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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting January 30, 2020: Testify! - Ladies Voices Pt2 - Pop, Soul, Jazz, Folk and Rock

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Etta James  Take It To the Limit   Favoriting Deep In the Night  WB  1978  LP  0:01:15 (Pop-up)
Laura Lee  Hang It Up   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Chess  1969  45  0:05:17 (Pop-up)
Margaret Singana  Why Did You Do It?   Favoriting Tribal Fence  Casablanca  1977  LP  0:07:56 (Pop-up)
Timi Yuro  I Walk The Line   Favoriting Make The World Go Away  Liberty  1963  LP  0:11:26 (Pop-up)
Carmen McRae  Breakfast In Bed   Favoriting Just a Little Lovin'  Atlantic  1970  LP  0:14:09 (Pop-up)
Morgana King  Sunshine Superman   Favoriting I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely  Verve  1968  LP  0:17:23 (Pop-up)
Rosie Vela  Magic Smile   Favoriting Zazu  A&M  1986  LP  0:20:02 (Pop-up)
 
Leslie Uggams  River Deep Mountain High   Favoriting What's An Uggams  Atlantic  1968  LP  0:28:30 (Pop-up)
Judy Clay  You Can't Run Away From Your Heart   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Stax  1967  45  0:31:20 (Pop-up)
Dee Dee Warwick  Gotta Get Ahold Of Myself   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Blue Rock  1965  45  0:34:09 (Pop-up)
Genya Ravan  Every Little Bit Hurts   Favoriting Genya Ravan  Columbia  1972  LP  0:36:59 (Pop-up)
Mable John  Your Good Thing (Is About to End)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Stax  1966  45  0:40:32 (Pop-up)
Lorraine Ellison  You Don't Know Nothing About Love   Favoriting Stay With Me  WB  1969  LP  0:43:22 (Pop-up)
Barbara Jean English  Don't Make Me Over   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Alithia  1972  45  0:47:46 (Pop-up)
Linda Divine  Cigarettes and Coffee   Favoriting Sweet Linda Divine  Columbia  1970  LP  0:50:08 (Pop-up)
Lyn Collins  Ain't No Sunshine   Favoriting Think About It  People  1972  LP  0:57:29 (Pop-up)
Mavis Staples  Endlessly   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Volt  1972  45  1:00:16 (Pop-up)
Margie Joseph  My Love   Favoriting Sweet Surrender  Atlantic  1974  LP  1:03:25 (Pop-up)
Nancy Wilson  You Don't Know (How Glad I Am)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Capitol  1964  45  1:07:16 (Pop-up)
 
Margo Guryan  Take a Picture   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mala  1968  45  1:15:26 (Pop-up)
Astrud Gilberto  Don't Leave Me Baby   Favoriting September, 17 1969  Verve  1970  LP  1:18:29 (Pop-up)
Julie London  I'd Like to Get To Know You   Favoriting Yummy Yummy Yummy  Liberty  1969  LP  1:20:55 (Pop-up)
Cher  Until It's Time For You To Go   Favoriting Cher  Imperial  1966  LP  1:23:37 (Pop-up)
Susan Christie  When Love Comes   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Chante  1968  45  1:26:23 (Pop-up)
Diane Hildebrand  There's a Coming Together   Favoriting Early Morning Blues and Greens  Elektra  1968  LP  1:28:37 (Pop-up)
Evie Sands  Maybe Tomorrow   Favoriting John and Mary OST  A&M  1968  LP  1:31:18 (Pop-up)
Peggy Lee  Is That All There Is   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Capitol  1969  45  1:34:26 (Pop-up)
Peggy Lee  Longing For a Simpler Time   Favoriting Mirrors  Capitol  1975  LP  1:38:44 (Pop-up)
Sarah Vaughan  That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be   Favoriting A Time In My Life  Mainstream  1971  LP  1:42:34 (Pop-up)
Roberta Flack  The Ballad of the Sad Young Men   Favoriting First Take  Atlantic  1969  LP  1:47:27 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor_   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  2:00:25 (Pop-up)

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Funky16Corners:

Hellooooooooo
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Jeff Ash:

Greetings from work!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Jeff!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Jeff Ash:

Here for the first hour, but gotta peel off.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Funky16Corners:

I dig!
  3:04pm
CupcakeJenny:

Hi hon
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Jenny!
Avatar 🥁 3:05pm
Erica:

I am here for part 2 of last week's show.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Erica!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Sem:

Hiya, Larry, Testifiers, 5th amendment types, and all.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Sem!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
doctorjazz:

Hello Larry and Testifiers! (I assume Bolton's not out there)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Doc!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:08pm
WR:

