We dedicate this edition of UpFront Soul to the memory of Rep. John Lewis. We'll hear Bloody Sunday by The Cole Boyz, March on Selma by Blue Mitchell, and we'll hear a field recording of young girls singing at the Selma to Montgomery March. We'll also continue our Joan Armatrading for Beginners series with a set featuring her Sleight of Hand album, and we'll hear an excerpt of my recent conversation with Rasheed Ali about two powerful songs from his 1968: The Other Side of Town album.
UpFront Soul Playlist #2020.31
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Spinitron, these songs are listed in reverse order. (i.e., Joan Armatrading Back to the Night is song 1, hour 1
Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963 on RCA Bob James "Night Crawler" from Heads Seun Kuti "Think Africa (radio edit)" from Think Africa / Na Oil - Single C.K. Mann "Okuan Tsentsen Awar" from Ghana Funk Bosq, Kaleta "Pay the Price" from Celestial Strut Curtis Mayfield "We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue" from Curtis [Remastered] Mickey & The Soul Generation "Give Everybody Some" from Iron Leg Barsheem "No Place Like New York" on Beautiful Robin Music Jackie Opel "Cry Me a River" from The Best of Super Rare Soul Richard "Groove" Holmes "Blues for Big Fred" from Welcome Home! Soul Jazz Masters The Glories "Don't Dial My Number" from Soul Legend Voices of Jordan "It's Getting Late" from Screaming Gospel Holy Rollers Vol 2 Cab Calloway "The Viper's Drag" Nina Simone "Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter" from It Is Finished Charles Earland "Message from a Black Man" from Living Black! Curtis Mayfield "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go" from Curtis/Live Joey Jefferson Band "Revolution Rap" from Super Cool California Soul 2 1968 Featuring Rasheed Ali "Ain't Nobody Gonna Mess With You" from 1968: The Other Side of Town 1968 Featuring Rasheed Ali "Will You Stand Up For Me?" from 1968: The Other Side of Town Joan Armatrading "Kind Words (and a Real Good Heart)" from Sleight of Hand Joan Armatrading "Reach Out" from Sleight of Hand Joan Armatrading "The River's On Fire" Two Little Girls at March "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round" from Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama on Smithsonian Folkways Blue Mitchell "March on Selma" from Down With It (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) on Blue Note Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "How Long? Not Long!" from Marching On on Soundworks Cole Boyz "Bloody Sunday" from Da Heartz of Dixie (Cole Blooded Music Group Presents) on Cole Blooded Music Group Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M