Released on Gordy album Black Magic, 1972
An Ashford and Simpson composition.
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Ramsey Lewis - Wade In the Water
Released on Cadet Records album Wade In the Water, 1966
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Bunny Sigler - Singer, Song-Writer, Multi-Instrumentalist, and Record Producer
"Sigler continued to work as a songwriter and producer for artistes including the Whispers, Ecstasy, Passion & Pain, Carl Carlton, Jackie Moore, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The Roots, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, Stephanie Mills and Curtis Mayfield." - article and video on BLACK MUSIC AND HISTORY
One of the oft-forgotten force and personality in the Soul and RnB world.
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Aaron Neville - My Brother, My Brother
Released on A&M Records album The Grand Tour, 1997
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Marcel Smith - I'm Coming Home To You
Released on Little Village Records album From My Soul (2023)
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Sam Cooke And the Song That 'Almost Scared Him"
NPR staff article (February 1, 2014) and audio heard on All Things Considered.
"In the fall of 1963, Cooke faced a direct affront: He and his band were turned away from a Holiday Inn in Shreveport, La.
Cooke was arrested and jailed, ... "A Change Is Gonna Come" was written within a month or two after that."
Sam Cooke And the Song That 'Almost Scared Him'
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Evelyn Freeman - Didn't It Rain
Released as a United Artists Records 45 rpm single, 1964
This raucous Gospel/Soul/Blues/Funk classic was written by Evelyn Freeman (pianist, organist, songwriter, arranger, and educator) and her husband Tommy Roberts. Based on a 1948 Sister Rosetta Tharpe arrangement, it initially was only a 1962 regional hit in the Northern California Bay area. United Artists picked it up and in 1964, with their national distribution ability, it went national.
The Band, House M.D. aka Hugh Laurie, Tom Jones and others have covered it. Tis one of those recordings that should be much longer, say 6 - 10 minutes to appreciate the groove. As it is, just play it over and over and over...
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