The Temptations "A Song For You"

Chicago born Louis Price,who was only in the group for about 2 years, tears up this version of A Song For You. Recorded in Chicago at WTTW's Soundstage tv show. I believe around 1979.

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Comment by Edie Antoinette on October 4, 2009 at 4:37pm: You took the words right out of my mouth! I see Jamie Foxx strong in his face!!!! Whoa! Jesse, I can't find Gloria on audio. I think you have to have the movie to hear it...anyway, I am so glad you featured this talented artist. Now I'm already hooked. He didn't get the exposure he was/is due..so I will do my part to change that...right here, right now...enjoy!

Comment by Jesse James Williams on February 25, 2009 at 5:12pm: I like that Distant Lover. It could be a nice Stepper's Cut!
Marshall is on the WestSide of Chicago. This is a link of Louis' MySpace page.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&am...

Comment by Edie Antoinette on February 25, 2009 at 1:34pm: Oh yes, I've heard of Marshall on the westside right? I graduated from John Marshall Harlan on 96th & Michigan.

Carl Anderson did do some work with Stevie..he's another one that was underexposed to me. Fabulous voice like Louis'. I have all of his albums...and miss him. He died not too long ago at a young age.

http://www.cstone.net/~dgarlock/carl/

Comment by KnightD12 on February 25, 2009 at 1:15pm: I have never heard of this Temp before. You can hear the "church" in his voice. And he does look like Jamie Foxx.

Comment by Jesse James Williams on February 25, 2009 at 12:32pm: Only by name but I don't remember any of his songs. I think he did some things with Stevie Wonder.
Everyone who has heard Gloria on WMCJ always wanted a copy. But it was never released and only sung in the movie. Louis was a graduate of Marshall High School. You ever hear of it?

Comment by Edie Antoinette on February 25, 2009 at 12:10pm: I don't like that 'canned' sound though. Motown could have done better you would think, but his voice is rich and beautiful to the max. He reminds me of Carl Anderson. Are you familiar with him Jesse??

Comment by Jesse James Williams on February 25, 2009 at 11:15am: Thanks Ms edie2k2
Gloria was written by Woody and Ron Shelton, who's the director of the movie.
Now does Louis look like Jamie Foxx's father or what?

Comment by Edie Antoinette on February 25, 2009 at 10:41am: Woody Harrelson..?? Git out! I'll research it today and just in case anyone wants Louis' album:

Louis Price - Louis Price (1991)

Louis Bernhardt Price is an American R&B, soul singer, and actor notable for being the lead singer of the first post-Dennis Edwards led version of The Temptations from 1977 to 1980.
Price joined the group just as they were leaving their longtime label Motown for Atlantic Records. Price sung lead on the songs "Here to Tempt You" and "Bare Back". The Atlantic-era Temptations records fizzled on the charts and Price's tenure was short-lived. He was replaced by a returning Dennis Edwards as the group returned to Motown in 1980.
He then joined The Drifters and remained with them through the first half of the 1980s....

Tracks List:

01 - Distant Lover (5:54)
02 - Play It by Heart (4:21)
03 - Heart's Devotion (5:34)
04 - Flesh & Blood (4:12)
05 - What Becomes of the Broken Heart (4:20)
06 - Nobody But You (3:58)
07 - Just One Thing (4:10)
08 - How Can I Make You Love Me (4:11)
09 - Try It Baby (4:03)
10 - I Believe in You (3:57)

http://rapidshare.com/files/49175175/Louis_Price.rar (password: willforall)

I'm uploading a player so the tracks can be heard...

~e

Comment by Jesse James Williams on February 25, 2009 at 9:51am: By the way! Louis can be heard and seen in the movie "White Men Can't Jump". He sings a number of songs in the soundtrack. My favorite is Gloria. Which was co-written by Woody Harrelson of all people.

Comment by Edie Antoinette on February 25, 2009 at 9:40am: *Clap clap clap clap clap* That was excellent! The control! Harmony!!! This man tore that....UP!!!! It gave me chillbumps!!! And he's from my town! All the good ones are from my town!!! I'm from my town!! LOL!!!

