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Helen Wooten...Longtime Promoter

An uncaptioned photo in the Numero Group's recent book about south-side nightlife in the 70s set Jake Austen on the trail of this story about one crazy week in the life of longtime promoter Helen Wooten.

By Jake Austen…

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Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on October 6, 2010 at 10:38pm — 5 Comments

Johnny Davis...The Tragic Star Of Bandit Records

The tragic star of the early days of Bandit, he lead The Arrows until it was clear he was a standout performer. The rest of the group continued to back his recordings (“The Love I See Now” and “Boogedy Boogedy” were issued under both the names Johnny Davis and The Arrows). “You’ve Got To Crawl To Me” is Johnny’s signature performance, an amateur funk workout that displays Johnny’s full vocal range as it pulses… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on October 5, 2010 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

Magnificent Men (For Tone)

From the Blog of SHADY DEL KNIGHT

Central Pennsylvania's own blue-eyed soul brothers, the Magnificent Men,

brought "Peace of… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on September 20, 2010 at 8:59am — 6 Comments

Bobbi Humphrey - Blacks And Blues (1973)

Bobbi Humphrey: Flute & Vocals

King Errisson: Conga & Background Vocals,

Chuck Rainey: Electric Bass,

David T. Walker: Guitar,

Ron Brown: Bass,

Harvey Mason, Sr.: Drums,

Fonce Mizell: Trumpet, Background Vocals,

Clavinet & Vocal Arrangement

Larry Mizell: Arranger, Conductor,

Background Vocals,

Producer & Vocal…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on September 20, 2010 at 12:30am — 6 Comments

Ohio Players - Ecstasy 1973

play The Ohio Players — Spinning…

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Added by Remembering The 60's on September 17, 2010 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Sole The Music Pimp...ROFLMBO

You See, (As I Raise My Drink To You...LOL) Music Is Big Business, It's Been Around Long Before You And Me, It Will Be Here Long After We Are Gone, As A Matter Of Fact, It Will Be Here Until Somebody Turn Off The Lights On This Place We Call Earth...SOLE THE MUSIC PIMP (ROFLMBO)

A SOLEMANNKING… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on August 31, 2010 at 10:03am — 4 Comments

Vintage Chattanooga, Tn. Concert Posters

Y'all Know Me, I'm Always Finding Something....LOL. Here Are 5 Vintage Chattanooga, Tn. Concert Posters From The 1950's And 1960's. I Sure Wish I Could Find More, From What I Have Been Told By The Old Cats, Chattanooga Had All Kind Of Concerts Back In The Day At The Memorial Auditorium.

Motortown Revue - 1965

What an incredible Globe Poster and featuring Marvin Gaye!… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on August 31, 2010 at 9:40am — 2 Comments

Kem "Intimacy" 2010

Tender & Romantic

By Mark Edward Nero

Ever since 2002, singer-songwriter-musician Kem Owens

has been releasing…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on August 29, 2010 at 11:00pm — 15 Comments

Roar

Roar By Edie Antoinette

Doe Eyes 1

Doe Eyes 2

Your roar Lion, and… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on August 18, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Little Known New Edition History...ROFLMBO

During The Summer Of 1984, New Edition Came To Chattanooga, Tn. For A Concert At The Memorial Auditorium. Michael Bivins Was Unable To Attend Because He Had Hurt His Knee A Couple Of Nights Earlier, So A Call Went Out For A 5th Member Of New Edition For The Chattanooga Engagement.

Radio Station Jet94 Sponsered A 1 Day Contest To Pick The 5th Member Of New Edition And Guys Throughout The City Showed Up To… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on August 13, 2010 at 1:12pm — 2 Comments

ARTS BEATS AND EATS

RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON & ATTITUDE WILL BE PERFORMING,
SUNDAY,SEPTEMBER 5TH,FROM 2 PM UNTIL 3 PM,FOR THE ARTS BEATS AND EATS FESTIVAL IN ROYAL OAK,MI,ON THE R&B AND JAZZ STAGE! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Added by RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON on August 9, 2010 at 10:35pm — 1 Comment

The Temprees Featuring Shelley "SoleMann" King & Julius "Barely Saine" Freeman...LOL

"A Memphis soul vocal trio. This polished group formed in 1970 and recorded for We Produce, a Stax offshoot. Bandmembers Harold "Scotty"

Scott, Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips, and William Norvell Johnson rode a

sumptuously produced remake of the often-covered Five Royales/Shirelles

standard "Dedicated to the One I Love" onto R&B play lists in 1972.

