Episode #121: Private Number

This week's Summer Special allows me to indulge in one of my more secret gratifications: old-school reggae and rocksteady covers of hits from other genres -- specifically, appropriately for our purposes, R&B classics from the '60s and '70s. Try to imagine the second hour of today's show pouring out of a 35-foot-high sound system as the island swelters around you. But don't try and stick me for the smoke damage. The first hour is our usual sack full of spun gold.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Rocky Roberts & the Airedales	Buzz Buzz Buzz	1967	Brunswick
Freddy Robinson	The Creeper	1966	Checker
Barbara Lynn	You Left the Water Running	1966	Tribe
Sly	Buttermilk (Pt. 1)	1965	Autumn
Frank Lavette & the Lavells	Gonna Tip Up on You	1968	Kaycee-Soul
Betty Moorer	Speed Up	1967	Wand
D. D. James	Rome Wasn't Built in a Day	1968	Soultrack
Dee Clark	T.C.B.	1965	Constellation
Patti Drew	I Can't Shake It Loose	1967	Capitol
Set 2
Sam Moultrie	Funky Jerk	1969	Roulette
The Chili Peppers	Chicken Scratch	1969	GWP
Sue Fulton	Got to Be Ready for Success	1969	Success Express
Wanda Davis	Save Me	1970	Project Soul
Baby Huey & the Baby Sitters	Running	1971	Curtom
The Sylvers	Fool's Paradise	1972	Pride
Hearts of Stone	If I Could Give You the World	1970	V.I.P.
Brooks O'Dell	Predicament #2	1971	Mankind
Kimberley Briggs	Give a Man an Inch	1971	Kimbrig
Set 3
Derrick Harriott	Reach Out, I'll Be There	1967	Crystal
Norma Frazer	Respect	1968	Coxsone
Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths	Private Number	1970	Harry J
Bruce Ruffin	O-o-h Child	1970	Summit
Chosen Few	Theme from Shaft	1971	Crystal
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	1972	Studio One
Al Brown	Here I Am (Come and Take Me)	1973	Tit for Tat
Set 4/Outro
Joy White	My Guy	1975	Jama (UK)
Horace Andy	Ain't No Sunshine	1973	Earthquake
Pat Rhoden	Boogie On Reggae Woman	1975	Horse
Jacob Miller	Why Can't We Be Friends	1975	E-E Saw
Zap Pow	If You Don't Know Me By Now	1976	Trojan (UK)
Hortense Ellis	People Make the World Go Round	1990	Studio One
Bitty McLean	Walk Away From Love	2004	Brilliant