Listening from work. Hi all.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey WR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Phillippe Bastille:

Howdy
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Phillippe!
Avatar 🥁 3:23pm
Erica:

I need to check out more of Rosie Vela's music. This cover sounds great.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Funky16Corners:

She only ever did the one album.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Sem:

Lovin' the performances. Sweet, sweet choices. Thanks, LG.
  3:25pm
CupcakeJenny:

I’ve got to go to a meeting. :( see you later!
Avatar 🥁 3:28pm
Erica:

What a shame Larry. Rosie had potential.
Avatar 🥁 3:28pm
Erica:

See you Larry.
Avatar 🥁 3:28pm
Erica:

I mean Jenny. Haha!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

Bye Jenny! See you at home!
Avatar 🥁 3:40pm
Erica:

Love the sax on this one.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:40pm
Funky16Corners:

This is a really interesting album
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Jeff Ash:

Vocals reminiscent of Janis on that one.
  3:41pm
Jason Michael Squiggins:

aaaaah there we go! thought I'd just have to keep admiring from afar like i usually do! :D
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Jason!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - Definitely working the same lane as Janis (not as strong a voice IMHO)
Avatar 3:44pm
Jason Michael Squiggins:

Hi Larry (and all). Sorry for the in- show tech support request :D. Glad I'm finally catching live. Hope this new slot is working well for you
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Jason! Sorry I mistyped the URL!
Avatar 3:46pm
SquigY0:

happens to the best of us! :D
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
Funky16Corners:

Te definitive version of this (also produced by Jerry Ragovoy) is by a guy named Carl Hall.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
dutchtheo:

Hi, Larry, little late, but Mable John was a good start for me
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Theo! Mable is always a good start!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Jeff Ash:

Time to bolt. I trust you to drive safely the rest of the way.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
dutchtheo:

Yep Able Mable!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Jeff! Have a good night!
Avatar 3:53pm
SquigY0:

tc Jeff
Avatar 3:58pm
SquigY0:

woo that was hard to not airdrum to
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 3:59pm
Funky16Corners:

Great, great album. Getting hard to find these days
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
Brian in UK:

Hello Larry and chums.
Ain't no sunshine here today.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Brian!
Avatar 4:06pm
SquigY0:

i hear there's never any there Brian :p
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
Brian in UK:

Well there will be less after tomorrow. Where are we going?
Avatar 4:11pm
SquigY0:

wowsa that's a long show
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
Funky16Corners:

I did a 5-hour show a while back, filling two slots.
Avatar 4:18pm
SquigY0:

that's a young man's game! i barely do 2 hours now :D
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
Funky16Corners:

I ain't young, and I don't think I'd do it again unless it was an emergency. That's a long time to put a show together and be on the mic.
Avatar 4:21pm
SquigY0:

if i really had to I'd just reuse old playlists or replay an old show ;)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:22pm
Funky16Corners:

The time I did it it was all disco and funk.
Avatar 4:23pm
SquigY0:

ooh challenging! both to the creation and to the ears ha
Avatar 🥁 4:24pm
Erica:

Yeah I was unable to tune into that show Larry. The hours were inconvenient for me.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
Brian in UK:

Makes me think of Elaine McFarlane, though the original was a male vocal, I think, on Spanky's Like to Get to Know You.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:27pm
Funky16Corners:

Here it is in case yiu have five hours to dance: wfmu.org...
Avatar 🥁 4:28pm
Erica:

Thanks Larry. I'll find time for it.
Avatar 4:28pm
SquigY0:

oy not to mention the resulting leg cramps!!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:28pm
Funky16Corners:

@Brian - I think it was alternating male/female vocals
  4:31pm
Gary via app:

Howdy
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:31pm
Funky16Corners:

Gary!
Avatar 4:32pm
SquigY0:

hi gary
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
Sem:

1969? I always thought this was way, way older.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Funky16Corners:

Nope. September 1969
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:37pm
Funky16Corners:

Arranged by Randy Newman
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:38pm
Sem:

Really? That's great. Had no idea.

I guess my musical tastes were somewhat shaped by "popular" music at the time.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, a pretty significant hit, too. Top 20 Pop record
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
Brian in UK:

This is a mighty set.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Brian!
Avatar 🥁 5:00pm
Erica:

Great show as always Larry. Sorry for the lack of chat.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:00pm
doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry, (at work, can't post much, but enjoyed the show).
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Erica! Doc!
Avatar 5:01pm
SquigY0:

what a great way to spend an afternoon. thanks Larry!!!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks Squigy0!
  3:01pm
Jason Michael SquigY0:

I'm ready to testify!
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