Funky16Corners Radio Show

Show #752 Originally broadcast 05/19/25 Solomon Burke – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Atlantic)Bob Marshall and the Crystals – She Shot a Hole In My Soul (L-Rev)Don Covay – Seesaw (Atlantic)Lonnie Youngblood – Go Go Shoes (Fairmount)Johnny Wyatt – Everybody's Going Mod (Bronco)Rufus Thomas – Walking the Dog (Stax)Tommy Tucker – Long Tall Shorty (Checker)Rodge […]

Show #751 Originally broadcast 05/05/25 Lou Courtney – Me and You Doing the Boogaloo (Riverside)Just Brothers – Sliced Tomatoes (MM)Monitors – Number One In Your Heart (VIP)Sam and Bill – I'll Try (Decca)Shirley Ellis – Soul Time (Columbia)Volcanos – Storm Warning (Arctic)Corvairs – Ain't No Soul (In These Old Shoes) (Columbia) Younghearts – A Little […]

Show #750 Originally broadcast 04/28/25 Impressions – I'm So Proud (ABC/Paramount)Impressions – Amen (ABC/Paramount)Impressions – I'm the One Who Loves You (ABC/Paramount)Curtis Mayfield – Mighty Mighty Spade and Whitey (Curtom)Curtis Mayfield – We're a Winner (Curtom)Curtis Mayfield – I Plan To Stay a Believer (Curtom) COD's – Michael the Lover (Kellmac)Eldridge Holmes – Emperor Jones […]

Show #749 Originally broadcast 04/21/25 Benny Scott – Soul Beat (Brunswick)Clarence Carter – Soul Deep (Atlantic)Dorothy Norwood – Get Aoard the Soul Train (GRC)Leon Haywood – Soul On (Imperial)Obrey Wilson – Soul Satisfaction #1 (Bell)Packers – Soul Time (TRC)Vibrations – Soul a Go Go (Okeh) Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations (Cadet)Joe Zawinul – Soul of […]

Show #748 Originally broadcast 04/14/25 Charles Earland –Here Comes Charlie (Prestige)Charles Earland – Black Gun (Prestige)Idris Muhammad – Express Yourself (Prestige) Gene Ammons – Chicago Breakdown (Prestige)Johnny Hammond Smith – The Stinger Pt1 (Prestige)Hampton Hawes – JBs Mind (Prestige) Leon Spencer – Message From the Meters (Prestige)Sonny Phillips – Make It Plain (Prestige)

Show #747 Originally broadcast 04/07/25 Quartette Tres Bien – Boss Tres Bien (Decca)Odell Brown and the Organizers – No More Water In the Well (Cadet)Catalyst – Ain't It the Truth (Cobblestone)Grant Green – In the Middle (Blue Note)Ernie Wilkins Big Band – Bigfoot Country (Mainstream) Baby Face Willette – Roll'em Pete (Argo)Butch Cornell Trio – […]

Show #746 Originally broadcast 03/31/25 Herbie Mann – There Is a Mountain (Atlantic)Herbie Mann – If I Were a Carpenter (Atlantic)Herbie Mann – Flying (Embryo)Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor)Roy Ayers – Brother Louie (Polydor)Roy Ayers – Running Away (Polydor) Gary McFarland – Fried Bananas (Verve)Peddlers – On a Clear Day (Epic)Vince Guaraldi […]

Show #745 Originally broadcast 03/24/25 Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough For You (PI)Billy Paul – Me and Mrs Jones (PI)Joe Johnson – Me and Mrs Jones (Darien)Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman (Alston) Clarence Reid – Ten Tons of Dynamite (Alston)Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Soul Popping (Brunswick)Grant Green – James […]

Show #744 Originally broadcast 03/17/25 Darondo – Didn't It (Music City)Linda Divine – Cigarettes and Coffee (Columbia)Linda Divine – Same Time Same Place (Columbia)Gloria Jones – When He Touches Me (Minit)Soul Clan – That's How It Feels (Atlantic) Howard Tate – Get it While You Can (Verve)Carl Hall – You Don't Know Nothing About Love […]

Show #743 Originally broadcast 03/10/25 Zap Pow – Soul Revival (Jay Wax)BW Souls – Marvin's Groove (Round)Myra Barnes – Super Good (King)Hank Ballard – Blackenized (King)Joe Hicks -I'm Goin' Home (Scepter)Freddy Henchi and the Soulsetters – Folsom Prison (Tower) Marvelows – I Do (ABC/Paramount)Monitors – Number One In Your Heart (VIP)Tom and Jerrio – Come […]

