Great Soul dance tracks..

[Non-Smoking Man]

You are invited to share your views on the great soul (including disco and funk) dance tracks with a view to compiling a top 100 list. Please give date, label and LP.

I'd like to nominate "You Dont Know Like I know" Sam & Dave, Best Of Sam & Dave, Atlantic.

 

[Clubsport911]

Crikey ! That's a monster ask...one record ?

I will nominate a few

This kind of love - Special Delivery

Silver Shadow - Atlantic Star

Are you hearing what I hear - Level 42 (12")

No ones gonna love you - SOS Band

Ordinary Joe - Terry Callier.

Searching - Change (Luther Vandross)

International - Brass Construction

Lets Fall in love - Val Young

and finally

Tender Loving - Funk Deluxe

I could make a hundred myself .... But can't wait to see the result

oh... And I forgot Glow - Rick James and ....

 

[mikedefacto]

 

[Gizza]

Cashflow - mine all mine

Jon secada - just another day

Steve Walsh - I Found Lovin'

The Fatback Band - I found Lovin'

Luther Vandross - Its over now/Give me the reason/See me

Maze - Joy and Pain

Raze - Break 4 Love

Nu Shooz - I can't wait

Yazoo - Don't Go

KC & The Sunshine Band - That's the way I like it/ Boogie Shoes/ Keep it Coming' Love

Alexander O'Neal - Criticize

Shalamar - I can make you feel good/The Second Time Around/A Night To Remember

Tavares- More Than A Woman

 

[Leonard Smalls]

This could be a very long list! Can't be arsed with date'n'label, but they're all funk classics...

Parliament - Flashlight

James Brown - Get up offa that thing

Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie

Zapp - More Bounce

Graham Central Station - Release Yourself

Trouble Funk - Drop the bomb

The Team - Wicki Wacky House Party

 

[Non-Smoking Man]

Great Stuff, keep it coming..Any DJs in the house?

 

[bandit pilot]

Quincy Jones

BB&Q

Freeze

Imagination

Shalamar

Herbie Hancock

George Benson

I'll add some more when I've a minute.

 

[Non-Smoking Man]

Those bands best tracks would be good, Rick. You like it smooth..?

 

[Leonard Smalls]

Great Stuff, keep it coming..Any DJs in the house?

I was a DJ playing mainly funk from 1982-6 in Leeds...

More:

Bohannon - Let's Start the Dance

Ohio Players - Fire

Kool and the Gang - Funky Stuff

Gap Band - Burn Rubber on me

Teena Marie - Behind the groove

Brothers Johnson - Get the funk outta my face

Pariliament - Tear the roof off the sucker

Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jungle Bass

Jermains Jackson - Let's get serious

 

[Von Krolock]

Alexander O'Neal - Fake (Hearsay)

Luther Vandross - Come Back (Any Love)

Sydney Youngblood - If only I could

 

[bandit pilot]

Those bands best tracks would be good, Rick. You like it smooth..?

TBC Jack.

I'm up to my neck, and off out back to work.

 

[One Drop]

Hard to know where to start / stop! Here's a few:

Rene & Angela - I Love You More

Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring us Back Together

Fred Wesley - House Party

James Brown - My Thang

George McCrae - I Get Lifted

Cymande - Brothers on the Slide

Jessy Dixon - Love Lifted Me

Love Committee - Just as Long as I Got You

Rufus & Chaka Khan - Any Love

Cameo - The Sound Table

 

[June]

Sun Palace - Rude Movements

Pleasure - Pleasure

Loose Joints - Is it all over my Face?

Creative Source - You Can't Hide Love

Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake the Feeling

George McCrea - I Get Lifted

Little Beaver - Funkadelic Sound

Timmy Thomas - Funky Me

Joe Thomas - Polarizer

The JB's - Doin' it to Death

etc...

 

[brystonian]

Backyard Heavies - Soul junction

Betty Harris - There's a break in the road

Bob and Earl - Harlem Shuffle

Boney M - Gotta go home

The Bamboo's - The Witch (Broken Keys cover)

Edwin Starr - Contact

Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's just begun

KC and the Sunshine band - Boogie shoes

Ohio Players - Fire

O'Jays - For the love of money

Sam & Dave - Soulman

Sir John Quarterman - So much trouble (in my mind)

Walter Murph - A fifth of Beethoven

The Isley Brothers - Fight the power (pt.2)

The Isley Brothers - Its your thing

Kool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie

Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Nowhere to run

The Meters - Look-Ka py py

Michael Jackson - Get on the floor

Otis Reading - Hard to Handle

Sly and The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher

Sly and The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown

Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

 

[Non-Smoking Man]

Wow, what a great response! How are we going to shortlist this lot? You are meant to consider long term influence, sales etc., - but we'll see..

One thing with me is if I cant get something out of my head: I'm into the Stax House Sound at the minute (meaning Booker T and the MGs (Memphis Group)) and I listened to Carla Thomas recently singing B.A.B.Y. Catchy, or what..

Some familiar names so far (and some Imgonna have to look up). Stevie Wonder for example - 'Signed Sealed Delivered' what a great track that is.

 

[68rednose]

:^ Fantastic thread !

Lots to choose from, here are some more:

Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff

Earth and Fire – Fantasy + September

Chaka Khan – I’m every woman + I feel for you

Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ain’t nobody

Ashford and Simpson – Solid

Gloria Gaynor – I will survive

Change – A lover’s holiday + Change of heart

Dan Hartman – Relight my fire

Tom Browne – Funkin’for Jamaica

Tavares –Heaven must be missing an angel

Sugerhill Gang – Rappers delight

Dayton – The sound of music

Jones Girls – Nights over Egypt

Detroit Spinners – Working my way back to you

BB&Q Band – Genie

The Real Thing – You to me are everything

Isley Brothers – Caravan of love

Sister Sledge – Lost in Music + All American girls

Deodato – SOS fire in the sky

Total Contrast – Takes a little time + Hit and run

Chic – Le Freak

Loose Ends – Hangin’ on a string

Imagination – Just an illusion

Deniece Willians - Free

Yarbrough & Peoples – Don’t stop the music

Cameo – Word up

D-Train – Music

Kokomo – A little bit further away

 

[Bluemessiah]

'Brick House' by The Commodores definitely needs a mention.

 

[robbyrtp]

Brass Consruction- Ha Cha Cha.

The Fatback Band-Spanish Hustle.

KC and the Sunshine Band-Get Down Tonight.

Turn The Music Up-Players association.

I ain't Lyin-George McCrea.

Is it love your after-Rose Royce.

Disco Inferno-The Trammps.

Gonna Make You Sweat-C&C Music Factory.

The Groove Line.-Heatwave.

Naked in The Rain-Blue Pearl.

I Love Music-The O Jays.

Ohio Players-Skin Tight.

Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)-Frank Wilson.

Footsie- Wigans Chosen Few.

Fresh-Kool and The Gang.

Machine Gun-The Commodores.

Satin Soul-Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Sexy-MFSB.

 

[brystonian]

Compiling a top 100 could be tricky! So many fantastic tracks to choose from.