Papa was a POLLING STONE: It's the 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ~~~ TRACKS POLL

After the grand success of the 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO ALBUMS POLL, it's high time to make a list of the best 1970s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO TRACKS!

Here's the deal: you have a weekend and a week to nominate your favorite soul, funk and/or disco tracks that were released from 1970 to 1979 (the main focus should be on 70s soul). You have an unlimited amount of nominations, but please use some common sense.

On Monday, March 27 I'll open the voting and campaigning thread, and I'm planning to have the rollout between April 10 and 14.

But let me start off the nominations with 30 great tracks.

Hits:
Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
The Emotions - Best of My Love
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
Chic - I Want Your Love
Michael Jackson - Working Day and Night
The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow

Epics:
The Stylistics - Children of the Night
The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
Lou Bond - To the Establishment
Noir - Rain
The Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round
Stevie Wonder - Another Star
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Cymande - Dove
Terry Callier - Dancing Girl
The Temptations - Smiling Faces Sometimes

Cool discoveries from the albums poll:
The Stylistics - Peek-a-Boo
Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter
Caston & Majors - Child of Love
The Equals - Mystic Syster
Syreeta - Spinnin' and Spinnin'
The Stylistics - Pieces
O.V. Wright - A Nickel and a Nail
Stevie Wonder - Creepin'
Stairsteps - Pasado
The O'Jays - Listen to the Clock on the Wall

Oh my god, I had no idea this was happening. Basically impossible, but I'll try?

You are supposed to wait, there is a reason why we have the ordering and timing thead. So we don't have two polls going on at the same time.

I was afraid you were going to say that. But I never added this poll to the 'official' list and the album poll also ran happily alongside other polls IIRC. I'll make sure the rollouts don't overlap, which is the most important thing I think.

True, and I'm probably being a bit over protected. If you waited until the roll-out started it would have been much smoother.

Oh man. Glad I came back to ILX.

:)

Ok, my first round of noms:

James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
Chic - Good Times
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
The Commodores - Machine Gun
Tyrone Davis - Turn Back The Hands of Time
Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
Carol Douglas - Doctor's Orders
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
The Flaming Ember - Westbound #9
The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Kool & the Gang - Summer Madness
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes - Wake Up Everybody
The O'Jays - Love Train
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
Wilson Pickett - Sugar Sugar
Prince - I Feel For You
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
Prince - Soft and Wet
Prince - Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
Sister Sledge - Don't You Miss Him Now
Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair
Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
Spinners - Ghetto Child
Spinners - How Could I Let You Get Away
Spinners - I'll Be Around
Spinners - It's a Shame
Spinners - One of a Kind (Love Affair)
Spinners - The Rubberband Man
The Stylistics - You Are Everything
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Donna Summer - Last Dance
Donna Summer - Love's Unkind
Donna Summer - On The Radio
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
War - All Day Music
Bill Withers - Do It Good
Bill Withers - Everybody's Talkin'
Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
Bill Withers - Harlem
Bill Withers - Hope She'll Be Happier
Bill Withers - Let It Be
Bill Withers - Sweet Wanomi
Bill Withers - Use Me

Only regret is this poll's going to be missing a whole ton of great early '80s boogie.

Tried to keep to the essentials:

Aaron Neville - Hercules
Ace Spectrum - Don't Send Nobody Else
Al Green - Look What You Done for Me
Al Wilson - Show and Tell
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Ashford & Simpson - It Seems to Hang On
Ashford & Simpson - Maybe I Can Find It
Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time
Chic - What About Me
Donna Summer - Walk Away
Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy
Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need A Change Of Mind
Elton John - Are You Ready for Love
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame
Fela Kuti - Sorrow Tears and Blood
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Bad Luck
James Brown - Papa Don't Take No Mess
James Brown - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing
Jimmy "Bo" Horne - Spank
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Sister Sledge - Thinking of You
Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
Tavares - More Than a Woman
Teddy Pendergrass - I Don't Love You Anymore
Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Off the Lights
The Delfonics - When You Get Right Down to It
The Rolling Stones - Miss You
The Spinners - Honest I Do
The Stairsteps - Tell Me Why
The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)
The Stylistics - Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
The Trammps - Hold Back the Night
Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes

Excited for this. Loved the albums poll.

So...wait, are we doing this or are we waiting to do this?

We're already doing it.

James Brown - Super Bad
James Brown - Hot Pants
James Brown - Funky Drummer (Parts 1 & 2)
James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
James Brown - The Payback
James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing

So...wait, are we doing this or are we waiting to do this?

