Sounds Of Soul chronicles and playlist (5.7.2013): Gangsta Soul
Most people think that the influence of urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city gangs on black music began with Hip Hop and Gangsta Rap but as the history of the Koko label shows the involvement of criminal elements goes back to the heydays of Soul and Funk and beyond. The Koko label was owned by the infamous Johnny Baylor, a street thug and gangster who had also his hands in the great Memphis label Stax. Many blame his entanglement in Stax for the swift demise of the label in the early 70s and as details at the Stax bankruptcy trail showed there were huge sums paid to Baylor. Asked why label paid this amount of money co-owner Al Bell is said to have replied, “What’s the price put on a man’s life?” Notwithstanding the criminal ways of its owner the KoKo label produced some outstanding Soul records, most notably Luther Ingrim’s “(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right” and some lesser known gems that featured at the tail end of last weeks Sounds Of soul radio show.
Patti Hendrix/Men/7″ 20th Century
Greg Perry/One For The Road/7″ Casablanca
Jerline And Friends/Get It Off My Conscience/7″ Streetsoul
Lamont Dozier/We Don’t Want Nobody To Come Between Us/7″ abc
S.O.U.L. (vocals by Larry Hancock)/This Time Around/7″ Musicor
Universal Mind/Something Fishy Going On/7″ Red Coach
Mike Jemison/You’ll Never Get My Love/7″ Lake
Larry Nevilles/This Time It’s real/7″ Laray
The Fantastic Johnny C/Waiting For The Rain/7″ Phil. L.A. of Soul
Beverly Crosby/You Can Be My Lover/7″ Bareback
Alton McClain And Destiny/It Must Be Love/7″ Polydor
Jerry Butler/One Night Affair/7″ Mercury
Louis Dyer/I Wanna Make Love To You/7″ Little Star
Bill Spoon/I Can’t Wait (Until The Weekend)/7″ Soul Junction
Oliver Cheatham/Don’t Pop The Question (If You Can’t Take The Answer)/7″ Soul Junction
Lynn Vardano/Wash And Wear Love/7″ Gator
Patches/I’m Gona Make This World A Better Place/7″ Phax Records & Filmworks
Patrick Henry/Loving U/7″ Street Soul
Luther Ingrim/Trying To Find My Love/7″ Koko
Jerry Weaver/Love Sick Child/7″ S.O.B.
Lee Charles/Girl You Turned Your Back On My Love/7″ Bamboo
Tommy Tate/School Of Life/7″ Koko
If you want to hear the show back here is the link to the Sounds Of Soul page at Eastside radio:
https://eastsidefm.org/specialist/soundsofsoul/
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