THE GREATEST SOUL SINGER OF ALL TIME....EUGENE RECORD

In this Series of Posts, I will writing about the Artist's who are in My "Greatest Ever Soul Singer of All-Time" Poll. 

The Poll is over to the Right of the Blog, it has been Running for a Few Month's now, so if You haven't already Voted, Please do so!

In these Post's, I will write a few Facts, Figures, Stats and Interesting Stuff on the Artist in Question, I will also include a Playlist of their 20 Greatest Songs.

This is the Last Artist in this Series of Post's, I have Enjoyed  Posting about these Great Soul Artists but Look out for a New Voting Section to the Right!

Very Surprisingly Eugene Record has not had a Vote as yet, he was Lead Singer of my Favorite Soul Band, The Chi-Lites !

He and the Chi-Lites had some Fantastic Record's, just a Listen to their Greatest Song's, Real Soul Music!

ARTIST NUMBER 11..............EUGENE RECORD

Eugene Booker Record was Born on the 23rd December 1940 in Chicago USA.

He became Interested in Music at a Very Young Age, this was Attributed to his Sister , who was an Accomplished Pianist.

While at School Eugene Record Formed his First Band with Friends, Robert"Squirrell"Lester and Clarence Johnson they were Called "The Chanteurs"

They Released a Couple of Singles in 1959, without any Success!

They then Teamed up with Two other Friends, Marshall Thompson and Creadel "Red" Jones and the Quintet called themselves "The Hi-Lites"

They Released their First Single in 1964 "I'm So Jealous" which was a Moderate Hit.

That same Year of 1964 saw Clarence Johnson Leave the Band, and they were now a Quartet, they had a Few more Release's without any Success!

Then the Hi-Lites Had a name Change, they Added an "E" and Became The Chi-Lites.

By 1968 The Chi-Lites  Signed a Record Deal with Brunswick Records, who were Ran by Carl Davis, the Following Year of 1969 they had their First Hit Record "Give It Away", this Track Reached Number 10 on the US R&B Chart.

This was Taken from the Album of the same name "Take It Away" (which Reached Number 16 on the US R&B Chart), the Follow Up Single was a Double A-Side Featuring "Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was" and "The Twelfth Of Never"

This was to Start a String of Hit Singles and Albums for The Chi-Lites!

By this Time Eugene Record was Writing and Producing other Artists, Including Jackie Wilson and Barbara Acklin. 

Between 1971 and 1976 the Chi-Lites Released some Fantastic Soul Music, both Albums and Singles, heres a List of some of the Best:

  Albums 

    1972...Lonely Man

1973...Letter To Myself

1973...Chi-Lites

                 1974...Toby

                                       1975...Half A Love    

            Singles

1971...Have You Seen Her

1972...Oh Girl

1972...The Coldest Days 

1972...A Lonely Man

1973...A Letter To Myself

1974...Homely Girl

1974...You Got To Be The One

1974..Too Good To Be Forgotten

1974...Toby

1975...It's Time For Love

1976...You Dont Have To Go

By 1976 Eugene Record Left The Chi-Lites to Pursue a Solo Career, he Released a Total of 3 Albums, but with only Moderate Success, and by 1980 he had Re-joined The Chi-Lites.

They Released a Further 4 Albums up until 1988 (with only a Small amount of Success) Incidentally the First 2 Albums were on Carl Davis "Chi-Sound" Record Label, then in Left "The Chi-Lites" again, for the Last Time.

Eugene Record was to Suffer from Cancer a Few Years Later, which he Ultimately was to Die from in July 2005.

Eugene Record / The Chi-Lites with E.R Discography

Studio Albums (Chi-Lites)......12

Studio Albums (Solo)......3

Singles (Chi-Lites)......53

Singles (Solo)......7

Checkout Some Great Music by Eugene Record 

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THE 159th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 159th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by DJ Toneman, its a Midnight Star Mix, there's some Classic Dance Tracks on here, Featuring amongst others: Headlines, Wet My Whistle,  Curious, Midas Touch and Snake in the Grass.

For Full Track Listing's and Download Go Here!

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SERIOUS HEART PROBLEMS and ELECTRO MUSIC

The Date now is Late June 1987, the Final Week in June to be Precise, how can I remember this so easily, my Father had just Died the Previous week!

Ironically He Died the day before Father's Day!

I had Never had that Feeling before, I had known a few people who had Died, but Nobody that Close, and he was only 52 Years of Age!

I Felt Really Sorry for my Mother, she was only in her Middle 40's, I Remember Me & Susan used to try & Help out a lot back then, getting her Shopping in and taking her out to different Places and mainly making Sure she was not on her own a lot!

We also  helped her with the Funeral Arrangements etc, in one way I was Lucky because, Work Wise I was Self-Employed and did not Work for a while, so we Probably spent as much time around my Mother's House as we did our own!

I was 28 Years of Age by this Time and Never seen a Dead Body before, but I knew that I wanted to see My Old Man for One Last Time, so me and Susan went to the Chapel Of Rest, I think I actually went Twice!  

