Episode #170: Cream City

This episode's something of a social experiment in which I've forced a few bonafide '70s success stories (Ohio Players, Kool & the Gang, Donna Summer, Billy Ocean) to sit alongside some of their less heralded colleagues (Amnesty, Melvin Sparks, Christy Essien, Aalon) and asked them to come up with a way forward. Box lunches were provided. They didn't seem to make much of a difference. Funk on.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
The Stovall Sisters	Hang On in There	1971	Reprise
Eugene Blacknell & the New Breed	Get in a Hurry	1973	Seaside
Dave Hamilton	Pisces Pace	1970	TCB
6ix	I'm Just Like You	1970	Stone Flower
Julia Dewitt	If You Want Your Man (You Better Chain Him to Your Side)	1972	Cord
Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers	Got Myself a Good Man	1970	Prestige
Set 2
Amnesty	Mister President	1973	Now-Again
Ohio Players	Runnin' From the Devil	1974	Mercury
Funk Inc.	Smokin' at Tiffany's	1973	Prestige
Kool & the Gang	Fruitman	1974	De-Lite
The Rimshots	Dance Girl	1974	London
Del Davis	Sugarloaf Hill	1972	Trojan (UK)
Set 3
Melvin Sparks	If You Want My Love	1975	Westbound
Frankie Staton & Speckled Rainbow	Bi-Centennial 1976	1976	Speckled Rainbow
Odia Coates	I'll Just Keep On Loving You	1975	United Artists
The Real Thing	You to Me Are Everything	1976	Pye (UK)
Billy Ocean	L.O.D. (Love On Delivery)	1976	GTO (UK)
Fuzzy Haskins	The Fuz and Da Boog	1976	Westbound
Donna Summer	If You Got It Flaunt It	1977	Casablanca
Set 4/Outro
J.A.L.N. Band	Got Things to Do	1978	Magnet
Aalon	Cream City	1977	Arista
Alfie Davison	Love is a Serious Business	1979	Mercury
Tavasco	Love Is Trying to Get a Hold of Me	1976	Rampart
Christy Essien	You Can't Change a Man	1979	Afrodisia
The Emotions	Smile	1978	Columbia
Trammps	I Know That Feeling	1975	Atlantic