By CHANCELLOR OF SOUL (63.78.189.114) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 05:43 pm:

Hey SDer's. If you can pick any artist that you've
never seen in your life that you given anything
to have seen, who would it be ????

Peace,
Mike Boone
(Chancellor of Soul)

chancellorofsoul.com

By Reese (12.15.168.77) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 06:17 pm:

The original Supremes

By DyvaNaye (209.212.74.211) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 06:24 pm:

Linda Jones - no question about it.


DyvaNaye

By Fred (64.12.114.61) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 06:25 pm:

Sam & Dave

By DyvaNaye (209.212.74.211) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 06:32 pm:

...to add: Barry White

By manny (80.58.52.235) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 06:33 pm:

A "Philadelphia International All-Stars" live performance in Barcelona featuring Billy Paul, O'Jays, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy and Sharon Paige, Lou Rawls, Futures, Intruders, Dee Dee Sharp, Archie Bell, Anthony White, Johnny Williams, McFadden & Whitehead,...

Peace!

By Juicefree20 (68.161.22.214) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 07:07 pm:

Sam Cooke, Linda Jones, Otis Redding, The Players, Otis Leavill, The Young Hearts, Donnie Elbert (Just to hear Can't Get Over Losing You) & Creative Funk.

By Vickie (64.236.243.31) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 07:10 pm:

to start with.....

The Original Supremes
Jim Croce
Beatles
The Temptations

then....

Marvin Gaye
Tammy Montgomery (early years)
Sam Cooke
Billie Holiday

By Galactus (207.144.253.114) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 07:26 pm:

Curtis Mayfield......then Marvin Gaye. Cab Calloway is a close third.

What sucks is I had a chance to go see Marvin in my hometown in '82, and BLEW IT.

How was I to know that would be my last chance??

Ouch.

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 07:27 pm:

Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Classic Temptations lineup (including Dennis Edwards)
Diana, Mary & Florence
Smokey & the Miracles w/Claudette
Jackie Wilson

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By ~medusa~ (68.79.121.133) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 11:33 pm:

Barry White
Leon Haywood
Impressions w/ Curtis Mayfield
Tupac Shakur
Ronnie Dyson
LTD w/ Jeffrey Osborn
Denzel Washington
Ernie Hudson
Tevin Campbell
New Birth
Fantastic Four w/ Sweet James Epps
Bobby Womack

By oli67 (24.97.253.99) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 11:39 pm:

Donny Hathaway
Marvin Gaye
Bill Withers
Bobby Womack
Sly and the Family
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Duke Ellington
Chick Webb

By SPYDER (209.240.205.62) on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 11:41 pm:

I WOULD OF LOVED TO HAVE SEEN
SAM COOKE
OTIS REDDING
THE VIBRATIONS
NAT KING COLE
SAMMY DAVIS JR.

By Spookey (198.81.26.103) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:09 am:

It would have to be my man ... DONNIE ELBERT
singing WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO, HAVE I SIN, WHAT CAN I DO, and all those sweet soul songs like GET MYSELF TOGETHER and CAN'T GET OVER LOSING YOU!!

By john lester (81.132.39.25) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:15 am:

Not an artist as such but my hero
Hank Cosby

One who I am still hopeful on seeing
Paul Riser

Artist wise...
Florence Ballard
Shorty Long
Tammi Terrell

By Soul Sister (65.43.144.46) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:48 am:

Hi Ya'all, I'm back;

Most of the 60's & a few of the 50's acts I saw back in the day...but I would have liked to be able to see in person in the 50's & 60's time period the following:

Little Jimmy Scott-1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1972.
Also with Lionel Hampton's Band.
Wini Brown
Little Miss Cornshucks
Dinah Washington
Billie Holiday
Arthur Prysock
Johnny Hartman
Tommy Edwards
Jesse Belvin
Lester "Prez" Young
Charles "Bird" Parker(featuring Jimmy Scott)-1951.
Howard McGee
The Nicholas Brothers
The 5 Keys
Billy Ward & The Dominoes (featuring Jackie Wilson).
The Moonglows
The Harptones
The Chords
The Jive Bombers
Elvis Presley-1956
James Brown-1956
Etta James
Linda Jones
The Players
The Madlads(not sure, bad I can't remember but may have saw them on a Stax-Volt Revue.)
More-Walter Jackson-all thru the years.
S.S.

