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At 1:20am on January 16, 2017, Edie Antoinette said…
Mouse: Ezee, if you aint want him kilt... why'd you leave him with me?!?? (Devil In A Blue Dress)
Ha!!!! I'm good. Thanks for asking...
At 7:49am on January 8, 2017, Edie Antoinette said…
Thanks for checking on me !!! Hope all is well...
At 11:28am on December 28, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…

Good Morning! Enjoy your day as well.

At 7:43pm on December 25, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…

Wonderful playlist. Just sayin...

At 10:47am on December 25, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…
I played it a billion times. So tight!
At 3:01am on December 25, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…

You messed me up with that Janet track!!!! Shame on you!!! Not. Love it!!!

At 2:33pm on December 23, 2016, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…

Thank You My Brother, I Like Your Page Too

At 5:06pm on December 22, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…

I did a Sade page some time back and you can have the music player if you want. Let me know.

At 12:12pm on December 22, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…

So glad that you're back!!! This is beautiful!

At 2:25am on December 22, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…
Good to see you! I'm too tired to re-create my comment at present. I'll be back though.
At 2:23am on December 22, 2016, Edie Antoinette said…
I left a comment...not sure where it went.
At 4:45pm on April 23, 2012, Edie's Slow Jams..♪♫♪ said…

What up Dude?

At 12:05pm on March 5, 2011, CAROLYN SCOTT-SCRUGGS said…
hope you have a sweet saturday
At 6:50pm on February 19, 2011, Calihoney said…
Hello there!

Have a great weekend...
At 12:23pm on January 14, 2011, Edie Antoinette said…
Where are you? Hoping all is well!
At 1:58pm on December 8, 2010, Cherene Snow said…
Just wanted to stop by to say Hey Now!!!

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At 6:22pm on November 4, 2010, Hoss said…
Hey man, sorry I haven't been on in a while. I can send you the song let me know if you haven't found it since July.lol
At 11:46am on October 26, 2010, Shelley "SoleMann" King said…
Good afternoon to you MR EZee my Brother, thank you for all that you do for the site
At 1:52am on October 25, 2010, Calihoney said…

Hey there!!!Have a great week...

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  1. play Norman Brown — Night Drive
  2. play Norman Brown — Feeling
  3. play Norman Brown — Still
  4. play Miles Davis — miles 1
  5. play miles 2
  6. play miles 3
  7. play miles 4
  8. play miles 5
  9. play Marvin Gaye — I Met A Little Girl
  10. play Santana — 01 Singing Winds, Crying Beasts
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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. 

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