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Who's Making Love by Johnnie Taylor, released in 1968 on Stax.

In 1968, Johnnie Taylor’s provocative single, “Who’s Making Love” gave the newly independent Stax Records its first major hit. The song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped to bolster the label’s profile. The album Who’s Making Love was released months later, and not only featured the title track but also an irresistible collection of bluesy songs penned by Booker T. Jones, Bettye Crutcher, Steve Cropper and the inimitable team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaDTObaghsE&list=OLAK5uy_lIY-TSrOrJ4i-gOD0wog35-BVZ9Gv4sI0

#johnnietaylor #whosmakinglove #stax #issachayes #davidporter #bookertjones #stevecropper #soul

Who's Making Love,,, by Johnnie Taylor LP cover

Ted Tocks Covers

In the Midnight Hour

Originally posted on December 6, 2020

This #WilsonPickett classic was recorded 60 years ago today.

“I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around”

#SteveCropper #TheFalcons #TheChambersBrothers #TheMirettes #CrossCountry #GratefulDead #TheJam #RoxyMusic #TinaTurner #Seal

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"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by #soul singer #OtisRedding and guitarist #SteveCropper. Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before his death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967. It was released on #StaxRecords' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous #1 single in the US. It reached #3 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es3Vsfzdr14

Knock on Wood is the debut album of soul singer/songwriter Eddie Floyd, released in 1967 on Stax Records. The album was recorded between July and December 1966 at Stax Recording Studio. It features his most well-known single, the title track, "Knock on Wood"...

"Knock on Wood" is a 1966 song by Eddie Floyd, written by Floyd and Steve Cropper...Steve Cropper has stated in interviews that there was a lightning storm the night that he and Eddie wrote the song, hence the lyrics 'It's like thunder, lightning, The way you love me is frightening'. The song was based on another song co-written by Cropper, the Wilson Pickett version of "In the Midnight Hour" (1965), having the same chord progression "only played in reverse". - Wikipedia

Eddie Floyd is still with us aged 87!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyU1k-BzHWw&list=PLoF62QPkHjXjxiAEzEl4xRXJJdeT9WbSl&index=1

#eddiefloyd #knockonwood #memphissoul #stevecropper #StaxRecords

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads, simply referred to as Soul Ballads or Sings Soul Ballads, is the second studio album by the American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, released in 1965. The album was one of the first issued by Volt Records, a sub-label of Stax Records, and Redding's first on the new label. Like Redding's debut Pain in My Heart (1964), Soul Ballads features both soul classics and originals written by Redding and other Stax Records recording artists. The recording sessions took place at the Stax studios in Memphis. The album features a stereo mix made by engineer Tom Dowd, replacing the early mono mix.

The album features the Booker T. & the M.G.'s, the horn section Memphis Horns and the pianist Isaac Hayes, who possibly first appeared on this album, although this is disputed, as he was not credited on the liner notes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY0cpvfpdg4&list=PLzGotn8LeP0e_m6zn2sb6AHNhMXKqSQ0S&index=1

#otisredding #staxvolt #soul #bookert #stevecropper #bookertandthemgs #duckdunn #memphishorns

Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 17

Son of a Preacher Man

Remembering Dusty Springfield w/ this signature song.

“Being good isn't always easy
No matter how hard I try
When he started sweet-talkin' to me
He'd come and tell me "Everything is alright"

#dustyspringfield #jerrywexler #arethafranklin #nancysinatra #ErmaFranklin #nancywilson #bobbiegentry #mavisstaples #chetatkins #melbrown #TinaTurner #jannarden #susantedeschi #dollyparton #SteveCropper #melissaetheridge

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/son-of-a-preacher-man-a-producers-hunch-brought-us-the-definitive-version-of-this-timeless-classic-musicislife-tedtockscovers-dustyspringfield/

"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on his 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album #TheExcitingWilsonPickett. The song was composed by Pickett and #SteveCropper at the historic #LorraineMotel in #Memphis, later (April 1968) the site of the #assassinationOfMartinLutherKingJr Pickett's first hit on #AtlanticRecords, it reached number one on the #RAndBCharts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVGFfj7POA

Otis Redding, The Dock Of The Bay, 1968 on Volt.