By SPYDER (209.240.205.62) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 01:02 am:

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THE NICKOLAS BROS MYSELF SOUL SISTER, THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE MOVIE "STORMY WEATHER" WAS SOMETHING

By Soul Sister (65.43.144.46) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 01:51 am:

Hi Spyder;
How you be?
Yeah Baby, the Nicholas Brothers now thats the ticket, what more better performance in dance could one ask for? IMO, no one but no one touches them, the were so fabulous and eye candy too!!LOL!! I'd still like to get the chance to see Fayed's stage act today as he still performs in LA. Too bad Harold passed on, what a fabulous talent.
S.S.

By Soul Sister (65.43.144.46) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 01:56 am:

Oops forgot:

Bob Marley & The Wailers!

S.S.

By JoB (63.168.103.2) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 03:48 am:

LOTS...but if I have to narrow it down, here's my top 3:

Sam Cooke
classic Tempts
Tower of Power, circa 1973 (although I'm going to see them in April, I would've loved to have been able to see a live show of theirs with all the original members).

By Phil (212.129.40.79) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 04:34 am:

I've seen very few of them,so I'd say all that are in my record collection, with a preference for the 60's artists, Motown & Stax.

By David Meikle (81.130.211.124) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 05:22 am:

Lee Rogers

By roger (217.35.87.17) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 07:33 am:

Hello Everyone.

It has to be THE TEMPTATIONS, either with DAVID RUFFIN or DENNIS EDWARDS.

I had a chance to see them once, as they spent a week performing in Sheffield, England in 1971/72 when I was living there. But they were playing some "supper club" venue and I never went.

Actually I DID see one of them, as one lunchtime I walked through the pedestrian underpass that was outside the Cathedral and MELVIN FRANKLIN was walking towards me. Of course, as a rather shy 17 year old I did the "English" thing and kept on walking, I would probably have been totally tongue-tied if I'd tried to speak to him.

One thing that struck me was how TALL he was, way over 6 feet, and yet when I see him on the covers of my TEMPATIONS L.Ps he was one of the shorter ones!! How tall were the rest?

And wasn't his real name DAVID ENGLISH? and he changed his name as "English" didn't sound right for a Soul singer, or am I getting him confused with someone else?

Roger

By Kev-LO (205.184.179.254) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 08:01 pm:

Hi this is Kev-Lo there were so many artists that I never saw But the ones that I would have loved to see were
the early Manhattans
The original Temptations
Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
Linda Jones
Magnificient Men
The Unifics
James Brown
Jackie Wilson
Five Stairsteps
Gene Chandler
Impressions with Curtis

By LadyMystique (216.108.199.14) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 08:16 pm:

All of the PIR artists and the Motown Revue. I think I would have had a great time if I saw the Revue live...also I wish I was at the James Brown show at the Apollo...listening to the record makes me wish. I wish I could have seen Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin live in their solo heyday and at their last tour with Dennis Edwards...also Phyllis Hyman, Jackie Wilson, and the Jackson Five. Also, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, and Parliament-Funkadelic and the Brides of Funkenstein. Although I have seen Diana Ross at the Central Park free concert, I wish I could have seen her shows during the 70s. Rick James shows in the 80s and definitely Bob Marley/Wailers and Peter Tosh.

By Flo Murdock (68.51.61.164) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 08:23 pm:

Otis Redding, Patsy Cline, Jimmy Reed, Billy Stewart, Howlin Wolf, Righteous Brothers, John R (may sound weird, but I did get to see Hoss Allen MC a show and meet him after....)

By Dinelle (68.222.42.193) on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 11:37 pm:

I'll have to go with Vickie and John. I'd like to meet Tammi Terrell too. As well as Marvin Gaye, Natalie Cole, Selena, Aaliyah, and defintely Smokey Robinson.