Show #742 Originally broadcast 03/03/25 Professor Longhair – Big Chief Pt1 (Watch)Bobby Marchan – Shake Your Tambourine (Cameo)Earl King – Street Parade Pt 1 (Kansu)Professor Longhair – Go to the Mardi Gras (Ron)Rubaiyats – Omar Khayyam (Sansu)Billy Vera – Big Chief Two Way Poc A Way (Orange)Dixie Cups – Two Way Poc A Way (ABC)Huey […]

Show #741 Originally broadcast 02/17/25 Toussaint McCall – Shimmy (Ronn)Turtles- Buzz Saw (White Whale)Souljers – Chinese Checkers (Rampart)Al Briscoe Clark – Soul Food Pts 1&2 (Fontana)Johnny Gibson Trio – Beachcomber (Twirl)Mac Rebennack – The Point (AFO) Booker T and the MGs – Chicken Pox (Stax)Jimmy Smith – Chain of Fools (Verve)Jon Lee Group – Pork […]

Show #740 Originally broadcast 02/10/25 Bobby Parker – Watch Your Step (V Tone)Richard Berry – Have Love Will Travel (Flip)Ricky Allen – Cut You A Loose (Age)Don Covay – Sookie Sookie (Atlantic)Jimmy Robins – I Can't Please You (Jerhart)Koko Taylor – The Egg or The Hen(Checker)Howard Peters – Soulville (Coral) King Solomon – Louisiana Groove […]

Show #739 Originally broadcast 02/03/25 Shark Wilson and the Basement Heaters – Make It Reggae (Ashanti)Byron Lee – Hot Reggay (Dynamic Sounds)Dick Hyman – Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Command)Truman Thomas – Cold Sweat (Veep)Cannibal and the Headhunters – Out Of Sight (Rampart)Dee Felice Trio – There Was a Time (Bethlehem)Albert King – […]

Show #738 Originally broadcast 01/27/25 Jackie Wilson – Soul Galore (Brunswick)Otis Clay – Got To Find a Way (One Derful)Dells – There Is (Cadet)Yvonne Fair – Baby Baby Baby (Smash)Yvonne Fair – Say Yeah Yeah (Dade)Ted Taylor – (Love Is Like a) Ramblin' Rose (Okeh)Ultimations- Would I Do It Over (Mar V Lus) Obrey Wilson […]

Show #737 Originally broadcast 01/20/24 Sam and Dave – Hold On I'm Coming (Live in Norway 1967)Same and Dave – You Don't Know Like I Know (Stax)Sam and Dave – We Can Work It Out (Contempo)Sugar Pie DeSanto – Go Go Power (Checker)Etta James and Sugar Pie DeSanto – In The Basement (Cadet) Cook E […]

Show #736 Originally broadcast 01/06/24 Rhoda Scott – Sha-Bazz (Tru Sound)Rhoda Scott – Watermelon Man (Tru Sound)Cherry Wainer – Soul Organ Blues (Beat Club) Trudy Pitts – Bucket Full Of Soul (Prestige)Goldie and the Gingerbreads – The Skip (Decca)Merit Hemmingson – Pata Pata (Camden)Merit Hemmingson – Soul Bossa Nova (Sonet)Beverly Pitts – Just Some Soul […]

Show #735 Originally broadcast 12/30/24 Andre Williams – Cadillac Jack (Checker)Andre Williams – It's Gonna Be Fine in 69 (Checker)Andre Williams – Loose Juice (Wingate)Otis Leavill – Boomerang (Blue Rock)Bull and the Matadors – Funky Judge (Toddlin Town)Five Dutones – Shake a Tailfeather (One Der Ful)Jomo – Uhuru (African Twist) (Cadet) Little Carl Carlton – […]

Show #734 Originally broadcast 12/23/24 James Brown – It's Christmas Time (King)Booker T and the MGs – Silver Bells (Stax)Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby (Jewel)George Conedy – El Nino del Tambor (Kent Gospel)Soulful Strings – Merry Christmas Baby (Cadet) Rotary Connection – Silent Night Suite (Cadet Concept) Dee Irwin and Mamie Galore – All […]

Show #733 Originally broadcast 12/16/24 Magnificent Men – I Got News (Capitol)Bobby Paris – Personally (Tetragrammaton)Dolly Parton – Busy Signal (Monument)Parliaments – Little Man (Revilot)Lonnie Brooks – Good Soul Lovin' (Chirrup)Falcons- I'm a Fool I Must Love You (Big Wheel)Otis and Carla- Knock On Wood (Stax) Velvelettes – A Bird In the Hand (Is Worth […]