I should have held off my noms until this was definitively settled upon. If the consensus is that we should wait a bit, I would be completely in favour of that. Having this + the Talking Heads poll going at once is admittedly a bit head spinning.

Don't the decade/genre polls usually just sort of happen in their own realm?

Yes, that's usually what happens. I also don't mind if we stretch out the nominations for this poll till the Talking Heads rollout starts, but that might take a while.

If you can wait, that would be best.

x-post:

To be honest, I'm far more interested in this poll than the Talking Heads one, so I have no problem with this poll continuing.

First round of nominations:

Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
Donny Hathaway - A Song for You
Cheryl Lynn - Got to be Real
Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
Sylvester - (You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real
Willie Hutch - I Choose You

Fine with waiting for the Talking Heads poll to finish. Voted there and really interested in the results.

Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
Blue Magic - Spell
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Sour and Sweet
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can
Parliament - Funkentelechy
Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
Raydio - Jack & Jill
Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction to Your Mind
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me

Depending on how active this thread is going to be in the coming week (and I expect at least 500 nominations), I can either extend the nomination period or let it stay the way I described in my first post. We'll see around March 26. For now, everyone can keep posting their tracks.

I don't think the two polls will bite each other at all, especially since the complete Talking Heads discography can be listened to in a day. You could spend the rest of your life listening to the potential nominations for the soul poll.

I call "not it!" for compiling the Spotify list.

Witch Queen - Witch Queen
Tantra - The Hills of Katmandu
Sylvester - I (Who Have Nothing)
Gino Soccio - Dancer
Stephen Encinas - Disco Illusion
Orlando Julius - Disco Hi-Life

Otis Clay: "Trying To Live My Life Without You"
Ann Peebles: "Didn't Take Your Man"

Double Exposure - My Love is Free
The Isley Brothers - That Lady
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
The Floaters - Float On
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft

Marvin Gaye: "Ego Tripping Out"
Marvin Gaye: "When Did I Stop Loving You, When Did You Stop Loving Me"

The Mighty Hannibal: "The Truth Shall Set You Free"

About half the "1970s Soul" folder on my hard drive has been listed already--the other half (I think there are some stray tracks in other folders I'll add later):

5th Dimension - One Less Bell to Answer
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You
Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
Bloodstone - Natural High
Bloodstone - Outside Woman
Blue Magic - Sideshow
Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - Too Late to Turn Back Now
Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Delfonics - Tell Me This Is a Dream
Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - My Mistake (Was to Love You)
Dionne Warwick & the Spinners - Then Came You
Dramatics - In the Rain
Edwin Starr - War
Flaming Ember - I'm Not My Brother's Keeper
Four Tops - Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
Honey Cone - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
Honey Cone - Want Ads
James Brown - King Heroin
James Brown - Never Can Say Goodbye
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Walking in the Rain with the One I Love
Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again
Moments - Love on a Two-Way Street
Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love And Hate
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Rose Royce - I Wanna Get to You
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown
Spinners - They Just Can't Stop It the (Games People Play)
Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'
Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
Sweet and Innocent - Express Your Love
Temprees - I'm for You, You for Me
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
War - The World Is a Ghetto
War - Summer

You are supposed to wait, there is a reason why we have the ordering and timing thead. So we don't have two polls going on at the same time.

― Bee OK, Friday, March 17, 2017 11:10 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was afraid you were going to say that. But I never added this poll to the 'official' list and the album poll also ran happily alongside other polls IIRC. I'll make sure the rollouts don't overlap, which is the most important thing I think.

― ArchCarrier, Friday, March 17, 2017 11:15 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

True, and I'm probably being a bit over protected. If you waited until the roll-out started it would have been much smoother.

― Bee OK, Friday, March 17, 2017 11:21 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Trust, most of us can focus on a decade/genre poll and an artist poll at the same time.

So stoked for this!

George Benson - Down Here on the Ground
The Crusaders - Street life
Bionic Boogie - Hot Butterfly
Roy Ayers - Running Away
Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off My Feet
Curtis Mayfield - Right On For The Darkness
Joe Tex - Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)
Bobby Womack - You’re Welcome, Stop on By
Sister Sledge - Thinking of You
George McCrae - I Get Lifted
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Isley Brothers - Work to Do
First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
Leon Ware - Instant Love
Loleatta Holloway - Runaway
Bobby Caldwell - What You Won’t Do For Love
Lyn Collins - Think (About it)
Parliament - Flashlight
Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep
Eddie Kendricks - Date With the Rain
Chaka Kahn - I’m Every Woman
Earth Wind & Fire - That’s the Way of the World

Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Flaming Ember - I'm Not My Brother's Keeper

I wondered how I missed these when I was making up my list earlier, and then I noticed: they're all *technically* from 1969. I am in no way interested in playing date police, though, so I'll leave up to our pollster how rigid we want to be with dates. It is hard for me to imagine a more quintessentially 70s Soul song than "Didn't I (Blow your Mind This Time)," (released, Wiki says, December 1969--the London Calling of 70s Soul tracks?).

