The first time was so good, it was impossible to let these go, especially with the requests from the last one. Presenting:

Old
School Wednesday: Philly Soul, Volume II.

01 – The Intruders – Cowboys to Girls.
My moms used to play this cut endlessly.  And sing it. All the time.
Hats off to London Lee for bringing it back. 
02 – The Stylistics – You Are
Everything.
I honestly can’t get enough of the Stylistics, so I made sure to
restrain
myself.  In my opinion, everything they touched turned to
gold. 

03 – Billy Paul – Let’s Make a Baby. GrantLove
had it on his mind, so why not pull it out?
04 – The Spinners – It’s a
Shame. 
Co-written by Stevie Wonder (who was 20 at the time) and
Lee Garrett,
this song is also a classic. This helped put The Spinners on the
map.
05 – Jean Carne – I’m Back For
More.  Back in 1980, this duet with Al Johnson
was released. Nods to
GrantLove on this
one also.

06 – The O’Jays – Used To Be My
Girl. 
O’Jays biggest selling single.
07 – The Jones Girls – Children of the Night. 
Originally performed by The Stylistics, this socially conscious track always
gets repeated in my car when played.   A classic Thom
Bell /Linda
Creed track. 
08 – Jean Carne – Don’t Let It Go
to Your
Head. In my opinion, her greatest track- and most
underappreciated.. 

09 – Harold Melvin & The
Blue Notes – The
Love I Lost.  Considered one of the first disco
singles.
10 – Instant Funk – I Got My Mind
Made
Up. Speaking of disco, this song was mixed by the one and
only Larry
Levan.  This hit number one on the R&B chart and top
20 pop.
11 – The O’Jays – Love
Train. Platinum
single from The O’Jays.
12 – Instant Funk – Crying.
Also released
by Instant Funk. Yet another underappreciated track from
1979.
13 – Phyllis Hyman – You Know How
To Love
Me. I don’t think I can say enough about it, so I’m
calling on the people
leaving comments to speak about this track instead. 
Timeless.
14 – MFSB – Love Is the
Message. This
track, over 10 minutes long, was often the track that you heard at a
club before
they took your drinks out of you, started bringing up the lights, and
opening
the doors up, while personnel were getting ready to start pushing you
out of the
door when the song ended.  Classic.

Vibe it through.

Philly’s in the house, thanks to my friend Mike P and Bernie.
There were so many songs to consider, and so much reminiscing, that I finally
had to stop myself and start presenting this in volumes. This is only a glimpse
into the vibe. Right now, we present:

Old
School Wednesday: Philly Soul, Volume 1.


01 – MFSB & The Three Degrees – T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia).

02 – The Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again?
03 – The Stylistics – People Make the World Go Round (Full Version).

04 – The Spinners – Could It Be I’m Falling In Love?
05 – Billy Paul – Me and Mrs. Jones.
06 – The Intruders – I Wanna Know Your Name.
07 – Blue Magic – Sideshow.
08 – The Spinners – Games People Play.
09 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes & Sharon Paige – Hope That We Can
Be Together Soon.
10 – Billy Paul – Brown Baby.
11 – People’s Choice – Do It Any Way You Wanna.
12 – The O’Jays – I Love Music (Extended).
13 – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Bad Luck (Extended).
14 – The O’Jays – For the Love of Money (Extended).

Most of these songs bring up some serious childhood memories for me,
I don’t even know where to begin, seriously. More information is forthcoming.
For now, just enjoy the vibe…..

I had a full weekend, and that’s why I’ve been incognito. I’ve been enjoying my
vacation instead of dropping my in-rotation and a Baker’s Dozen talking about
how much fun I had this weekend, my travellng and my brunch with some awesome
people from all over the place. Instead, I just relaxed, hung out, and of course,
had my headphones on during my chill-out period.

After I compiled the sequence, I had a hard time deciding on a description for
this playlist. Luckily, KB came
to my rescue. He saw the tracklisting and thought that the name below was appropriate:
Who am I to disagree?

Old
School Wednesday: Loves, Lies, and Promises.