Show #732 Originally broadcast 12/09/24 Meters – Cardova (Josie)Cyril Neville – Tell Me What's On Your Mind (Josie)Diamond Joe – The ABC Song (Deesu)Lee Dorsey – Little Ba-By (Amy)Duke Of Burlington – Slot Machine (Joker)African Music Machine – Black Water Gold (Soul Power) Ben E King – What Is Soul (Atco)Bobby Patterson – How Do […]

Show #731 Originally broadcast 12/02/24 Mongo Santamaria – We Got Latin Soul (Columbia)Eddie Cano and his Quintet – Louie Louie (Dunhill)Gilberto Sextet – Good Lovin' (Cotique)Joe Cuba Sextet – El Pito (Tico)King Nando – El Boogaloo (Swinger)Perez Prado – Mama a Go Go (Raza)Ricardo Ray – Sookie Sookie (Allegre) Ray Barretto – Soul Drummers (Fania)Pete […]

Show #730 Originally broadcast 11/25/24 Gene Waiters – Shake and Shingaling (Fairmount)Chuck Wood – Soul Shingaling (Roulette)Clydie King – Shing a Ling (Minit)Cooperettes – Shing a Ling (Brunswick)Don Covay – Shingaling '67 (Atlantic)Millionaires – A Rather Hip Shing (Philips)Platters – Shing a Ling a Loo (Musicor)Shirley Ellis – Sugar Let's Shing a Ling (Columbia) Emperors […]

Show #729 Originally broadcast 11/18/24 Wilson Pickett – Land of 1000 Dances (Atlantic)Jerry O – Karate Boogaloo (Jerry O)Eldridge Holmes – Humpback (Jet Set)Alvin Cash and the Registers – Philly Freeze (Mar V Lus)Bobby Newton – Do the Whip (Mercury)Carl Holmes and the Commanders – Mashed Potatoes (Atlantic) Contours – Can You Jerk Like Me […]

Show #728 Originally broadcast 11/11/24 Timmy Thomas – Have Some Boogaloo (Goldwax)Manhattans – Teach Me (The Philly Dog) (Carnival)Liberty Belles – Shing-a-ling Time (Shout)Jerry Blavat and the Yon Teenagers – Discophonic Walk (Favor)Jimmie Raye – Philly Dog Around the World (KKC)Joey Heatherton – Hullabaloo (Coral) Sam Cooke – Shake (RCA)Jr Walker and the All Stars […]

Show #727 Originally broadcast 11/04/24 Amanda Ambrose – Gimme Shelter (Bee Gee)Commodores – Rise UP (Atlantic)Della Reese – Compared to What (Avco)Equals – Police On my Back (President)Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (Curtom) Impressions – We're a Winner (ABC)James Brown – Funky President (People It's Bad) (Polydor)King Curtis – For What It's Worth (Atco)Ken […]

Show #726 Originally broadcast 10/28/24 Charles Sheffield – It's Your Voodoo Working (Excello)Howlin' Wolf – I Ain't Superstitious (Chess)Johnny Guitar Watson – Wolfman (Okeh)Round Robin – I'm the Wolfman (Domain)Delacardos – They Put a Spell On You (Atlantic)R Dean Taylor – There's a Ghost In My House (VIP) Clea Bradford – My Love's a Monster […]

Show #725 Originally broadcast 10/14/24 Naked Truth – The Shingaling Thing (RCA)OV Wright – Oh Baby Mine (Back Beat)Popular Five – Little Bitty Pretty One (Minit)Ronnie Love – Chills and Fever (Dot)Tempests – Would You Believe (Smash)Trends – Soul Clap (ABC)Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown – Can't Let You Out of My Sight (Wand) Little […]

Show #724 Originally broadcast 10/07/24 Willie Mitchell – My Babe (HI)Joe Chopper and the Swinging Seven Soul Band – Soul Pusher (Lanor)Kossie Gardner – Fire (Dot)Bill Doggett – Honky Tonk 69 (King)Art Butler – Soul Brother (Epic)Lou Garno Trio – Chicken In a Basket (Giovannis) Brian Auger Trinity – In and Out (Atco)Las Charlots – […]

Show #723 Originally broadcast 09/30/24 Marvelettes – I'll Keep Holding On (Tamla)Bob and Earl – Harlem Shuffle (Marc)Cannibal and the Headhunters – Land of 1,000 Dances (Rampart)Maurice and the Radiants – Baby You've Got It (Chess)Martha and the Vandellas – In My Lonely Room (Gordy)Mickey Lee Lane – Hey Sah Lo Ney (Swan)Bob and Earl […]

