Alvin Cash - Twine Time (funk version) TGIF, so says your ever-lovin' Stepfather of Soul, and to ring in the weekend is Chicago's d...

Frankie Karl & The Dreams - I'm So Glad Today I'm needing something mellow instead of a "get down," so some doo-wop f...

B.B. King - Just Can't Please You The late Jimmy "Preacher" Robins' "I Can't Please You" is one of my favor...

Wiley & The Checkmates - Ode to Billie Joe / Hip Hug-Her Wiley & The Checkmates were featured on the blog last summer , so I'll...

Buster Brown - John Henry Time to break the "only on Wednesday" slump I've been in, and why not do a "Thursday Is Blues ...

Freda Allyne - Money, And All Your Love The new Kent CD J & S Harlem Soul , a comp featuring releases on Zell Sanders' J&S and ...

Upload Music - Free Audio - Gladys "Gee Gee" H... Today's "Soul on the Air" segment features the late Gladys "G...

Carla Thomas - (Your Love Is A) Life Saver Interestingly enough, the last time I did a Carla Thomas post on this blog was a Wednesday, and...

Lenny Williams - Feeling Blue Although Fantasy Records' Galaxy imprint did not set the R&B charts ablaze during its run in the ...

The new Get on Down With the Stepfather of Soul! podcast is now online, and it honors our new President, Barack Obama, and it also feature...

Gladys Knight & The Pips - The End of Our Road I suppose I really shouldn't have the ambivalence I feel about Motown. The contribu...

MFSB - Philadelphia Freedom Your ever-lovin' Stepfather of Soul has just returned from Washington, D.C. and the inauguration of Barack ...