Favoriting Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 14, 2021 Favoriting

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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bobby Freeman  Come On and Swim   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Autumn  1964  45  Written and produced by Sly Stone  0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Sly  Buttermilk   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Autumn  1965  45    0:04:15 (Pop-up)
Beau Brummels  Don't Talk To Strangers   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Autumn  1965  45  Produced by Sly Stone  0:06:18 (Pop-up)
Billy Preston  Advice   Favoriting The Wildest Organ in Town!  Capitol  1966  LP  Arranged and co-written by Sly Stone  0:08:38 (Pop-up)
Sly Stone  Rock Dirge   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Woodcock  1971  45  Sly and Freddie Stone  0:11:03 (Pop-up)
 
Melvin Sparks  Thank You Pt1   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Prestige  1970  45    0:18:47 (Pop-up)
Detroit City Limits  Dance To the Music   Favoriting 98 Cents Plus Tax  Okeh  1968  LP    0:21:34 (Pop-up)
Different Strokes  Sing a Simple Song   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Okeh  1969  45    0:24:08 (Pop-up)
Paul Raven  Stand   Favoriting 45RPM Single  MCA UK  1970  45    0:26:48 (Pop-up)
Peggy Lee  Everyday People   Favoriting A Natural Woman  Capitol  1969  LP    0:30:16 (Pop-up)
Gladys Knight & the Pips  Everybody Is a Star   Favoriting If I Were Your Woman  Soul  1971  LP    0:32:49 (Pop-up)
The Family  Family Affair   Favoriting 45RPM Single  North Bay  1971  45    0:36:14 (Pop-up)
Gene Harris  Don't Call Me N*gger Whitey   Favoriting Astralsignal  Blue Note  1974  LP    0:38:29 (Pop-up)
E Rodney Jones and Larry and the Hippies Band  Right On Right On (Sex Machine)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Westbound  1970  45    0:42:09 (Pop-up)
Charles Earland  Smiling   Favoriting Live at the Lighthouse  Prestige  1972  LP    0:45:11 (Pop-up)
Lonnie Smith  Stand   Favoriting Mama Wailer  Kudu  1971  LP    0:51:35 (Pop-up)
 
Gladys Knight & the Pips  Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Again   Favoriting All I Need Is Time  Soul  1973  LP    1:15:50 (Pop-up)
Wakefield Sun  Sing a Simple Song   Favoriting 45RPM Single  MGM  1969  45    1:19:42 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Ruffin  Family Affair   Favoriting Jimmy Ruffin  Polydor  1973  LP    1:22:26 (Pop-up)
Kool and the Gang  I Want To Take You Higher   Favoriting 45RPM Single  De Lite  1971  45    1:26:02 (Pop-up)
Daryl Hall and Sharon Jones  Hot Fun In the Summertime   Favoriting Live From Daryl's House  Internet  2010  MP3    1:30:12 (Pop-up)
Love Child's Afro Cuban Blues Band  Life and Death in G&A   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Roulette  1975  45    1:34:43 (Pop-up)
Sly and the Family Stone  Woodstock Medley   Favoriting Woodstock  Cotillion  1969  LP    1:37:41 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45    1:56:40 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

  3:01pm
Moog1 Radio:

Thank U Falettin Us Be Testified!
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Funky16Corners:

Kurt!
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coelacanth∅:

Bam! right on!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey C!
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Yvang:

Hi Larry and Testifyers... and testi-SLY-ers!
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Funky16Corners:

Yvang!
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dreamyandseedy:

greetings!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey dreamy!
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Michael 98145:

yowza
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Funky16Corners:

Hi Michael!
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Cal Zone!:

Right on, LG!
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Funky16Corners:

Cal!
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Funky16Corners:

Sly also sings backup on this track
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Cal Zone!:

Where's the Like Button?
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WR:

Take us higher!
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Funky16Corners:

Click the tiny star!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey WR!
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Erica:

I'm here.
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Cal Zone!:

You don't have to be a tiny star!
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Cal Zone!:

Aorry, Everybody is a tiny star...I was thinking this was a Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis summer replacement show special for a minute.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Erica!
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Funky16Corners:

That mistake in the opening was due to my initial, incorrect reading of chart data, reading the weeks charted instead of the Pop position. So there's that...
Avatar 3:21pm
Erica:

Took you long enough to greet me Larry. ;)
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Erica:

Hahaha.
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Funky16Corners:

I have swiss cheese brain this week. I finally had my procedure on Sunday and I'm still getting it together
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Mike Sin:

I'm guessing most folks have seen Sly and the Family Stone tear the house down at Woodstock, but, man, just catching his performance 50 years after the fact in the "Summer of Soul" movie this years proves that Woodstock was no fluke. He and his band were tremendous during these shows!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Mike! Yeah, they were kicking ass and taking names. There used to be a clip on Youtube of a performance at some midwestern fair that was mind boggling.
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Funky16Corners:

Anyone know who Paul Raven is?
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Funky16Corners:

AKA Gary Glitter...
  3:31pm
Andres:

Hi, Larry! So not the bassist from Killing Joke ;)
Great versions all!
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Funky16Corners:

Hi Andres!
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Michael 98145:

Fun! Never heard this before now.
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Funky16Corners:

Isn't this cool?
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Funky16Corners:

Peggy was hip!
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swivs:

Killin it today, Dr. Grogan!
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Brian in UK:

Hello Larry & soul seekers.
Seem to recall having a (Jazz) Crusaders album with Thank you....on it.
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Erica:

