This Friday’s Deeper Roots takes another dip into the brass and sass of soul and funk sounds from Duke, Kent, Motown, and beyond. We’re taking a bright and soulful circuitous route from Detroit to Memphis, Chicago, Philly, and the Chitlin’ Circuit. A little bit of rare soul beach music thrown in with some northern soul. We’ll hear from Mitty Collier, Donnie Elbert, Eddie Floyd, Willie Tee and an incredible roster of the known and not-so known from the past century. We’ll also pay tribute to Betty Davis, a soul and funk pioneer songstress who we lost this past week. Dial us up every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Jimmy Hughes | You Can't Believe Everything | The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 |  |
| 2 | Johnny & Jackey | Someday We'll Be Together | Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) | |
| 3 | Quinn Golden | Party On the Weekend | On the Chitlin Circuit | |
| 4 | Pat & the Blenders | Hard Workin' Man | Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records | |
| 5 | Rufus Thomas | All Night Worker | All Night Worker: Rare Soul Sides | |
| 6 | Jerry Butler | I'm A Telling You | Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1) | |
| 7 | Eddie Floyd | I Need You Woman | Rare Stamps | |
| 8 | Donnie Elbert | Everything To Me | Chess Uptown Soul | |
| 9 | Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band | Love Land | Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3 | |
| 10 | James Carr | These Ain't Raindrops | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 5 | |
| 11 | Carla Thomas | Stop! Look What You're Doing | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 | |
| 12 | Matilda Jones | Wrong Too Long | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 | |
| 13 | Jean Wells | After Loving You | Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition | |
| 14 | Eula Cooper | Shake Daddy Shake | Let Our Love Grow Higher | |
| 15 | Mitty Collier | Don't Let Her Take My Baby | Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) | |
| 16 | Madeline Bell | One Step At A Time | Bell's A Poppin' | |
| 17 | James Ray | I've Got My Mind Set On You (Part 1 & 2) | The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! | |
| 18 | The Fantastic Epics | We Do It All Up Here | Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4] | |
| 19 | Reggie Smith | Soul Walkin' | Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4] | |
| 20 | Carl Hall | Mean It Baby | You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972 | |
| 21 | Betty Davis | Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him | Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 | |
| 22 | L. C. Cooke | Let's Do It Over | Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios | |
| 23 | The Artistics | You Left Me | Brunswick Lost Soul – Volume 1 | |
| 24 | Bobby Womack | What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone) | On The Soul Side | |
| 25 | Willie Tee | Walking Up A One Way Street | Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3 | |
| 26 | James Brown | Lost Someone | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 | |
| 27 | Etta James | Only Time Will Tell | Enduring Soul | |
| 28 | Sugar Pie DeSanto | A Little Taste of Soul | A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962) | |
| 29 | Roscoe & Barbara | It Ain't Right | Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides | |
| 30 | Howard Tate | Sweet Love Child | Get It While You Can: The Comp | |
| 31 | Roddie Joy | Come Back Baby | Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 | |
| 32 | Ollie & The Nightingales | You're Leaving Me | Stax Southern Soul | |
| 33 | Chuck Jackson | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008] | |
| 34 | Ralph Soul Jackson | You Left the Water Running | Hall of Fame – Volume 3 | |
| 35 | William Bell | I Forgot To Be Your Lover | The Very Best Of William Bell | |
Music comes in all shapes and sizes. There are always the also-rans, the one hit wonders, the bright little shiny piece that gets lost among the thousands of others of the same mint, the ones that couldn’t afford to compete, as well as all the B-sides and album leftovers. We’re picking a few of those and a couple dozen others that we found as we ‘walked the beach’ in search of the perfect playlist to share this morning. Tune in for a sweet mix of just about everything featuring David Seville, Scatman Crothers, Lou Monte, Neil Young, Esquivel, and Johnny Cash as we lay out a brimming sea of sound like so much flotsam and jetsam on the Sonoma County airwaves this morning. Tune in for an earful and more.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Trini Lopez | The Search Goes On | Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug | |
| 2 | Raphael Saadiq | Stone Rollin' | Stone Rollin' – Single | |
| 3 | Esquivel! | Mucha Muchacha | Watchamacallit | |
| 4 | David Seville | Almost Good | Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug | |
| 5 | Betty Wright | Clean Up Woman | The Best of Betty Wright | |
| 6 | Cliff Edwards | A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody | Ukulele Ike | |
| 7 | Dolly Parton | Joshua | Ultimate Dolly Parton | |
| 8 | Skeeter Davis | I Can't Stay Mad At You | The Essential Skeeter Davis | |
| 9 | The Everly Brothers | Wake Up Little Susie | The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 | |
| 10 | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks | Wonderin' | Everybody's Rockin' | |
| 11 | The Du Droppers | I Wanna Know | We Loved You Madly, Chapter 78: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young | |
| 12 | Mavis Staples | Down In Mississippi (Cd) | We'll Never Turn Back | |
| 13 | Johnny Cash | Personal Jesus | American IV: Man Comes Around | |
| 14 | Greg Brown | Boomtown | Poet Game | |
| 15 | Florence + The Machine | Dog Days Are Over | Lungs | |
| 16 | Leon Redbone | All I Do Is Dream of You | Any Time | |
| 17 | Steve Forbert | Any Old Time | Any Old Time | |
