Episode #115: The Matador

Another cape-swishing lineup of carefully selected R&B classics from 1962 to 1972 this week. We've got thorns, pillowcide, dogs, fish, Sookie sookie, sticky sticky, Twitchee Fee, driveways, fires, doctors, ancestors, smokers, cotton, minds, heads, and Dionne Warwick. Star Time: Striving for graspable narratives since 2016.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
The Chiffons	Doctor of Hearts	1962	Reprise
The Metallics	Get Lost	1962	Baronet
Ray & Lamar	Johnny is a Thorn	1962	Capa
The Duvals	Cotton	1963	Boss
Johnny Meyers	Pillow Killer	1963	Instant
The Essex feat. Anita Humes	She's Got Everything	1963	Roulette
Mojo & his Rhythum Quartette	Knockin' on My Door	1964	Folk Art
The Red Ryders	Do the Dog	1964	Mercury
Major Lance	The Matador	1964	Okeh
Set 2
Ernestine Eady	The Change	1965	Junior
Dorothy Moore with the Dollets	Believe It or Not	1965	ABC
Clara Wood	You're After My Guy	1965	Imperial
George Freeman	I'm Like a Fish	1966	Shout
Roy Thompson	Sookie Sookie	1966	Okeh
Bobby Harris	Sticky, Sticky	1966	Shout
Lee Dorsey & Betty Harris	Love Lots of Lovin'	1967	Sansu
Gail Anderson	Be Proud (You're in Love)	1967	Salvador
Next Exit	Soulful-Child	1967	Ex-It
Set 3
The Soul Machine	Twitchie Fee	1968	Pzazz
Lou Rawls	My Ancestors	1968	Capitol
Willie & the Mighty Magnificents	Take My Love	1968	All Platinum
Toni Williams	Tearing Down My Mind	1969	DeLuxe
100 Proof Aged in Soul	Driveway	1969	Hot Wax
Joyce Jones	Help Me Make Up My Mind	1969	ATCO
The New Perspective	Stone Outta My Head	1970	Maxwell
Oscar Weathers	You Wants to Play	1970	Top and Bottom
Set 4/Outro
Art & Honey	Let's Make Love Now	1970	Motown
Frankie Beverly's Raw Soul	People in the Know	1971	Gregar
A.J. Rowe	Smoke My Pipe (The Sign Ain't Right)	1971	Cave
Eddie Kendricks	Something's Burning	1971	Tamla
Jimmie 'Bo' Horne	If You Want My Love	1972	Alston
Tami Lynn	One Night of Sin	1972	Cotillion
Dionne Warwick	Hasbrook Heights	1972	Warner Bros.