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Sunday 19 December 2021

Margo Thunder [2021] - My First Christmas (Without You) [Bigg Soul]


Please don't be put off by Christmas in the title as this is a superb deep soul ballad by a lady who has certainly paid her dues. Margo Thunder (Margaret Furtado) has been known to lovers of rare soul music for almost half a century, via her 1974 rendition of the Gamble & Huff song "Expressway To Your Heart" first recorded by The Soul Survivors in 1967 who had a #4 Hot 100 hit with it and the first hit for Gamble & Huff. On the flip side to her first single "Soul Of A Woman" (recorded when she was, unbelievably, only 13) was a Lambert & Potter song "Mama You're Alright With Me" in 1974 later recorded by the Four Tops the following year. She only released one further solo single in 1975. 

Margo was a member of Owch! in the 80s who were a trio of backing singers for Richard 'Dimples' Fields. They were later renamed as 9.9 and recorded a self-titled album and a few singles, "All Of Me For All Of You" reaching  #5 R&B and #51 Hot 100 in 1985 which I remember from back in the day but thought someone else recorded it? They were mentioned in a post only last week on the Norma Sole post as they did a very good cover on Linda Jones' Hypnotized on their album which Sole has also covered on her debut album ("Remembering The Good Times") released last week.

In the 90s she formed Lady Soul who, again, recorded just one album and two singles in 1992. They recorded a song and video for the movie "Sister Act" called "If My Sisters in Trouble".

A quick search on YouTube revealed that Margo has recorded several songs in the last decade, under the wing of Bigg Robb and this song was also written by him. So, along with her new single,  I'll post a few others. I believe that she started recording again in 2010 with an EP R&B 101 which included  a cover of Peabo Bryson's quiet storm classic "Feel The Fire" (posted earlier this year)

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Feel The Fire (Peabo Bryson)

If This World Were Mine with Ali Woodson

Singles

Margo Thunder
There is also an unofficial extended version by Juan Negro here

9.9




They also did a good cover of Linda Jones' Hypnotized on their album

Lady Soul
1992 - Don't Forget About Me (Edit) / Don't Forget About Me (Album) / You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else [Boston International #0-66430]


1992 - If My Sister's In Trouble [Hollywood (UK) #HWD125]

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Details
Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Deep Soul / Xmas
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Bigg Soul
Cat No: None
Date: 08/12/2021
Key/BPM: 5A/64
Value: £1


1 comment:

USMAN47 said...

His Christmas is really an excellent deep soul !!!
Thank you for this discovery.

Yves