Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. What luck - I was noodling around Half Priced Books over the weekend and found this in the fifty cent bin. C'mon. In many ways I feel bad that such a significant record is being sold for such a pittance. I forget who - but I read recently that some rock great said that the title track on this album (by Carstarphen, MccFadden, and Whitehead) is his all-time favorite. Me - I try to play Don't Leave Me This Way (Gamble, Huff & Gilbert) as much as possible at parties. Guests think it's going to be the Thelma Houston version and it surprises them. If you can possibly manage the time - click on the title post to listen to a clip. Please - if you love music - you have to love this song. I read recently that Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone tops Rolling Stone magazine's list of the top 500 rock songs of all time. I'm cool with that. I do have one Dylan record - not sure which one. TSOP gets a credit - "music by MFSB." I love the Philadelphia soul sound. To my ear - the tight and clean precursors of Edwards, Rodgers, and Thompson sound of Chic.
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