Episode #247: Thread the Needle

This is "the birthday episode," the first-ever episode of Star Time to have its first airing on my birthday of March 7. You'd be right to expect a few self-effacing cracks about senior menus and bunions. Music-wise, it's full of gems from the Star Time sweet-spot era, generally defined as 1966 to 1973, though this week's show stops at '72.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Jerry Cook	Funky Wagon	unknown	Troyx
Micki Lynn	Sure Is Something	1968	Revue
Lovemasters	Pushin' and Pullin'	1968	Jacklyn
Mike & the Censations	Split Personality	1969	Revue
Carlton Moore	Soul Jamaica	1970	Moodisc
Latimore Brown	Yak-A-Poo	1969	Renegade
The Swordsmen	Sho-Be-Do-Di-Da	1971	RCA Victor
Timmy Willis	Easy As Saying 1-2-3	1970	Jubilee
Set 2
Jean Knight	Your Six-Bit Change	1971	Stax
Brenda & The Tabulations	Just Once in a Lifetime	1967	Dionn
Miriam Makeba	Click Song Number 1	1967	Reprise
The Bar-Kays	Jiving Round	1969	Volt
Major Lance	Ain't No Sweat	1972	Volt
Suspicious Can Openers	Fever in Your Hot Pants	1971	Mo-Soul
Tommy Tate	School of Life	1972	Koko
Keni Lewis	She`s Not the Marrying Kind	1969	unknown
Evon Jones	This Fool Is Together	1972	Daniels
Set 3
Clarence Carter	Thread the Needle	1967	Fame
Freddie Hughes	We Gotta Keep On	1968	Wand
The Sweet Inspirations	Don't Fight It	1968	Atlantic
The Players	Why Did I Lie	1967	Minit
Hayes Cotton	I'll Be Waiting	1966	Resist
Al Wilson	Lodi	1969	Liberty
Earth, Wind & Fire	Time Is On Your Side	1972	Columbia
Lightmen Plus One	Cold Bair	1972	Now-Again (reissue)
Set 4/Outro
Tony Clarke	Landslide	1966	Chess
Don & Debbie	I Can Be Happy	1970	Amos
Johnny Thunder	Groovy Two Shoes	1968	Diamond
The Crystals	Heartbreaker	1971	A&M
Marion Black	Who Knows	1970	Capsoul
Don Covay	Please Do Something	1966	Atlantic
The Four Exceptions	You Got The Power	1966	Parkway
Les McCann & Eddie Harris	Carry On Brother	1971	Atlantic