Better late than never...here is the playlist from when I DJ'ed the Sunday Brunch at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio on July 12th. It's a long list, as I DJ'ed from 10 AM to 3 PM...

More Power to You--Astors (Stax)

Damelo Baby--Aztecs (Scepter)

Oh Oh Oh What a Love This Is--Susan King (Midtown)

You Always Hurt Me--Impressions (ABC)

Sometimey--Little Milton (Checker)

Go Go Train--Jackie Paine (Jetstream)

Touch Me, Hold Me, Kiss Me--Inspirations (Black Pearl)

What's It Gonna Be--Dusty Springfield (Philips)

Lay It On Me--Maurice & Mac (Checker)

We're Acting Like Lovers--Spellbinders (Columbia)

I Don't Love You No More--Exsaveyons (Smoke)

Rainmaker--Moods (Wand promo)

Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You--Darrell Banks (Revilot)

Let Yourself Go--Elvis Presley (RCA)

Shotgun--Jr. Walker & the All-Stars (Tamla Motown Holland import)

I've Been Hurt--Sensational Epics (Cameo)

If I Could Only Be Sure--Nolan Porter (ABC promo)

Boogaloo (Part 1)--Quovans (Big City)

Barefootin' Time In Chinatown--Lester Young (Barry)

Ain't Nothin' But a House Party--Showstoppers (Heritage)

I Spy (For the FBI)--Luther Ingram (Smash)

Detroit Sound--Megatons (Laurie)

See and Don't See--Queenie Lyons (Deluxe)

Washed Ashore--Platters (Musicor)

I'll Be Loving You--Soul Brothers Six (Atlantic)

Prove It to Me--Garnet Mimms (United Artists)

More, More, More of Your Love--Bob Brady & the Con Chords (Chariot)

The Chase Is On--Johnny Howard (Bashie promo)

Arabia--Delcos (Showcase) 

My Victrola--Joey Pastrana (Cotique)

Gonna Fix You Good--Little Anthony & the Imperials (Veep)

Tell Her--Dean Parrish (Boom)

Come and Get It--Eli 'Paperboy' Reed (Capitol)

Easily Misled--Remarkables (Audio Forty) 

What About the Music--Billy Harner (Kama Sutra promo)

A Little Piece of Leather--Donnie Elbert (Gateway)

Jerk Baby Jerk--Carl Burnett (Carmax)

Competition Ain't Nothin'--Little Carl Carlton (Backbeat)

Don't Say Maybe Baby--Capitols (Karen)

Gotta Get to Know You--Bobby Bland (Duke)

Make Sure--Dells (Cadet)

There's No You--Occasions (Big Jim)

Funky '69--Alvin Cash (Toddlin' Town)

Get Down With It--Wayne Cochran (Mercury)

What You Gave Up--Continental Four (Jay-Walking)

You'll Fall In Love--Jive Five (Musicor promo)

Hide Nor Hair--Earl Grant (Decca)

El Pito--Joe Cuba (Tico)

You Can't Take It Away--Azie Mortimer (Okeh promo)

Respectable--Outsiders (Capitol)

Gotta Find Me a Lover--Erma Franklin (Brunswick)

Trespassin'--Ohio Players (Compass)

Just Look What You've Done--People's Choice (Philips promo)

I Just Can't Live My Life--Linda Jones (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts)

If This Is Love--Precisions (Drew)

I Got My Heart Set On You--Toys (Musicor)

Deeper In Love With You--O'Jays (Neptune)

I Don't Have a Mind of My Own--B.J. Thomas (Scepter)

Can You Dig It--Bunny Sigler (Parkway promo)

I Want It Back--Voice Box (Loma)

Got to Have Your Love--Roy Roberts (Stateside New Zealand issue)

Give Me Your Love--Satisfactions (Smash)

Magic Potion--Lou Johnson (Big Top)

Better Luck Next Time--Crowns (Vee Jay promo)

Playgirl's Love--Five Stairsteps (Windy C)

The Horse--Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. of Soul)

Wait For Me--Monclairs (Sunburst)

This Time You're Wrong--Carol Kay (Wright-Sound)

Love, Love, Love--Bobby Hebb (Philips)

Girls Are Out to Get You--Fascinations (Mayfield)

Take Me For What I Am--L.C. (SAR)

I Don't Know How to Fall Out of Love--Persians (GWP)