01 – Jevetta Steele – Calling You, which Nikki
mentioned two weeks ago, so I pulled it out. Featured in the movie Baghdad Cafe.
02 – Stevie Wonder – Love’s in Need of Love Today, which was demanded
by Yolanda
and blessed by Bomani.
03 – Rufus & Chaka Khan – Stay. From 1978′s
Street
Player.
04 – The Brothers Johnson – I’ll Be Good to You. From 1976. George Johnson
was dating several women and the situation was getting out out of hand, especially
around the holidays. When he decided to commit to one, he wrote the song I’ll
Be Good to You, with family friend Senora Sam adding lyrics. Produced by Quincy
Jones.
05 – Lalah Hathaway – Smile. From 1990. Russell Ferrante (from Yellowjackets)
had a hand in this tune. From Lalah
Hathaway.
06 – Deja – That’s Where You’ll Find Me. I have to hand it to Qamar
for his hand in this one. Very underappreciated tune, co-written and
released in 1988 with Monte Moir.
07 – Stephanie Mills – What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’. Sister
Outsider dropped this one to me. I’ll tip my hat to her,
when I purchase a new one.
08 – Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy. From All N’ All. I don’t think
I can say enough about this track.
09 – Patti Austin – Big Bad World. From 1985′s Gettin’
Away With Murder. This track is accentuated with Chaka Khan,
Jocelyn Brown, and Luther Vandross.
10 – Kiss the Sky – What Does It Take? A Jaki Graham and Paul Hardcastle
collaboration.
11 – D-Influence – Journey. From their debut album Good
4 We. One of my favorite cuts from that CD. Considering that
I can listen to that CD from start to finish, that’s saying quite a bit.
12 – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – Lost In Emotion. Smash hit from 1987.
13 – Intro – Anything for You. From their eponymous
album.
14 – Johnny Gill – Never Know Love. Unreleased track from Johnny’s album
Johnny
Gill.
15 – Stephanie Mills – (You’re Puttin’) A Rush On Me. Hit from the 1987
release If
I Were Your Woman.
16 – Christopher Williams – Every Little Thing U Do. From Changes.

I’d like to give special thanks to my sister, LDF, who assured me
that this is the first thing she’s going to listen to today, since it’s her birthday
and all. Happy birthday, Sis. Much love. Everyone, groove it forward.

Alright, we’re ready. This actually came from the madman, KB.
He states:

They say there’s a fine line between madman and genius. So it
came as no surprise, when preparing for his Old School Wednesday radio blog
last week, EJ asked my favorite Hall & Oates song and then my favorite Stevie
Wonder song. At first I didn’t see the corelation but then I got it: rock n’
soul. H&O are one of the most soulful pop acts of our time (they are from
Philadelphia, after all). And Stevie has been a major musical influence for many,
including pop & rock groups.

Genius… But what else should you expect from a music loving mad man.

I don’t know about genius, but I’m alright with the music loving madman. All
I know is what started out as a couple of questions turned into a soulsearching event,
much reminiscing, and songs being pulled out of the vaults. Check it out:

Old
School Wednesday: Rock and Soul.

Dropping the favorite tracks as prescribed.

Starting with the mellow tracks:
01 – Stevie Wonder – Knocks Me off My Feet, as stated by AB
and Hopluv.
02 – Stevie Wonder – Rocket Love, as spoken by DJ
Diva.
03 – Stevie Wonder – Overjoyed, by KB
and JDid.
04 – Dionne Warwick & Stevie Wonder – It’s You, because Thierno
said we should pull it out of the vaults.

05 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – Sara Smile, by far the most requested
from Hall and Oates, as stated by AB,
DJ Diva,
Xquizzyt1,
and **RPM**.
06 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – She’s Gone, because London
Lee resurrected it.
07 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – One on One, as demanded by Angelicastorm.

Pushing it up a notch:
08 – Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely, from Zun
and Brotha
Buck.
09 – Stevie Wonder – He’s Misstra Know It All, A touch choice for London
Lee.
10 – Stevie Wonder – Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing, because **RPM**
mentioned this one too.
11 – Stevie Wonder – I Was Made to Love Her, for White Silk.
12 – Stevie Wonder – Living For The City, from Wayne,
who said this one was easy. I had to pull the full version out, which I remember
growing up. Scared me each time.

13 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – Rich Girl, from a couple of high
school friends of mine who started singing it in my ear.
14 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – Everything Your Heart Desires, one
of my favorites, without hesitation.
15 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – Out of Touch, which I also resurrected
for Thierno.
16 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – I Can’t Go For That (Extended),
for White Silk, JDid,
KB, Tazee
and Hopluv
- and then Gwen
pulled out the extended mix. Wow.

And then finishing on a high note:
17 – Stevie Wonder – That Girl (1982 Musiquarium Version), for every
wannabe producer, as Qamar stated.
18 – Stevie Wonder – All I Do, one of the songs that stops me cold,
because it’s heard on adult contemporary, pop, and R&B stations as well as
dance clubs, and still has the same effect. Tazee
mentioned it also, which made me happier to hear it.

19 – Stevie Wonder – As. Pulled out of the vaults from last week.
20 – Stevie Wonder – Another Star. I will play this in my car 10 times
in a row, and I will be asked to turn it off each time. A song with accentuated
horns, vocals, and percussion, written with sadness in mind? It always perplexes
me.

21 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – Maneater, because Steph
had to have it.
22 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – Your Imagination (Remix), which
was mentioned by Qamar, so I had to pull out the mix.
23 – Daryl Hall & John Oates – Method of Modern Love (Extended Mix),
which (as KB has told me to mention), is the one I confessed to him early on
was my favorite.

I missed three, I’m very sure Zun
and Enigma,
I’ve got you on the next round (and Wayne, yours was so hard to find, I still
have it on back order).

Something not here that should be heard? Let me know. Enjoy.