If they charted in 1970 I'd say they're fair game, but that's me.

I've got them dated as '70 on my player, so maybe they came out very late? I think they probably all peaked in '70. The other big one is "Tears of a Clown"--we've had this argument before--which actually came out in '67, I think, but hit #1 when reissued in '70. To me it absolutely belongs with 1970.

Checked Whitburn--don't think I've taken that off the shelf for a decade--and "Rainy Night in Georgia" and "Didn't I" both debuted on the Hot 100 in January of '70, and "I'm Not My Brother's Keeper" in October of '70.

The Flaming Ember are in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Huh?

Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady
Dee Dee Warwick - Down So Low
Ruby Andrews - You Ole Boo Boo You
Merry Clayton - Southern Man (<-- makes Neil Young's original sound like amateur hour)

More to come, certainly...

From other folders (not sure why):

Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
Al Green - Have You Been Making Out O.K.
Barbara Mason - Bed and Board
Blues Brother No. 1 - Letter of Regret
Chakachas - Jungle Fever
Cookie Woodson - I'll Be True
Donnie & Joe Emerson - Baby (will have much abuse slung in its direction...)
Gil-Scott Heron - Winter in America
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me by Now
Joe Simon - Drowning in the Sea of Love
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
Swamp Dogg - The World Beyond

I'll leave the disco--some of which will be on my ballot--to everyone else.

genres are tough to pin down, but fwiw we've done a disco poll. results: ...AND THE BEAT GOES ON! The GRAND ILM DISCO POLL results are revealed!

Bettye Swann - All the Way in or All the Way Out
Otis Clay - Tryin' To Live My Life Without You
Freda Payne - It's Yours to Have
Ann Peebles - If This is Heaven
Johnnie Taylor - Starting All Over Again
Tower of Power - What is Hip?
Leon Haywood - Long As There's You I Got Love
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Bobby Womack - I Wish It Would Rain
Barrino Brothers - I Can't Believe You're Gone

xp disco infiltrated the soul albums poll, so instead of pushing back we let it in. Same here, I guess.

cool

Maze ft. Frankie Beverly - Happy Feelin's
Rufus ft. Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
Rufus ft. Chaka Khan - Sweet Thing

Labelle - Going Down Makes Me Shiver (<--this has become one of my favorite songs ever ever ever over the past few years)

bold title

Al Green - Call Me
Al Green - Full of Fire
Brick - Dazz
Fred Wesley & the JBs - Doing It to Death
Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie
James Brown - There It Is
Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff
Marvin Gaye - Come Get to This
The Meters - Hey Pocky A-Way
The Meters - Just Kissed My Baby
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou
O'Jays - For the Love of Money
Parliament - Chocolate City
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
Shalamar - The Second Time Around
Sly & the Family Stone - Luv n' Haight
Sly & the Family Stone - Just Like a Baby
Sly & the Family Stone - Runnin' Away
Sly & the Family Stone - In Time
Stevie Wonder - Ordinary Pain
Stevie Wonder - As
War - The Cisco Kid

Terry Huff and Special Delivery - Lonely One
Switch - There'll Never Be
Con Funk Shun - Ffun
L.T.D. - Love Ballad
L.T.D. - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
Peabo Bryson - Feel The Fire
Peabo Bryson - I'm So Into You
Deniece Williams - Free
Emotions - Best of My Love
Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
Hall & Oates - Sara Smile
Brothers Johnson - I'll Be Good To You
Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Hide Love
EWF - Reasons
EWF - Serpentine Fire
Joe Tex - I Gotcha
Natalie Cole - This Will Be
Natalie Cole - Our Love
Natalie Cole - I've Got Love On My Mind
Commodores - Sweet Love
Commodores - Easy
Commodores - Brick House
Commdores - Just To Be Close To You
Ohio Players - Fire
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Ohio Players - Skin Tight
KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love
Barry White - Can't Get Enough
Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby
Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything
Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose
Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia
Shirley Brown - Woman to Woman
Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute

The Chi-Lites – 24 Hours of Sadness
Eric Burdon & WAR – Spill the Wine
Renaldo Domino – Let Me Come Within
David Batiste & the Gladiators – Funky Soul
James Fountain – Seven Day Lover
The Dynamic Tints – Be My Lady
Four Tops – Still Water (Love)
The Isley Brothers – Get Into Something
Isaac Hayes – The Look of Love
Wilson Pickett – Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You
The Gaturs – Cold Bear
Shuggie Otis – Strawberry Letter 23
Betty Wright – I Love the Way You Love
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr – You Can’t Blame Me
The Main Ingredient – Everybody Plays the Fool
Al Green – You Ought to Be with Me
Cymande – The Message
Ann Peebles – I’m Going to Tear Your Playhouse Down

i forgot that "hills of katmandu" did come out in the 70s originally

rly excited to see results rollout for this tho i'm not sure if i am aware of enough music from this era to submit a ballot!

