Sister funk from 1972 by Joyce Williams with "The First Thing I Do In The Morning" is the latest Numero Group reissue. It was released twice, on Act IV and
also on Richard Pegue's Nickel and featured on their "Eccentric Soul: The
Nickel & Penny Labels" compilation in 2011. The flip side is "Smilin'"
written by Sylvester Stewart aka Sly Stone.
There's not any information available for the artist but her first
single was "The Wrangler Shake" a promo for Wrangler jeans in 1964 written by Bob Elgin and Norman Meade (aka Jerry Ragovoy). It may appeal to
the Northern Soul scene if they are not already on it.
Another campaign song, "The Wrangler Stretch", was also recorded by The Pirouettes who in reality were session
singers Cissy Houston, Dee Dee Warwick, Estelle Brown and Judy Street
(not the one of "What" fame) who would later form The Sweet
Inspirations who were in demand session singers particularly for Elvis
and Aretha Franklin.
She released just one more single "I Don't Want Your Love" in a similar vein on an unnamed label which looks like the Sunrise
label out of Chicago which is undated but probably early 70s.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.2 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Funk |
| Format: | Single / Reissue |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Numero Group |
| Cat No: | NUM 4549 |
| Date: | 01/06/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | 6A/92 |
| Price: | £1 |
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As always, a little history of Soul is interesting for my personal knowledge. A discovery for me.
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Yves