 | Sue |
The Essex | Come to My Party | 1963 | Roulette |
Sunny & the Sunglows | Every Week, Every Month, Every Year | 1963 | Tear Drop |
The Extensions | I Want to Know | 1963 | Success |
Garnet Mimms | As Long As I Have You | 1964 | United Artists |
Jackie Ross | Haste Makes Waste | 1964 | Chess |
Joan Baker | Everybody's Talking | 1964 | Diamond |
Eddie & Ernie | The Cat | 1965 | Eastern |
Girls from Syracuse | Love Is Happening to Me Now | 1965 | Palmer |
Dionne Warwick | Walk On By | 1964 | Scepter |
Set 3 | | | |
Jackie Beavers | Sling Shot | 1965 | Checker |
Marlena Mars | I'm Gonna Hold On (to Your Love) | 1965 | MGM |
The Ravenettes | Talk About Soul | 1966 | Shurfine |
Andre Williams | Pearl Time | 1966 | Sport |
Veniece | Yesterday Man | 1966 | Hi |
The Results | Funky | 1966 | Philips |
The Groove | Love (It's Getting Better) | 1967 | Wand |
Major Lance | Without a Doubt | 1967 | Okeh |
Spyder Turner | I Can't Wait to See My Baby's Face | 1967 | MGM |
Earl Jackson | Soul Self Satisfaction | 1968 | ABC |
Set 4/Outro | | | |
The TNJ's | She's Not Ready | 1968 | Newark |
The O'Kaysions | How Are You Fixed for Love | 1968 | ABC |
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band | Bring It to Me Baby | 1968 | Pye |
The Steelers | Get It From the Bottom | 1969 | Date |
Carla Thomas | I Like What You're Doing (to Me) | 1969 | Stax |
Tiny Watkins | Fine Drivin' Machine | 1969 | Excello |
Billie Davis | I Can Remember | 1969 | London |
The Chi-Lites | What Do I Wish For | 1969 | Brunswick |
Lorraine Ellison | No Matter How It All Turns Out | 1967 | Warner Bros. |
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