We'll travel to South Africa with Gil Scott-Heron, to Kenya with the Electrostats, and ride on with Bo Diddley. Add a smokin' tune about Muhammad Ali and an extra-funky cover of the Sanford & Son theme, and you've got UpFront Soul this week!
UpFront Soul Playlist #2015.26 Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" Maxine Brown "Love in Them There Hills" from "Out of Sight" Bobby Forrester "Sanford & Son Theme" from "Get Down On It: Funky Soul Music" Gil Scott-Heron "Johannesburg" from "Live!" The Soul Survivors "Do You Feel It" from "Expressway to Your Heart" The Isley Brothers "Conch" from "The Complete UA Sessions" Bo Diddley "Ride On Josephine" from "Bo Diddley- The Chess Box" Erma Franklin "Don't Have the Right to Cry" from "Erma Franklin: Piece of her Heart - The Epic and Shout Years" Broham "Nothing in Common" from "Wheedle's Groove-Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75" Lonnie Smith "Good Morning" from "The Best of the Funky Blues from the Groove Merchant Vault" The Dells "Stay In My Corner" from "There Is" The Electrostats "21st Century Kenya" from "21st Century Kenya" The Phinxs "Street Jam Parts 1&2" from "Street Jam Parts 1&2" Arrested Development "Freedom" from "Strong"
Hour 2 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "You Only Build Me Up to Tear Me Down" from "Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 35th Anniversary Collection disc 3" Mahalia Jackson "There is a Balm in Gilead" from "Mahalia Jackson Sings America's Favorite Hyms" Sam Cooke "Let's Go Steady Again" from "The Man Who Invented Soul Disc 1" Erma Franklin "Abracadabra" from "Erma Franklin: Piece of her Heart - The Epic and Shout Years" Machine "Time is Running Out" from "Get Down On It: Funky Soul Music" Gladys Knight & the Pips "The Nitty Gritty" from "The Nitty Gritty" Cold, Bold, & Together "Somebody's Gonna Burn Ya" from "Wheedle's Groove-Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75" Talmadge Armstrong "Color Me Soul" from "Color Me Soul" Ramon Morris "First Come, First Served" from "Sweet Sister Funk" Matt Covington "Muhammad Ali" from "Get Down On It: Funky Soul Music" Leon Haywood "Soul Cargo" from "Get Down On It: Funky Soul Music" Curtis Mayfield "Future Shock" from "Superfly (and More)" Betty Davis "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up" from "Light In The Attic 10 Year Anniversary" Mister Holmes & The Brotherhood "Thrift Store Find" from "Wheedle's Groove-Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75" Cassandra Wilson "I Want More" from "Glamoured" Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963"