Sunshine Radio’s Billboard Hot Soul Singles Chart – July 12th 1975
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Enjoy this Sunshine Radio chart rundown from 20 to 1! Disco came knocking on the door of the Billboard Hot Soul Singles Chart of July 12th 1975 with Van McCoy’s The Hustle at number one. However, most of the songs were from veteran soul and funk acts, like Gladys Knight & The Pips, the Four Tops, Ben E. King and the Isley Brothers.
The story of the Isley Brothers is quite remarkable. In 1959, when they first charted with Shout, they were contemporaries of rock ‘n’ roll legends like Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. In the 1960s, the group recorded songs for a variety of labels, including Twist And Shout (later covered by The Beatles) and the Motown single This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You), but they could not find a real style of their own yet. In 1969 they released the Grammy Award-winning hit It's Your Thing on their own label, T-Neck Records. The next decade the brothers were at the peak of their career, when they reinvented themselves as a funk-rock band and recorded hits like That Lady and Summer Breeze with wonderful guitar solos, played by younger brother Ernie. During the 1980s the Isley Brothers went on with a more sophisticated R&B sound, especially on their 1987 Smooth Sailin' album. Ernie Isley joined Isley-Jasper-Isley briefly, but returned in the 1990s. He and singer Ron are the remaining members at present and they occasionally successfully perform and record.
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Brecker Brothers – Sneakin’ Up Behind You
Reflections – Three Steps From True Love
Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Way We Were/Try To Remember
O’Jays – Give The People What They Want
Four Tops – Seven Lonely Nights
Gary Toms Empire – 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)
Manhattans – Hurt
South Shore Commission – Free Man [A Tom Moulton Mix]
War – Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Syl Johnson – Take Me To The River
MFSB – Sexy
Moments – Look At Me (I’m In Love)
Ben E. King – Do It In The Name Of Love
Rufus Feat. Chaka Khan – Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me Of A Friend)
Barry White – I’ll Do For You Anything You Want Me To
Commodores – Slippery When Wet
Michael Jackson – Just A Little Bit Of You
Impressions – Sooner Or Later
Isley Brothers – Fight The Power Pt.1
Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – The Hustle
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