October 2007 Blog Posts (5)

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Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 11:40am — 1 Comment

HERB KENT

Herb Kent was a high school student on Chicago’s South Side when he began his radio career hosting a classical music program for WBEZ/Chicago. In the late 1940s, Kent divided his time between playing records at WGRY/Gary and acting in radio dramas for Chicago’s NBC affiliate, WMAQ.

In 1952, Kent left WMAQ for WGES, Chicago’s largest black-oriented station. Here he worked with and learned from African-American radio pioneers Sam Evans and Al Benson. From…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 1:52am — No Comments

VINTAGE 45's

FUNK 45 A FASCINATING MUSICAL EXPERIENCE - THE MONSTER - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 B.W. SOULS - MARVINS GROOVE / GENERATED LOVE - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 BABY HUEY - MIGHTY MIGHTY PEOPLE PT 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 BOBBY BYRD - TRY IT AGAIN / I FUNK 45 CAUTION - LOVE RAY / DON FUNK 45 EARL GAINES - IF YOU WANT WHAT I GOT - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - BROTHER RAPP PT 1 & 2 / BEWILDERED - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - COLD SWEAT PART 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - GET ON THE GOOD FOOT PART 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - I GOT YOU ( I FEEL GOOD ) / I CAN FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - PAPA FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING PART 1 / 2 - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN - WORLD PT 2 / I CRIED - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 JAMES BROWN & LYN COLLINS - WHAT MY BABY NEEDS NOW IS A LITTLE MORE LOVIN FUNK 45 JESSE GRESHAM PLUS 3 - BUST OUT / GET IT WHERE YOU FIND IT - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 PIGMEAT MARKHAM - SOCK IT TO FUNK 45 ROBERT RON & EDDIE - LOVE POTION 9 / I AIN FUNK 45 ROYAL SHOWBAND - PANAMA RED - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 SAMMY GORDON & HIPP HUGGERS - JUNGLE BUMP - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 THE PARLIAMENTS - I WANNA TESTIFY - 7inch (SP) FUNK 45 THE PROJECTIONS - GROOVIN NORTHERN SOUL 45 BARBARA & BRENDA - NEVER LOVE A ROBIN / SALLY SOUL 45 BILLY BUTLER AND INFINITY - I DON THE MALCOUNS - WATOU / BROKEN RIBS - 7inch (SP)

Added by Edie Antoinette on October 30, 2007 at 1:36am — No Comments

Open Our Eyes

...by The Gospel Cleps was Herb Kent's sign-off tune each night when he ended his radio show in Chicago during the 60's. He was at WVON-AM at the time and I never missed a show. Herb "The Cool Gent" is still my favorite radio personality and this tune really brings back memories.

Someone wrote to me and stated that he's been searching for this tune for years, unsuccessfully. He also stated that nobody knew…

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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).

The Butlers produced tunes that most Northern Soul fans would kill for and Raw Soul gave the funksters something to pursue. The Butlers recorded their first single in 1960 titled "Loveable Girl". Left to right John Fitch, T Conway, Frankie Beverly, Sonny Nicholson and Joe Collins.