Episode #23: Sweet Like Sugar Cane

A show with a defiantly split personality. I got all these songs from the mid-'60s to mid-'70s and slung each one into a trough. The first hour includes songs loosely described as "Northern soul," which for what I can perceive is just another name for melody-oriented pop crossover soul that some British kids came up with (and are curiously passionate about). The second hour is "psychedelic soul," an even more uncertain term, but for our purposes includes a cover of one of Paul McCartney's more whacked-out songs and a tune by Chubby Checker about getting stoned in a bathroom. I wasn't shooting for odd, but sometimes the odd shoots you. This being Star Time #23, it was only right to include "Strawberry Letter 23" on it. My numerology counselor will be tickled to death.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Richard Caiton	Listen to the Drums	1964	GNP Crescendo
Christine Cooper	S.O.S. (Heart in Distress)	1965	Parkway
The Shalimars	Stop and Take a Look at Yourself	1966	Verve
The Servicemen	I Need a Helping Hand	unknown	Patheway
Bobby Eaton	We Gonna Do Our Thing	1969	Galaxy
Pat Brown	The Good Got to Suffer for the Bad	1967	Seven B
Chuck Wood	Seven Days Too Long	1967	Big T
August & Deneen	We Go Together	1977	ABC
The Yum Yums	Gonna Be a Big Thing	1965	ABC
Set 2
Terrible Tom	We Were Made for Each Other	1968	Maverick
Sandy Wynns	The Touch of Venus	1964	Champion
Porgy & the Monarchs	My Heart Cries for You	1966	Musicor
Ernie Lucas	What We Pay For Love	1969	Okeh
Brothers of Soul	I Guess That Don't Make Me a Loser	1968	Boo
Joe Bataan	Ordinary Guy	1967	Fania
Celest Hardie	You're Gone	1972	Reynolds
The Masqueraders	(Call Me) The Traveling Man	1975	HBS/ABC
Set 3
Rotary Connection	Paper Castle	1968	Cadet Concept
The Majestic Arrows	Going to Make a Time Machine	1973	Bandit
Exuma	Monkberry Moon Delight	1972	Kama Sutra
Chubby Checker	Stoned In the Bathroom	1971	51 West
Barrabás	Never in This World	1972	RCA Victor
Essra Mohawk	You Make Me Come to Pieces	1974	Asylum
Black Heat	Street of Tears	1972	Atlantic
Set 4/Outro
Funkadelic	Funky Dollar Bill	1970	Westbound
King Hannibal	The Truth Shall Make You Free	1973	Aware
Del Jones' Positive Vibes	Inside Black America	1973	Hikeka
Cafe Con Leche	Land of Light	1973	RCA Victor (Spain)
Shuggie Otis	Strawberry Letter 23	1971	Epic
Big Black	Love, Sweet Like Sugar Cane	1968	UNI