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Monday, 15 August 2022

Global Soul Chart BREAKERS 13th Aug 2022 (Week 32)

13th Aug 2022

The Global Soul "Breakers" featured on:

Global Soul Chart show Sat 13th Aug

Artist - Title	Rel'd	Posted
Linden Jay Feat. Indiah - Come Thru	12/08
Akemi Fox - So Fine (You're My Favourte Day EP)	11/08	12/08
Asmara Feat. Spike Chester - Nutha	05/08
Isatta Sheriff & Korale Feat. Lex Amor - Window Thoughts	03/08
Miss Mojo - Crushin' (Horizon LP)	05/08	06/08
Younique & R.em.edy - Pure Intoxication	04/08
Karya - Kobe	19/08
Bellah - In The Moment	10/08
Baro Sura & SilentJay - Goodmorning	05/08	05/08
Ari Lennox - Hoodie	12/08	14/08
Mar-K Feat. Ty Juan - Won't Take It Back	28/07
Jade Novah - Trip	12/08	12/08
fraen again - home now	05/08	07/08

Global Soul Chart 13th Aug 2022 (Week 32)

13th Aug 2022

The Global Soul chart broadcast on Sat 13th Aug as it is every Saturday between 5pm-7pm (GMT) on Global Soul Radio.

Each week around a dozen or more 'Breakers' are interspersed with chart entries. These will be posted separately.

Jaszy Shavers & Tavaras Jordan "Carolina Soul" EP lasted just one week in the top spot being replaced by the highest new entry last week at #5 Avery*Sunshine and her "Four Songs & a Bootleg" LP.

Yet again there are six new entries, the highest, not surprisingly, last week's SoulStrutter Selection of the Week B. Golden with his debut album "Feelings" in at #5. I have a feeling that he will replace Avery*Sunshine on top next week.

I don't fancy James Iwa's chances of surviving another week and am surprised it's in the chart at all as it hasn't been posted here as I don't think it's good enough. Surely there are better tunes around, do you want me to name them? Lynita Renea, Rina Chanel, Empress LOF, LOKRE and yes Beyonce (but of course that wouldn't be 'cool') for starters along with a tune that was posted here weeks ago (23 Jul) before anyone else latched onto it by reina which is only now beginning to get attention.

Two former #1s left the chart, Jamison Ross and Rose Gold along with Toy Taha who got stuck at #2.

Once again all of the top 10 were posted on SS on day of release except two which were posted the day after. So SS can never be accused of following the herd!

Summary: 6 risers, 7 fallers, 1 non-mover and 6 new entries

New Entries: Aquakultre (18), James Iwa (17), Esnc (16), Cherri V (14), Sipprell (12)

Highest Risers: Secret Rendezvous, AR Santiago (+7)

Biggest Fallers: ThingsGetBetter (-8), Strawberry (-6), Ms. Kriss (-6)

Losers: Jamison Ross, Court LeuVen, King Sis, Toy Taha, Yuna, Rose Gold

Pos	Last	Chg	Artist - Title	Rel'd	Posted
1	5	+4	AverySunshine - Don't Count Me Out (Four Songs & a Bootleg* LP)	29/07	30/07
2	1	-1	Jaszy Shavers & Tavaras Jordan - Everything (Carolina Soul EP)	13/07	13/07
3	6	+3	Kem - The Best Is Yet To Come (Full Circle EP)	22/07	22/07
4	2	-2	Saint Jaimz - One 4 Me	15/07	15/07
5			B. Golden - Dance With Me / Missing You (Feelings LP)	05/08	05/08
6	10	+4	India Shawn - Just You (Before We Go (Deeper) LP)	22/07	22/07
7	14	+7	Secret Rendezvous - Feels So Good (Don't It)	22/07	23/07
8	3	-5	the della kit - frequency (moonbeams & frequencies LP)	08/07	08/07
9	9	0	Khari Cabral & JIVA - Good Thing (5 LP)	22/07	22/07
10	4	-6	Ms. Kriss - Daydream (The B Side EP)	07/07	07/07
11	15	+4	Liv Avery - Flowers In June (The Moon)	21/07	23/07
12			Sipprell - Already Yours	29/07
13	20	+7	AR Santiago Feat. Breanna Martin - Tokyo (Sad Girl Hours LP)	15/07	20/07
14			Cherri V - Crazy, Stupid, Love	17/07	30/07
15	7	-8	ThingsGetBetter - Sumer Nights (Wish You Could've Been There LP)	08/07	09/07
16			Esnc - Ain't Going Nowhere	28/07	30/07
17			James Iwa Feat. Jermaine Holmes - Show Me Some Love (The Stars With You LP)	22/07
18			Aquakultre - It's All Good (Don't Trip LP)	22/07	04/08
19	16	-3	Charlene - Crazy 4 U	15/07	16/07
20	13	-7	Strawberry - Summer Nights (Drunk Love) (Just Believe EP)	24/06	16/07