After "Love's Maze" made a little noise as a follow-up, the trio moved

to… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on August 9, 2010 at 3:05pm — 10 Comments

PROMOTER

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,I'M A VERY SERIOUS JAZZ ARTIST,WRITER,BASSIST,KEYBOARDIST,AND PRODUCER IN NEED OF A VERY SERIOUS PROMOTER! I CURRENTLY HAVE A CD ON THE MARKET ENTITILED,WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS,AND IN THE PROCESS OF RELEASING MY NEWEST PROJECT,MIND THERAPY! 22 VIDEOS OF MY WORK AND MUSIC CAN BE LOCATED RIGHT HERE ON THIS SITE!

I NEED WORK! SERIOUS WORK!!

Added by RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON on July 28, 2010 at 6:09pm — No Comments

Actress Vonetta McGee Dies After Cardiac Arrest

Another icon from the modern heyday of black moviemaking has died.

Vonetta McGee, who starred in “Blacula,” “Shaft in Africa” and “Thomasine and Bushrod,” died last Friday at a hospital in Berkeley after suffering cardiac arrest and spending two days on life support, The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. She was 65.

Family spokeswoman Kelley Nayo told The Times that although McGee had been diagnosed as a teenager with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, her death was unrelated…

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Added by Ronn Nichols on July 17, 2010 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

A little More than a Year has PASSED!

Michael Jackson left behind an incredible amount of music, a lot of it not really known by the masses. Here are some favorite unreleased MJ tunes, obscure collaborations, and other goodies!

This early version of “Mama’s Pearl” features completely different lyrics and is absolutely hilarious! Mama’s Pearl only Different

Teenage Symphony… Continue

Added by Ronn Nichols on July 9, 2010 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments

IDLEWILD MUSIC FEST

RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON & ATTITUDE WILL PERFORM JULY,10,2010,AT THE IDLEWILD MUSIC FEST ON WILLIAMS ISLAND,IN IDLEWILD,MI! EVENT FOR THAT DAY STARTS AT 2:00PM AND RUNS UNTIL 11:30PM! ESTIMATED SHOWTIME FOR RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON & ATTITUDE IS ABOUT 10:00PM.

Added by RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON on June 29, 2010 at 5:07am — 1 Comment

SoleMannKing Presents Iceberg Slim

Iceberg Slim (August 4, 1918 – April 28, 1992), also known as Robert Beck, was an African American author of books variously categorized as urban fiction, street literature, and black pulp fiction. Iceberg Slim was an important influence on hip-hop artists and rappers such as Ice-T and Ice Cube and Pittsburgh Slim and ...Slim Thug, who adopted their names in part from reading the author.

ICEBERG… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on April 27, 2010 at 11:35pm — 2 Comments

SoleMannKing Presents Donald Goines

Donald Goines (December 15, 1937 – October 21, 1974) was one of the first African American writers of urban fiction. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Robert Beck (Iceberg Slim). For Those Of You That Have Read His Books, You Need To Checkout The Two Autobiographies I Have In My Hands..

DONALD GOINES...DONALD WRITES NO MORE…

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Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on April 27, 2010 at 11:34pm — No Comments

AJ'S

RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON & ATTITUDE,
WILL BE PERFORMING AT AJ'S MUSIC CAFE IN
FERDALE,MI,LOCATED AT 240 W. NINE MILE,ON APRIL 16TH,FROM 8 O'CLOCK UNTIL 11O'CLOCK.
COVER CHARGE $6!

Added by RONNIE'SPORTCOAT'OVERTON on April 8, 2010 at 12:52am — No Comments

KLYMAXX.....AFTER UNSUNG

If you saw the Unsung episode on the group Klymaxx, you know the show stopped at the breakup of the group. Exactly why they broke up is unclear to me. But it seems like they all thought they didn`t need the other members of the group. They could make it on their own. Well, it turns out they were unique as an all girls group. But individually, they were nothing special. They destroyed their gravy… Continue

Added by KnightD12 on April 3, 2010 at 11:53pm — 1 Comment

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Maze Feel That You're Feelin
Maze Somebody Elses Arms
Maze Southern Girl
Cant Get Over You
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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.