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Female "big Beat" Ballads - Your Faves?

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I love tunes like Sweets - "something about my baby" or Big Maybelle's "it's raining."

 

I'm sure people out there have tons of other great suggestions. I am looking to blow up my want list!

 

thanks! 

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A couple of Royalettes tunes have been mentioned but not this one which I think fits the genre perfectly. :)

 

and the Halos - Just Keep on Loving Me

 

I'm convinced this gem needs its place here

TUNE OF THE WEEK!!! This  is Brilliant mate... I dont know if Ive heard it before, my memory is crap, but I know immediately when I like stuff, and I dont forget those...  now I want one!!

 

Thankful for the tip.

 

Mal:-))

It had a thread all of its own back in December,seems it acetate only, (a demo disc for other artists) and a version exists by Jimmy Delphs.

Dream record I can only dream about owning, ps I think the soul girl dance clip has a better recording.

anybody know where I can get a copy of Dream Dancers...looks a great comp!

 

messaged you x

Is this the best thread ever on here. Female big beat ballads. It doesn't get any better. These tunes make me go weak at the knees.

Steve

Is this the best thread ever on here. Female big beat ballads. It doesn't get any better. These tunes make me go weak at the knees.

Steve

oh yes Steve, there is certainly something about 'female ballads/midtempo or northern tracks included? maybe thread should be extended to include these?? surely more will put their favourites on here??? even include 'POPCORN if that's what others like? got an older sister who is a massive fan of that!! xx

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simply wonderful!! x

 

 

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Its hard to pick any one from these three

 

 

 

 

great Saturday wake-up Music

these CDs (above posts) are amazing....never seen them

Its hard to pick any one from these three

 

Love all those along with 'Only The Guilty Cry'  :) x

 

 

 

 

 

How about this one? xx

Tony Troy - Don't look back

 

             

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ljblanken, I think this one fits in with your other 'popcorn' tune? x

 

June Adams - The Human Race, love this one  :) x

 

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TUNE OF THE WEEK!!! This  is Brilliant mate... I dont know if Ive heard it before, my memory is crap, but I know immediately when I like stuff, and I dont forget those...  now I want one!!

 

Thankful for the tip.

 

Mal:-))

How did i miss this - love it

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ljblanken, I think this one fits in with your other 'popcorn' tune? x

 

love this production - just pulses with drama. you've got tons of great tunes. 

 

you don't live in Cali, do you? we should run an event together!

 

- Leo

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Nice thread !

Gotta have some more Dusty - a little more upbeat here but soulful to the max:

 

Well that was a great dinner hour!! one from me I don't think has been posted!

Anita Bryant - My MInd's Playing Tricks On Me Again - for me this is one of the best beat ballads ever, arranged by the same guy who did Ray Pollard's The Drifter 

 



 

liking the way the chorus builds up on this one then slows back down to chorus   :) x

 

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Andrea Davis aka Minnie Ripperton, who was also in the girl group 'The Gems', wonderful and chilling with those vocals? x

 

This is one of my favourites. Usually with a female singing the words don't really apply directly to the male listener but this case when I hear the words 'When you see that boy, walking down the street' and 'I really love that boy, cos he's my pride and joy' I think of my faithful Boxer dog Billy who died around the time I first heard this tune. <3

 

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This is one of my favourites. Usually with a female singing the words don't really apply directly to the male listener but this case when I hear the words 'When you see that boy, walking down the street' and 'I really love that boy, cos he's my pride and joy' I think of my faithful Boxer dog Billy who died around the time I first heard this tune. <3

 

 

Great, very underrated record that

Dont think this one has been posted.

 

Even if it has, its good enough to hear again! Reminded of it while playing a CD in the car today.

 

Fabulous Barbara McNair track...one the best Motown tracks ever

just picked up on this a few weeks ago

just picked up on this a few weeks ago

 

Love this, had so many copies but nobody ever seems interested

I love it

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Andrea Davis aka Minnie Ripperton, who was also in the girl group 'The Gems', wonderful and chilling with those vocals? x

 

WOW. What a tune never heard that before. Minnie Ripperton. What a talent, taken from us far to soon. 1977 if I remember correctly. Thank you Shelly for posting.

Steve. X

big thanks to all posting ,some amazing records ,as someone said earlyer, think some are midtempo , not beat ballards but loving them all , as for the beat ballards , some known, lots not ,an amazing thread , need to start hunting again,keep posting all 

On a roll now with this from Carolyn Cooke,  a proper beat ballad!

 

I love that one and 'I Don't Mind' she is also the cousin of Sam Cooke x

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Love this, had so many copies but nobody ever seems interested

 

 

I'm amazed no one was interested Pete. It always reminds me of the Dome, finally got a copy last year from Paul McKay.

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