September 7, 1963: Major Lance hits #8 with "Monkey Time"…

September 7, 1963: Major Lance hits #8 with "Monkey Time"…

Covered masterfully by The Rationals out of Ann Arbor, MI.

Check them out doin’ it live in A2…

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September 6, 1970: The Stooges release 'Fun House' with Steve MacKay on Sax!!!

September 6, 1970: Ann Arbor's Stooges release FUNHOUSE with Steve MacKay on Sax...

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September 2, 1967: "(I Wanna) Testify," by the Parliaments, enters the R&B singles chart...

September 2, 1967: "(I Wanna) Testify," by the Parliaments, enters the R 'n B singles chart.
 

George Clinton

 It is a massive
 R 'n B hit (#3) that also rises to #20 on the pop Top Forty…

 Seven years later it is recut by Parliament (with the s lopped off) as "Testify"…

Diaper Man

The Evolution of the FUNK side of 

Rock ‘n Roll…

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August 30, 1972: John Lennon performs a benefit for mentally handicapped children…

August 30, 1972: John Lennon performs at Madison Square Garden. It will be his last concert as a headliner. The show will posthumously be released in 1986 as Live in New York City…

  

R.I.P. John

Thanks for, well, thanks for everything you did…

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The Loco-Motion: Written by Carol King and Gerry Geffin, produced by Don Kirshner and sung by Carol and Gerry’s babysitter, then very successfully covered by Michigan’s GRAND FUNK. Not a bad tune that Cameo Records passed up…

August 25, 1962: 

 
After Cameo Records producers passed on the opportunity to have Dee Dee Sharp record a Gerry Goffin / Carole King song called "The Loco-Motion", Don Kirshner at Dimension Records decided to take a chance on it...

 
 He liked the demo record's singer, Eva Boyd, who was Goffin and King's babysitter, and had her re-record it. The result was a US number one hit…

Then these cats from Michigan got some mileage out of it too…

Not a bad tune

that Cameo Records passed up…

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