Billboard's Hot Soul Top 10 Singles, week ending May 7, 1977

I also checked out the Spinners song, as it turns out that I own it. The problem is that it's a bit too smooth, and the lead vocal is mixed way too up front. It's not his best vocal performance, either. It just suffers from a lackluster production.

"The Pride" isn't as bad as I remember, but it's still not as attention-grabbing to me.

I'll check out the Bootsy song. I probably have it on a Rhino comp.

 

OK, after going through all the songs on the list (I have them all except #10 in my collection), I picked the ones that moved me the most, the ons that got me jammin'. It's "I'm Your Boogie Man". It just has so much energy and a feel-good vibe. It beat out "Sir Duke" just because i'm so sick of hearing the Duke Ellington tribute. Man, I was sick of it back in 1977! My #3 pick is Marvin Gaye. I have taste.

The worst, IMO, is a tossup between the Manhattans and Tavares.

 

Picking "Sir Duke" didn't feel much different to me than picking "Band On The Run" last week, except this was an even more essential song.

"Got To Give It Up Part 1" is the single version of Marvin Gaye's 14-minute-long closer to his live double-album", and utterly essential.

The best pop-soul cut on this one is neither of them, nor is it KC & The Sunshine Band's "(I'm Your) Boogie Man". It's Tavares' "Whodunnit", which is almost a novelty number devoted to late-night crime shows. This one named all my father's favorite shows, which was why I loved it nearly as much as "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel".

Bootsy's "Pinocchio Theory" is both funky and hilarious, like when he tells the chorus to sing and gets a horn break instead. "Uh, right", sayeth Bootsy, without missing a beat.

 

Ok, I got it. Yeah that was a pretty cool segue on Part 3 too. Heh, that move was K.C.'s shtick.

Very cool concept. I like "Only Pretty Girls" and "Dream Music" too. Yep, not a classic but it's probably better than those last Mercury albums. That Bill Withers album was released the same year. 1977 was nice year for R&B.

 

Yeah not a great one. I liked the grittier ballads like "Don't Take Your Love From Me" and especially "I Kinda Miss You."

 

I meant that I wish I could get RID of the mental image!



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You're right. I didn't get the album until 1978, so...

 

lol, yeah that part's great:

Bootsy - "Sing!"

<horn break>

Bootsy - "Oh."

I agree that this was a great idea.

Grant, how about doing an R&B chart from '72 or '73 next time?

 

no contest, Sir Duke

 

I found it on Youtube:

It Feels So Good To Be Loved So Bad - The Manhattans

 

It didn't quite reach the Top Ten, peaking at #15 on the Hot 100 on 5-07-77. This didn't receive any local airplay that I remember, in the NYC area. Quite a difference compared to their #1 hit on both the Hot 100 and R&B charts, You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show).

Here is Your Love on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVpvwu486jA

 

I plan to.

 

It got tons of airplay out here.