SUNDAY SOUL: If loving you is wrong I don't wanna be right If being right means being without you I'd rather live a wrong doing life Your mama and daddy say it's a shame It's a downright disgrace Long as I got you by my side I don't care what your people say … [Read more...]
Society’s Bag – Let it Crawl
FRIDAY FUNK: Tasty, tasty funk from 1972. … [Read more...]
Freddi Henchi and the Soulsetters – I Want to Dance, Dance, Dance
FRIDAY FUNK: This is the second outing for Freddi Henchi and the Soulsetters here at The Music Week, and why not when you have songs of this calibre. This song was recorded in 1972. … [Read more...]
Black Heat – Wanaoh
FRIDAY FUNK: Wanaoh is from Black Heat's self-titled debut album from 1972. … [Read more...]
Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman
SUNDAY SOUL: I can't tell you how much I love this live version of Betty Wright's 1972 hit Clean Up Woman - Jools Holland knows how to put a band together to showcase a great singer. … [Read more...]
Labelle – Moon Shadow
FRIDAY FUNK: You'll recognise the song, but you may not have heard this funky version of it from 1972. Happy Friday! … [Read more...]
Mark Holder & The Positives – Whatever’s Fair
FRIDAY FUNK: This 1972 release is a first here at The Music Week. We have no idea about the artist, even after doing some decent online searching. What we do know is the song is funky as hell and unless someone has some more info, that will have to do! … [Read more...]
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
FRIDAY FUNK: Somewhere I believe there's a secret underground bunker occupied by all the funk greats - a funk heaven of sorts where it's endless jams. I like to think Curtis Mayfield would be one of the core team there. This song would have got him in the door and straight to the inner sanctum: … [Read more...]
David Bowie – Starman
THURSDAY TOP 10s: Here at The Music Week we have a birthday of one of our small team of curators. We asked her what song she'd like for her birthday and given her status as a Bowie fan and the rightful tributes flowing for the great man this week, she chose this as her favourite Bowie song. It hit the UK Top 10 on its release in April 1972. … [Read more...]
The Main Ingredient – Everybody Plays The Fool
SUNDAY SOUL: This 1972 hit from The Main Ingredient was their biggest, but the group are still going today albeit with some personnel changes. Current lead singer is Cuba Gooding Sr (yep the actor's dad): … [Read more...]