We'll start out with a set inspired by Questlove's Summer of Soul documentary featuring Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder, pay tribute to the late Melvin Van Peebles, and stretch out with Lonnie Smith.
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 1Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
UpFront Soul #2021.38 playlistSam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Mongo Santamaria "Ponce" from Live at Jazz Alley Norman Connors "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from You Are My Starship The Destruments "Freedom" from Like Yesterday 7" Single The Freedom Singers "Calypso Freedom" from Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Let Them Knock" from 100 Days, 100 Nights The Headhunters "Straight From The Gate" from Straight From The Gate Eddy Grant "Electric Avenue" from Killer On The Rampage (Rarities Edition) Solomon Burke "Leave My Kitten Alone" from Soul Arrives! 1955 - 1961 King Curtis "Memphis Soul Stew" from Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis Stick McGhee "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" from The History of Rhythm & Blues Part Two: 1942-1952 Vol. 2 Richard Berry "Pretty Brown Eyes [*]" from Get out of the Car Mahalia Jackson "He Was Alone" from Mahalia Jackson In Concert Easter Sunday, 1967 Aretha Franklin "Take a Good Look" from The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years 1960-1965 Disc 2 Lonnie Smith "Layin' in the Cut" from Move Your Hand Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats "Let's Have a Party" from Heavy Heavy Heavy Buddy Rich "Big Mac" from Killer Jazz Funk From Groove Merchant Vault - Return of Jazz Funk Willie Col¢n "Willie Whopper" from Fania Signature Vol II - Latin Soul Charles Bradley "Things We Do For Love" from Changes Butcher Brown "Stop Fighting Start Loving" from GrownFolk Leon Bridges "Steam" from Gold-Diggers Sound Kim Melvin "Doin' the Popcorn" Melvin Sparks "Get Down With The Get Down" Melvin Van Peebles "Don't Play Us Cheap" Evelyn "Champagne" King "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In" from The Essential Evelyn "Champagne" King Nina Simone "Ain't Got No/I Got Life" from The Essential Nina Simone Stevie Wonder "You Haven't Done Nothin'" from Fulfillingness' First Finale Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night