Live At Wattstax Music Festival_1973.V.A

Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary Film in 1974. It was also screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.

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The concert was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and organized by Memphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as "the Afro-American answer to Woodstock". To enable as many members of the black community in L.A. to attend as possible, tickets were sold for only $1.00 each. The Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included his "I Am - Somebody" poem, which was recited in a call and response with the assembled stadium crowd. In the film, interspersed between songs are interviews with Richard Pryor, Ted Lange and others who discuss the black experience in America.
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The Staple Singers
Richard Pryor
Rufus Thomas
Kim Weston
Johnnie Taylor
The Bar-Kays
Isaac Hayes
Albert King

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The Bloodstone_ This World Is Funky 1974

Bloodstone is a former R&B, soul, and funk group, most popular in the 1970s and early-1980s. The band charted 13 songs between 1973 and 1984.

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The Rolling Stones_Paint it Black

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early lineup. Stewart, deemed unsuitable as a teen idol, was removed from the official lineup in 1963 but continued as the band's road manager and occasional keyboardist until his death in 1985. After signing to Decca Records in 1963, the spelling of their name changed from "the Rollin' Stones" to "the Rolling Stones."

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"Paint It Black" is a song by The Rolling Stones. The song was released as the first and only single from their fourth album Aftermath (1966).
The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, though Brian Jones contributed to the song's signature riff. Bill Wyman claims in his books that the song was a collective effort of the group, a 'Nanker-Phelge' one, but mistakenly credited to Jagger/Richards at the end.
The single reached number one in both the U.S. and the U.K. charts in 1966. In 2004 it was ranked on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song title is most often given as "Paint It Black" without the comma. This variant has appeared on some reissues and compilations. Richards has stated that the song was not intended to have a comma in its title, and that it was added by the record label.

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Chaka Khan_Destiny_1986

1 Love Of A Lifetime
2 Earth To Mickey
3 Watching The World
4 The Other Side Of The World
5 My Destiny
6 I Can't Be Love
7 It's You
8 So Close
9 Tight Fit
10 Who's It Gonna Be
11 Coltrane Dreams

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The Temptations Video_Papa Was a Rollin' Stone_1972

The Temptations are an American vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a soul song, written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971. This version of "Papa" was released as a single in early 1972, and peaked at number sixty-three on the pop charts and number twenty-four on the R&B charts.

Later in 1972, Whitfield, who also produced the song, took "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and remade it as a twelve-minute record for The Temptations, which was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and won three Grammy Awards in 1973. While the original Undisputed Truth version of the song has been largely forgotten, The Temptations' version of the song has been an enduring and influential soul classic. It was ranked #168 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the group's three songs on the list. In retrospect, The Temptations' Otis Williams considers "Papa" to be the last real classic the group recorded.
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M.F.S.B_Universal Love_1975

MFSB (short for "Mother Father Sister Brother") was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble & Huff and arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes, O’Jays, Stylistics, Spinners, Wilson Picket, and Billy Paul.
In 1974, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label. "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" was their first and most successful single; released March 1974, it peaked at number one on the Billboard magazine pop and R&B charts. "TSOP" was influential in establishing the disco sound.

1 Sexy
2 MFSB
3 Human Machine
4 Love Has No Time Or Place
5 T.L.C. (Tender Lovin' Care)
6 Let's Go Disco
7 K-Jee
8 My Mood
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The O'Jays_Let me Touch You_1987

The O'Jays are a Canton, Ohio-based soul/R&B group, originally consisting of Walter Williams (b. August 25, 1942), Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, William Powell (January 20, 1942–May 26, 1977) and Eddie Levert (b. June 16, 1942). The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

1 Don't Take Your Love Away
2 Lovin' You
3 True Love Never Dies
4 Still Missing
5 I Just Want Somebody To Love Me
6 Let Me Touch You
7 Undercover Lover
8 No Lies To Cloud My Eyes
9 Don't Let The Dream Get Away
10 Cause I Want You Back Again

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Billy Cobham_Warning_1985

William C. Cobham (born May 16, 1944 in Panama), is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader.Coming to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with Mahavishnu Orchestra, Cobham is, in the words of Steve Huey, "generally acclaimed as fusion's greatest drummer and one of the best drummers in the world" with an influential style that combines explosive power and exacting precision.

1 Mozaik
2 Red & Yellow Cabriolet
3 Slow Body Poppin'
4 Unknown Jeromes
5 The Dancer
6 Stratus
7 Come Join Me
8 Go For It!

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Walter Jackson _ I Want To Come Back As A Song _1977

Walter Jackson was '60s Chicago soul at its sweetest and, occasionally, most mainstream. In the mid-'60s, he had a brace of solid R&B hits

1 Baby, I Love Your Way
2 If You Walked Away
3 What Would You Do
4 Everything Must Change
5 I Want to Come Back as a Song
6(Gotta Find Me An) Angel
7 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
8 It's All Over

9 Stay Awhile With Me
10 I've Never Been to Me

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Stars on 45 Medley_V.A._1981

Stars on 45 was a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the UK, throughout Europe, and in the U.S. in the early 1980s. The group later shortened its name to Stars On in the U.S., while in the U.K., Ireland, and Australia they were known as Starsound. The band, which consisted solely of studio session musicians under the direction of Jaap Eggermont, formerly of Golden Earring, popularized the medley, by recreating hit songs as faithfully as possible and stringing them together, with a common tempo and relentless underlying drum track. The point was to provide a danceable disco record which used familiar tunes.

