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SOUL SISTERS
We talk to three soul singers from the formative era of the mid-1950s through Motown of the late-60s and an all-female New Orleans brass band. Justine “Baby” Washington talks about growing up in Harlem and her hits “The Times,” “Nobody Cares,” and “That’s How Heartaches Are Made.” Maxine Brown started as teenager in NYC singing with gospel groups. By 1960 she penned the hit, “All in My Mind,” and would later have hits with “Oh No Not My Baby” and a duet with Chuck Jackson on “Something You Got.” Chris Clark is a rare white soul singer who recorded for Detroit’s Motown Records. She became known as the “White Negress” in England where she toured with fellow Motown artists. The Original Pinettes Brass Band is a young, ten-member, all-women’s New Orleans jazz band who have received major recognition in a field dominated by men.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Soul Sister Yusef Lateef
1984, Impulse - I Can't Stand It The Soul Sisters
The Sue Story: The Sound of Soul, New York City, Parlophone - I'm a Woman Peggy Lee
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee, Capitol - Sally Go Round the Roses The Jaynetts
Chess Rhythm & Roll, MCA/ Chess - SEGMENT: Justine "Baby" Washington
Listen - Workout Baby Washington
45 rpm single, Neptune - Clean Up Woman Betty Wright
Best of Betty Wright, Rhino - Instrumental: The Soul Explosion Illinois Jackquet
The Soul Explosion, Prestige - Reconsider Me Margaret Lewis
Shreveport Stomp: Ram Records Volume 1, ACE - Why Not Me The Judds
Why Not Me, RCA - Soul Deep Tina Turner
Country My Way, K-tel - Five Long Years Tina Turner
Bold Soul Sister: The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings, Blue Thumb - Tramp Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
The Complete Stax Volt Singles 1959-1968, Stax/Volt - SEGMENT: Maxine Brown
Listen - Soul Serenade Maxine Brown
Greatest Hits, Tomato - Angel from Montgomery Bonnie Raitt
Streetlights, Warner Brothers - Far Celestial Shore Mavis Staples
One True Vine, Anti- - End Bed: Soul Serenade Willie Mitchell
Hot Rods Rock: Big Boss Instrumentals Vol. 3, Right Stuff
HOUR two
- Open Bed: All For You The Funk Brothers
The Best of the Funk Brothers, Motown - Go To the Mardi Gras The Original Pinettes
Finally, self-produced - Mary Mack Lilly's Chapel School, recorded by Harold Courlander
Negro Folk Music of Alabama, Vol.6: Ring Game Songs and Others, Folkways - Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark, Rhino - Soul Sister Allen Toussaint
The Complete Warner Recordings, Rhino - SEGMENT: Chris Clark
Listen - Instrumental: Whitey Lambchop
Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley, Bloodshot - These Boots Are Made For Walking Loretta Lynn
Honky Tonk Girl, MCA - I'm a Honky Tonk Girl Eileen Jewell
Eileen Jewell Presents Butcher Holler, Signature Sounds - Blues a Catin Bonsoir Catin
Blues a Catin, Bridgetown - Down On Me Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin
Big Brother & The Holding Company, Sony - You'll Lose a Good Thing Barbara Lynn
You'll Lose a Good Thing, Jaime/ Arctic - Careless Love Dr. Michael White with Wynthia Girtley
Adventures in New Orleans Jazz, Part 1, Basin Street - Instrumental: One Naughty Flat AFO Executives
Campendium, AFO - SEGMENT: The Original Pinettes Brass Band
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