If you know 'Hills of Katmandu' you already have a head start. Also, there will be at least two weeks of campaigning, so I'm sure you'll find enough good songs to fill a ballot.

some deeper cuts:

the montclairs - baby (you know i'm gonna miss you)
darrow fletcher - now is the time for love
african music machine - never name a baby (before it's born)
breakaway - understudy dj
gloria ann taylor - love is a hurting thing
now - land of now
the four tracks - charade
syreeta - black maybe

Ashford & Simpson - Found a Cure
Brenda & the Tabulations - Right on the Tip of My Tongue
Brighter Side of Darkness - Love Jones
The Chi-Lites - Stoned Out of My Mind
Eddie Kendricks - Shoeshine Boy
Freda Payne - Bring the Boys Home
The Fuzz - I Love You For All Seasons
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
Johnnie Taylor - Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone
Laura Lee - Women's Love Rights
Sharon Paige and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
Tyrone Davis - Turning Point
War - LA Sunshine

A couple more to get to an even 375 nominations:

Alice Clark - Charms of the Arms of Love
Allen Toussaint - Last Train
Andy Bey - Hibiscus
Baby Huey - Listen to Me
Blue Magic - Sideshow
Creative Source - Who Is He and What Is He to You
Earth, Wind & Fire - After the Love Has Gone
Fontella Bass - Talking About Freedom
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Graham Central Station - The Jam
Ike & Tina Turner - Workin' Together
Margie Joseph - Stop! in the Name of Love
Marie 'Queenie' Lyons - Fever
Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm
Stevie Wonder - Love Having You Around
Syl Johnson - It Ain't Easy
War - There Must Be a Reason

Anyone wants to put together a Spotify playlist?

In fairness, I did say "not it!"

I'm (im)patiently waiting for some LAZY bastard to do it!

so I'm gonna post six Minnie Ripperton tracks is that ok

Only if you spell her last name correctly :)

I'll have to deactivate Autocorrect.

oh shit forgot:

patti jo - make me believe in you

ok so i guess i will nom some:

Al Downing - I'll Be Holding On
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Chic - Le Freak
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
Edwin Starr - Contact
George Benson - On Broadway
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - I Miss You
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner
Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You
Narada Michael Walden - I Shoulda Loved Ya
Peaches & Herb - Reunited
Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Rose Royce - I'm Going Down
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Stevie Wonder - Contusion
Stevie Wonder - If It's Magic
Stevie Wonder - Joy Inside My Tears
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
The Blackbyrds - Walking in Rhythm
The Chi-Lites - The Coldest Days of My Life
The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
The Pointer Sisters - How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)

(almost refrained from nominating "i want you back" since it was released in october '69 and has a strong likelihood of doing extremely well on any poll for which it is nominated but it was topping the charts in 1970 so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Marion Black - Go On Fool
Eddie Bo - Check Your Bucket
Chairmen Of The Board - Finders Keepers
Bobby Charles - Small Town Talk
Otis Clay - The Only Way Is Up
Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio
Crystal Grass - Crystal World
Tyrone Davis - Without You In My Life
Detroit Emeralds - I Think Of You
Detroit Spinners - I'm Coming Home
Fatback Band - (Do The) Spanish Hustle
Four Tops - I Can't Quit Your Love
The Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
Syl Johnson - We Did It
Ruth McFadden - Ghetto Woman
Billy Preston - Outa-Space
Razzy - I Hate Hate
Della Reese - If It Feels Good, Do It
Martha Reeves - No One There
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ‎– I Don't Blame You At All
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn The Beat Around
Sisters Love - I'm Learning To Trust My Man
The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine
The Temptations - Law Of The Land
Margo Thunder - Expressway To Your Heart
Undisputed Truth - Help Yourself
Gary Toms Empire - 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)
Bobby Womack - Looking For A Love

