Sunday, September 7, 2014

September 8, 1952: Ray Charles does his first session for Atlantic, cutting four songs…



September 8, 1952:  Ray Charles does his first session for Atlantic, cutting four songs…



 Over the next seven years, he will record such classics as "Mess Around," 

         "I Got a Woman," 
   "Hallelujah, I Love Her So 
 and "What'd I Say

Ten years later, on September 8, 1962: Ray Charles hits #2 with "You Don't Know Me"…



AND THE REST IS HISTORY… (R.I.P. Ray)




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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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Friday, September 5, 2014

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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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

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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