We'll start out with funky soul from Kenya Hall, hear a love song for sheltering in place from Leon Bridges, get the Ration Blues with Louis Jordan (don't worry, The Nitty Gritty Sextet is bringing some Rice & Beans), and hear The Winstons' B side that spawned one of the most-sampled drum breaks in history.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2020.17
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1 Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Times are approximate. 11:57 PM Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA 11:56 PM Richard "Groove" Holmes "Flyjack" from Night Glider 11:53 PM Nina Simone "Everything Must Change" from Baltimore 11:50 PM The Abysinnian Baptist Choir "Sweet Jesus" from Shakin' The Rafters: Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir Under The Direction of Professor Alex Bradford 11:47 PM Al Green "One Woman" from Back Up Train 11:44 PM Barth Beasley "Run On To Detroit" 11:41 PM Hidden Cost "Bo Did It (Long Version)" from Mfsb - Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend 11:37 PM Emma Donovan & The Putbacks "Keep Me In Your Reach" from Dawn 11:32 PM Little Clara & Les Chacals "De Ma Vie" from Un Pas Apres L'Autre 11:28 PM King Curtis "Chili" from Have Tenor Sax, Will Blow 11:25 PM Lucinda Slim "Wrath of My Lawmen" from Lucinda Slim 11:21 PM Penny Goodwin "Too Soon You're Old" on Athens of the North 11:18 PM Butcher Brown "Neighborhood Watch" from GrownFolk 11:14 PM Solange "Where Do We Go" from A Seat at the Table 11:12 PM Solange "Interlude: This Moment" from A Seat at the Table 11:07 PM The Legendary Ingramettes "Rock of Ages" from Take a Look in the Book 11:03 PM Nina Simone "Turn Me On" from Silk & Soul 11:00 PM Peggy Scott & JoJo Benson "Here With Me" from Lover's Holiday 10:56 PM Ray Charles "Making Believe" from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume 1 & 2 10:53 PM Charley Pride "It's Gonna Take A Little Bit Longer" from Playlist: The Very Best of Charley Pride 10:50 PM Dorothy Ashby "Come Live With Me" from Afro-Harping 10:43 PM The Soul Rebels "Rebellious Destroyer" from Poetry in Motion 10:40 PM Joan Armatrading "Feeling In My Heart (For You)" from Me Myself I 10:33 PM The Nitty Gritty Sextet "Rice and Beans" from The Nitty Gritty Sextet 10:30 PM Mango Santamaria "Manteca" from Live at Jazz Alley 10:25 PM Louis Jordan "Ration Blues" from Those Were the Days; Big Band Hero 10:20 PM Sam Cooke "This Little Light Of Mine (Live)" from Sam Cooke At the Copa 10:17 PM The Winstons "Amen Brother" 10:14 PM Marvin Holmes & the Uptights "Day of Rest" from Superfunk 1 10:11 PM Leon Bridges "Inside Friend feat. John Mayer" 10:08 PM The Meters "Pungee" from Look Ka Py Py 10:05 PM Kenya Hall "Hard Rock & Reality" 10:00 PM Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M