Oh, and my newest find:
Martha Velez - Aggravation

(almost refrained from nominating "i want you back" since it was released in october '69 and has a strong likelihood of doing extremely well on any poll for which it is nominated but it was topping the charts in 1970 so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Radio was different back then. The only time you really heard a song on the radio was while it was on the charts. Before it was a single or after it fell off, you basically had to own the record to hear it. By that standard, "I Want You Back" was 100% a 1970 song.

i'm not that attached to leaving it in so should it be stricken from the noms list that'd be fine by me. i know that its omnipresence on 60s nostalgia and rock canon lists makes it hard in the present day to separate from the 60s/1969, but it did break in december 1969 and then reach peak cultural saturation in january 1970. (it wasn't on the 1969 year-end charts for pop or r&b; it was on 1970's.) i decided to include it after seeing the exchange above re: "rainy night in georgia" and "didn't i (blow your mind this time)".

(if the argument in favor of those two is that they entered the charts in 1970 while "i want you back" did so in 1969, i would point out that that's not strictly true: billboard issue dates have always been post-dated by nearly two weeks, so records entering the charts on the issue dated january 10, 1970 were technically doing so in 1969.)

Gloria Ann Taylor - Deep Inside of You
Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There
Margie Joseph - Stop! In the Name of Love
The Dramatics - In the Rain
The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again
Odyssey - Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love
Eddie Kendricks - Day By Day
Roberta Flack - Do What You Gotta Do

oh - sorry for Margie duplicate

Bohannon - Summertime Groove
Sister Sledge - He's the Greatest Dancer
MFSB - Love is the Message
The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
Gary Bartz - Music Is My Sanctuary
First Choice - Dr. Love
Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star
The Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
Marlena Shaw - Pictures and Memories
Minnie Riperton - Stick Together
Kellee Patterson - Turn On The Lights
Ashford and Simpson - Stay Free
Heatwave - Boogie Nights
Al Wilson - Earthquake
Cheryl Lynn - Keep It Hot
Tamiko Jones - Let It Flow
Teddy Predergrass - Only You
Phyllis Hyman - Loving You, Losing You
Busta Jones - (You) Keep On Making Me Hot
The Jackson 5 - Forever Came Today
Thelma Houston - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Carol Douglas - Midnight Love Affair
Moment of Truth - So Much For Love
Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life
Evelyn "Champagne" King - I Don't Know If It's Right
Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Giving
Bill Brandon - We Fell In Love While Dancing
Archie Bell and the Drells - Strategy
Angela Bofill - Angel of the Night
Joe Simon - Love Vibration

My inclination would be to count "I Want You Back" as 1969. Even though it didn't hit #1 until 1970, it had already entered the Top 10 on the last Hot 100 of 1969 (I checked). When you add in dyl's point about the two-week lag time, it was definitely ubiquitous before 1970 had begun--which wasn't true of "Rainy Night in Georgia" or "Didn't I." Agree with JF's general point that the charts should be the arbiter, not release dates (much less the release date of whatever album the song is on).

Al Green - Belle
Aretha Franklin - Angel
Aretha Franklin - Spirit In The Dark
The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park
Bobby Womack - Daylight
Candi Staton - Too Hurt to Cry
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
Chic - At Last I Am Free
Don Covay - I Was Checkin' Out, She Was Checkin' In
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
Donny Hathaway - To Be Young, Gifted And Black
Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time
Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
Esther Phillips - Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Frederick Knight - I've Been Lonely For So Long
Isaac Hayes – Never Can Say Goodbye
The Isley Brothers – Lay-Away
Lamont Dozier - Going Back to My Roots
Lou Bond - Come On Snob
Michael Jackson - I Wanna Be Where You Are
The Miracles - Love Machine
Otis Clay - If I Could Reach Out
Sly & the Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Swamp Dogg - Sam Stone
Syreeta - Cause We've Ended As Lovers
Valerie Simpson - I Just Wanna Be There
William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got
Wilson Pickett - Get Me Me Back On Time, Engine No. 9

The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
Syreeta - I Love Every Little Thing About You
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
Luther Ingram - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
The Temprees - Dedicated To The One I Love
David Porter - Can't See You When I Want To
Caston & Majors - No One Will Know
Sisters Love - Give Me Your Love

I'll also fully disclose that I'm one of the few tortured souls who is not moved by "I Want You Back" (even right now as caught up in a real-life "I want you back" moment) so that factors into my date-of-release pedantry.

Archie Bell - I Could Dance All Night
People's Choice - Do It Anyway You Wanna
The O'Jays - One Night Affair
Laura Nyro - The Bells
MSFB - Love is the Message
MSFB - Philadelphia Freedom
Hall & Oates - She's Gone
Hall & Oates - Rich Girl

Van McCoy - The Hustle
MSFB - TSOP (The Sound of Philly)
Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat

The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye

OK, I'll do the Spotify playlist. There's an element of self-interest; most of my nominations aren't so well known, and I'd like them to be heard.

