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Vonnie (vonnie) 5-Doyen Username: vonnie
Post Number: 213 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 5:52 pm: �� | ��� |
Listed are Original Vocal songs that became Instrumental Hits. The (v)is for vocal and (i) is for instrumental. Please add any others you remember. You've Got To Pay The Price - Gloria Taylor(v) You've Got To Pay The Price - Al Kent(i) Am I The Same Girl - Barbara Acklin(v) Soulful Strut - Young Holt Trio(i) Love Is All Right - Cliff Nobles (v) The Horse - Cliff Noble & Company(i) Love Theme - Love Unlimited(v) Love Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra(i) Love Is The Message - MFSB&The Three Degrees(v) Love Is The Message - MFSB I Love The Life I Live - Tony Michaels(v) Hungry For Love - San Remos Strings(i) (Message edited by Vonnie on July 24, 2004) |
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman
Post Number: 819 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.47.183
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 6:39 pm: �� | ��� |
Not so much a hit but Soul City by Pervis Herder on Jamie and Soul City by Leon "Fingers" Huff, the flip side instrumental. Also there was a vocal version of Keem-o- sabe by Len Barry. I should do one called Keem-o-ther-a-pee. |
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny
Post Number: 263 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.52.194
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 6:46 pm: �� | ��� |
Hello, Vonnie Here's a few i remember at this moment: La-La Means I Love You - Delfonics (v) La-La Means I Love You - Booker T & The MG's (i) Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John (v) Philadelphia Freedom - MFSB (i) You're As Right As The Rain - The Stylistics (v) You're As Right As The Rain - Bob James (i) Peace! |
John Lester (theboyfromxtown) 4-Laureate Username: theboyfromxtown
Post Number: 98 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.131.40.32
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 6:57 pm: �� | ��� |
Didn't Norman Harris do Stevie's "I Wish"...and I also recall an instrumental of Use Ta Be My Girl from MFSB and Shame Shame Shame from Seldon Powell. What about King Curtis...I seem to recall dancing to I Was Made To Love Her? That Stylistics track "You're As Right As Rain" is one of my all time favourites....in fact the whole album is truly amazing. Never knew about the instrumental version though. |
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny
Post Number: 265 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.52.194
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 7:14 pm: �� | ��� |
Hi, Jester, Bob James got a "trilogy" of correlative albums in the mid-to-late 70's called simply "One", "Two" and "Three". I believe this Stylistic's instrumental cover is in the "One". Is whort to heard, very very mellow. In fact one of my all time instrumentals fusion faves is a spectacular live version of "People Make The World Go Round" by CTI All-Stars. Flugelhorn and trumpets are incredibles! I think in two other MFSB's relativy hits of previouly vocal hits: "Touch me In The morning" (originally vocal by Diana Ross) and "Backstabbers" (originally vocal by O'Jays). Also Salsoul Orchestra's "Getaway" instr. cover of originally vocal by Earth Wind & Fire. Peace & Soul Food |
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20
Post Number: 1458 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162
| Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 7:38 pm: �� | ��� |
Good evening all!! How Sweet It Is - Marvin Gaye (V) How Sweet It Is - Jr Walker & The All-Stars (I) Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays (V)HIT Use Ta Be My Guy - MFSB (I) Not a chart hit but was very popular in the clubs |
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny
Post Number: 267 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.195
| Posted on Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 6:20 am: �� | ��� |
Hello again to all! What was the first version? Let's Go Disco - Archie Bell & The Drells (v) Let's Go Disco - MFSB (i) I got the "Universal Love" MFSB album, from 1975 and the TSOP album "Dancin' Your Troubles Away" by A, Bell I have had ("fortunatelly", a ex-girlfriend requised-it) and don't remember the year. I believe the single I have "Soul City Walk" belongs to this album and I got also "Let's Groove" and the best track, IMHO, "I Could Have Dance All Night" in four or five compilations. I'm sorry because I'm a true Philly Sound lover, but I HATE these two vocal-instrumental versions (pardon me Bobby!). Some few others: "Knock On Wood" - Eddie Floyd (v) "Knock On Wood" - Bar-Kays (i) "Inner City Blues" - Marvin Gaye (v) "Inner City Blues" - Reuben Wilson (i) "United" - Intruders (v) "United" - Music Makers (i) Peace & Soul Food |
