Johnny Corsair

Just out - number 4. And a chance to win: 'Everybody Makes A Mistake' Stax Southern Soul Volume 2 CD compiled by Dean Rudland & donated by Ace Records. https://johnnycorsair9.podomatic.com/ 1. I Thought I Told You Not To Tell Them / Marie Knight 2. Come Back Uncle John / Big John Greer 3. To Be Loved (Forever) / The Pentagons 4. Just The One I've Been Looking For / Johnnie Taylor 5. Going To Move To Alabama / Charley Patton 6. I Want to Go To Heaven And Rest / The Zion Travelers 7. Mailman Blues / Lloyd Price 8. I'll Take You There / The Staple Singers * 9. News Comes / Mereba 10. Poor Man's Pain / Danielle Ponder 11. Whatever Happened To Our Love? / Acantha Lang 12. I'll Do Anything For Your Love / William Bell 13. Good Good Good / Michelle David & The True Tones * tribute to Roger Hawkins

BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY -2 https://johnnycorsair9.podomatic.com/ 1. Destination Love / Wynonie Harris 2. 99½ / Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes 3. Parchman Farm Blues / Bukka White 4. When A Man Loves A Woman / Esther Phillips 5. Do Something For Me / Billy Ward & The Dominoes 6. This Train / Sister Rosetta Tharpe 7. Miss Ann / Little Richard 8. Baltimore Blues / Charlie McKoy 9. Oct 33 / Black Pumas 10.Give Us Justice / Thee Sacred Souls 11. Karma & Friends / Cautious Clay 12. Addicted / Jorja Smith 13. What's Going On / Marvin Gaye * * Raising a glass to it's 50th birthday BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY - 3 https://johnnycorsair9.podomatic.com/ 1. Bad Case Of Love / B.B. King 2. What More? / Z. Z. Hill 3. Crazy About My Baby / Blind Roosevelt Graves 4. Across 110th Street / Bobby Womack 5. Until The Real Thing Comes Along / Billy Ward & The Dominoes 6. Lonesome Ground / Sleepy John Estes 7. Oh, Mary Don't You Weep / The Swan Silvertones 8. Mama's Gotta Bag Of Her Own / Anna King 9. Sing About Love / Foushee 10. Bet Ain't Worth The Hand / Leon Bridges 11. Move Over / The Soul Children 12. Piece Of Me / Lady Wray 13. I Won't Let You Go / Keith & Ken

"A quick shout out to all you podcast people who use this forum Always better if ya add the playlists when posting podcasts up in this forum" I've copied Mike's post from May 16th (see above) as to explain why I've posted the following playlists. Not hogging this thread! https://johnnycorsair9.podomatic.com/ BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY - 1 1. Jump Children / Dave Bartholomew 2. Houston Jump / Floyd Dixon 3. I'll Bring It Home To You / Carla Thomas 4. Call Me A Fool / Valerie June 5. Trouble of Mine / The Swindell Brothers 6. The Last Mile Of The Way / Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers 7. It's Too Soon To Know / The Orioles 8. They Won't Hang Around / Lady Wray 9. Can I Call You Rose? / Thee Sacred Souls 10. Love is Back / Celeste 11. When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes / The Supremes * * Tribute to Mary Wilson

Hi, I'm Johnny Corsair, I've just noticed this thread and have posted on here a few times already - so instead of coming in through the back door, I'll come in through the front. 64 yr old music fan. All sorts of music but particularly soul. Worked way back as freelance journalist on music & football. For 5 minutes, while it was still going, I did the book reviews for a magazine called Soul CD (in the 90's) Worked in a record shop for a number of years (top of Brixton Rd nr Oval) - specialising in soul & reggae. The years of Danny at Record Corner (Balham) and Mark Lessner (Soul Trader) Have started a monthly music podcast called Bright Lights Big City playing Soul (old and new) RnB, Old Blues, Gospel & Doo Wop & Ska & Reggae. The link is below for quick reference but I'm aware that it's been requested for podcasts that it's more user friendly to also have the playlist available on this Forum which I totally get and will do that on that thread also. https://johnnycorsair9.podomatic.com/ Since being on here there's been some great new releases flagged up and some will feature in the next show and future shows. And some great replies to a queryof mine re: backing singers on a Wilson Pickett song. So thanks to all for that. I look forward to contributing and learning from here.