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/miketd/playlist/4fbHM5lddc22EYO7JT1a8D
YouTubes of tracks that aren't on UK Spotify: https://troubled-diva.com/ilm-soulfunkdisco-poll-nominations-tracks-not-on-uk-spotify/

Footnotes:
1) Loleatta Holloway - Runaway is credited to The Salsoul Orchestra, but it's the same track
2) Witch Queen - Witch Queen has been mis-labelled on Spotify as "Bang A Gong"

Awesome, Mike! I don't use Spotify myself, but I bet lots of people will be very happy with that playlist.

You did a very good thing, mike t.

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night
Milton Wright - Magic Music
Reggie Garner - Hotline
Rodger Collins - You Sexy Sugar Plumb
Syreeta - I'm Goin' Left
Brick - Happy
Commodores - The Zoo (Human Zoo)
Curtis Mayfield - Little Child Runnin' Wild
Minnie Riperton - Reasons
War - Deliver The Word
Labelle - Phoenix (The Amazing Flight Of A Lone Star)
Donna Summer - Sunset People
Greg Perry - I'll Be Comin' Back
Love Unlimited - I'm So Glad That I'm A Woman
Barry White - Let The Music Play
Gichy Dan's Beachwood #9 - On A Day Like Today
Leroy Hutson - Love Oh Love
Ace Spectrum - Moving On
The Isley Brothers - What It Comes Down To
Rufus ft. Chaka Khan - Once You Get Started
Betty Wright - Show Your Girl
Rasputin's Stash - Mr Cool
Vibes Of Truth - I Need You Girl
Jean Knight - One-Way Ticket To Nowhere
The Meters - Loving You Is On My Mind
Shirley Brown - Passion
Bill Withers - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Four Tops - Nature Planned It
Bobby Womack - Woman's Gotta Have It
Bloodstone - You Know We've Learned
The Natural Four - Baby Come On
Brenda Russell - Way Back When
Dionne Warwick - You're Gonna Need Me
Hot Chocolate - Put Your Love In Me
Michael Henderson - Whisper In My Ear
Gladys Knight & the Pips - I've Got Too Use My Imagination
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Tear It On Down
The Spinners - Games people Play
Lamont Dozier - Fish Ain't Bitin
Sylvester - I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Millie Jackson - Summer (The First Time)
Heatwave - The Groove Line
Candi Staton - Summer Time
Brainstorm - Lovin' Is Really My Game
Billy Woods - Let Me Make You Happy
Norma Jean - Saturday
Cameo - Find My Way
Kleeer - Keeep Your Body Workin'
Margie Joseph - I Love You Too Much To Say Goodbye
Barbara Mason - Give Me Your Love
Black Ivory - Surrender
The Temptations - Mother nature
Cerrone - Supernature
Eloise Laws - Love Factory
Mandrill - Never Die
Spirit Of Atlanta - Hunter Street
Syl Johnson - I Hate I Walked Away
The Voices Of East Harlem - Cashing In
Cymande - Brothers On The Slide
Larry Saunders - On The Real Side
Brass Construction - Love
Sam Dees - What's It Gonna Be
Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles
Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
Mother Freedom Band - Beautiful Summer Day
Mandre - Freakin's Fine

This playlist sounds particularly fine when played back through the free Pyro beat-mixing iOS app, using the Mix Up function. https://seratopyro.com/

Vibes Of Truth - I Need You Girl

This is actually by The 3 Pieces. Vibes Of Truth is the name of the parent album.

Cerrone - Supernature

I know it's nigh impossible to genre-police this poll, but really?

Might it be a good idea to exclude tracks which have already made the Disco Poll Top 100 in 2013? (This would also remove "Supernature", FWIW.)

Meh, some people's ballots are going to be heavy on rock-funk, others' on quiet soul, others' on yowsah yowsah yowsah. The fun will be in seeing how they all balance out.

Minnie Riperton - Simple Things
Impact - Happy Man
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - The Bottle
James Brown - Mind Power
The Undisputed Truth - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Bee Gees - Nights On Broadway
Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
Ashford & Simpson - By Way Of Love's Express
Skull Snaps - My Hang Up is You
Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out I'll Be There
Ike & Tina Turner - Chopper
The Isley Brothers - The Pride (Parts 1 & 2)
Syl Johnson - Watch What You Do to Me
Bobby Womack - I Can Understand It
Andy Bey - Celestial Blues
Margie Joseph - Punish Me
The Dramatics - Thank You For Your Love
The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free
Billy Paul - Your Song
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
Ike & Tina Turner - Feel Good
Stairsteps - From Us to You
Eddie Kendricks - Darling Come Back Home
The Chi-lites - We Are Neighbors
Willie Hutch - Brother's Gonna Work It Out
Caston & Majors - Let There Be Love
Joe Simon & The Mainstreeters - Theme From Cleopatra Jones
The Spinners - I Don't Want To Lose You
Esther Phillips - Baby, I'm for Real
Marie 'Queenie' Lyons - See and Don't See

We're up to 615 tracks now.