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Earl Van Dyke _The Earl Of Funk_1970

Earl Van Dyke (July 8, 1930, Detroit, Michigan – September 18, 1992) was
an African American musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for
Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and
early 1970s. Van Dyke was preceded as keyboardist and bandleader of the
Funk Brothers by Joe Hunter.

1 Someday We'll Be Together
2 Rainy Night in Georgia
3 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
4 Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
5 Wichita Lineman
6 Flick
7 Cissy Strut
8 Stand by Me
9 My Cherie Amour
10 Fuschia Moods
11 Stingray
12 Whip a Rang

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George Duke_Night After Night_1989

George Duke (born 12 January 1946 in San Rafael, California) is a piano and synthesizer pioneer and singer. He made a name for himself with the album The Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for his solo work as well as for his collaborations with other musicians, particularly Frank Zappa.

1 Miss Wiggle
2 Children of the Night
3 Love Ballad
4 Guilty
5 Same Ole Love
6 Say Hello
7 You Are the Only One in My Life
8 Brazilian Coffee
9 This Lovin'
10 Mystery Eyes

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Daryl Hall and John Oates_Live At Apollo Theatre_1985

Hall & Oates are a pop music duo comprising Daryl Hall and John Oates. The act achieved its greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."
Live at the Apollo is an album released in 1985, recorded live at the Apollo Theater in New York. It is subtitled "With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick", of The Temptations-fame. The album is a mixture of their classics and some then-current songs by Hall & Oates. Daryl Hall, John Oates, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin appeared together at Live Aid a few months before this album was released.

1 Apollo Medley: Get Ready/Ain't Too Proud To Beg/The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl
2 When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
3 Everytime You Go Away
4 I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
6 Possession Obsession
7 Adult Education

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Dee Dee jackson_ Thunderdome

Dee D. Jackson (born Deirdre Elaine Cozier, 15 July 1954, Oxford, England) is a musician and singer. In the 1970s, she worked as a film producer in Munich, Germany, before moving into music, working with Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey.

1 Thunderdome (Messiah samples DDJ)
2 Cosmic Curves
3 Moonlight Starlight
4 Venus The Godess Of Love
5 Fireball (Extended Version)
6 S.O.S. (Love To The Rescue)
7 Galaxy Of Love
8 My Sweet Carillon (Extended Version)
9 Stop all this madness
10 Galaxy Police
11 Teach you how to dance
12 Meteor Man
13 Trail blazer
14 Automatic Lover (Extended Remix)
15 Living In A Dream
16 Falling into space
17 Which Way Is Up

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Commodores_Movin' On_1975

Movin' On is a Commodores album issued on Motown Records in 1975.
The only single released, "Sweet Love", reached #5 in the Billboard charts in 1976.

1 Hold On
2 Free
3 Mary, Mary
4 Sweet Love
5 (Can I) Get A Witness
6 Gimme My Mule

7 Time
8 Cebu

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Eddie Kendricks_Eddie Kendricks_1973

Eddie Kendricks (born Edward James Kendrick; December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992) was an American tenor singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things You Do", "Get Ready", and "Just My Imagination". As a solo artist, Kendricks recorded several hits of his own during the 1970s, including the number-one single "Keep On Truckin'".

1 Only Room For Two
2 Darling Come Back Home
3 Each Day, I Cry A Little
4 Can't Help What I Am
5 Keep On Truckin'
6 Any Day Now
7 Not On The Outside
8 Where Do You Go (Baby)

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Eumir Deodato _Attention_1975

Genre Bossanova
Eumir Deodato (full name Eumir Deodato de Almeida, 22 June 1943, Rio de Janeiro) is a Grammy Award winning Brazilian musician, record producer and arranger, primarily based in the jazz realm but who historically has been known for eclectic melding of big band and combo jazz with varied elements of rock/pop, R&B/funk, Brazilian/Latin, and symphonic or orchestral music. Mainly, his records can be categorized as pop/jazz or crossover jazz. His successes as an original artist (keyboards) occurred mainly in the 1970s. Since then, he has produced or arranged music in more than 500 albums for acts ranging from Kool and the Gang to Björk, Christophe and k.d. lang.

1 Insensatez
2 The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema)
3 Inútil Paisagem
4 One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota Só)
5 Meditation (Meditação)
6 Samba De Avião
7 O Amor Em Paz
8 Corcovado
9 Só Tinha De Ser Com Você
10 O Morro Não Tem Vez
11 Vivo Sonhando
12 She's A Carioca (Ela E Carioca)

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Smokey Robinson_Warm Throughs_1980

Warm Thoughts is a 1980 album by Smokey Robinson. It features the top 40 hit, "Let Me Be the Clock".

1 Let Me Be The Clock
2 Heavy On Pride (Light On Love)
3 Into Each Rain Some Life Must Fall
4 Wine, Women And Song
5 Melody Man
6 What's In Your Life For Me
7 I Want To Be Your Love
8 Travelin' Through

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