Al Green - Here I Am
Angie Stone - U-Haul
The O'Jays - Backstabbers
Ike & Tina Turner - I Can't Believe What You Say
Marvin Gaye - Baby Don't You Do It
Irma Thomas - Hittin' on Nothin'
Benny Sings - We'll Make Lovesongs
Todd Rundgren - Mighty Love
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
Little Milton - That's What Love'll Make You Do
Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is
Aretha Franklin - You Send Me
The Righteous Brothers - You're My Soul and Inspiration
Sugar Simone - I Want To Know
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic
Xscape - In The Rain
Deetah - Relax
Chocolate Genius - Love
Prince - Pop Life
Huck Daniels - Foolish Man
The Meters - Cabbage Alley
William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
When sammyg123 and avocado rabbit made their first mix together, the finished product was woefully lacking in the affirmative action, equal opportunity department. It was too damn white, we said. So the two intrepid mixers agreed to do a follow-up mix with songs that would probably be classified as rhythm and blues, a category near and dear to my heart.
Of course, just because a song has soul doesn’t mean it has to be sung by black singers just as the President of the United States doesn’t necessarily have to be a white person, so I slipped in tunes by Todd Rundgren (a cover) and The Righteous Brothers.
Anybody can have a little soul and here’s a mix that brings it out. It also comes with a quiz as usual. One of the songs on the mix was sampled for the Dilated Peoples track “Worst Comes To Worst.” Which one?
