Well celebrate Groundhog Day (halfway from winter to spring!) with tunes from the band Groundhog, Joe Groundhog Richardson, and The Party Brothers. Well hear anthems from Joan Armatrading, Nona Hendryx, and Cheryl Lynn, and well visit Big Mon Santas Reggae Nook, where well spin Toots and the Maytals to help you cope with lifes pressures.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2020.05
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1 Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
Richard "Groove" Holmes "Flyjack" from Night Glider
Lonnie Smith "Move Your Hand" from Move Your Hand
Herbie Hancock "A Case of You" from River: the Joni Letters
Billy Preston "Soul Meeting" from Don't Let Me Catch You Crying
Prince & the Revolution "Let's Go Crazy" from Purple Rain
Afro Kelenkye Band "Jungle Funk"
The Headhunters "Daffy's Dance" from Survival Of The Fittest
Black Sugar "Funky Man" from Black Sugar
Navasha Daya "Don't U Know (Band Remix)" on Daya World
Grant Green "Sunday Morning (Sunday Morning)" from Jazz Classics, the Best of Grant Green
Nina Simone "Do What You Gotta Do" from Nuff Said
The Joy Harmonizers "He's a Mighty Rock" from Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol 2
Ernie K Doe "So Good" from Here Come the Girls
Sam Cooke "Little Things You Do" from The Man Who Invented Soul
Roberta Flack "Go Up Moses" from Quiet Fire
Butcher Brown "Jheri Curl Juice" from Grown Folk
Bobby Hutcherson "Hangin' Out (With You)"
Bob Marley & the Wailers "Simmer Down" from Trenchtown Days: The Birth Of A Legend
Lloyd Delpratt "Together" from Jamaica To Toronto: Soul Funk & Reggae 1967-1974
Toots & the Maytals "Pressure Drop" from Pressure Drop - The Best Of Toots And The Maytals
Cheryl Lynn "Got To Be Real" from The Best Of Cheryl Lynn: Got To Be Real
Nona Hendryx "Winning" from Nona Hendryx
Joan Armatrading "Me Myself I" from Me Myself I
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "Better Things" from Better Things
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie "Stop" from Soul Drums
Li'l Jackie "That's Life" from Queen of Prospect Park
Joe "Groundhog" Richardson "Take It Off" from Soul-Funk-Popcorn
Party Brothers "Ground Hog" on Revue Records
Groundhog "Bumpin' and Stompin'"
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M