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Soul Stories
Jun 17, 2023 2:00 PM – 4:55 PM
Music
With Tyina
Exploring the roots and branches of rhythm and blues
An Ohio Soul Story: Cincinnati and Cleveland
Two cities that demonstrate why Ohio is the one of the funkiest places in the world ...

2:07 PM |
![]() | Little Willie John Fever Fever King Records 1956 Syd Nathan launched King Records in Cincinnati in 1950 and employed an interracial staff.
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2:10 PM |
![]() | Esther Phillips Ring-A-Ding-Doo After Hours: The King Records Story King Records 2011
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2:13 PM |
![]() | Lula Reed Bump On a Log I'll Drown In My Tears: The King Anthology 1952-1955 King Records 1976
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2:16 PM |
![]() | The Midnighters Work With Me Annie Work with Me, Annie: The Very Best of Hank Ballard and the Midnighters Big Buzz Productions 2019
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2:18 PM |
![]() | Annie Laurie It Hurts To Be In Love It Hurts to Be in Love Deluxe Records 2005
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2:20 PM |
| Bill Doggett Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) The King Records R&B Box King 1995
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2:26 PM |
![]() | James Brown & The Famous Flames Please, Please, Please Please, Please, Please Federal 1956 Federal was the R&B subsidiary of King Records, where James Brown and the Famous Flames launched their career in 1956. In the 60s, Brown moved James Brown Productions to Brewster Ave in Cincinnati.
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2:28 PM |
![]() | James Brown & The Famous Flames Cold Sweat, Pt. 1 Cold Sweat King 1967 Recorded at King Studios in Cincinnati in May 1967
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2:31 PM |
| James Brown & The J.B.'s Super Bad, Pts.1 & 2 Funk Power 1970 King 1970 Features Cincinnati siblings, Catfish Collins (guitar) and Bootsy Collins (bass)
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2:39 PM |
![]() | Bootsy Collins I'd Rather Be with You Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band Rhino/Warner Records 1976 Cincinnati funk artist who began with the Pacemakers (a band that also featured Catfish Collins and Philippe Wynne of the Spinners and Funkadelic
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2:47 PM |
![]() | The Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) This Old Heart of Mine Motown 1966 The Isley family is from the Lincoln Heights suburb of Cincinnati.
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2:50 PM |
![]() | The Isley Brothers It's Your Thing It's Our Thing Epic/Legacy 1969
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2:52 PM |
![]() | The Isley Brothers Summer Breeze, Pts. 1 & 2 3+3 Epic/Legacy 1973
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3:01 PM |
![]() | The Isley Brothers Touch Me Between the Sheets Epic/Legacy 1983
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3:06 PM |
![]() | Isley Jasper Isley Caravan of Love Caravan of Love (Expanded Version) Epic/Legacy 1985
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3:12 PM |
| Pure Essence Third Rock Chrome Children Vol. 1 Stones Throw 2006 Members of Cincinnati's Pure Essence (featuring Antonio "LA" Reid and Kayo Robertson) later formed The Deele with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
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3:16 PM |
![]() | The Deele Two Occasions The Deele: Greatest Hits Unidisc Music Inc. 1987
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3:23 PM |
![]() | Midnight Star Wet My Whistle No Parking On the Dance Floor Unidisc Music Inc. 1983 Midnight Star was co-founded by Cincinnati native Reggie Calloway
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3:29 PM |
| Funkadelic (Not Just) Knee Deep Uncle Jam Wants You Warner Brothers 1979 Features vocals from Cincinnati native Philippe Wynne
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3:34 PM |
![]() | Sudan Archives Freakalizer Natural Brown Prom Queen Stones Throw Records 2022 Born Brittney Parks and raised in Cincinnati, OH
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3:42 PM |
![]() | Betty & Angel Honey Coated Eccentric Soul: The Way Out Label Numero Group 2014 Way Out was located on 55th St in Cleveland
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3:46 PM |
![]() | Bobby Wade Can't You Hear Me Calling Rust Side Story, Vol. 24 Numero Group 2021
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3:48 PM |
![]() | The Sensations Please Baby Please The Sensations: Demanding Men Numero Group 2019
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3:51 PM |
![]() | The Occasions There's No You Eccentric Soul: The Way Out Label Numero Group 2014
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3:53 PM |
![]() | Norman Scott Baby Don't Go Eccentric Soul: The Way Out Label Numero Group 2014
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3:56 PM |
![]() | Jesse Fisher You're Not Loving a Beginner All Night Long: Northern Soul Floor Fillers Numero Group 2016
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4:03 PM |
![]() | Screamin' Jay Hawkins I Put A Spell On You At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins Epic/Legacy 1958 Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins was born and raised in Cleveland.
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4:05 PM |
![]() | The Moonglows Sincerely Sincerely Rabbit Musik 2023 Cleveland DJ Alan Freed gave this group their name in 1953.
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4:10 PM |
![]() | Love Apple Call Me When You Want Me Love Apple Numero Group 2012 Recorded in Cleveland at Boddie Recording Company
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4:16 PM |
![]() | Lou Ragland Trouble Lou Ragland And The Great Lakes Orchestra Numero Group 2022 Ragland was the resident producer at Boddie Recording Co.
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4:23 PM |
![]() | John Washington Daddy Teddybear Daddy Teddybear b/w Burn the Calendar - Single Numero Group 2022
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4:27 PM |
![]() | Bobby Womack If You Think You're Lonely Now The Poet ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 1981
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4:33 PM |
![]() | The O'Jays Stairway to Heaven Family Reunion Edsel 1975 The O'Jays began as the Triumphs in Canton. They signed with King Records in Cincinnati, and Sid Nathan changed their name to The Mascots. The Mascots became popular in Cleveland when local DJs started to play their music. They later signed to Philly International.
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4:43 PM |
![]() | Dazz Band Let It Whip Keep It Live (Expanded Edition) UNI/MOTOWN 1982 The Dazz Band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1976. Their names means "danceable jazz."
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4:47 PM |
![]() | Levert Baby I'm Ready Rope a Dope Style Blackground/Atlantic 1990 The sons of O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, Gerald and Sean Levert were raised in the Shaker Heights suburb of Cleveland. They teamed up with friend Marc Gordon to form LeVert.
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4:53 PM |
![]() | Tracy Chapman Give Me One Reason New Beginning Elektra Records 1995 Born in Cleveland in 1964
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