Ricordi N° 93 La Musica dell'anima negli anni 50/60/70

Dopo aver assimilato bene il disco di Wonder , mi sono dato da fare.Nel solito negozio , passavo pomeriggi interi ad ascoltare musica del passato. Comprato poco, questo devo ammetterlo. Il fatto che molti di questi sono singloli , un pò difficile da reperire . E nei loro Lp , non tutto era ascoltabile. Il soul ebbe quattro epicentri: Chicago con l'etichetta Atlantic , Memphis con la Stax , Detroit con la famosa Motow e a Philadelphia con la International . La fortuna della soul music fu l'impegno di queste piccole e coraggiose etichette indipendenti locali. 
I brani che ho ascoltato in quegli anni sono molti di più....questi sono quelli che sono riuscito a ricordarmi. 

1954 Ruth Brown                                  Mambo Baby

1956 Screamin Jay Hawkins                   I Put A Spell On You

1956 Willie John                                   Fever

1959 Ray Charles                                  What’d I Say     

1958 Clyde McPhatter                            A Lover's Question

1959 Jackie Wilson                               Lonely Teardrops

1960 Sam Cooke                                   (What a) Wonderful World

1961 Etta James                                   At Last

1961 BB King                                       Stand by me

1962 Gene Chandler                             Duke of Earl

1963 Little Johnny Taylor                     Part time of love

1963 James Browne                             Please Please Please

1963 Rufus Thomas                              Walking The Dog

1964 Solomon Burke                             Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

1964 Nina Simone                                Mississippi Goddam

1965 Wilson Pickett                             In the Midnight Hour

1965 The Impressions                            People Get Ready

1965 Smokey Robinson                          My Girl

1965 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas     Dancing in the Street

1966 Temptations                                Get Ready

1966 The Supremes                              You Can't Hurry Love

1966 The Four Tops                              Reach Out, I'll Be There

1966 Percy Sleedge                              When a man loves a woman

1967 Eddie Floyd                                  Knock On Wood

1967 Laura Lee                                    Dirty Man

1967 Aretha Franklin                            Respect

1967 Sam & Dave                                 Soul Man

1968 Marvin Gaye                                I Heard It Through The Grapevine

1968 Otis Redding                               (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay               

1968 The Intruders                             Cowboys to Girls

1969 Sly & the Family Stone                Thank you

1969 Jackson Five                               I Want You Back

1970 Curtis Mayfield                           Move On Up

1970 The Spinners                              Its A Shame

1971 Isaac Hayes                                Shaft

1972 Al Green                                     Lets Stay Together

1972 Joe Tex                                      I Gotcha

1972 Steve Wonder                             Superstation

1972 The Staple Singers                      I'll Take You There

1972 Albert King                                I'll Play The Blues For You

1972 Bobby Womack                          Across 110th Street

1972 Billy Paul                                   Me And Mrs. Jones

1972 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes If You Don't Know Me By Now

1972 Betty Wright                              Clean Up Woman

1973 Roberta Flack                             Killing Me Softly

1973 The Stylistics                             You make me feel brand new

1973 The Spinners                              'll Be Around

1973 Eddie Kendricks                          Keep On Truckin'

1973 Ike & Tina Turner                       Nutbush City Limits

1974 Barry White                                Can't Get Enough Of Your Love

1974 Atlanta Rhythm Section               Outside Woman Blues

1974 The Commodores                        Machine Gun

1974 George McCrae                           Rock Your Baby               

1974 Millie Jackson                             Caught Up

1975 KC & The Sunshine Band           That's The Way (I Like It)