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Podcast Intro music by: Gail NoblesVocals by: Gail NoblesCover Art by: Gail NoblesSong: Soul Train 76 (Get On Board)Song by: The Soul Train GangIn the early 1970s, the dancers on Don Cornelius' hit television program Soul Train were called the Soul Train Gang. But they became the Soul Train Dancers in 1975, when Cornelius and Dick Griffey co-founded Soul Train Records (later SOLAR

Beginning Ferris Wheel Soul Intro by: Gail NoblesEnding podcast jingle by: Gail NoblesCover Art by: Gail NoblesCircus Music: Pixabay.comUsage: Free Other Music by: Gail NoblesHello! I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to Ferris Wheel Soul. I'm gonna talk about music from the days of Solar Records when tunes were spinning from the records. Those were good days. Those were the best days of musi

Intro by: Gail NoblesToday's topic: Shorty Long-Function at the Junction.Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to The Ferret. The count about sounds… about songs from the music charts. Today we're going to talk about Shorty Long and his song Function at the Junction.Shorty Long was a soul singer songwriter musician and record producer for Motown soul records imprint.He was inducted int

Photo: Laurel MarylandUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0Story by: Gail NoblesHello everyone! Welcome again to the Ferret. I'm Gail Nobles and today's topic is Ashford and Simpson-Coke commercial. They were a husband and wife songwriting production recording duo composed of Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. You may remember them from their biggest hit Solid from the 11 studio album S

Music intro by: Gail NoblesDo we have any Rod Stewart fans out there? How many remember Rod Stewart in the 70s? Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. He is among the best selling music artist of all time having sold more than 120 million records worldwide. He has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top-ten singles in the UK. Six o

Intro: By Gail NoblesPhoto: Hans Peters / Anefo - Nationaal ArchiefUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0Today's topic: the British soul group The Real Thing. The Real Thing are a British soul group formed in the 1970s. The band charted internationally with their song "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had successes a string of British hits su

Song: Cotton CandySong by: The SylversPhoto: Wikipedia Public DomainIntro by: Gail NoblesBefore the New Edition’s Candy girl, it was the Sylvers's Cotton Candy. Hello! I'm Gail nobles. Welcome to The Ferret. Everyone wanted that bubblegum pop music sound. That catchy an upbeat style. The Sylvers had that sound during the 1970s. I love the song Cotton Candy from the album Showcas

Intro song: Soul GrooveIntro song by: Gail NoblesPodcast Cover Art: Gail NoblesSoul Groove is online only on Tunein. If you love the 70s, you can get all the soul sounds from the 70s on Soul Groove. Just look for Soul Groove with the words: Find your groove with the smoothest soul from the 70s. They play Natalie Cole: I’ve Got Love On My Mind Teddy Pendergrass: When Somebody Love

Song: One Bad AppleSong by: The OsmondsMusic Intro by: Gail NoblesAll vocals by: Gail NoblesA quick summary of what we have talked about so far in the podcast. *Jr. Walker & the All Stars - Do You See My Love (For You Growing). * Joe Tex - Ain’t Gonna Bump No More ( With No Big Fat Woman). * James Brown - Kansas City * Maxine Nightingale’s first hit - Right Back Where We St

Song: Raindrops Keep Fallin On My HeadSong by: B.J. ThomasHi! I’m Gail Nobles! Today’s topic is about a hot number one single of the 1970s. I’m going to talk about B.J. Thomas, “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”. It was a single that reached No.1 on charts in the United States, Canada and Norway, and reached No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart. It topped the Billboard Hot 1