By jron (68.4.75.179) on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 04:37 am:

the fablous Peps! from 1964 to 68 outside of motown ,Nobody packed um in like the Peps.

Where are they ?

jron

By Wonder B (81.53.149.230) on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 05:25 am:

Soul Sister and Spyder, the Nicholas Brothers were just fabulous...
Everyone knows (or should have heard) about their performance in STORMY WEATHER (the final number is just unreal) but some other movies they did shouldn't be overlooked like the only color material I have on them, a the mind boggling number in the movie 'Down Argentine Way' (a Betty Grable movie saved by the appearance of the dynamic duo!)
Or 'Orchestra Wives', 'Sun Valley Serenade'... and many others...
YOu can also catch Harold Nicholas on the "Motown returns to the Apollo" show, with a segment dedicated to all the great tap dancers with some amazing footage...

Back to the topic... I would have loved to see Linda Jones, Tammi Terrell, Donny Hathaway, or the Four Tops at the time 'Bernadette' came out... LOL

Wonder B

By steve w (81.174.209.202) on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 03:35 pm:

I would have like to have seen:
Darrell Banks
Tammi Terrell
Linda Jones
Jack Montgomery

By justin H (68.4.75.179) on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 11:39 pm:

I'd like to have seen Little Willie John, Jackie Wilson,The Midniters (Hank Ballard ), Jimmy Reed, The royal Jokers, The Four Peps, Dianna Washington, Della Reese,Lee Rogers,Cody Black Al Hughes, Dee Edwards, Orthia Barnes,Edwin Starr, The Percisions,Walter Jackson, Betty Levett, Spyder Turner,The Spinners, you knew you were goin to get your moneies worth.

By Lil Eva (68.4.75.179) on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 11:44 pm:

I remember all of those acts,some of the best local acts that Detroit had to offer and i seen all of them. Thanks for the flashbacks.

By terri (68.4.75.179) on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 11:48 pm:

Martha Jean the queen,had some of the best talent that ihave seen i wish icould remember the names.

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 04:10 pm:

MARVIN GAYE,JAMES BROWN,OTIS REDDING,MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS,SMOKEY AND THE MIRACLES,OTIS REDDING,MARY WELLS,ARETHA.

By Dayo (81.134.180.24) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 04:24 pm:

Otis.

By fayette (64.12.96.238) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 05:08 pm:

billy stewart
donny hathaway
minnie ripperton
nina simone
mitty collier
spyder turner
bobby womack
garnet mims
daryl hall and john oats
michael mcdonald
pattie labelle
luther
earth wind and fire

By Robb_K (66.81.176.124) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 08:36 pm:

Five Keys
Dominoes
Ravens
Larks ('50s East Coast group)
Hollywood Four Flames
Sticks McGhee & Buddies
Four Blazers
Delta Rhythm Boys
Harptones
Royals
Crows
Squires
Arthur Lee Maye & Crowns
Five Blind Boys
Soul Stirrers (original group)
Billie Holliday
Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Homesick James
Big Bill Broonzy
Memphis Minnie
Bessie Smith
Satintones
Royal Ravens
Fabulous Peps
Pronouns
J.J. Barnes
Carolyn Crawford
and a lot more!

By Linda Di. (66.67.198.188) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 08:46 pm:

The only artists I've never seen live was Mary/Cindy/Diana Supremes and David Simmons. Other than that, I've been blessed to see, and in many cases meet, every artist I've ever enjoyed.

I finally had the chance in recent years to meet my all-time favorite - Cindy Mizelle. I had to hide by Luther's bus for quite a while in a bad snow storm, but finally got to tell her how much I enjoyed her work. One of the sweetest people I've met in (or out of) the biz, and I've met lots.

By RD (65.54.98.22) on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 09:05 pm:

I missed Billy Stewart somehow and I never saw the explosive (I hear) Sam & Dave because to my knowledge they never came to Cleveland.

By Rodmann (12.223.170.105) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 01:29 am:

Here's a few that I wish I had had a chance to see live:

LINDA JONES - This woman put her heart and soul into her singing, literally! In fact, didn't she die in the early 70's right after performing at the Apollo? She sang as if her life depended on it! Wish I could have witnessed her in action!

