Episode #76: Soul Power

By all rights I should probably be playing James Brown far more than I do, seeing as how his emcee is responsible for the name of my show. To that end, the Summer Special this week focuses on his work, and the work of those who were in his immediate orbit: backup singers, band members, protégés, and a few guys from Cincinnati whose legacy with the Godfather I'm not quite clear on. (HTML note: There's nothing like the kind of long-ass song titles James Brown favored to break up your table rows.)

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Bobby Freeman	(I Do the) Shimmy Shimmy	1960	King
Mickey & Sylvia	Baby You're So Fine	1961	Willow
The Blue Notes	Pucker Your Lips	1961	20th Century
The Mar-Keys	Last Night	1961	Atlantic
Bunker Hill	Hide & Go Seek (Pts. 1 & 2)	1962	Mala
Doris Troy	What'cha Gonna Do About It	1964	Atlantic
Sam Cooke	Ain't That Good News	1964	RCA
Gus Jenkins	Chittlins	1964	Tower
Set 2
Mary Wells	Why Don't You Let Yourself Go?	1965	20th Century Fox
Billy Butler & the Chanters	I Can't Work No Longer	1965	Okeh
The Rivieras	You Counter Feit Girl*	1966	Riley's Recording Co.
Sir Mack Rice	Love Sickness	1967	Stax
Jan Bradley	Nights in New York City	1968	Chess
Pigmeat Markham	Here Comes the Judge	1968	Chess
The Intruders	Give Her a Transplant	1968	Gamble
The Equals	Baby, Come Back	1968	RCA Victor
The Winstons	Amen, Brother	1969	Metromedia
Set 3: World of James Brown
James Brown	And I Do Just What I Want	1965	King
Anna King feat. Bobby Byrd	Baby Baby Baby	1964	Smash
James Crawford	I Don't Care, I Don't Care, I Don't Care	1965	Mercury
Elsie Mae	Do You Really Want to Rescue Me, Pt. 1	1966	King
The Dapps	I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Then I Was Yesterday)	1968	King
Marva Whitney	I'm Tired, I'm Tired, I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late)	1968	King
The Brownettes	Baby Don't You Know	1968	King
Hank Ballard	Come On Wit' It	1968	Polydor
James Brown	I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)	1969	King
Set 4/Outro: World of James Brown
Beau Dollar	I'm Ready I'm Ready	1969	King
Vicki Anderson	I Want to Be In the Land of Milk and Honey	1969	King
James Brown	Soul Power	1971	King
Bobby Byrd	Hang Ups We Don't Need (The Hungry We Got to Feed)	1970	King
Maceo Parker & All the King's Men	Southwick	1970	House of the Fox
Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s	You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks And I'll Be Straight	1973	People
Lyn Collins	To Each His Own	1975	People
James Brown	My Thang	1974	Polydor

*[sic]