If there's a huge overlap with the disco poll I might set some rules, but I think it will work out fine.
In the albums poll, most of the funk ended up in the lower half because not enough people voted for it. I don't think Cerrone has a big chance of getting anywhere near the top, but good for them if they manage to.

Couple more:

Johnny Guitar Watson - A Real Mother for Ya
The Isley Brothers - Love the One You're With
The Intruders - (Win, Place, Or Show) She's a Winner
Diana Ross - Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going to)
The Wiz Stars - A Brand New Day

The Wiz Stars - A Brand New Day

Which version is this? The Broadway or movie one? (I'm in the camp that actually prefers Quincy's full torpedoes ahead approach.)

This is the one I mean:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH0mQhp1q8o

Interesting, and never heard it. That's the movie version, only reversing the second and third verses so that it ends with the choir-backed one. I like it!

I suspect it might be some fan edit, but the single version is obviously great too.

i srsly have a ton of stuff to nom but first I just wanna say this

Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)

If there's a huge overlap with the disco poll I might set some rules, but I think it will work out fine.

OK, but 15 of the top 20 tracks from the Disco Poll have already been nominated, which looks like quite an overlap!

You cannot talk about even just "1970s SOUL/FUNK" without including disco, it doesn't make sense. I would be happy to exclude Eurodisco and other flavours that aren't part of the story but I don't think you can ban all overlap with the other poll.

Yeah, banning disco is crazytalk. NickB thanks for remembering Inner Life. That's a top 10 candidate for me and it completely slipped my mind.

Another vote-for-whatever-you-want vote. This one should be all-encompassing. Exceptionally dicey interpretations of what qualifies won't get enough votes to disrupt anything anyway (and if the votes are there, then it's automatically no longer dicey, it belongs*).

*does not apply to President of the United States

You don't have to ban disco... just be reasonable and anti-completist

In this context, I'm far less likely to vote for anything remotely Eurodisco, which even in the context of the disco poll was already a pretty distant threat.

In other words ... no bassline, no vote.

clemenza otm. Of course disco won't be banned.

James Brown – The Boss
Cymande – Bra
Billy Paul – Am I Black Enough For You
Barry White – I’ve Got So Much to Give
Bettye Swann – Kiss My Love Goodbye
Stevie Wonder – He’s Misstra Know-It-All
Sons of Robin Stone – Got to Get You Back
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
Bill Withers – Make a Smile for Me
Ashford & Simpson – Main Line
The O’Jays – Now That We Found Love
Allen Toussaint – Southern Nights
The Stylistics – I Can’t Give You Anything (But My Love)
Bill Withers – I Wish You Well
The Trammps – Hooked for Life
David Bowie – Golden Years
David Ruffin – Walk Away From Love
Dexter Wansel – One Million Miles from the Ground
Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Vanish in Our Sleep
Hot Chocolate – Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac
The Whispers – And the Beat Goes On

This is actually by The 3 Pieces. Vibes Of Truth is the name of the parent album.

― mike t-diva

Oh yeah, you're absolutely right. I was typing that list out really quickly. I was bound to make a few mistakes.

Eddy Grant ‎– Walking On Sunshine
Al Hudson & The Partners ‎– You Can Do It
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Atmosfear - Dancing In Outer Space
Candido - Jingo
Jackie Moore - This Time Baby
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
Musique - Keep On Jumpin'
Peter Brown ‎– Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me
Phyllis Hyman ‎– You Know How To Love Me
Curtis ‎– How Can I Tell Her