PARLIAMENTS - I would have liked to have seen George Clinton and Parliament in the 60's while they were still a Soul vocal group. I have several of the singles on Revilot and they're fantastic.

IKE & TINA TURNER - Tina was so damn soulful in the 60's and early 70's! Ike kept the band tight too. They kept changing Ikettes but I never heard one that couldn't sing. I bet this show was great. I have a couple of their live LP's and they're excellent.

JAMES BROWN - I'd like to see his show anytime from 1965-1975 when he had Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Lyn Collins, Vicky Anderson, Bobby Byrd, etc. James doesn't get as much credit as he deserves. If his live show was anything like his records I know it was great!

CHERYL LYNN - She's probably my favorite female singer and I've never had the chance to see her live. I would have liked to see her in the mid 80's singing all of her hits with a tight band behind her. I've read somewhere that she used to open for Luther Vandross in the early 80's and she would wipe the floor with everyone on the bill including Luther! LOL. The girl was bad!

PATTI DREW - I bet she was great. I can just imagine her tearing it up with a tight band behind her in the late 60's/early 70's!

DRAMATICS - In the 70's.

ROY AYERS - He had a very tight band (at least in the studio) in the late 70's/early 80's. I would have loved to see them live.

BETTY DAVIS - Not the movie star Bette but the Funk singer and Miles' ex. Whew she was funky! And the musicians on her records were excellent! I envy whoever got to see her doing her thing live in the 70's! I wonder if they were as good as they were on her records?

By CK (68.156.251.232) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 04:16 am:

As big a fan as I am of them, I never seen any version of the Tall, Talented, Temptin, Temptations live. It's something i will regret for the rest of my life.

By fayette (64.12.96.238) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 08:25 am:

ck to see that one mike stand and five mikes
make your start start racing. i didn't see
david ruffin with the tempts i saw dennis.
i got the chance to see david solo and eddie
also.also they were better live.

By fayette (64.12.96.238) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 08:30 am:

i remember when i was 13 motown gave a concert
here(atlanta)at the civic center.after mlk was killed.it was to raise money for the poor.
it was awesome. that is the only time i saw
the supremes(cindy,mary,diana) it was so
crowded we had to stand on our seats. so much
was going on in the crowd we didn't see as
much of the show as i had liked. i was anxious
to see stevie more than anybody.couldn't believe
the fights that broke out. one man snatched his
woman's wig off.

By Sudi Kamau (172.135.64.194) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 10:50 pm:

Chick Webb
The Billy Eckstine big band

By Sudi Kamau (172.135.64.194) on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 10:53 pm:

Chick Webb
The Billy Eckstine big band

By sea (64.12.96.102) on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 04:33 am:

John Lester
Who is Paul Riser?

By TRI-PHI (68.5.143.49) on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 05:32 am:

THE SUPREMES (FLO, MARY,DIANE AND BARBARA)
THE MARVELETTES(GLADYS,KAT,WANDA,JUNITA,GEORGANA)
THE MOONGLOWS
MARVIN & TAMMI
THE SPINNERS (CIRCA 1961-1963)
BILLY STEWART
PHYLLIS HYMAN
MARVIN GAYE
THE SATINTONES
EDDIE HOLLAND
JOHNNY & JACKEY
THE QUAILS
EDDIE BURNS
SAMMY WARD

By Juicefree20 (141.149.37.7) on Sunday, March 21, 2004 - 07:31 pm:

What's up Rodmann. Man, if you had seen George & the boys back then, you wouldn't have recognized them. George used to wear 3-piece suits & looked quite the businessman. When I saw a picture of The Parliament, I was like Naaaaw. And, yes, the great Linda Jones died of Diabetes during a run at The Apollo in 1972. At the time, some ignorant persons accused her of dying of a drug overdose. It never occured to them that she was using insulin. Such was those days of the early 70s, we lost many to the scourge of heroin. I was very happy to see that rumor squashed. When you consider that she was only 28 when she died, it makes one wonder just how great she could have become.

Juice