UK Soul Chart Breakers 13th Aug 2022 (Week 32)

Here are the latest UK Soul Chart Breakers for 13th Aug 2022 with links to tracks posted (or to Spotify for those not yet posted).

You can catch the breakers show each Saturday at 7pm-8pm presented by Andy Tee on Starpoint Radio.

Artist - Title	Rel'd	Post
Lindsey Webster - Stay With Me	?	06/08
Ronald Isley & The Isley Brothers Feat. Beyonce - Make Me Say It Again, Girl	12/08	12/08
Tony Lindsey - True Love (Radio Edit)	22/10	23/10
Full Flava Feat. Ce Ce Penistone - For My Baby (JKriv Remix)	18/08
Captain Sky - Look Me Up (Extended Remix)	19/07	21/07
Kenny Hamber - Used Ta Be My Girl	01/07	09/08
Morris Day & Big Daddy Kane - Grown Man (Reissued)	12/08	26/11
Rina Chanel - E.S.P.	29/07	29/07
Michael Dunston - So Sensitive	15/07	10/08
Soul Basement Feat. Lana Gordon - Trying Hard	01/08	11/08
Sharon Rae North - Falling In Love (again) (Silhouette LP)	12/08	09/08
Alicia Keys Feat. Lucky Day - Stay (KEYS II LP	12/08	12/08
Rayleigh Mosley - I Choose You	05/08	05/08
Marcy Brown Feat. May Rose - Tell Me This Is Good	26/07
Boney James Feat. Lalah Hathaway - Coastin'	05/08	10/08

NB tracks in yellow are forthcoming

NB Lindsey Webster 'was' supposed to be released as a single on 8 Aug but so far hasn't appeared. The album it's from "Reasons" is due on 9 Sep.

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UK Soul Chart 15th Aug 2022 (Week 32)

15th Aug 2022

The new UK Soul Chart for 15th Aug 2022.

Summary: There are 11 risers, 12 fallers, 2 non-mover, 5 new entries

New Entries: Candace Woodson (1), Rich Beggar (6), Ronnie Herel & Omar (7), Avery*Sunshine (20), Beth Macari (30)

Highest Risers: Sound Of Superbad / D'Jear / Chris Kingdon Feat. Louise Mehan (+9),

Biggest Fallers: Noel Gourdin (-14), GLOW/R&R Soul Orchestra (-13), Geoff Waddingron (-11)

Losers: Lee Wilson, Terri Green, Sargent Tucker, Johnny James Dr J, Shirley jones

