Shady Train - Ep. 15: Body in the Middle of the Night!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER:

Shady Train...

the hippest trip in America!

60 nonstop minutes across the

tracks of your mind into the

exciting world of Soul!

And now, here's your host...

Don Cornelius!

Hey now,

welcome aboard.
You're right on time for
another super hip trip
on the Shady Train.
I guarantee you'll
enjoy the ride...
so let's roll.

And we are delighted to welcome for the first time three extraordinary canaries -
a soulful trio from Detroit consisting of the lovely and talented Body sisters:

Francina, Peggy and Letitita, the youngest children in a family of twelve.
They specialize in a form of music called swingbeat, also known as
New jack swing, a fusion of hip hop and R&B. As they join us
to do their debut single for MCA Records entitled "Middle
Of The Night," I'm sure you will agree that the ideal

name for this exciting new girl group is-- Body!

"Middle Of The Night" - Body

(May/June 1987, from 1987 album Body)

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And look out now, don't hurt yourself.

It's the Shady Train gang, the Shady

Train line. They're bustin' loose to

their love jones with the latest by

Jesse Johnson. We think it's one

of the baddest sounds in town

or anywhere else around,

a little thing called--

"Love Struck!"

"Love Struck" - Jesse Johnson

(May 1988, highest chart pos. #4 R&B/#78 Hot 100)

And we are excited to have with us on

today's ride a veteran Detroit soul man

who is currently part of the changing

sound of Motown. He is riding high

at the top of the chart with his latest

single for the label, a song originally

recorded by The Temptations. As he

joins us to do what is fast becoming

one of the most popular protest songs

ever recorded entitled "War," make

some big noise, gang, for Agent

Double-O-Soul-- Edwin Starr!

"War" - Edwin Starr

(Aug./Sept. 1970, highest chart pos.

#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box/#3 R&B)

And now it's time to bring in one of

the true musical geniuses of our time.

As he joins us courtesy of our friends

over on The Midnight Special to do his

latest single on the A&M label entitled

"Will It Go Round In Circles"... how

'bout it, gang, for-- Mr. Billy Preston!

"Will It Go Round In Circles"

Billy Preston (June/July 1973,

highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100

& Cash Box/#10 R&B, perf.

 on The Midnight Special)

And the Shady Train dancers are gonna

style awhile to a groove that makes you

wanna move real smooth. It's the latest

from the Change gang-- "Hold Tight!" 

"Hold Tight" - Change (July/Aug. 1981, highest chart pos. #40 R&B/#89 Hot 100

And let's welcome aboard four of Philly's

Phinest entertainers, a group that has been among the leading names in soul

since, believe it or not, the mid 1950s.

As they join us to do their latest single

on the Philadelphia International label,

the chart-topping ballad "If You Don't

Know Me By Now," lets put some

hands together, gang, for the mighty -

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes!

"If You Don't Know Me By Now"

 - Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes (Nov./Dec. 1972,

highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#2 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)

And across the river from Philly we go

to Camden, NJ, for the club sound. It's

a pleasure to have with us a talented

duo that is responsible for one of the

hottest freestyle dance-pop songs of

the year, a biggin everybody's diggin'

entitled "Catch Me, I'm Falling" from

the soundtrack of the John Cryer -

Annabeth Gish dramedy Hiding Out.

Featuring the vivacious Jade Starling

singing lead, here is-- Pretty Poison!

"Catch Me (I'm Falling)" - Pretty Poison

(Oct. thru Dec. 1987, highest chart pos. #8 Hot 100 & Cash Box,

#13 R&B, from Nov. 1987 film Hiding Out)

And if that don't do it for you nothin'

ever will. We hope you'll come back

and get into it with us next time when

once again we pop open a six pack

and toss in an extra cool one for

good measure, and you can bet

your last money, it's all gonna

be a stone gas, honey. I'm Don

Cornelius, and as always in

parting, we wish you love...

peace... and soul!

Shady Train - Ep. 10: Halloween Party Train!

BOOTH ANNOUNCER:

Shady Train...

the hippest trip in America!

60 nonstop minutes across the

tracks of your mind into the

exciting world of Soul!

And now, here's your host...

Don Cornelius!

