Classic R+B, Soul, Hip-Hop, etc

[CellarDweller]

The next two are both by the same artist, and were big in the clubs back in the day.

[CellarDweller]

[ed2962]

I don't remember that one, but I do remember this one.

Ha! I remember that one too!

[ed2962]

The more famous version is by Stevie Wonder

[ed2962]

[ed2962]

I don't know if people even remember but Vanessa was Miss America once and there was a mini-scandal because Penthouse found some nude photos of her from whenever. But She bounced back pretty quickly a few years later with this song

[PaulBullion]

I don't know if people even remember but Vanessa was Miss America once and there was a mini-scandal because Penthouse found some nude photos of her from whenever. But She bounced back pretty quickly a few years later with this song

The problem wasn't so much the nudity as the implied lesbianism... Prudish times.

[PaulBullion]

Regina's voice was incredible at a young age, as witnessed by this song from her debut album. Written by the great Sam Dees.

[PaulBullion]

Sam Dees got to write for some of the biggest voices in Soul music history. Exhibit B:

[PaulBullion]

Exhibit C, a song Aretha recorded as duet with George Benson but sang solo live, impersonating George:

[PaulBullion]

Millie Jackson on another big drama, big soul Sam Dees composition, in the tradition of "Woman to Woman" by Shirley Brown.

[PaulBullion]

The track picked for a single release from Bettye Lavette's one and only Motown album? A Sam Dees jam.



So smooth. So rough.

[PaulBullion]

Whitney recorded a couple of Sam Dees compositions, including this one:

[PaulBullion]

Sam is a great vocalist in his own right and has occasionally functioned as an additional Pip on recordings of Gladys Knight and the Pips. Due to a drooping eye, he didn't have the looks for a soul crooner, so this remained one of his few solo hits:

[PaulBullion]

One of the tracks where Sam joined the Pips was the title track of the final album Gladys did with her legendary backing group before flying solo.