Love Explosions--Troy Keyes (ABC)

There's Nothing Else to Say--Incredibles (Audio Arts)

Long Hot Summer--Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7)

I Can't Make It Anymore--Spyder Turner (MGM)

What You Gonna Do--Margie Joseph (Volt promo)

Oh My Darlin'--Jackie Lee (Mirwood)

Take Me Clear From Here--Edwin Starr (Soul)

Down In the Ghetto (Part 1)--S.O.U.L. (Musicor) 

How Can You Say Goodbye--Sidney Joe Qualls (Dakar)

Don't Get Your Signals Crossed--Bobby McClure (Checker)

Don't Let True Love Die--Superlatives (Dynamics)

Fickle Finger of Fate--Bernard 'Pretty' Purdy (Columbia promo)

'Cause You're Mine--Vibrations (Epic)

Love Game (A to Z)--Royal Jokers (Wingate)

I've Got News--Magnificent Men (Capitol)

Lonely Love--Bettye Swann (Money)

I'm Gonna Stand By You--Hollywood Flames (Symbol)

Get It Right--Wesley Bright & the Hi-Lites (Hi-D-Ho!)

In My Life--Linda Carr (Ranwood)

It Ain't No Big Thing--Electrons (Date promo)

You Left Me--Artistics (Brunswick)

Talk of the Grapevine--Donald Height (Shout)

Turn On Your Love Light--Benny Gordon (Wand)

Magic Saxophone--Jimmy Castor (Smash)

Skate Now--Lou Courtney (Riverside)

A Way to Love You--Volumes (Inferno)

Got You On My Mind--Joe Hinton (Backbeat)

Come Rain Or Come Shine--Len Barry (RCA promo)

Stone Fox--James Brown (King) by request...a girl asked me for David Bowie...I politely told her that while I do like Bowie, he didn't fit in with what I was playing. She came back and asked for James Brown, and this was what I had with me.

A Love Like Yours--Steve Mancha (Groove City)

Kansas City--James Brown (King) decided to play the other side for her as well.

Everybody Dance Now--Soul City (Goodtime)

Hold On--Radiants (Chess)

Tried and Convicted--Bobby Womack (Minit)

Day By Day--Continental Four (Jay-Walking)

You Haven't the Right--Catalinas (Scepter)

I'm On My Way--Dean Parrish (Laurie)

Also played while I took a break, by the venue owner, who played these from my box:

She Won't Come Back--Hesitations (Kapp promo)

You're Not Loving a Beginner--Jesse Fisher (Way Out)

Scratchy--Travis Wammack (ARA)

Harlem Shuffle--Traits (Scepter)

What a Wonderful Night For Love--Bobby Patterson (Jetstar) 

This is my fourth time DJ'ing...how did I do? I'd like to know if I'm ready for prime time!!

Best,

Mark

 

 

 

 

 

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Carl Burnett and Capitols were both promo copies as well. I should note...the Bobby Bland I always play (my good luck song), the Outsiders will always be played (in memory of my late friend and mentor Tom King, who was their founder and lead guitarist), and Bobby Hebb will always be played in honor of my late friend Tony Urso, who tended bar at the venue and loved Bobby Hebb's music.

Best,

Mark

 

Hope you gave those classics the obligatory introductions,Spellbinders/Dells etc,great mixture.

I don't do intros...no one who DJ's at this place does that. Glad you liked the playlist.

Best,

Mark

 

I don't do intros...no one who DJ's at this place does that. Glad you liked the playlist.

Best,

Mark

 

What a long playlist? Hope you had time for a break in-between. Nice mixture and do like your comment about intros. Too many d.j's garble on between records which is waste of time and stops the flow on the dance floor me thinks. 

I noted that I did take s break at one point. Since this is during the venue's Sunday brunch (they have different DJ's  and styles of music every week), and I get all my drinks and food for free, I certainly do sit down and partake of one of the brunch offerings. Not to mention that I had.a couple of people, my brother and a friend of ours, pop in to see me. The place does fill up during the brunch every week.

Best, 

Mark

 

Sounds like a nice gig to have. Would have played Jesse Fisher myself rather than let the venue owner play it!

I would too, but he did use my copy!

The guy DJ's rare soul in his own right every now and then. He always plays Sunny and the Sunglows on RPR, which is a big want of mine. It's great to hear that one played out.

Best,

Mark