| 18 | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Romeo's Tune | An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert | |
| 19 | Scatman Crothers | Hot Rod Harry | So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 | |
| 20 | Lou Monte | The Italian Cowboy Song | Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings | |
| 21 | Danny Kaye | Beatin', Bangin' 'N' Scratchin' | Danny Kaye The Best of | |
| 22 | Bobby Troup | Seventh Son | Make Mine Mondo | |
| 23 | Natalie Cole | Route 66 | Unforgettable: With Love | |
| 24 | Nat King Cole | Sweet Lorraine | Nat King Cole [Disc 1] | |
| 25 | Hem | Radiation Vibe | No Word From Tom | |
| 26 | Frank Black | Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day | Honeycomb | |
| 27 | Fats Domino | Make Me Belong To You | Fats Is Back | |
| 28 | Roy Brown | I'm Convicted of Love | The Complete Imperial Recordings | |
| 29 | June Christy | This Year's Crop Of Kisses | Jazz Greats | |
| 30 | Eels | Love Of The Loveless | Shootenanny! | |
| 31 | Bruce Springsteen | I'm Goin' Down | Born in the U.S.A. | |
| 32 | Cab Calloway | Minnie The Moocher | Best Of The Big Bands | |
The decade of the fifties found the sounds of rhythm and blues being best represented on the Atlantic Records label. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, the catalog of artists and the quality of production were unparalleled for their time. And while Ertegun’s biography is subtitled “The House That Ertegun Built”, the performers were also undisputed heavyweights: Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and Lavern Baker to name a few. Things, however, exploded when a lady dubbed “Miss Rhythm” arrived with “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” leading to another moniker: “The House That Ruth Built”. This week’s show will feature some of the great tracks from Ruth Brown and the many contemporaries who made the label synonymous with R&B well into the seventies and beyond. Tune in for a special treat. Rock, rhythm, and dynamite doo wop from the Atlantic vaults on a Friday morning.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | The Clovers | One Mint Julep | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy | |
| 2 | The Cardinals | Wheel Of Fortune | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] | |
| 3 | Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters | Money Honey | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 4 | Carmen Taylor & The Boleros | Ooh I | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy | |
| 5 | Sheiks | Walk That Walk | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy | |
| 6 | The Chords | Sh-Boom | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy | |
| 7 | The Playboys | Good Golly Miss Molly | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy | |
| 8 | The Regals | Got The Water Boiling | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy | |
| 9 | The Clovers | Devil Or Angel | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy | |
| 10 | Ruth Brown | Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster) | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 11 | Ruth Brown | Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster) | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 12 | Ruth Brown | Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster) | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 13 | The Cookies | In Paradise | Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958 | |
| 14 | Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters | Treasure of Love | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 15 | The Drifters | Long Lonely Nights | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 16 | The Drifters | Long Lonely Nights | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 17 | Big Joe Turner | Shake, Rattle & Roll | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 18 | Big Joe Turner | Boogie Woogie Country Girl | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 19 | Ray Charles | Hallelujah I Love Her So | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 20 | Ray Charles | Mess Around | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 21 | Ray Charles | This Little Girl of Mine | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 22 | LaVern Baker | Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster] | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 23 | LaVern Baker | Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster) | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 24 | LaVern Baker | Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster) | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 25 | Ivory Joe Hunter | Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version) | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 26 | Ivory Joe Hunter | It's a Doggone Crying Shame | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
| 27 | The Bobbettes | Mr. Lee | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 28 | The Ospreys | It's Good To Me (You Don't Know And I DOn't Know) | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 29 | The Drifters | Drip Drop | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 30 | The Coasters | Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival | |
| 31 | The Coasters | Dance! | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival | |
| 32 | Del-Larks | Remember The Night | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival | |
| 33 | The Sh-Booms (The Chords) | Blue Moon | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival | |
| 34 | Top Note | Hearts Of Stone | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival | |
| 35 | Billy Storm | When You Dance | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival | |
| 36 | Stick McGhee & His Buddies | Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] | |
| 37 | Big Joe Turner | Midnight Special Train | Atlantic Rock & Roll | |
A Century of America's Music
