JJ is "on fire!" this morning -- Ree-Ree's "Call Me", Laura Lee's "Rip-Off" and now the fab Dixie Hummingbirds with their Simon-less version of "Loves Me Like a Rock".
dude, I just tuned in and am hearing just these same songs!
That Laura Lee one was fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi01cDHOUJk.. and I
lurve Lurves Me Like A Rock, it's the Tuesday morning Gospel hour... (actually, I sometimes leave Emmet Powell's gospel show on. Not only is the music pretty amazing at time, but Mr. Powell has a fantastic presence. I miss his chicken.)
Ooh, a Rufus song that's NTM (sadly, my depth of Rufus' work is limited to their radio hits.)
[JJ threw in that uber-scratchy Marvin Gaye song, and I suppose I could've down without that since you hear it so often on other stations, but how often do you hear it on 45? "CDs just won't do!"]
ETA: JJ says this was Poppa and the Utopians from SF's own Fillmore District, doing
I Cry For Joy or is it called Love Is Gonna Find Me. it's got some good falsetto.