Episode two of the summer classic soul/Motown show stayed steamy. I had to cut a few tracks to make time for an impromptu lecture on the significance of “Uptight” in 15-year-old Stevie Wonder’s career, but I think it worked out fine anyway.
Here’s what we got down to:
“These Arms of Mine” by Otis Redding (Single, 1962, Stax/Volt)
“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by The Temptations (Gettin’ Ready, 1966, Gordy)
“Hard Times (No One Knows Better than I)” by Ray Charles (The Genius Sings the Blues, 1961, Atlantic)
“I Can’t Help Myself” by The Four Tops (Four Tops’ Second Album, 1965, Motown)
“But It’s Alright” by J.J. Jackson (Single, 1966, Polydor)
“Hold On, I’m Comin’” by Sam and Dave (Hold On, I’m Comin’, 1966, Stax/Atlantic)
“In the Midnight Hour” by Wilson Pickett (Single, 1965, Atlantic)
“Tired of Being Alone” by Al Green (Al Green Gets Next to You, 1971, Hi Records)
“Down in Mexico” by The Coasters (The Coasters, 1957, Atco)
“Rescue Me” by Fontella Bass (The New Look, 1968, Checker Records)
“Knock on Wood” by Eddie Floyd (Knock on Wood, 1967, Stax)
“Green Onions” by Booker T and the MGs (Green Onions, 1962, Stax)
“Midnight Train to Georgia” by Gladys Knight and the Pips (Imagination, 1973, Buddah)
“When a Man Loves a Woman” by Percy Sledge (Single, 1966, Atlantic)
“Tell it Like it Is” by Aaron Neville (Single, 1966, Par-lo Records)
“Stand By Me” by Ben E. King (Don’t Play That Song!, 1962, Atco)
“Rainy Night in Georgia” by Brook Benton (Single, 1970, Cotillion/Atlantic)
“You Don’t Know Me” by Ray Charles (Modern Sounds in Country and Western, 1962, ABC Paramount)
“Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin (Lady Soul, 1968, Atlantic)
“Got To Be Real” by Cheryl Lynn (Cheryl Lynn, 1978, Columbia
“Without Love” by Ronnie Taylor (Single, 1967, Nassau)
“Oh Girl” by The Chi-Lites (A Lonely Man, 1972, Brunswick)
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” by Otis Redding (Otis Blue, 1965, Stax/Volt)
“Baby, It’s You” by Smith (Single, 1965, Dunhill)
“Reach Out, I’ll Be There” by The Four Tops (Reach Out, 1967, Motown)
“Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” by Stevie Wonder (Up-Tight, 1966, Tamla)
“Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvalettes (Please Mr. Postman, 1961, Tamla)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” by The Drifters (Single, 1960, Atlantic)
“Young Blood” by The Coasters (Single, 1957, Atco)
“It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” by James Brown (It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World, 1966, King)
“What’d I Say (Parts 1 and 2)” by Ray Charles (Single (2-sided), 1959, Atlantic)