Chi Drummer (chidrummer) 3-Pundit Username: chidrummer
Post Number: 37 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 24.14.41.10
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 12:07 pm: �� | ��� |
How about these?: That's the Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson (v) That's the Way Love Goes - Norman Brown (I) September - EWF (v) September - Brian Bromberg (I) Funny How Time Flies - Janet Jackson (v) Funny How Time Flies - Stanley Clarke (I) Sweet Love - Anita Baker (v) Sweet Love - Najee (I) Taste of Honey - Kingston Trio (v) Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert & TJB (I) So Far Away - Carole King (v) So Far Away - Crusaders (I) Any Love - Luther Vandross (v) Any Love - Norman Brown (I) |
everettinct (everett860) 2-Debutant Username: everett860
Post Number: 11 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.213.209.31
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 12:39 pm: �� | ��� |
Roberta Flack - Mr. Magic Grover Washington, Jr. - Mr. Magic |
roger (roger) 4-Laureate Username: roger
Post Number: 145 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.35.87.17
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 12:48 pm: �� | ��� |
Hello there everyone .. When I'm at home I love playing the instrumental and vocal versions of songs back to back, so I think this is a great thread. How about :- The "In" Crowd .. DOBIE GRAY (v) The "In" Crowd .. RAMSEY LEWIS (i) Or "To Win Your Heart" .. LAURA LEE (v) "Festival Time" .. SAN REMO STRINGS (i) ( "Festival Time" reached the Top 40 in the U.K. when finally released in late 1971!! ) Or "The Bottle" .. JOE BATAAN (i) "The Bottle" .. GIL SCOT-HERON/BRIAN JACKSON (v) Vonnie .. I thought AL KENT preceded GLORIA TAYLOR with "You Got to Pay the Price"? There is an older version of "Love is All Right" by JESSE JAMES on a Goldmine compilation C.D. ( one of the "Allnighter" compilations ) which I believe to be the original version of this song. No doubt Weldon McDougal knows more about this, maybe he will pop in to check this thread. Manny .. For "Inner City Blues" I would have put MARVIN GAYE (v) GROVER WASHINGTON JNR (i) I didn't know REUBEN WILSON did a version, it sounds worth a listen. Roger |
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144
Post Number: 181 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.78.189.114
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 1:08 pm: �� | ��� |
Hey SDer's ! Groovin'- The Young Rascals Groovin'- Booker T. & The MG's You Can't Sit Down- The Dovells You Can't Sit Down- Phil Upchurch Grazing In The Grass- Hugh Masekela Grazing In The Grass- Friends Of Distinction I'm Gonna Make You Love Me- Dee Dee Warwick Madeline Bell Supremes & Temptations I'm Gonna Make You Love Me- Brothers Of Soul Oh Happy Day- Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day- Billy Mitchell Group Crystal Blue Persuation- Tommy James & Shondells Crystal Blue Persuation- Billy Mitchell Group Games People Play- Joe South Games People Play- King Curtis & His Kingpins Ode To Billie Joe- Bobbie Gentrey Ode To Billie Joe- King Curtis Windy- The Associations Windy- Wes Montgomery Mercy Mercy Mercy-Cannonball Adderly Mercy Mercy Mercy- Larry Williams & Johnny Watson Peace, Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com |
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome
Post Number: 270 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 1:15 pm: �� | ��� |
It's All Over Cassonva-I forgot the artist that made the instrumental on Giant Records. (I have the 45) This is also the same group/version Ruby Andrews added her vocals to. Handsome |
Garo (gary_james) 2-Debutant Username: gary_james
Post Number: 22 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.234.106.2
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 4:59 pm: �� | ��� |
Tangerine- Jimmy Dorsey w/Helen O'Connol Tangerine- Salsoul Orchestra |
NY-DELL (dell) 3-Pundit Username: dell
Post Number: 56 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 38.117.188.10
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 5:50 pm: �� | ��� |
