We'll celebrate Joni Mitchell's birthday with Herbie Hancock and Prince, honor recent inductees to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Gil Scott-Heron and Tina Turner, and show some Respect for Aretha Franklin's new biopic.
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 1Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA
UpFront Soul #2021.45 Playlist Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black! Endrecheri "BOTSU" from GO TO FUNK Sly & the Family Stone "Luv N' Haight" from Anthology Aretha Franklin "Respect" Black Sugar "The Dawn of My Madness" from Black Sugar II Richard "Groove" Holmes "Oklahoma Toad" from Welcome Home! Soul Jazz Masters Rasputin's Stash "Boogie" from Hidden Stash on Athens of the North Smokey Robinson & the Miracles "Doggone Right" from The 35th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Ramon Morris "Lord Sideways" from Sweet Sister Funk Joan Armatrading "Let It Last" from To The Limit Cannonball Adderley Quintet "Marcy, Mercy, Mercy" from Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' Eddie Harris "Listen Here" from Artist's Choice: The Eddie Harris Anthology Stevie Wonder "I Believe" from Talking Book Papa Orbe & Los Cientficos Del Sabor "Jutia Con Yuca" Chico O'Farrill y Los All-Stars Cubano "Descarga No.2" from The Real Cuban Music (Remasterizado) Pat Martino "Flor D'luna (Moonflower)" from Viva Carlos! A Supernatural Marathon Celebration Prince "A Case of U" from One Nite Alone... (Solo Piano and Voice by Prince) Herbie Hancock feat. Tina Turner "Edith and the Kingpin" from River: The Joni Letters Joni Mitchell "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" from Mingus Rasheed Ali "Black Pride" from Hindsight is 20/20 1619 Bad Ass Band "Nobody" from 1619 Bad Ass Band Gil Scott-Heron "Black History- The World" from Moving Target Don Sugarcane Harris "A Little Soul Food" from Sugarcane Al Brisco Clark and his Orchestra "Soul Food Parts 1&2" Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night