40 Year Itch: Wild and Peaceful

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Kisses Taste Like Magic

Teena Marie : I'm a Sucker For your Love

In April of 1979 Teena "Lady T" Marie released her debut single "I'm A Sucker For Your Love", a duet with her friend and mentor Rick James. This funky classic became a Top 10 R+B hit in the US and peaked at U.K.#43. Thanks to a bland album cover, nobody knew Teena Marie wasn't black until she made the first of many appearances on Soul Train.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

40 Year Itch; Top 10 Soul Albums

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1974 would be a good year for pillow talking "prophet of love", Barry White. His 1973 album, Stone Gon', spent February 2 atop the Soul Album charts thanks to the hit single "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up", a top 10 hit. The 40-piece Love Unlimited Orchestra Barry invented was racing up the pop charts with "Love's Theme" which would peak at #1 the following week.

Two future 1974 singles would also be big hits : "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe " topping both the pop and R and B charts and "You're the First, the Last, My Everything " which would top the soul charts and peak at #2 behind Elton John's "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds".

The #1 soul single this week was "Let Your Hair Down" from The Temptations album 1990 which, like most of the Temps 70's albums, remains out of print.

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