Just about anything that had to do with Norman Whitfield....especially his work with the temptations, "Papa was a rolling Stone" was great. The Masterpiece Album is some of his best work....then there was "War", by Edwin Starr, "Smiling Faces" by Undisputed Truth, just to name a few all music that would have sold without vocals.` |
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny
Post Number: 269 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.51.78
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 5:51 pm: �� | ��� |
Hello again, Pazant Brothers & Clark Sisters! Hi, friend Roger, You have mentioned two ones that i don't know how I have forget, two all-time faves of mine (Joe Bataan and Gil Scott-Heron's "The Bottle"). Recently, I discovered that the sax in Joe Bataan version is by... David Sanborn!! The one by Reuben Wilson I got in a UK Harmless Records compilation, the Vol. 1 of the "Pulp Fusion" serie (all jazz-funk). I can say is worth to heard. Some others: At peace Whith Woman - Jones Girls (v) Old San Juan - MFSB (i) (both are the same but with different title) For The Love Of Money - O'Jays (v) For The Love Of Money - Defunkt (i) Peace & Soul Food (vocal or instrumental) |
Lady Mystique (ladymystique)
6-Zenith Username: ladymystique
Post Number: 435 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 204.186.253.89
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 8:00 pm: �� | ��� |
Would Marvin Gaye's SEXUAL HEALING come into play? The A-side was the vocal and the B-side was the instrumental. He won the Grammy for both. |
douglasm (douglasm) 4-Laureate Username: douglasm
Post Number: 108 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.118.222.193
| Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 - 9:48 pm: �� | ��� |
Mr. Boone.... I couldn't place the Johnny Watson/Larry Williams credit on "Mercy Mercy Mercy". Were they connected in some way with Cannonball Adderly, or conversely, the Buckinghams? |
roger (roger) 4-Laureate Username: roger
Post Number: 146 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.35.87.17
| Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 5:02 am: �� | ��� |
Hello again everyone. Here are a couple more .. For the Philly fanatics amongst us, a couple from the Neptune label .. "Great Big Liar" - BUNNY SIGLER (v) "Take It Easy Soul Brother" - CORNER BOYS (i). And for the Reggae fans amongst us .. "What Am I gonna Do" - TONY SCOTT (v) "Liquidator" - HARRY Js ALL STARS (i) Roger |
Keith Herschell (keith_herschell) 1-Arriviste Username: keith_herschell
Post Number: 7 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 81.134.207.166
| Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 5:59 am: �� | ��� |
I think the real test is whether the instrumental stands alongside the vocal as it's equal. I prefer Joe Bataans' version of 'The Bottle' to Gil S H (hope I haven't commited heresy) There is just so much going on in Bataans. I also prefer the Memphis Horns version of 'Wooly Bully' to the original by Sam the Sham (which I detest) Others that come to mind, where I like the instrumental and vocal equally. Soul at sunrise - Juggy Murray / Outcast - Eddie & Ernie. All for you - Earl Van Dyke / Lucky lucky me - Marvin Gaye or Jimmy Ruffin. Good time tonight - Bill Dogget / Soul Sisters Keith Herschell - London |
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome
Post Number: 280 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.13
| Posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 - 3:01 pm: �� | ��� |
Keith, have you heard Brother to Brother's version of "In The Bottle"? They also recorded this song, Let Your Mind Be Free and were on the Turbo label. Handsome |
1wicked (1wicked)
5-Doyen Username: 1wicked
Post Number: 197 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.64.72
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 12:54 am: �� | ��� |
Ahhhhhhh...thanks Handsome !! BtB's version was actually released 1st & I enjoy it a bit more than Gil's...but the way they are interpreted, it's like two different songs. Do you remember BtB's jam "Phattenin'" ? That was THE club cut !! |
Manny (manny) 5-Doyen Username: manny
Post Number: 278 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.52.116
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 10:33 am: �� | ��� |
