Released on Cadet Records album Wade In the Water, 1966
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Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts
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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Artistics - Hard To Carry On
Released on Brunswick album The Articulate Artistics, 1968
Originally formed at Marshall High School in Chicago, Illinois and performed at the Democratic National Convention in 1960. Major Lance discovered them, helping to sign them to OKeh Records.
I'm thinking that Tommy Green sings led on this recording since he was the primary lead starting in 1967.
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