This was the first posthumous release after Redding died in 1967, and his seventh studio album. It collected some singles, b-sides, and previously released tracks, including the title track “(Sittin’ On) The Doc of the Bay” which was cowritten by Steve Cropper and Redding. Also has a great version of “Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down And Out.”

The band here includes Booker T. Jones, Isaac Hayes, Steve Cropper, Donald “Duck” Dunn, and Al Jackson Jr. Carla Thomas joins on “Tramp.”

My copy is a 1968 pressing via Electric Fetus in Minneapolis MN – it’s in great shape.

#1960s #1968 #AlJacksonJr #BookerTJones #CarlaThomas #DonaldDunn #ElectricFetus #isaacHayes #MinneapolisMN #OtisRedding #Soul #SteveCropper #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #Volt

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by #soul singer #OtisRedding and guitarist #SteveCropper. Redding recorded it twice in 1967, including just three days before his death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967. It was released on #StaxRecords' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous #1 single in the US. It reached #3 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-VscEQugk

Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – Friendlytown

https://www.metgitarenenzo.nl/2024/11/steve-cropper-the-midnight-hour-friendlytown/

"Knock on Wood" is a 1966 hit song written by #EddieFloyd and #SteveCropper and originally performed by Floyd. The song has become covered by later artists, most notably #AmiiStewart in 1979. Stewart's #disco version was the most successful on weekly music charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKuJUxGntRI

Bande-son du jour : #SteveCropper & the Midnight Hour - Friendlytown

Le guitariste mythique de la #Stax et des #BluesBrothers a réuni quelques potes (#BillyGibbons de #ZZTop, #BrianMay de #Queen…) pour son excellent nouvel album.

#Vinyle #VinylCollection

Platine vinyle où tourne le disque Friendlytown par Steve Cropper & the Midnight Hour.

"Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales" by Steve Cropper released this day in 2011.

Steve Cropper has said in numerous interviews that his main influence as a guitarist was Lowman Pauling, chief songwriter, arranger, and axeman of North Carolina's 5 Royales, a '50s-era group that wedded doo wop, jump blues, gospel, and jazz in an R&B style that scored them numerous hits throughout the 1950s.

#Dedicated #The5Royales #LowmanPauling #SteveCropper

"Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales" by Steve Cropper released this day in 2011.

Steve Cropper has said in numerous interviews that his main influence as a guitarist was Lowman Pauling, chief songwriter, arranger, and axeman of North Carolina's 5 Royales, a '50s-era group that wedded doo wop, jump blues, gospel, and jazz in an R&B style that scored them numerous hits throughout the 1950s.

"I've Been Loving You Too Long" (originally "#IveBeenLovingYou Too Long (To Stop Now)") is a #soulMusic ballad written by #OtisRedding and #JerryButler. Considered by music critics and writers to be one of Redding's finest performances and a soul classic, it is a slow, emotional piece with Redding's pleading vocals backed by producer #SteveCropper's arpeggiated guitar parts and a horn section. Redding recorded the song in 1965.
https://youtu.be/FioAvlnOUUw

#JeffBeck, #SteveCropper, #RobbieRobertson, #BBKing, #JimmyPage, #KeithRichards, #CarlosSantana, #JohnFogerty and #TheEdge.

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🔊 #NowPlaying on #fip

Albert King & Steve Cropper:
🎵 Opus de soul

#AlbertKing #SteveCropper

https://open.spotify.com/track/5l3PuREPl98onUB9j2hXVV

Ted Tocks Covers

In the Midnight Hour

Originally posted on December 6, 2020

On this day in 2006 the music world lost legendary vocalist Wilson Pickett. Let’s remember the power and soul of his voice with this classic song.

“I’m gonna wait 'til the stars come out
And see the sweet look in your eyes
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine”

#WilsonPickett #SteveCropper #TheFalcons

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Sittin' in the mornin' ☀️
I'll be sittin' when the evening comes
Watching the 🚢🛳 roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the 🌊 roll away
I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' ⌚️
I left my 🏡 in Georgia
Headed for the 🌉 Bay
'Cause I've had nothin' to live for
Looks like nothin's gonna come my way
#OtisRedding
#SteveCropper
8 Jan 1968
#Stax #pop #soul #music #1960s
https://youtu.be/p-2UMucS2aI