Pos	Last	Chg	Artist - Title
1			Candace Woodson - Perfect LP
2	11	+9	The Sound Of Superbad Feat. Joyce San Mateo - You're the Best Thing EP
3	3	0	U-Nam - California Funk Machine Vol. 2 LP
4	6	+2	Captain Sky - Look Me Up
5	14	+9	D'Jear - Love Is Real
6			Rich Beggar - Sucha Good Feelin'
7			Ronnie Herel Feat. Omar - A Night We Dream Of
8	9	+1	Miracle Thomas - Sugar Free (Rob Hardt Mix)
9	10	+1	Saint Jaimz - One 4 Me
10	16	+6	Melba Moore - Cant Stop The Rain (Imagine LP)
11	1	-10	Kahri Cabral & JIVA - I Believe (5 LP)
12	2	-10	Tyra LeVone - Chronicles Of Life LP
13	22	+9	Chris Kingdon & Louise Mehan- Take Our Love To The Top
14	7	-7	Cool Million Feat. Heather Haywood - Moonlit Rendezvous
15	21	+6	Kem - Full Circle EP
16	15	-1	Dave Lee - Produced With Love 2 LP
17	4	-13	R&R Soul Orchestra - Moods
18	5	-13	GLOW - Two Of Diamonds EP
19	12	-7	VA - Dome 30 Years Vol. 2 LP
20			AverySunshine - Four Songs & a Bootleg* LP
21	19	-2	Felton Pilate - Here's What I'd Do For You
22	18	-4	Julian Jonah Feat. Tamika - Now's The Time For Us
23	23	0	Acantha Lang - Its Gonna Be Alright
24	25	+1	Blue Soul Ten - This Is Worth It LP
25	27	+2	Victor Orlando - Time 2 Party
26	29	+3	Snoop Dogg - Death Row Summer 2022 LP
27	13	-14	Noel Gourdin - Get To You
28	17	-11	Geoff Waddington Feat. Tameka Jackson - This Is Love
29	26	-3	Lori Williams - Too Late (It's My Time)
30			Beth Macari - Shoulda Known Better

Cameo Holliday [2022] - Brown Liquor Music [EarCrack Productions] (Full EP)

Here's one for the more traditionalists by a new name to me and the blog, Cameo Holliday from Omaha, NE. He has released six projects to date since 2018, most are five track EPs and one full length album.

His latest is another five tracker, "Brown Liquor Music", released today (15 Aug 2022). I'd describe it as traditional bluesy, southern style deep soul with a contemporary twist. All songs are self written and released on his own EarCrack Productions.

Well written, well sung and well produced, authentic soul music, what more do you want? If forced to choose, I'd select "Sweet Love" as my choice cut.

Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.

Click icons below for further information or to connect with the artist.

Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Southern Soul / Deep Soul
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	EarCrack Productions / Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	15/08/2022
Price:	£4.95

The Lovelites - A Profile

One of my favourite 'unsung' girl groups just has to be Chicago's The Lovelites. I thought I'd already posted a feature on them but, although they have appeared several times on the blog, they haven't been given a proper profile so it's time to correct that.

Like many others, possibly, my first introduction to them was via their big Northern Soul tune "Get It Off My Conscience" in the mid 70s which was released on their own logo Lovelite in 1975. Such was it's popularity that it gained a UK release on John Anderson's Grapevine label in 1978. It was a bit of a more funky departure from their earlier sweet soul sound and was their last recording.

As is, sadly, so often the case, despite the quality of their recordings, only two singles made it into the R&B chart, "How Can I You Tell My Mom & Dad" (#15 R&B #60 Hot 100 1969) and "My Conscience" (#36 R&B 1971).

They were formed in 1967 and originally consisted of sisters Patti Hamilton and Rozena Petty and their friend Barbara Peterman. They recorded their first single in 1967 for the local Chicago label, Bandera Records. After this single Peterman left the group in 1968, and was replaced by Ardell McDaniel.

Their next single "How Can I Tell My Mom & Dad" first appeared on Lock Records. It was about teen pregnancy, a taboo subject in the 60s. The song was written by Patti Hamilton and produced by ex Chi-Lite Clarence Johnson who would later manager the group. The single did well locally and gained them a contact with MCA subsidiary Uni who reissued the single which did well enough for them to release their sole album "With Love From The Lovelites" in 1970.

Deniece Williams was briefly a member but left when asked to join Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove. Joni Berlman replaced Petty in 1970 leaving only Patti Hamilton as an original member.

After leaving Uni, Johnson set up their own imprint Lovelite and their first release on the logo, "My Conscience", in Nov 1970 was a top 40 R&B hit. After the single Rhonda Grayson replaced McDaniel in 1971.

