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Showing posts with label Evelyn King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Evelyn King. Show all posts

Monday, March 15, 2021

Shady Train - Episode 17: The Color of Success!


BOOTH ANNOUNCER:
Shady Train...

the hippest trip in America!


Brought to you in part by...
Johnson Products Company
...makers of


Ultra Sheen...


Afro Sheen...


and
Ultra Sheen
cosmetics.


Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen...


The largest selling products
in the "Natural" world.

And now the host of
Shady Train...
Don Cornelius!


Hi there, you're right on time. Welcome aboard!
We'd like you to come on and groove with us
for the next 60 minutes, and we don't care
about your color or size. You see, we never
scrutinize. If you're black... you know you're
beautiful. If you're brown, yellow or white...
you're still outta sight, so let's get down on it! 



And we are super stoked to begin today's ride with three gorgeous and gifted
California bred ladies who gained national fame almost immediately after their
debut single was released, a song that features the voice of the trio's creator
and producer Barry White. As they join us to do their hit on the Uni label
entitled "Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love," a warm welcome
please, gang, for these extraordinary canaries-- Love Unlimited!

"Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love" - Love Unlimited
(May/June 1972, highest chart pos. #6 R&B/#7 Cash Box/#14 Hot 100)






And right now let's welcome back
aboard the big train the gentlemen
responsible for what certainly has
to be one of the biggest records
of the year - a song dedicated
to all you "Back Stabbers."
Let's make some big noise,
gang, for our good friends,
the fabulous-- O'Jays!


"Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays
(Aug./Sept. 1972, highest chart pos.
#1 R&B/#1 Cash Box/#3 Hot 100)




And here's a talented group that
performed on the sensational
Norman Whitfield produced
soundtrack from the hit film
Car Wash. As they join us to
do their latest single on the
Whitfield label entitled
"Is It Love You're After,"
a song from the album
Rainbow Connection,
give it up good please,
gang, for-- Rose Royce! 

"Is It Love You're After" - Rose Royce
(October 1979, highest chart pos.
#31 R&B/#105 Bubbling Under)




CLICK TO START VIDEO NOW!
(DON'S INTRO IS ON VIDEO) 

"Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton
(Oct./Nov. 1974, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100/#9 Cash Box/#11 R&B)


And look out now, don't hurt yourself.
It's the Shady Train dancers, the Shady Train gang...

 They're comin' down the track and gettin' into a groove that sure nuff
makes you wanna move real smooth. It's the latest from Morris Day,
a little thing called-- the "Color Of Success!"

"Color of Success" - Morris Day
(Jan-Mar. 1986, highest chart pos. #15 R&B)




And here's a sound comin' out of Philly
that's a sho' 'nuff dilly. We are delighted
to welcome back a lovely and talented
singer who exploded onto the music
scene a few years ago with the disco
hit "Shame." Today she's back to do
a song entitled "Get Loose" - her
latest single on the RCA label and
the title track of her new album that's
currently topping the R&B chart.
A big time welcome, if you will,
for the incredible-- Evelyn King! 


"Get Loose" - Evelyn King
(Apr. 1983, highest chart pos. #61 R&B/#45 UK)




And our next guests are the talented
trio of Shady Train alumni responsible for the #1 charting hit "Second Time
Around." It is also their second time around appearing on our show. As
they join us to do "Make That Move,"
the latest single from their album
Three For Love on the SOLAR
label, let's hear it, gang,
for-- Shalamar! 

"Make That Move" - Shalamar
(May/June 1981, highest chart pos.
#60 Hot 100/#61 C-Box/#6 R&B)




And if that don't do it for
you nothing ever will.
We hope you'll get
into it with us again
next time when we
pop open another
six pack and toss in
an extra cool one
for good measure.

CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW! 
 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!


"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" - MFSB
(Theme from Soul Train feat. The Three Degrees)
(Mar./Apr. 1974, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B) 

Friday, September 6, 2019

Shady Train - Ep. 13: Too Hot Ta Trot in Love Town!


BOOTH ANNOUNCER:

Shady Train...


the hippest trip in America!


