DJ's Old-Time Granny and Dyn-O-Mite spin old school soul, funk, and disco jams! The show airs on special occasions on WCOM radio, 103.5 FM in Carrboro, NC, and streams online worldwide. www.resoul.org
Produced by Norman Whitfield. Psychedelic Shack was released on December 28, 1969, the title track off the Temptations' LP that would drop three months later, in March 1970. It first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles chart on January 17, 1970, debuting at #44 with a bullet.
Brenda & The Tabulations were a soul group with a retro doo-wop sound formed in 1966 out of Philly. The Touch Of You first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles chart on January 17, 1970, debuting at #94. It eventually went to #50 on the Billboard pop chart and #12 R&B.
Wow, this track has been covered by over 270 artists. Check out those timeless, hard-hitting lyrics: "President he's got his war / Folks don't know just what it's for / Nobody gives us rhyme or reason / Have one doubt they call it treason." The original was recorded by Les McCann and released on his 1966 LP, Les McCann Plays The Hits. Roberta Flack's 1969 version was later featured on the Boogie Nights soundtrack in 1997.
The Les McCann-Eddie Harris version was recorded live at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival and released as a single off their Swiss Movement LP. Compared To What first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles chart on January 17, 1970, debuting at #96. It went gold and eventually reached #35 on the Billboard R&B chart, and was included on the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995).
Save The Country was written by Laura Nyro in response to the assassination of RFK, and was covered by the Fifth Dimension. Thelma Houston's version first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles chart on January 17, 1970, debuting at #97.
Both parts of this James Brown track were released as consecutive singles, and both charted. Let A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn (Pt. 1) went to #2 R&B and #21 Pop. Part Two first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles charts on January 10, 1970, debuting at #74 with a bullet, eventually reaching #6 R&B and #40 Pop.
As explained in the interview which opens the above video, North Carolina born and bred Nina Simone was inspired to write this song by a New York Times article about her deceased friend Lorraine Hansberry's play by the same name. Released in 1969 on Nina's Black Gold LP, To Be Young, Gifted and Black first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles charts on January 10, 1970, debuting at #93. It would eventually go all the way to #8 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart, but peaked at #76 on the Billboard pop chart. White folks weren't very hip to that shit at the time! But they missed out, because this was a true civil rights anthem. Near the end of the video, when the song is over, check out how nuts the crowd at Morehouse College got, there was a lot of love in that room.
R.I.P. Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) and Nina Simone (1933-2003).
Produced and co-written by Thom Bell. One of the Delfonics' biggest hits, it went gold and won a Grammy for them in 1970. Released in December 1969 on Philly Groove Records, Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles chart on January 10, 1970, debuting at #97. It would eventually go all the way to #3 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart, and #10 on the Billboard pop chart.
This was the B-side to a single off their self-titled debut album. Kool's Back Again was the A-side on the flip. The Gang's Back Again first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles charts on January 10, 1970, debuting at #98.
Wow, Tina killed it during this Ed Sullivan show performance on January 11, 1970. Bold Soul Sister had just first hit Cash Box's Top 100 Singles chart the day before, January 10, 1970, debuting at #100.