Show #722 Originally broadcast 09/23/24 Ben E King – What Is Soul (Atco)Chuck Wood – Soul Shingaling (Roulette)Al Brisco Clark and his Orchestra – Soul Food Pt1 (Fontana)Bob Marshall and the Crystals – She Shot a Hole In My Soul (L Rev)Funky Sisters – Soul Woman (Aurora)Steve Colt and the 45s – Just a Little […]

Show #721 Originally broadcast 09/16/24 Bobby Bland – Shoes (Duke)Grover Mitchell with St John and the Cardinals – Take Your Time and Love Me (Josie)Intruders – Every Day Is a Holiday (Gamble)OV Wright – Love the Way You Love (Back Beat)Soul Brothers Six – I'll Be Loving You (Atlantic)Norman T Washington – Jumping Jack Flash […]

Show #720 Originally broadcast 09/09/24 Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough For You (PI)Betty Wright – Clean Up Woman (Alston)Eddie Bo and the Chain Gang – Disco Party (Bo Sound)Sherlock Holmes Invesrigation – The Pot's Hot (CRS)Cold Blood – Valdez In the Country (Reprise) Johnny Jones and the King Casuals – Soul Poppin' (Brunswick)Contributors […]

Show #719 Originally broadcast 09/02/24 Frankie Valli – You're Gonna Hurt Yourself (Smash)Four Seasons – Beggin' (Philips)Shirelles – Boys (Scepter)Shirelles – Sha La La (Scepter)Shirelles – Last Minute Miracle (Scepter) Marie Knight – Cry Me a River (Musicor)Marie Knight – Come Tomorrow (Okeh)Broadways – You Just Don't Know (MGM)Broadways – Sweet and Heavenly Melody (MGM)Herbs […]

Show #718 Originally broadcast 08/26/24 Dee Dee Warwick – Monday Monday (Mercury)Dee Dee Warwick – We're Doing Fine (Blue Rock)Dee Dee Warwick – Don't You Ever Give Up On Me (Mercury)Hoagy Lands – Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Atlantic)Isley Brothers – Testify Pts 1&2 (T-Neck) Spellbinders – Help Me (Get Myself Back Together Again) […]

Show #717 Originally broadcast 08/12/24 Derek Martin – Daddy Rolling Stone (Crackerjack)JJ Barnes – Don't Bring Me No Bad News (Ric Tic)Chuck Bernard – Indian Giver (St Lawrence)Bettye Lavette – I Feel Good All Over (Calla)The Shells – When I'm Blue (Conlo)James Booker – Gonzo (Peacock)Coasters – Down Home Girl (Date) Jewels – Opportunity (Dimension)Superlatives […]

Show #716 Originally broadcast 08/05/24 Unifics – It's a Groovy World (Kapp)Woody Guenther and the Cheaters – Bang Dangin' Time (Shout)Cymande – Fug (Janus)Sugarpie DeSanto – Go Go Power (Checker)James Brown – Funky President (People It's Bad) (Polydor) Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – If You Love Her (Gordy)Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers – It's […]

Show #715 Originally broadcast 07/29/24 Maxine Weldon – It Don't Matter To Me (Mainstream)Ralfi Pagan – Make It With You (Fania)Margie Joseph – Baby I'm a Want You (Atlantic)New Birth – Make It With You (RCA)Oscar Toney Jr – Everything I Own (Atco)Margie Joseph – Sweet Surrender (Atlantic) Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23 (Epic)Shuggie […]

Show #713 Originally broadcast 07/22/24 Producers – Love Is Amazing (Huff Puff)Len Barry – 1-2-3 (Decca)Show Stoppers – Heartbreaker (Beacon)Volcanos – You're Number One (Arctic)Dee Irwin – You Really Are Together (Fairmount)Billy Harner – Sally Sayin' Somethin' (Kama Sutra)Fantastic Johnny C – Some Kind of Wonderful (Phil LA Of Soul) Gene Waiters – Shake and […]

Show #713 Originally broadcast 07/15/24 Isley Brothers – Got To Have You Back (Tamla)Big Dee Irwin – Discotheque (Roulette)Dee Irwin and Mamie Galore – Dat Tripper (Imperial)Billy Graham and the Escalators – Ooo Poo Pah Do (Atlantic)Jimmy Jones – Don't You Just Know It (Parkway)Bobby Whitlock – And I Love You (Hip)Monti Rock III – […]