There were two further releases on Lovelite, one a cover of the best song ever recorded by Martha & The Vandellas "My Baby Loves Me" as Patti & The Lovelites before they signed to Cotillion. The first release on the label was a cover of a Northern Soul classic recorded by Keanya Collins "Barnabus Collins - Love Bandit" in 1969 (written by Collins under the alias Renee Marks) shortened to just "Love Bandit". Only one more single was released on Cotillion before they were back on their own label with "Love So Strong" which was picked up by 20th Century in 1973.The group released just one more single, again on Lovelite, which was the one picked up on by the Northern Soul scene from 1975.

To my knowledge there are three compilations of their material "This Love Is Real" (1994), "The Lovelite Years" (1999) and "Sisters of Soul - The Sweeter Voices of Soul" (2012) which contains 20 of their songs along with 8 by 70s group The Fuzz from Washington D.C. who also had a big Northern Soul tune "I'm So Glad" (included on the comp) which got a released in UK on the Pye Disco Demand series in 1974.

The two final tracks are oddities, one a cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" by The Passionettes which was a 1970 Uni recording on the flip side to "Sister Watch Yourself". The other by Pat & Pam who were the teenage twin daughters of WVON DJ Lucky Cordell and nothing to do with Patti Hamilton. I guess the connection is that the song was written by C.B. Allen (Charles Bertrand Allen who was also a member of Shades Of Brown) who wrote some songs for The Lovelites and also for Deniece/Denise Chandler (aka Niecy Deniece Williams).

There was another New York girl group with The Lovelites name who recorded only one single under the name on Phil Specter's Phi-Dan in 1965 and later changed their name to The Jades.

Albums

1970 - With Love From The Lovelites [Uni #73081]

A1 - Oh My Love 2:35

A2 - This Love Is Real 2:32

A3 - You've Hurt Me Now 2:35

A4 - How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad 3:15

A5 - I'm In Love 2:45

A6 - Gotta Let You Go 2:50

B1 - Who You Gonna Hurt Now 2:34

B2 - Certain Kind Of Lover 2:32

B3 - I Love You (Yes I Do) 2:48

B4 - I Don't Want To Cry 2:28

B5 - I've Got Love 2:30

B6 - Shy Boy 2:28

Compilations

1994 - This Love Is Real [P-Vine #PCD-2904] CD only

01 - Betcha By Golly Wow

02 - Get To Be There

03 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

04 - Got To Let You Go

05 - Oh My Love

06 - This Love Is Real

07 - I'm In Love

08 - How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad

09 - Bumpy Road Ahead

10 - My Baby Loves Me

11 - Don't Want To Cry

12 - The Way That You Treat My Baby

13 - Is That Lovin' In Your Heart

14 - I'm The One That You Need

1999 - The Lovelite Years [Lovelite #LR1021]

01 - Betcha By Golly Wow 3:31

02 - Got To Be There 4:33

03 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling 7:15

04 - How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad 3:19

05 - My Baby Loves Me 2:34

06 - Is That Lovin' In Your Heart 2:54

07 - I'm The One That You Need 3:14

08 - My Conscience 2:37

09 - Bumpy Road Ahead 2:24

10 - The Way That You Treat Me Baby 2:39

11 - Man In My Life 2:37

12 - Get It Off My Conscience 3:43

13 - Oh What A Day 3:05

14 - Love So Strong 3:10

15 - Cravin' For Your Love 4:22

16 - Come And Get It 2:41

17 - You've Hurt Me Now 2:37

18 - Love Is Pretty 3:50

19 - Love Is Tears (June Denise Chandler AKA Niecy) 2:29

20 - I'm Not Like The Others (June Denise Chandler AKA Niecy)2:30

Sisters of Soul - The Sweeter Voices of Soul

01 - How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad

02 - This Love Is Real

03 - I'm in Love

04 - Betcha by Golly Wow

05 - Is That Lovin' in Your Heart

06 - My Conscience

07 - I'm Not Like the Others

08 - My Baby Loves Me

09 - Bumpy Road Ahead

10 - You've Hurt Me Now

11 - Gotta Let You Go

12 - I Love You ( Yes I Do)