Thank you for this delectable treat Jesse...as Sole stated, it's rare indeed!!! *still clapping* Bravo!!!

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Quincy Jones is thoroughly entwined in the musical background of my young adulthood. A genius of unique quality. I have been posting blogs and music throughout the years and decided to embark on the arduous but satisfying task of gathering some of it to remember the excellent legacy that he left.

Maze Feel That You're Feelin
Maze Somebody Elses Arms
Maze Southern Girl
Cant Get Over You
Maze Golden Time Of Day

The history of the Butlers/Raw Soul is dense, but for all of us music nerds, that's normal. It is not totally clear what year the Butlers actually formed but they released their first single in 1963 on Liberty Records. That single was "She Tried To Kiss Me" and another single followed on Guyden entitled "Lovable Girl." After the Guyden single the Butlers took a break not recording another record until the single "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" was released on the Phila label in 1966. The group also backed Charles Earland and Jean Wells on one Phila single ("I Know She Loves Me").

As you might be noticing, the Butlers were doing a fair amount of recording but not achieving much success. The group's recordings sold regionally but never had the promotion to make an impact on the national scene. After the single with Phila, the Butlers moved to the Fairmount label (part of the Cameo-Parkway family) and released a handful of singles, some being reissued singles of the past. The Butlers were with Fairmount for 1966-67 and then moved to Sassy Records. Sassy released the group's greatest single (in my opinion) "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" b/w "If That's What You Wanted." A copy of that 45 sold for just under $500 last summer on eBay. Even though that isn't that much in the world of record collecting--it's still a hefty sum. The Butlers released another single on Sassy ("She's Gone" b/w "Love Is Good") that appears to be even

harder to come by then the "Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" single.

The true history become a bit blurred here as the AMG biography states that the Butlers last record was released on C.R.S. in 1974 (". However, between 1971 and that single, Frankie Beverly formed a group called Raw Soul and released a number of singles. Some of the songs recorded by Beverly during this period are "While I'm Alone," "Open Up Your Heart," (both on the Gregor label) and "Color Blind." "Color Blind" was released by the Eldorado label and rerecorded by Maze. Beverly's big break came when Marvin Gaye asked Raw Soul to back him on a tour. Gaye helped Beverly/Raw Soul get a contract at Capitol. Beverly decided to take the group in a different direction, a name change occurred, and Maze was created.

The above isn't the most complete history of Beverly but hopefully someone will know a way to get in touch with the man or his management because a comprehensive pre-Maze history needs to be done on Frankie Beverly (his real name is Howard, by the way). Below you'll find every Frankie Beverly (pre-Maze) song available to me right now ("Color Blind" will be up soon).

If you have a song that is not included below, shoot it over to funkinsoulman (at) yahoo.com and it will go up in the next Frankie Beverly post (later this week--highlighting Maze). Also, if you have any more information please share your knowledge. The Butlers material has been comp-ed sporadically (usually imports) but the entire Maze catalog has been reissued and is available.

Enjoy. "She Kissed Me" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)

"I Want To Feel I'm Wanted" (not sure which label or year) "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" (Phila, 1966) "Because Of My Heart" (Fairmount, 1966 or 1967)

"Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)" (Sassy, 1967)

"If That's What You Wanted" (Sassy, 1967)

Frankie Beverly is one of those cats that has lasting power. He started in the music business doing a tour with doo wop group the Silhouettes and then formed his own group called the Blenders. The Blenders never recorded a single, Beverly wouldn't appear on wax until forming the Butlers a few years later. Along with Beverly, the Butlers included Jack "Sonny" Nicholson, Joe Collins, John Fitch, and Talmadge Conway.

Beverly would later enjoy great success fronting Maze and Conway would become a

well-known penning Double Exposure's

"Ten Percent" and the Intruders' "Memories Are Here To Stay."

While Maze is a phenomenal group, Beverly's work before that group will always stand out as his best (imo).

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