Show #712 Originally broadcast 07/01/24 Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor)Cal Tjader – Solar Heat (Skye)Dee Felice Trio – In Heat (Bethlehem)George Shearing, the Quintet and the Amigos – The World Is a Ghetto (MPS)Dave Stryker – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Strikezone) Kool and the Gang – Dujii (Delite)Kool and the Gang […]

Show #711 Originally broadcast 06/24/24 Alvin Robinson – Down Home Girl (Red Bird)Alvin Robinson – Let the Good Times Roll (Blue Cat)Alvin Robinson – Baby Don't You Do It (Atco)Bill Doggett – Fingertips (Columbia)Blendells – La La La La La (Reprise)Bill Blacks Combo – Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Dah Day (Hi)Jackie Wilson and Count […]

Show #710 Originally broadcast 06/17/24 Cal's Tricks – Who's Gonna Take the Weight (Secant)Benny Scott – Soul Beat (Brunswick)Coasters – Cool Jerk (King)Lloyd L Williams – Be Mine Tonight (ABC)Lewis Clark – Dog (Ain't a Man's Best Friend) (Brent)Mighty Hannibal – Fishin' Pole (Josie)Timmy Willis – Mr Soul Satisfaction (Sidra) Spellbinders – Help Me (Get […]

Show #709 Originally broadcast 06/03/24 Richard Groove Holmes – Listen Here (World Pacific)Freddy McCoy – Huh! (Prestige)Freddy McCoy – One Cylinder (Prestige)Ekseption – This Here (Philips) Brother Jack McDuff – Mystic John (Blue Note)Jimmy Smith – Uh Ruh (MGM)Joe Thomas Group – Coming Home Baby (Cobblestone)Merl Saunders – Julia (Fantasy) Leon Spencer – The Slide […]

Show #708 Originally broadcast 05/27/24 Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds – Get Down (Magic Touch)Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds – The Funky Yolk (Chess)Harvey Scales – What's Good For You (Don't Have To Be Good To You) (Stax)Junior and the Classics – Mix Up a Go Go (Magic Touch)Junior and the Classics – […]

Show #707 Originally broadcast 05/20/24 Jimmy Smith – The Cat (Verve)Bobby Byrd – Hot Pant's (I'm Coming) (Brownstone)Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (King)Bobby Byrd – If You Don't Work You Can't Eat (King)Jamo Thomas – Arrest Me (Thomas)Jamo Thomas – I Spy (For the FBI) (Thomas)Mr Jamo – Shake What You Brought […]

Show #706 Originally broadcast 05/06/24 Gladys Knight and the Pips – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Soul)Gladys Knight and the Pips – You Need Love Like I Do (Soul)Gladys Knight and the Pips – Nitty Gritty (Soul)Aretha Franklin – Soulville (Columbia)Aretha Franklin – See Saw (Atlantic)Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man (Atlantic) […]

Show #705 Originally broadcast 04/29/24 Joe Youngblood Cobb – It's LB Time (exSPECTmore)Jerry-O – There Was a Time (White Whale)E Rodney Jones – R&B Time (Tuff)E Rodney Jones – The Whole Thing (Brunswick)Bernie Hayes – Calling All My Buddies (Bright Star)Alley Pat – Pat's Rubber Band (AP)Paul Sir Raggedy Flagg – Papa Mama Romper Stomper […]

Show #704 Originally broadcast 04/22/24 Dells – Make Sure You Have Someone Who Loves You (Cadet)Falcons – I'm a Fool I Must Love You (Big Wheel)Sandy Nelson – Love Is Like an Itching In Your Heart (Imperial)Themes – Bent Out of Shape (Minit)Toys – I Can't Get Enough Of You Baby (Dynovoice)Eddie Forehand – Cry […]

Show #703 Originally broadcast 04/15/24 Derek Martin – Daddy Rollin' Stone (Crackerjack)Derek Martin – Soul Power (Tuba)Spencer Wiggins – Soul City USA (Goldwax)Chuck Brooks – Baa Baa Black Sheep (AGP)Sam Hutchins – Dang Me (AGP)Jay Lewis – Oh (Venture)Sam Rhodes – Shake Your Soul Honey (Capitol) Homer Banks – A Lot of Love (Minit)Homer Banks […]

Show #702 Originally broadcast 04/08/24 Eddie Bo – Hook and Sling Pt1 (Scram)Roger and the Gypsies – Pass the Hatchet Pts 1&2 (Seven B)James Brown – Get On the Good Foot (Polydor)Meters – Cardova (Josie) Lee Moses – Reach Out (Musicor)Laura Lee – Crumbs Off the Table (Hot Wax)Gene Chandler – In My Body's House […]