Hello "The Bottle" lovers 1 Wicked and Handsome!! (smile!) I got the Joe Bataan and the Gil-Scott Heron studio version of "The Bottle". The Brother To Brother one I don't got it but at the disco I worked when i studed, was played hundreds of times. All the three got his partcularitys. I like the sax in Joe's cover (by David Sanborn) and the Lou Rawl's similar voice by Gil and spanish intro "uno, dos, tres, cuatro,...". But have you heard the Gil-Scott - Brian Jackson live version in their "It's Your World" 2 x LP? I think this is the definitive version. Peace & Soul Food |
Eli (phillysoulman) 6-Zenith Username: phillysoulman
Post Number: 865 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.163.20.145
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 11:18 am: �� | ��� |
La Botella was , I believe the very first release on the Salsoul label. |
~medusa~ (~medusa) 5-Doyen Username: ~medusa
Post Number: 351 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 68.249.240.25
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 11:18 am: �� | ��� |
After The Dance ~Marvin GAye Instrumental by ~ Fourplay Sideshow ~ Blue MAgic Sideshow~Walter Beasley What You Wont DO For Love~Roy Ayers What You Wont DO For Love~Bobby Caldwell Livin' For The City ~Noel Pointer Livin' For the City ~Stevie Wonder Sexual Healing ~Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing ~Fourplay (Just incase you aren't familiar with Fourplay, it's an instrumental group that consists of Bob James(Piano), Larry Carlton(Guitar), Nathan East(Bass),and Harvey Mason(Drums). Isn't She Lovely ~Stevie Wonder Isn't She Lovely ~ David Sandborn |
paulie3$hoes (paulie3hoes) 4-Laureate Username: paulie3hoes
Post Number: 95 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.163.20.145
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 11:22 am: �� | ��� |
eh foreplay is a good t'ing, capice?@#$%^ sometimes me an' angelina we have five play, catch my drift. eh??!@#$%^&*( i hoid dat dat r kelly guy had 12 play, marrone!!!1@#$%^&* dat son a b***h must be tired, eh an how dey days it p***y wipped, capice??@#$%^&* |
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144
Post Number: 184 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.207.40.18
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 12:59 pm: �� | ��� |
Hey Douglasm, Larry Williams and Johnny Watson wrote the lyrics to Cannonball Adderley's instrumental hit Mercy Mercy Mercy in early 1967 and released their version on the Okeh label during the spring. Their names are credited as writers along with Joe Zawinal on the 45 single. A few months later, the Buckinghams would released their version on Columbia. Peace, Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com |
SDF (handsome) 5-Doyen Username: handsome
Post Number: 282 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 170.118.158.14
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 1:51 pm: �� | ��� |
1wicked, I think I remember that song! Handsome |
Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144
Post Number: 188 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.207.40.18
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 4:56 pm: �� | ��� |
There was also a version recorded by Marlene Shaw on Cadet around the same time as Larry Williams & Johnny Watson. Peace, Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com |
Lady Mystique (ladymystique)
6-Zenith Username: ladymystique
Post Number: 442 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.223.69
| Posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 5:17 pm: �� | ��� |
If I may repeat myself here? Would Marvin Gaye's SEXUAL HEALING come into play? The A-side was the vocal and the B-side was the instrumental. He won the Grammy for both. |
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20
Post Number: 1553 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162
| Posted on Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 11:29 pm: �� | ��� |
Lady M: I would say yes & no. On the one hand, both songs won The Grammy. On the other hand, only the Vocal version charted. I guess that your example is a better choice that most of ours, as most of our choices were either never nominated for a grammy or never charted at all. |
johneflat (johneflat) 4-Laureate Username: johneflat
Post Number: 104 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 152.163.252.200
| Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004 - 12:49 am: �� | ��� |
well...I don't know if it was a HIT, but RAMSEY LEWIS does a KILLER INSTRUMENTAL version of "PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO 'ROUND"! |