Record World R&B Top 30 – July 14, 1979 (Mixcloud Exclusive)
Lou Rawls surely will be remembered as one of the best singers of all time, but when I saw an Unsung documentary about him, I was a bit shocked. Although he was famous for his charity work, he could be quite violent to his family. It even got to the point that he beat up his wife for 3 and a half hours and she had to be taken to hospital. He was not a pleasant man to work with either and he always wanted to be in control. In that perspective the song title Let Me Be Good To You sounds a bit ironic.
Peaches and Herb were known as the sweethearts of soul during the 1960s and had a string of hits, most notably Let’s Fall In Love in 1966. When the hits dried up, they decided to quit the music business. Herb Fame became a police officer, but after a few years he started to record again with Van McCoy and a newly recruited Peaches. Their first record flopped, but when Herb called his old friend Freddie Perren and asked him to make a record together, they hit the big time. Their first single, Shake Your Groove Thing, went gold peaking at number 4 on the soul chart and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1978. The follow-up single, Reunited, earned platinum status, holding on to the number 1 spot for 4 weeks on both the soul and pop chart. Peaches & Herb kept on making records until 1983, but their success faded out in the early 1980s. Herb Fame then became a security officer in Washington D.C.
Tracklist:
Diana Ross – The Boss
Switch – We Like To Party [12” B-side]
Evelyn "Champagne" King – Music Box
Rick James – Bustin’ Out (On Funk)
Skyy – First Time Around
Toto – Georgy Porgy
Candi Staton – When You Wake Up Tomorrow
Five Special – Why Leave Us Alone
Raydio – You Can’t Change That
Niteflyte – If You Want It
Peter Brown – Crank Up (Funk Town)
James Brown – It’s Too Funky In Here
KC & The Sunshine Band – Do You Wanna Go Party
Peaches & Herb – Reunited
Teena Marie – I’m A Sucker For Your Love
Minnie Riperton – Memory Lane
Isley Brothers – I Wanna Be With You
Gap Band – Shake
Sister Sledge – We Are Family
Stephanie Mills – What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’
Lou Rawls – Let Me Be Good To You
Con Funk Shun – Chase Me
Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
Earth, Wind & Fire – Boogie Wonderland [Eddy’s Edit]
McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
Chic – Good Times
The Jones Girls – You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
Teddy Pendergrass – Turn Off The Lights
Anita Ward – Ring My Bell
Donna Summer – Bad Girls
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