We'll sample vintage disco from South Africa, dig into a Joni Mitchell tribute from Herbie Hancock, and hear a plaintive, almost unbearably emotional performance from Ben E. King.
UpFront Soul #2018.26 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Prince & The Revolution "Let's Go Crazy" from "Purple Rain" Billy Preston "Soul Meeting" from "Don't Let Me Catch You Crying" Herbie Hancock "A Case of You" from "River: The Joni Letters" The Cannibals "We Keep On Keepin' On" from "Boogie Breakdown: South African Synth-Disco 1980-1984" on Cultures of Soul Richard "Groove" Holmes "Groovin' Time" from "Welcome Home! Soul Jazz Masters" Otis Redding "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" from "The Very Best of Otis Redding" on Rhino Atlantic Raphael Saadiq "Movin' Down The Line" from "Stone Rollin'" on Columbia The Headhunters "Rima" from "Survival Of The Fittest" on Arista Black Sugar "Understanding" from "Black Sugar" on Munster Louis Armstrong "The Creator Has a Master Plan" from "Louis Armstrong and his Friends" on Blackbird Hour 2 Ben E. King "It's All Over" from "It's All Over" on Atco King Curtis "Let It Be" from "Instant Soul" on razor & tie Big Man and the Night People "Night Creeper" from "Night Creeper" on Mex-Melody Gentlemen and Their Ladies "Party Bump (Part One)" from "Get Down On It: Funky Soul Music" Black Market Brass "Snake Oil Man" from "Big Muffler VLS" Genie Brooks "South Side Of Soul Street - Original" from "Genie Brooks' South Side Of Soul Street" Screamin' Jay Hawkins "Africa Gone Funky" from "I Put A Spell On You & Other Favorites (Digitally Remastered)" Johnny Talbot & De Thangs "Pickin' Cotton" from "Bay Area Funk" O'DONEL LEVY "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" from "Groove Merchant Super Funk Collection - Return of Jazz Funk" Geraldo Pino "Africans Must Unite" from "Heavy Heavy" Hugh Masekela "Colonial Man" from "Early Hugh Masekela" Miriam Makeba "Goodbye Poverty" from "Country Girl" Les McCann & Eddie Harris "Kaftan" from "Swiss Movement" on Rhino Atlantic Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA