On March 11, 1972 The Number One Record On The R&B Charts was Talking Loud and Saying Nothing by James Brown--What else was happenin';? CHECK IT OUT!!!

A whole lotta R&B was in the public eye in 1972. There was a band out of Ann Arbor, Michigan called RADIO KING AND HIS COURT OF RHYTHM that put this stuff out there in the trenches at the bars—MOSTLY AT THE (INFAMOUS) ODYSSEY LOUNGE…

 

They didn’t do every tune in this blog, but they did a LOT of ‘em. ENJOY what we were into in 1972…

On March 11, 1972 The Number One Record On The R&B Charts was Talking Loud and Saying Nothing by James Brown

 Also on the R&B Chart:

 I Gotcha By Joe Tex

 Slippin Into Darkness by WAR

 Now Run & Tell That by Denise LaSalle

 In The Rain by The Dramatics

 That's The Way I Feel About You by Bobby Womack…Check out the full album version of what was being played on WJLB (Detroit), WDIA (Memphis), WAMO (Pittsburgh), etc…

 The Day I Found Myself by The Honey Cone

 Hearsay by The Soul Children

 Running Away by Sly & The Family Stone

 Betcha By Golly Wow by The Stylistics

 Gimme Some More by The JB's

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