Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 24 April 2015
After Percy Sledge last week, some more soul.
This was the first track by Otis Redding that I remember hearing. If I can believe Wikipedia the backing was provided by Booker T and the MGs and Isaac Hayes worked on the arrangement.
Otis Redding: Try a Little Tenderness
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 17 April 2015
Soul singer Percy Sledge has gone to the great auditorium in the sky.
Percy Sledge: Warm and Tender Love
His big hit was of course When A Man Loves A Woman, whose origins and authorship are disputed, but to me it has always had more than a touch of Pachelbel’s Canon about it. (See here, and here, and here.)
Percy Sledge: When A Man Loves A Woman
Percy Tyrone Sledge: 25/11/1940 – 14/4/2015. So it goes.