I will Never Forget that Experience and we Decided that Our Kids were not going to see their Grandad like that, Since then I have only ever seen one other person like that, but He was an Exception, because He was a Great Man, Neighbour & Friend of ours, by the Name of George Bowles.

During that Week between the Death and Funeral of my Father, I found out a few things concerning why he had Died etc, as I have said previously my Mother was not a Person who told me that much, but it Turned out my Father had a More Serious Heart Problems, then she ever said!

In Year's to come, I was to find out a lot more Concerning my Father's Heart Problem's, as I was to Inherit Them, and to think this was after Susan (my Wife) had asked my Mother "Could Lee ever get this Heart Disease in the Future" and her Reply was "of Course he Cant"

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As for some Music this week, something a bit Different this Week, Back in the Early 80's I used to Buy a Fair bit of Electro Music, this was Something a little different from Soul & Funk!

Some of my Favorites Artists were "Afrika Bambaataa" Jonzun Crew "Hashim" Planet Patrol" Warp 9 etc 

There were some Great Tracks by Artists such as : Herbie Hancock "Arthur Baker" Freeez "Mantronix" Tyrone Brunson & Kraftwerk

I think by the Late 80's, Electro was just about Finished, but it was Great while it Lasted!

I found a Great Mix on YouTube by MusicalObsessions, have a Listen and if you like it Download it from Here. 

Here's the Full track Listing!

Dynamix II - Give The Dj A Break
Information Society - Running (Nest Remix)
Imperial Brothers - We Come To Scratch
Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
Jive Rhythm Trax -122 BPM
Cybotron - Clear
Chris 'The Glove' Taylor & Ice - T - Reckless
Twighlight 22 - Electric Kingdom
Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire
Hashim - We're Rocking The Planet
D.J Unknown - 808 Beats
Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt
Newcleus - Jam On It
Jonzun Crew - Pac Jam

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THE 158th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 158th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, It follows on from my Last Post, concerning the Great Frankie Beverly & Maze, Its been Mixed by DJ Diva, it Features some Great Maze Tracks, including amongst others: Joy and Pain, Before I Let You Go, We Are One, Silky Soul, and Back In Stride.

For a Full Track Listing and an In-Depth Feature on Frankie Beveley & Maze...........Go Here





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THE GREATEST SOUL SINGER OF ALL TIME....FRANKIE BEVERLY

In this Series of Posts, I will writing about the Artist's who are in My "Greatest Ever Soul Singer of All-Time" Poll. 

The Poll is over to the Right of the Blog, it has been Running for a Few Month's now, so if You haven't already Voted, Please do so!

In these Post's, I will write a few Facts, Figures, Stats and Interesting Stuff on the Artist in Question, I will also include a Playlist of their 20 Greatest Songs.

I will Write a Post on each Artist in Order of "Top to Bottom" of the Poll!

ARTIST NUMBER 10..............FRANKIE BEVERLY

Frankie Beverly was Born on 6th December 1946 in the US City of Philadelphia PA.

As a Young Boy he Sung Gospel Music in his Local Church, and by the time he Reached his Teenage Years, He had Formed a Doo-Wop Group by the Name of "The Blenders"

The Group did not Last too long and by 1963, Frankie Beverly had Formed another Band by the name of "The Butlers"

During the Latter part of the 60's the Band caught the Attention of Kenny Gamble, and went on to Record with Gamble.

But during 1970 another Name Change Happened, this time they Changed it to "Raw Soul"

By 1971 it was Decided that the "Raw Soul" Sound didn't Suit the "Philly Sound" so Frankie Beverly and the Band Re-Located to California, where the Music was more Laid Back! 

As the 70's went by, the Band were soon Discovered by the Sister-in-law of Marvin Gaye, and soon after Marvin Gaye was using "Raw Soul" as his Opening Act while on the Road. 

Marvin Gaye Loved the band but did not Like their Name, so he Persuaded Frankie Beverly to have another Name Change, and this time it Worked and by 1976 "Maze" had Signed for Capitol Records!

By 1977, Maze Released their Debut Album on "Capitol Records" called Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, it was to Start a Run of Success that had 8 Studio Albums Released over about a 16 Year Period, and all of them Attained "Gold Status"

The Album had 2 Single Releases that were "While I'm Alone" which Reached Number 89 on the US Pop Chart and Number 21 on the US R&B Chart and followed by "Lady of Magic" which Reached Number 108 on US Pop Chart and Number 13 on the US R&B Chart.

Over their Period of Success, Maze only had 2 Number One's on the US R&B Chart, and they were "Back in Stride" in 1985 and "Cant Get Over You" in 1989.

My Favorite 2 Album's by "Maze & Frankie Beverly" were "We Are One" in 1983 and "Cant Stop The Love" from 1985.

Maze were not a Big Recording Band, in fact they only ever Released 10 Albums and 2 of them were Live Recordings!
but they were by Far one of the Best Loved Bands, Especially in the U.K!

MAZE DISCOGRAPHY

8... STUDIO ALBUMS                             

2... LIVE ALBUMS

5... COMPILATIONS

30... SINGLES

For a More In-Depth look into Frankie Beverly & Maze Check out these Previous Posts, in 5 Parts: Starting Here

Checkout The Best of Frankie Beverly & MazE

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