Episode #42: Burning Sensations

I was hoping I could say this episode features more songs -- 32 -- than any other Star Time episode ever, but then I had to go and check. It's not even close. That record is still shared by Episodes #12 (New Orleans) and #25 (60's Summer Party!), which had 36 each. Still, I managed to shove 19 songs in the first hour of #42, which may very well be a record, but I'm not checking. I've already wasted this afternoon on spreadsheets enough as it is. Today's show features a conflicted Tina Turner, a mumbling Major Lance, an unemployed Warren Lee, a near-broke Oscar Brown Jr., a well-off Ray Parker Jr., a young, gifted and black Aretha Franklin, and a revisionist-historical Timmie Rogers. And more. A lot more.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Harold Burrage	You K.O.'d Me	1960	Vee Jay
Ike & Tina Turner	Tina's Dilemma	1962	Sue
Warren Lee	Unemployed	1962	Ron
Charlie Rich	Let Me Go My Merry Way	1963	Groove
The Remarkables	Is the Feeling Still There	1965	Audio Arts!
Major Lance	Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um	1963	Okeh
Betty Everett	It Hurts to Be in Love	1964	Vee Jay
The King Pins	I Got the Monkey Off My Back	1964	Federal
Theola Kilgore	The Love of My Man	1963	Serock
Set 2
Willie & the Mighty Magnificents	Check It Baby	1968	All Platinum
P.W. Cannon	Hey Hey	1966	Hickory
Combo Kings	Do the Slow Fizz	1966	Jamie
The Royalettes	It's a Big Mistake	1966	MGM
Robbie Lawson	Burning Sensation	1967	Kyser
Minnie Epperson	Grab Your Clothes (and Get on Out)	1968	Peacock
Roosevelt Grier	Slow Drag	1967	MGM
Robin	Dirty Old Man	1969	Abnak
Dynamic Adam & His Excitements	Be a Man	1968	Anla
The Brothers Three (Isley Brothers)	Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out, Pt. 1	1969	T-Neck
Set 3
Yvonne Daniels	Spread the Word	1971	De-Lite
Branding Iron	Right, Tight and Out of Sight	1970	Volt
Aretha Franklin	Young, Gifted and Black	1972	Atlantic
Oscar Brown, Jr.	A Dime Away From a Hotdog	1972	Atlantic
Timmie Rogers	Super Soul Brother	1971	Cadet
Suzee Ikeda	I Can't Give Back the Love I Feel for You	1972	MoWest
Cymande	Brothers on the Slide	1974	Janus
Set 4/Outro
Sir Wales Wallace	Whatever You Want	1974	Innovation II
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	Hello Sunday! Hello Road!	1977	Arista
Cosmic Sound Orchestra	Listen to the Beat	1978	EMI
Danny Pearson	What's Your Sign	1978	Unlimited Gold
Raydio	Honey I'm Rich	1978	Arista
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan	Pack'd My Bags	1974	ABC