Brought to you in part by...

Johnson Products Company

...makers of


Ultra Sheen...


Afro Sheen...


and

Ultra Sheen

cosmetics.


Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen...


The largest selling products

in the "Natural" world.



And now the host of

Shady Train...
Don Cornelius!





Hi there, you're right on time. Welcome aboard
for another raucous ride on the Shady Train.
You know the drill. Only the cool kids get in
 and every tune's a bad mamma jamma.





And we are mighty pleased to kick it off with a dynamic young performer
from North Carolina. He burst onto the scene two years ago with
"The Gigolo" and since then has produced one hit after another.
As he joins us to do his latest, the first single from his Capitol
album Be My Lover, a biggin everybody's diggin' entitled
"Lovelite," let's make some noise, gang, for-- O'Bryan!

"Lovelite" - O'Bryan
(June/July 1984, highest chart pos. #1 R&B/#101 Bubbling Under,
from May 1984 album Be My Lover)





Blues/R&B singer, songwriter, producer and record
label founder Johnnie Mae Matthews is known as
The Godmother of Detroit Soul. Two of Johnnie's
children are currently delighting audiences as
members of a funk group on the Cotillion label.
We now switch live to WGPR-TV in Detroit for
a look at the gang on The New Dance Show as
they get busy to a song entitled "Hangin' Out"
and the very exciting-- ADC Band!


"Hangin' Out" - The ADC Band
(July 1980, highest chart pos. #67 R&B, dancers on
WGPR-TV Detroit's The New Dance Show)




And we are honored to have with us a lady who,
in our opinion, fits perfectly into the mold of the
ultimate talent, the consummate entertainer, the
incredible beauty and the unbelievable success
story. As you may have guessed by now, it takes
quite a woman to have made all that happen. She
is here to do the international hit single from her
RCA album Eaten Alive, a song entitled "Chain
Reaction" which was written by The Bee Gees
who also sing backup on the record. A great
welcome please. gang, for-- Miss Diana Ross!

"Chain Reaction" - Diana Ross
(Jan. 1986, highest chart pos. #7 U.S. Hot Dance,
#1 UK & Australia, from Sept. 1985 album Eaten Alive)







And this next one comes from the lovely lips of
another extraordinary canary. Check 'em out
now, the Shady Train gang, killin' it on the
line to Whitney Houston's latest and one
of her greatest-- "So Emotional!"




"So Emotional" - Whitney Houston
(Dec. 1987/Jan. 1988, highest chart pos.
#1 Hot 100, #1 U.S. Dance Club/#5 R&B/#5 UK,
from June 1987 album Whitney) 






And these funkmeisters are rackin' 'em back
and that ain't no fiction, it's a natural fact.
They return to the train to do their latest
single entitled "Too Hot Ta Trot" from
the soundtrack of the movie Thank
God It's Friday. Let's get some hands
together, gang, and pour some sugar
on-- the mighty Commodores!


"Too Hot Ta Trot" - The Commodores
(Feb. 1978, highest chart pos. #24 Hot 100/#1 R&B,
from OST of film Thank God It's Friday)





And we are delighted to welcome aboard
a talented singer from Youngstown, Ohio,
who is making a splash across the pond in
England with a single that is approaching
the top 5 on the British chart. Co-written
by Len Barry and Bobby Eli, the song is
entitled "Love Town," and the name of
this exciting young entertainer is--
Booker Newberry the Third!


"Love Town" - Booker Newberry III
(June/July 1983, highest chart pos. #6 UK,
from 1983 album Love Town)







And let's wrap it up by welcoming one of the finest
talents and also one of the loveliest ladies in our
business. She is here to perform a song entitled
"Love Come Down," the hot new lead single
from her RCA album Get Loose. She is--
Miss Evelyn King!



"Love Come Down" - Evelyn King
(Oct. 1982, highest chart pos. #1 R&B, #1 U.S. Dance Club,
#17 Hot 100, from Aug. 1982 album Get Loose)





And if that doesn't do it for you nothing ever will.
We hope you'll come back and get into it with us
next time when we pop another 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!