Hearing the sad news lets celebrate a huge contribution to our musical heritage:-

 

 Darrell Banks Forgive Me  SUBLIME!

 

https://youtu.be/U5uoYqFS0mk

 

 

Four Tops  Your Song

 

 

Johnnie Taylor-At night time my pillow tells a tale on me

 

 

Kev

That's superb Kev       new to me

Johnnie Taylor-At night time my pillow tells a tale on me

 

 

Kev

 

 

The whole Super Taylor album is great.

Here another fine Johnnie Taylor tune with Don Davis.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhcuWW-YCpQ&list=PL5833D01DB0620B0F&index=2

As Kegsy says, "Super Taylor" is super, more magic from Davis

 

 

Kev

This could go on forever, such the genius and volume the man bestowed on us

 

Soul Children-Midnight Sunshine

 

 

Its hard to top "Whats Happening Baby" this runs it mighty close

 

Kev

Written by Tony Hester, produced by The Don, Dells-Nothing can stop me

 

https://youtu.be/F4Xee323CWg

 

Kev

One of the first ever sevens i bought  3 for 5 bob off Donny market  record stall

 

Carla Thomas  Pick up the pieces     has Don Davis stamped all over it

 

Edited June 6, 201410 yr by smudger

Sublime, always loved this one.

Struggle to get sounds on here, too numb..

 

However, one of the first I heard in a proper club

 

J.J. Barnes-Sweet Sherry.

 

Still sounds brilliant

SOme of his later work was amazing, produced and co-written by the genius that was Don Davis, not their most gut bucket but listen to the vocal interplay at the end.

 

The Soul Children I'm Just  A Shoulder To Cry On

 

This is actually the best version but the sound clip is crap. Must try and record this later

 

The genuis that is Johnnie Taylor guided by the genius that is Don Davis

 

https://youtu.be/PhnRNypXbLw

Edited June 6, 201410 yr by jocko

And still probably one of my fgavourite JT tracks, on all my early 70 tapes back in the day. I love the arrangement

 

I love to make love when its raining

 

And some things are viewed as classic for a reason. Remember Southport

 

The Dramatics - In The Rain

 

Okay last one, I could be here a while. Written by the brothers of Soul and produced by one of the Daddies, it couldn't go wrong. Superb version

 

Dramatics - Beautiful Feeling.

 

Okay, maybe one more, my favourite double sider of all time by one of my favourite singers, introduced to me by Richard Gilbert many years ago and stil love it as much. It really doesn't get any better. 

 

Steve Mancha - Don't Make Me A Storyteller

 

 

Listen to the bassline, the side for me I Won't Love You And Leave You

 

One of my favourites!

And of course this

Dramatics....' Now you got me loving you'

Ooooosh

Jim

Buena Vistas, The

Members:

Bob Babbitt, Dennis Coffey, Don Davis (2), Jack Ashford, Mike Terry, Richard Allen

The buena vistas Here come da judge

 

What a line up