13 - Oh My Love

14 - I Don't Want to Cry

15 - I've Got Love

16 - Shy Boy

17 - I'm the One That Love Forgot

18 - Love So Strong

19 - Certain Kind of Love

20 - Get It Off My Conscience

21 - I Love You For All Seasons - The Fuzz

22 - Like an Open Door - The Fuzz

23 - Leave It All Behind - The Fuzz

24 - Ooh Baby Baby - The Fuzz

25 - It's All Over - The Fuzz

26 - I'm So Glad - The Fuzz

27 - Search My Mind - The Fuzz

28 - Mr Heartaches & Miss Tears - The Fuzz

29 - Stand by Your Man - Passionettes

30 - I Love You (Yes I Do) - Pat & Pam

Singles

NB most appear on at least one of the compilations above except those marked with #

1967 - #I Found Me A Lover / #You Better Stop It [Bandera #2515]

09-1969 - How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad / #Hey! Stars Of Tomorrow [Lock #L-723]

11-1969 - How Can I Tell My Mom And Dad / #Hey! Stars Of Tomorrow (Inst) [Uni #55181]

04-1970 - #Who You Gonna Hurt Now / Oh My Love [Uni #55222]

1970 - This Love Is Real / Oh My Love [Uni #55242]

11-1970 - My Conscience / Man In My Life [Lovelite #LLR-01]

06-1971 - Bumpy Road Ahead /Love Is Pretty [Lovelite #LLR-02]

as Patti Hamilton & The Lovelites

1972 - My Baby Loves Me / The Way That You Treat Me Baby [Lovelite #LLR-03]

as Patti Hamilton & The Lovelites

01-1972 - #I'm The One That You Need / #Love Bandit [Cotillion #45-44145]

as Patti & The Lovelites

10-1972 - Is That Lovin' In Your Heart / #We've Got The Real Thing [Cotillion #45-44161]

1973 - Love So Strong / Oh My Love [Lovelite #LR-1008]

as Patti & The Lovelites

1973 - Love So Strong / Oh My Love [20th Century #TC-2068]

1975 - Get It Off My Conscience / Oh What A Day [Lovelite #LR-1500]

Victor Willis [2015] - Follow Through [Harlem West Records #HWRCD 1001]

I don't think you would ever guess from this song that Victor Willis was a member of the Village People (he was the one dressed as a Police/Naval officer). There was no such group initially as it was a studio project formed by a couple of French producers who recruited Willis to sing background vocals on some songs they had written. They released the first eponymously titled album Village People (taking the name from the Manhattan's Greenwich Village) and such was it's success that they they had to find members for live appearances and several dancers were recruited to dance around Willis.

The song "Follow Through" is from his only solo album "Solo Man" released on CD in 2015. However it was a previously unreleased album recorded for Casablanca in 1979 after he left Village People. You have to ask how on earth something of this quality could be left in the can for 36 years? It still sounds fresh to me now 43 years later!

It seems that after Willis' departure from the group, who were also signed to Casablanca, their sales plummeted and the label dropped them. Willis' contract was still with Village People and apparently the album got caught up in the contractual wrangles. Willis eventually got the rights to the tapes in 1981 and then they went missing reappearing in 2007.

Whilst the album was eventually released in 2015, as of 2019 it is no longer available on CD or digital, so to find one you'll need to search the second hand market (none currently available on Discogs). There are another three half decent ballads ("I Struck It Rich", "Could It Be You" and "Yes I Can"), but the rest of the material, as you may expect, is quite lame disco stuff.

The sound clip from YouTube is the full 5:54 album version. I believe that a sub 4 min Radio Edit may have been released.

Thanks to Gary Van Den Bussche for playing this on his lunchtime Starpoint Radio show last week which is what has prompted its posting.

Details

Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Slow Jam
Format:	Album Track
Media:	CD
Label:	Harlem West Records
Cat No:	HWRCD 1001
Date:	2015
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£25 approx.

