classic soul music podcast

source: kpfk 90.7fm, los angeles

host: soulbrother to the night

show: stairway to heaven

sounds like: groovy funky soul








Donny Hathaway What’s Goin On







L.T.D. Love To The World







Tower of Power What Is Hip







Teddy Pendergrass Joy







Teddy Pendergrass When Somebody Loves You Back (live)







Staple Singers Let’s Do It Again







Miracles More Love







Floaters Float On







Aretha Franklin Try A Little Tenderness







Josh Stone Stone Out Of My Mind







Blue Magic What’s Come Over Me







Stylistics Let’s Put It All Together







Isley Brothers Harvest For The World







Sly & The Family Stone Family Affair







Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis / James Brown Orchestra
Funk Bomb







Ebonys Life In The City







Intruders When We Get Married







Temprees I Love You, You Love Me







Dells The Love We Had Stays On My Mind







Controllers Somebody’s Gotta Win







Main Ingredient Everybody’s Plays The Fool







Four Tops Keeper of The Castle







The Winstons Color Him Father







Delfonics Hey Love







Whispers Chocolate Girl







Sam Cooke The Little Things You Do







Michael Jackson Gone Too Soon







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It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.
Eartha Kitt  (via rufflebutts)

(Source: beermethatquote)

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vintageblackglamour:

Marvin Gaye was born 74 years ago today in Washington, DC. He is in Detroit in this 1971 photo shooting the cover for his iconic “What’s Going On” album. Photo: Jim Hendin

vintageblackglamour:

Marvin Gaye was born 74 years ago today in Washington, DC. He is in Detroit in this 1971 photo shooting the cover for his iconic “What’s Going On” album. Photo: Jim Hendin

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…”the biggest freaks in the world for me are my favorite people, like you, like me.”
—dolly parton

…”the biggest freaks in the world for me are my favorite people, like you, like me.”

—dolly parton

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Every person you look at,
you can see the universe in their eyes,
if you’re really looking.
George Carlin  (via catharinethegreat)

(Source: shaktilover)

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blackhistoryalbum:

Super FlyAfrican American fashion models circa 1970s

blackhistoryalbum:

Super Fly
African American fashion models circa 1970s

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That Justice is a blind goddess
Is a thing to which we black are wise:
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes.
Langston Hughes (via bluegreensonicscrewdriver)

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soulmusicsongs:

Tight Times - Jimmy McGriff (Electric Funk, 1969)

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