Let’s Take It Nice And Slow On Sunshine Radio

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Let's take it nice and slow on Sunshine Radio! 😊

As you may have noticed, at the moment I am not able to upload a cloudcast every single week, unfortunately. Hopefully it will be possible again in the near future. 

Actor, singer and guitarist Joy Carol wrote and recorded Baby, Won't You Touch Me on Oahu, Hawaii in 1981. When she entered the studio, she asked if they could get her an arranger to bring the songs to their fullest potential. The studio said yes and they thought Pat Demain was their best man for the job. The two of them became a couple later on. Baby, Won’t You Touch Me originally appeared on Music In The Wind. The song was recently re-released by Aloha Got Soul.

When Elton John wanted to go in a different musical direction in 1977, without regular songwriter Bernie Taupin, he decided to work with Philly soul producer Thom Bell. Apparently, relations between the producer and the artist became sour rather quickly. Although John was eager to work with one of the creators of the Philadelphia soul sound, recording sessions did not go smoothly and ended before an entire album could be finished. During these sessions, Thom Bell advised Elton John on vocal skills, including encouraging him to sing in a lower register. Although at least 6 songs were recorded during the 1977 sessions, only 3 completed tracks were made available on a 12-inch EP in 1979. The project ended up producing one top 10 single: Mama Can't Buy You Love, which peaked at #9 (#1 Adult Contemporary) on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1979. Nice And Slow was released 10 years later as part of The Thom Bell Sessions, by far Elton John’s best album in his entire career.

Tracklist:

Stylus ‎– I Just Don’t Want To Fall In Love (1979)
Creative Source – You Can't Hide Love (1973)
Bee Gees – Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (1975)
Zwol – Call Out My Name (1979)
Joy Carol ‎– Baby, Won’t You Touch Me (1981)
Phyllis Hyman – Kiss You All Over (1978)
Elton John – Nice And Slow (1977)
Robert Crawford – Happy Feet (1981)
Jay Alanski – Géraldine (Tendre Est La Nuit) (1979)
Billy Ocean – Caribbean Queen (1984)
Phil Collins – I Missed Again (1981)
Lou Rawls – Will You Kiss Me One More Time (1982)
Johnny Mathis – Loving You, Losing You (1977)
Kursaal Flyers – Radio Romance (1977)
Bobby Womack ‎– Across 110th Street (1973)
Bobbi Humphrey – The Good Life (1979)
Breakaway – Who Was It This Time (1977)
Gino Vannelli – People Gotta Move (1974)
Firefall ‎– Just Remember I Love You (1977)

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