Showing posts with label ike and tina. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Some for the late night crew! The Beatles covered!



My main man Choice (DJ Scope of http://www.choicecutsonline.com/ ) posted "Times Up" today and got me thinking of this-i only have it on some vinyl compilation but a great Beatles cover and a terrific break! This and a recent article at Soul Sides got me thinking of one or two more of my favourite Beatles covers. There's hundreds of amazing ones, off the top of the dome here are ten off mine!



O.C.



Here are some more great Beatles covers

Ramsey Lewis



Al Green



Smokey Robinson (couldn't find the amazing Detroit Emeralds version on youtube)



Fiona Apple



Ike and Tina



Blendcrafters (this was huge for me)



Marvin Gaye



Stevie Wonder



The Five Stairsteps



And another killer Ramsey Lewis

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Guilty on two accounts!

Phil Spector is going down for murder


Of course, he was also guilty of producing arguably the greatest pop single of all time



a couple of more reasons why he was the don







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