Shady Train - Episode 20: When Boys Talk

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And now the host of
Shady Train...

Don Cornelius!

Hi there, you're right on time for another super slick ride

on the Shady Train. You know the drill. Only the cool

kids get in and every tune's a bad mamma jamma.

And to kick things off we're gonna jump on it to one of the slickest sounds around.

It comes from a funky R&B veteran who has been turning out hits since the mid

1960s. He is currently on a roll in the 70s thanks to a disco hit on his new label

Epic Records entitled "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)."

Let's get some hands together, gang, for the fabulous Mr.-- Joe Tex!

"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" - Joe Tex

(Apr./May 1977, highest chart pos. #7 R&B/#12 Hot 100/#15 Cash Box)

And since they first informed us a few

years ago that "La La" actually means

"I Love You," three handsome and

talented young men have virtually

cornered the market on songs of love.

They boast a string of hits that seems

to have no end. Flashing back to the
early years of Shady Train via the
magic of videotape, a big welcome
please, gang, for Philly's Phinest,
the mighty-- Delfonics!

"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" - The Delfonics
(Feb./Mar. 1970, highest chart pos. #3 R&B/#10 Hot 100/#13 Cash Box)

And check 'em out...

the Shady Train gang,

the Shady train line.

They're coming down

the pike to a tune

you'll like, a funky

sound that's bad to

the bone. "Shot you

mouth off, boy!"

It's Indeep-- 

"When Boys Talk!"

"When Boys Talk" (Adeyhawke Remix) - Indeep

(May/June 1983, highest chart pos. #16 Club/#32 R&B)

And that's just

half the ride.

Stick around for

more super soul

sounds when

Shady Train

continues right

after this. 

And let's turn back the hands of time for another vintage Shady Train performance,

this one by an extraordinary canary who earned herself a gold record by getting

on "Mr. Big Stuff's" case. As she joins us to do her smash hit and signature

song, please welcome Stax recording artist miss-- Jean Knight!

"Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight
(June/July 1971, highest chart pos.
#1 R&B/#2 Hot 100 & Cash Box)

And we're workin' on a groovy thing here
on the Shady Train, and groovy is the
theme of a hot one performed by our
next guests, another exciting band from
The City of Brotherly Love - Philly, PA.
As they join us to do their latest single
on the TSOP label entitled "Party Is
 A Groovy Thing" from the album
 Boogie Down U.S.A., let's make
some big noise please, gang,
for-- People's Choice!

"Party is a Groovy Thing" - People's Choice

(Jan./Feb. 1975, highest chart pos. #45 R&B/#14 Netherlands)

  

And we are delighted to

welcome a dynamic duo

that puts down a mighty

funky sound. Together

since 1979, they are

currently breaking

through to stardom

thanks to their talent,

their charisma and

a recent record

label switch.

As they join us to do "I'll be Good," a hit single from their first

Mercury album entitled Street Called Desire, let's hear it,

gang, for-- René and Angela!

"I'll Be Good" - René & Angela

(Sept./Oct. 1985, highest chart pos. #4 R&B,

#7 U.S. Dance, #47 Hot 100)

And look out now, it's Frankie Smith. He's runnin' down a sound we think is

one of the baddest things around. This one spent an astonishing 31 weeks

on the chart. It's a biggin' everybody's diggin' called-- "Double Dutch Bus!"

"Double Dutch Bus" - Frankie Smith

(Mar. to Aug. '81, highest cht. pos. #1 R&B,

#29 Cash Box/#30 Hot 100)

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)

Shady Train - Ep. 18: Good Times with My Cutie Pie!

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 the host of

Shady Train...

Don Cornelius!

Hi there! You're right on time for another super slick ride on

the big train. You know the drill. Only the cool kids get in

and every tune's a bad mamma jamma. 

And we are delighted to have with us what has become just about

everybody's favorite group, and certainly ours here at Shady Train.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 

Led by Nile Rodgers, they are as much responsible for the current

disco craze as anyone. As they join us to do their latest single on

the Atlantic label, their second chart-topping smash of the year

entitled "Good Times," hands together and make some noise

please, gang, for the fabulous-- Chic!

"Good Times" - Chic

(July/Aug. 1979, highest chart pos. 

#1 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B) 

And look out now, don't hurt yourself. It's the

Shady Train gang... the Shady Train Line. 

They're gonna get up and boogie to a sound that's

one of the baddest things around. 

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW! 

It's the husband and wife team of guitarist Ronald Muldrow and

singer Ricki Byars Muldrow. Together they call themselves

Chemise and this is-- "She Can't Love You!" 

"She Can't Love You" - Chemise

(1982 single released in The Netherlands)

And here's a lovely lady from Hawaii

with one of the biggest songs from

the hit movie Saturday Night Fever. 

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As she joins us courtesy of RSO 

Records and our good friends

over on Burt Sugarman's

Midnight Special to do her

 #1 charting international

hit "If I Can't Have You,"

a warm welcome please

for-- Yvonne Elliman!

"If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman

(Apr. 1978, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100/#60 R&B,

from OST of Dec. 1977 film Saturday Night Fever,

perf. on Burt Sugarman's The Midnight Special)

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And that's just

half the ride.

Stick around for

more super soul

sounds when

Shady Train

continues right

after this. 

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And we're excited to have aboard

the train a Trinidad born English-

man who's been rackin' 'em back,

and that's no fiction, it's a natural

fact. He's Billy Ocean, here to

perform his latest single on the

Jive label, his 4th chart-topping

hit in as many years. Billy says:

"Get Outta My Dreams" and

"Get Into My Car!" 

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" - Billy Ocean

Mar./Apr. 1988, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box & R&B) 

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And we are pleased to have with us

a funky R&B band from Detroit led

by vocalists Al Hudson and Alicia

Myers. Recording as Al Hudson &

The Partners in 1979, they released

"You Can Do It," an R&B hit in the

U.S. that also reached the top 15

in the UK. Since that time, their

name has changed, but the

excitement of their music

has stayed the same. 

As they join us to do their latest single on the MCA label entitled

"Cutie Pie," let's make some major noise, gang, for-- One Way!

"Cutie Pie" - One Way

(June/July 1982, highest chart pos. #4 R&B/#61 Hot 100)

START VIDEO NOW!

And hold onto your hats. There's a

def ditty comin' outta New York City.

The gang's movin' down the line and

lookin' real fine, tuffin' up their stuff,

boppin' to the beat and and poppin'

to the percussion on this hot one by

Jimmy Ross, a little thing called--

"First True Love Affair!" 

"First True Love Affair" - Jimmy Ross

(Oct./Nov. 1981,highest chart pos. #50 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)