Hi there and welcome back in. You're right on time
for another hip trip on the Shadytown choo-choo.
Don't need money. Don't take fame. Don't need
no credit card to ride this train... so climb aboard!

On this special edition of our show we're taking the Terror Train...

and the Horror Express and heading straight toward Halloween.

And as the train prepares to leave the station

we are delighted to introduce a very talented

young actor known for his portrayal of base-

ball great Jackie Robinson in the film 42 and

his starring role in the 2018 blockbuster

black Panther. Now behold his brilliant

portrayal of soul legend James Brown in

Get On Up, the 2014 film biography that

chronicles the Godfather's rise to inter-

national fame. Ladies and gentlemen,

Mr. Chadwick Boseman and Mr. Dynamite, James Brown, invite you

to Get On Up and get on board-- the "Night Train!"

"Night Train" (live) - James Brown And The Famous Flames
(May/June 1962, highest chart pos. #35 Hot 100/#5 R&B,
scene from 2014 film Get On Up)

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And our next guests are, we believe, setting a new standard for what bands are all about. If you base your opinion on sales and genuine popularity, you have to consider them as the best band in the business. As they join us courtesy of our friends at American Bandstand to do their latest single on Total Experience records, a top 3 Halloween hit entitled "Party Train," a great welcome, gang, for-- The Gap Band!

"Party Train" - The Gap Band

(Halloween 1983, highest chart pos.

#3 R&B/#101 Bubbling Under)

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And the Shady Train dancers are gonna style awhile

and get into a groove that makes you wanna move

real smooth. It's one of three singles by a talented

Italian-American band that topped the U.S. Dance

chart simultaneously for nine weeks in the spring

of 1980 - an all-time record. They call themselves

Change and this is a biggin' everyboy's diggin'

entitled-- "A Lover's Holiday!"

"A Lover's Holiday" - Change

(April/May 1980, highest chart pos. #1 U.S. Dance Club,

from Apr. 1980 album The Glow Of Love)

And just in time for Halloween let's welcome one of 

he finest talents and one of the loveliest ladies in our

business. She is Miss Evelyn "Champagne" King

and this is a song from the soundtrack of the hit

horror flick Fright Night-- "Give It Up!"

"Give It Up" - Evelyn "Champagne" King

(Halloween 1985, from OST of film Fright Night)

And we are super excited to have aboard the big train

a talented band from Los Angeles to do their smash

disco hit on the Capitol label. As we speak the

record is topping the pop, soul and disco charts

in the U.S. and catching fire all over the world.

The song is entitled "Boogie Oogie Oogie"

and this is-- A Taste Of Honey!

"Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey

(June/July/Aug. 1978, highest chart pos.

#1 Hot 100/#1 R&B/#1 Disco/#1 Canada)

And as the big train takes dead aim on Halloween,

let's check out this amazing mix of two smash hits.

It's Ray Parker Jr. with the theme song he wrote

and performed for the movie Ghostbusters,

along with Huey Lewis And The News

doing their chart-topper "The Power

Of Love!" It's a nifty mashup called

-- "The Ghostbusters Of Love!" 

Mashup "The Ghostbusters Of Love"

Ray Parker Jr. vs. Huey Lewis And The News

("The Power Of Love" + "Ghostbusters")

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And the Los Angeles group Klymaxx was one of

the first and only all female bands to ever make it

big in our industry. The group is responsible for

killers that include "Wild Girls," "The Men All

Pause," "I Miss You," "Man Size Love," and

their biggest hit and signature song which

you about to hear. As a Halloween treat we

present a parody video starring comedians

Fortune Feimster, Allison Dunbar and friends.

They're-- "Meeting In The Ladies Room!"

"Meeting In The Ladies Room" - Klymaxx

(parody by comedians Fortune Feimster, Allison Dunbar & friends)

(orig. Apr./May/June 1985, highest chart pos #4 R&B/#59 Hot 100)

That does it for our Halloween Party Train edition

of Shady Train. We'll open another six pack again

next time and throw in another cool one for good

measure, and you can bet your last money, it's all

gonna be a stone gas, honey. I'm Don Cornelius,

and as always in parting, we wish you love...

peace...and soul!