I honestly don't know how to feel about Peggy Lee's take on Everyday People.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey swivs! Brian!
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Brian in UK:

Erica, well at least you can hear the lyrics!
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Funky16Corners:

@Brian - That sounds possible, it was covered a LOT
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Erica:

A bit too jazzy for my taste maybe?
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Michael 98145:

Guess i'm in the same boat, @Erica
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Brian in UK:

Larry, was Direction an offshoot of Columbia?
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Funky16Corners:

Direction was a CBS subsidiary in the UK
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Funky16Corners:

I think it was mostly soul stuff, since i'm sure I have CBS UK 45s
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listener Rey:

Hi Larry, and everyone. Good hellraisin' theme for today.
@erica
Didn't care for the Peggy Lee cover. It was funk & soul-deficient and lyrics didn't feel sincere.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Rey!
  3:55pm
Andres:

I’m guessing at least a couple of songs here today that could fill a program of versions.
  3:56pm
Andres:

Also, digging this Lonnie Smith version!
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Funky16Corners:

I think you're probably right. There are a ton of versions of Sing a Simple Song
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Funky16Corners:

@Andres - Hang in, Lonnie gets pretty freaky as this goes on!
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Michael 98145:

yes
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Erica:

@listener Rey I agree with you on the Peggy Lee song.
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Funky16Corners:

Heyyyyy quit ganging up on Peggy!
  4:03pm
CalZone!:

Damn I gotta find a nice copy of Mama Wailer, it's been on my list too long!
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Funky16Corners:

Great, great album!
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dutchtheo:

Hey, Larry and the Testify family!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Theo!
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Michael 98145:

this is something
  4:07pm
Andres:

This is a version and beyond!!
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Funky16Corners:

Pretty freaky for a Kudu release in 1971!
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Erica:

Peggy herself was ok Larry. It was just that song we didn't care for. I don't hate it, just don't have the same feelings about it like you do.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

I was fortunate enough to see Miss Peggy Lee and Mel Torme at the Hollywood Bowl in the late 90s. I thought she was still pretty groovy. :)
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Hopey! Peggy had it going on. A very complicated, but prodigiously talented woman.
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - I know, I was just kidding around.
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Erica:

Oh okay Larry. I just didn't want to hurt your feelings. Cause once I saw someone's top 10 playlist was weird and I got accused of being disrespectful.
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Erica:

Gotta watch what you say around people.
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Funky16Corners:

No worries at all.
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dreamyandseedy:

Larry, on average, how long does it take for you to put together your show?
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Alex In Illinois:

The "Thank You ... " song reminds me of an SNL skit with Kevin Bacon portraying Vanilla Ice and Chris Rock playing a character showing Vanilla Ice how to dance. Someone else was portraying Colin Powell also joining the Chris Rock character in showing Vanilla Ice how to dance.
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Funky16Corners:

@dreamy - It depends on the show. I'm working almost entirely from my own records (with some exceptions) most of which I have recorded/banked on my hard drives. As soon as I come up with a concept, then I start making a list of what I want to play (and search the database to find things I didn't remember) and then once I have the songs, putting the playlist together. Usually takes 2 or 3 hours from start to finish.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Alex! I'll have to look for that.
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Funky16Corners:

@dreamy - Longer if I have to go looking for something and/or record it for the first time
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Funky16Corners:

It also pays to mention that my brain is in show idea/playlist mode about half the time
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dreamyandseedy:

i was so curious, thank you for letting me know, it's so obvious that all your shows are made with a lot of careful thought and attention, i definitely assumed it took you longer!
it makes sense that you think about it for a lot longer than you physically work on it
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Funky16Corners:

Yeah, there's always something cooking on the back burner. Sometimes I'll think up a rough idea, make a note in my phone and then come back to it much later on
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Funky16Corners:

Also, sometimes no matter how much thought I give it, I miss things. I already thought of a few things I missed since this show started
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dreamyandseedy:

well that is ok bc it leaves room for a part 2!
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Funky16Corners:

Right?
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Yvang:

That's what's great with Testify : each show is a Special! October fest all year!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Yvang!
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Erica:

Now it gets serious.
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Erica:

Whenever I hear that Woodstock performance, it blows my mind.
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Funky16Corners:

Yeah, it's pretty intense.
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Funky16Corners:

Middle of the night, too, LIke 3AM?!?
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coelacanth∅:

Wooo! man did this rock my world when i was a little kid
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Funky16Corners:

Don't forget to stay tuned for Kip and Discotech Underground at 5PM! wfmu.org...
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Funky16Corners:

IMHO this is, next to Santana's Soul Sacrifice, THE performance from Woodstock.
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Funky16Corners:

This performance is such a rush!
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Funky16Corners:

I mean like headrush...
  4:51pm
CalZone!:

Dynamite playlist LG!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Cal!
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coelacanth∅:

Boom shaka laka laka!
that 'cracked me up when i first heard it
  4:54pm
Andres:

One of those live recordings that leaves you wishing you’d been there.
Thank you, Larry! Great show!
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coelacanth∅:

derailed by drugs, assisted by the black panthers
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Erica:

We dug the show Larry. I hope to donate before it's too late.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Andres! Erica!
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drowsy:

Nice one Larry! Thank you.
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Yvang:

Thanks Larry!
Boom shaka laka laka!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Drowsy! Yvang!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry!
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Thanks for the show, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks C!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening Hopey!
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Erica:

Thanks Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Erica!
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