It's a soulful spooktacular edition of UpFront Soul! We'll scare the funk out of you with creepy classics from Rockwell, Stevie Wonder, Stanley Turrentine, and of course Screamin' Jay Hawkins! Plus, hip hop horror from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Whodini, & even a set of ghoulish reggae!
UpFront Soul #2020.43 Playlist 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
Pazant Brothers "Spooky" from Skunk Juice Dirty Funk from the Big Apple
Fela Kuti "Zombie" from Zombie
Stevie Wonder "Superstition" from Talking Book
Howlin' Wolf "Smokestack Lightnin'" from Moanin' in the Moonlight
Wolfman Jack "Fan Club" from Celebrity TV Commercials
The Castle Kings "You Can Get Him Frankenstein" from Designing the Wall Of Sound "I Love How You Love Me" And 47 Other Bricks in the Wall
Nerukhi "Welcome to Zombieland"
Whodini "Haunted House of Rock" from Funky Beat: The Best Of Whodini
Dj Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince "Nightmare on My Street" from The Very Best of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Dr. John "Zu Zu Man" from The Masters
The Verdicts "The Mummy's Ball" from My Life's Desire / The Mummy's Ball (Digital 45)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins "Feast of the Mau Mau"
Bonerama "Frankenstein" from Sheridan Opera House - Telluride, CO March 21, 2008
Michael Jackson "Thriller" from Michael Jackson
The Upsetters "Dracula" from The Good, the Bad, and the Upsetters
Toots & the Maytals "Scare Him" from Sweet and Dandy
Desmond Dekker "Dracula" from Early Dekker
Instant Funk "Witch Doctor" from I Got My Mind Made Up- The Best of Instant Funk
Lou Rawls "Season of the Witch" from The Sounds of Lou Rawls
Otis Brown & the Majestics "The Monster Mash" from Frankenstein Horror
Screamin Jay Hawkins "I Put a Spell on You" from At Home With Screamin Jay Hawkins
Jeff Richmond and Tracy Morgan "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" from 30 Rock
Gene Anderson "The Devil Made Me Do It" from SuperFunk
The Hollywood Flames "Frankenstein's Den" from Frankenstein Horror
Stanley Turrentine "Spooky" from Blue Note - The Lost Grooves '67-'70
Rockwell "Somebody's Watching Me" from 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Motown '80s, Vol. 1
Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from Back to the Night on A&M