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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artist.
Feel The Fire (Peabo Bryson)
If This World Were Mine with Ali Woodson
Singles
Margo Thunder
1974/06 -
The Soul Of A Woman
/
Mama You're All Right With Me
[Haven #7001]
1975/11 -
Don't You Have Any Love In Your Heart
/
From Her Arms To Mine
[Haven #7018]
There is also an unofficial extended version by Juan Negro
here
9.9
1985/04 -
All Of Me For All Of You
/
Little Bitty Woman
[RCA #PB-14082]
1985/11 -
I Like The Way You Dance (Edited Version)
/
I Like The Way You Dance (Edited Dance)
[RCA #PB-14203]
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]
| 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 |
His Christmas is really an excellent deep soul !!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this discovery.
Yves