DJ Kool Keith [2022-08-14] - Soulful Vibes [Soul Groove Radio]

The latest new format Soulful Vibes show from yesterday (14 Aug) by DJ Kool Keith (The Soul Emperor) broadcast at the new time of 12:00-14:00 (BST/UK Time) each Sunday on Soul Groove Radio.

His Soulful Slow Jams show has been moved to L.A. station Soul Radio Coast 2 Coast starting Mon 8 Aug which will be broadcast at 22:00 PDT (Tue 06:00 BST in UK) but the podcasts will be posted here for those in UK unable to catch it live.

His Sunday show on Soul Groove Radio has been moved to an earlier time slot between noon and 2pm when he will be playing more upfront and upbeat music with the odd reissue thrown in for good measure.

All DJ Kool Keith podcast are available to listen/download from Podomatic.

Playlist:

Candace Woodson - Steal The Night

Candace Woodson - Better Days

Davey-H - Keep Movin

Caro B. - You Can Be My Boo (Gedi Edit)

Karya - Kobe

Rockwell Hallman feat. Shamyra - Are You Ready (Gedi Edit)

Solex - Fallin For Ya

Solex - Roadsong

Esayah - Energy

Reina - Do The Thing

King Sis - Read Receipts (Vishudda) (Gedi Clean Edit)

Maurice Moore feat. Jaz Karis & Ycee - You Know (Gedi Edit)

Chris Brown - Psychic (Gedi Edit)

Bee-B - Peace

Emotional Oranges - Bounce (Gedi Edit)

Mike De'cole - When We Fell

Aimi - Baby

Ka$h Munee - All You Need

Raja-Neé - Take My Breath

Mark Evich - Gas Prices

U'zel - 94 (Gedi Edit)

Agnez Mo - Patience

Michael Dunston - So Sensitive

Akemi Fox feat. July 7 - I Want It

Things Get Better feat. Khalif Bryant, Promise, Shel, Tron & Juhhad Leone - Summer Nights (Gedi Edit)

Prolific Official - Sleepless Nights (Gedi Edit)

Black Smoke Band - I'll Keep Searching

Naesia - Backseat

Jaszy Shavers - Oh Yea (feat. Tavaras Jordan)

Jaszy Shavers - All Good (feat. Tavaras Jordan)

Luciid Soul - Crave

Randy Hall - Langley Avenue

Bertie Anderson - Twin Flames

Beyoncé - Break My Soul (The Realm Remix)

Frederick Knight [1975] - I Betcha Didn't Know That [Truth #TRA-3216]

Frederick Knight is celebrating his 77th birthday today. His only UK hit and only Billboard Hot 100 hit was "I've Been Lonely For So Long" in 1972. The song was actually recorded first by Rita & The Soulettes as a reggae version in 1971. Rita was Rita Marley wife of Bob Marley.

A song of his that has always stuck in my mind is one he wrote with Sam Dees (which has got his signature all through it) and recorded in 1975 on Stax subsidiary Truth (which was posted a month or so back recorded by Ben E. King), is "I Betcha Didn't Know That". KC & The Sunshine Band also covered it in 1979 as the flip side to "Please Don't Go" which was a #3 UK pop chart hit. There are a also few other versions.

When Stax folded in 1975 Knight set up his own label Juana writing for and producing The Controllers. The label hit pay dirt with a disco song "Ring My Bell" he wrote for Anita Ward which was a world-wide #1 hit in 1979. Not his finest song, which was originally written for a 12 year old Stacy Lattisaw but she chose to sign for Cotillion so the song was given to Anita Ward.

Another killer song written by Knight & Dees was "Drop My Heart Off At The Door" recorded by Barbara Hall on the flip to her Northern/Modern soul biggie "You Brought It On Yourself" in Jun 1975. It was produced by Chicago soul legends Major Lance and Otis Leavill. Ben E. King recorded it as an album track only ("Supernatural Thing") in US but it gained a UK single release as the flip to "Happiness Is Where You Find It" in 1975. I'm not sure which was first but would guess Ben E. King.