Chalky, thanks very much for the heads up on this band and album. Just bought it. If we get a summer in London it will be the soundtrack. I have 'Outta my Mind' playing as I write - soulful and sophisticated.

Thanks Gaz. She's great. I first knew about her when someone told me about her cover of Radiohead's 'Creep' which does get covered a lot and even opened the latest epiode in the TV series Ladyparts where the main woman sings it. I have just added her song: 'Poor Man's Pain' to the playlist of my next podcast. I do drop songs in and out until recording day but this should be there. And this track might well be in a future show.

Agreed. There’s one website that says Andantes and Tony Fletcher’s book but more evidence written and actual singing which says or leans towards The Primettes. This might run & run...

Sorry chaps, never thought this water would get this muddy! Thanks for your sustained interest. I can see now why that CD sleevenotes ( pictures earlier) hedges it’s bets and says either vocal group. So, would I at the moment if I was writing them!

Thanks very much Chalky. And I said I would do the detective work but clearly have a great team here. Although there are references to The Andantes doing some b.v’s at Motown in the summer of ‘61 and replacing a member. But until I PM certain people like Graham the evidence for The Primettes is in greater supply. I suppose as long as the right group of woman got the pay cheque is the essential thing.

Yes, the other thread in the Look In Your Box was actually about whether the Primettes /Supremes were moonlighting while backing Wilson Pickett i.e were they actually signed to Motown at the time. The response indicates it was this group of woman and not The Andantes but as I’ve mentioned and David has supplied the source website info on The Correct- Tone it states it’s The Andantes.

I have moved the song into August’s show playlist allowing more time for detective work! I haven’t got the Florence Ballard book -whether it crops up in that? I will report back! Thanks again to all for useful & prompt interest and info.

Cheers Graham - valuable info. I will PM. Apologies. Cheers David - looking at too many names.

Thanks David. It’s Graham Finch’s web page which I was referring to in my post earlier ( but not by name) I don’t know him so I take your word he’s to be trusted. As soon as one does that though it calls into question what RobbK says via The Yank link. Which is sort of where I came in. This is not who kidnapped Shergar I know but it’s the sort of thing I like, if possible, to get to the bottom of. If we could just call up a surviving Primette or Adante - then we/I should have the answer. Fun eh?

Many thanks for that thread. Not just more info but even better...the answer - The Primettes.

Thanks to you both for replying. No, the confusion wasn’t the CD sleeve’s ‘either or’ information (or lack of!) but thanks for that - it stemmed from reading earlier about the song and most sources say The Primettes but on a very comprehensive website about the label: Correct-Tone it states the Andantes? It’s interesting though when a record label puts out a CD(or re-issues it) that one assumes they go to a fair degree of trouble to get the facts and personnel etc so it could be in this case there’s nothing/or nobody out there to nail this one down? And in some ways it’s quite appealing if there’s still an uncertainty. Currently I lean toward The Primettes.

Can anyone help? Wilson Pickett's: Let Me Your Boy (1962) has different accounts of the women singing behind him; either The Primettes - soon to be The Supremes or; The Andantes - Motown's house B.V's. Any one know for sure? The song will be on my podcast at some point soon and wanted to give the right credit where credit is due. Thanks, Johnny

Cheers Ed, very kind.

Hello all, Brand new here and apologies immediately for beginning with a shameless plug for my podcast! I'm three shows in. All available with the link below. I will never run out of old soul but I try and keep an ear out for new - although my ear is lifted more by new soul that sounds like old e.g. Thee Sacred Souls, whose single is featured elsewhere on this website. From next month I will be giving away as a prize an Ace records CD - starting with 'Everybody Makes A Mistake' the second volume in the Stax series compiled by Dean Rudland. I play a track from the first volume: 'Nobody Wins' this month. I must add the podcast is only some soul/r'n'b there's old blues, doo wop and gospel each month too - so it might be everyone's cup of tea? Thanks, Johnny https://johnnycorsair9.podomatic.com/