Episode #66: Soul Heaven

I shoot for the celestial every week on Star Time, or at least aim squarely for the nearest off-ramp, so this week's heavenly title is hopefully more redundancy than presumptuousness. Although that redundancy in itself is a bit presumptuous. Let's not get caught up in the dialogue. This week's show includes tracks from 1963 through 1981. My favorite selections include Garnet Mimms' confession, Linda Jones' mesmerization, the Tams' absolution, and Was (Not Was)'s hybridization.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Percy Mayfield	The Hunt Is On	1963	Tangerine
Major Lance	Too Hot to Hold	1965	Okeh
Edwin Starr	Headline News	1966	Ric-Tic
Kim Weston	Helpless	1966	Gordy
The Wallace Brothers	No More	1965	Sims
Billy Stewart	Sitting in the Park	1965	Chess
Barbara Mason	I Need Love	1966	Arctic
Garnet Mimms	It Was Easier To Hurt Her	1965	United Artists
Set 2
Bobby Marchan	Shake Your Tambourine	1966	Cameo
Alvin Cash & the Registers	The Charge	1967	Mar-v-lus
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil With the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly	1966	New Voice
Faye Ross	Faith, Hope & Trust	1967	Round
The Buena Vistas	Hot Shot	1966	Swan
King Curtis	Instant Groove	1969	ATCO
The Meters	The Mob	1969	Josie
The Dixie Drifter	Soul Heaven	1965	Roulette
Linda Jones	Hypnotized	1967	Loma
Set 3
Chairmen of the Board	Give Me Just a Little More Time	1970	Invictus
The Tams	Too Much Foolin' Around	1970	123 Records
Booker T. & the M.G.'s	Chicken Pox	1970	Stax
Brenda & the Tabulations	Right on the Tip of My Tongue	1971	Top and Bottom
LaBelle	Goin' on a Holiday	1973	RCA
James Brown	Reality	1974	Polydor
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	Satisfaction Guaranteed (or Take Your Love Back)	1973	Philadelphia Int'l
Set 4/Outro
The Soul Searchers	Boogie Up the Nation	1975	Polydor
Lenny Williams	Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh	1977	ABC
Gloria Gaynor	Substitute	1978	Polydor
Sheila Hylton	Don't Ask My Neighbours	1979	Harry J
Was (Not Was)	Tell Me That I'm Dreaming	1981	Ze/Island
George Benson	On Broadway (Live)	1978	Warner Bros.