Craig Charles Funk & Soul show: with Beverley Knight (11/06/2016)
Beverley Knight celebrates the music, sounds and legacy of Memphis on her forthcoming new album, Soulsville. It was recorded in a week long session at Wille Mitchell’s legendary Royal Studios in Memphis. Soulsville takes in original songs and a handful of Memphis classics. The session include a couple of great covers of ‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’ and ‘Hound Dog’. Beverley will be in session and conversation on tonight’s show.
Music played: Nick Pride & The Pimptones – Baby Can We Start Again [Legere Recordings] Maceo Parker – Homeboy [ESC] Brick – Dazz [Bang Records] Fantastic Negrito – Scary Woman [Blackball Universe/Believe Recordings] Kind & Kinky Zoo – V.L.A.M. (Lack Of Afro Mix) [Rocafort Records] Hector Rivera – I Want A Chance For Romance [Barry] Margie Hendrix – I Call You Lover But You Ain’t Nothing But A Tramp [Mercury] Grupo X – X-Perience [Loft Recordings] Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul (Live) [Get On Down] Etta James – Look At The Rain [Kent Soul] Eli “Paperboy” Reed – My Way Home [Yep Roc Records] The Nite-Liters – K-Jee [Harmless] Latimore – Let’s Straighten It Out [Glades] Ronnie Hudson – West Coast Poplock [Street People] Alicia Myres – I Want To Thank You [MCA] The Four Fuller Brothers – Time’s A Wasting [Kent] Stevie Wonder – I Wish (The Reflex Revision) [White] The Staple Singers – Heavy Makes You Happy [Universal] The Fame Gang – Grits And Gravy [BGP] Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine [Backbeats] Archie Bell & The Drells – Don’t Let Love Get You Down [Edsel] Sly & The Family Stone – M’Lady [Epic] James Morton – Do Dat (feat. Fred Wesley and DJ Ollie Teeba) [Matusik Records] Gene Chandler – Get Down [Southbound] Lack of Afro – I Met You Today [Beating Heart] The Blackbyrds – I Need You [BGP] Jungle Fire – Firewalker (Grant Phabao Remix) [Paris DJs] Tom Jones – Right Place Wrong Time [Parrot] Mighty Mocambos – B-Boy Suite In B-Flat Minor [Mocambo] Blue Mode – Smells Like Teen Spirit [P-Vine] Mario Biondi & The High Five Quintet – This Is What You Are [Expansion] Jaguar – That’s Your Problem Baby [Freestyle] Ted Taylor – Somebody’s Always Trying [Kent Dance] Beverley Knight – Middle of Love (Live) Beverley Knight – Hound Dog (Live) Beverley Knight – I Can’t Stand The Rain (Live) Beverley Knight – When I See You Again (Live) Reuben Wilson – Inner City Blues [Harmless]