Eddie Kendricks - Something's Burning
Eddie Kendricks - My People...Hold On
The Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
Lee Moses - Time And Place
Lee Moses - Bad Girl
Wilson Pickett - Get Me Back On Time, Engine No. 9
Wilson Pickett - Run Joey Run
Wilson Pickett - Bumble Bee (Sting Me)
Wilson Pickett - International Playboy
Etta James - All The Way Down
Etta James - Sail Away
Etta James - Losers Weepers
Etta James - Just One More Day
Ann Peebles - Slipped Tripped and Fell in Love
The Staple Singers - Washington We’re Watching You
The Staple Singers - Back Road Into Town
Billy Paul - Magic Carpet Ride
Billy Paul - War Of The Gods
Sam Dees - Troubled Child
Sam Dees - Child Of The Streets
The Miracles - City Of Angels
Curtis Mayfield - Billy Jack
Curtis Mayfield - Love Me (Right In The Pocket)
Curtis Mayfield - Power To The People
Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist
Curits Mayfield - So In Love
The Impressions - Check Out Your Mind
The Temptations - Friendship Train
The Temptations - Law Of The Land
The Temptations - Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love
The Temptations - 1990
The Temptations - Masterpiece
Al Green - God Blessed Our Love
Al Green - Simply Beautiful
Al Green - Old Time Lovin'
Al Green - Love Ritual
Al Green - Loving You
Al Green - Right On Time
Aretha Franklin - The Dark End Of The Street
Parliament - I Call My Baby Pussycat
Funkadelic - I'll Stay
Funkadelic - Good To Your Earhole
Funkadelic - I'll Bet You
Funkadelic - Music For My Mother
Funkadelic - I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing
Funkadelic - Hit It And Quit It
Funkadelic - Loose Booty
Funkadelic - Let's Make It Last
Funkadelic - Get Off Your Ass And Jam
Funkadelic - Stuffs And Things
Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep

Bobby Womack - Ruby Dean
Bobby Womack - All Along The Watchtower
O.V. Wright - Eight Men, Four Women
O.V. Wright - I'd Rather Be (Blind Cripple and Crazy)
O.V. Wright - Please Forgive Me

Terry Callier - You Goin' Miss Your Candyman
Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe
Donny Hathaway - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Esther Phillips - From A Whisper To A Scream
Esther Phillips - I Can Stand A Little Rain
Esther Phillips - Use Me
Esther Phillips - Black-Eyed Blues
Esther Phillips - Performance

All those Funkadelic tracks remind me: is Cosmic Slop gone, or is he posting under a different user name now? I liked his posts on the album poll.

Also, where is Tuomas?

Brain dump:

The Beginning Of The End ‎– Funky Nassau
Fatback - (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop
La Belle - Lady Marmalade
Chic - Everybody Dance
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
T-Connection ‎– Do What You Wanna Do
Bettye Lavette ‎– Doin' The Best That I Can (Remix)
Karen Young ‎– Hot Shot
Bombers ‎– (Everybody) Get Dancin'
The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head
G.Q. ‎– Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
Fern Kinney - Baby Let Me Kiss You
Fern Kinney - Groove Me
Azymuth ‎– Jazz Carnival
Gary's Gang ‎– Let's Lovedance Tonight
Barbra Streisand / Donna Summer ‎– No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Shalamar ‎– Right In The Socket
The Players Association ‎– Turn The Music Up!
Harry Thumann ‎– Underwater
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
Labi Siffre - I Got The
The Dells - No Way Back
Claudja Barry ‎– Love For The Sake Of Love
Osibisa ‎– Sunshine Day
Disco Warriors ‎– Cumbaya Disco
Linda Hopkins ‎– It's In Your Blood
Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch ‎– Superman
Esther Williams ‎– You Gotta Let Me Show You
Caroline Crawford ‎– Coming On Strong
Dee Dee Bridgewater ‎– Bad For Me
Suzi Lane ‎– Harmony
Gibson Brothers ‎– Ooh! What A Life
Chicago ‎– Street Player
Positive Force ‎– We Got The Funk

actually please strike 'street player' from the record, i'd forgotten it goes on for about seven years too long

Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces

Donna Summer - Our Love

Thanks a lot Mike for doing the spotify playlist, i am going to listen the heck out of that this week

Could I just make one humble request please? can you swap that godawful new version of 'let's lovedance tonight' with the original as found on the Keep On Dancin' album? Thanks!

'Tis done. I thought I'd been thwarted, but it's on as "Let's Love Dance Tonight".

I was dying to nom "I'll Bet You," but it originally came out as a single in 1969. Did we decide the rules about records like that?

Al Green - L-O-V-E
Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark
Isley Brothers - Live It Up
Pleasure - Glide
Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People
Stevie Wonder - All In Love Is Fair
Stevie Wonder - Visions
Stevie Wonder - Too High

If it came out late in 1969 and charted in 1970 it's fine by me. I can't check every single release date, though, so let me know if something has slipped through.

off-topic: what's a good site for chart statistics?

song-database.com is good and accurate for billboard charts (tho not complete for all charts). if you view too many chart trajectories, tho, it'll start asking you to register and pay lol. to avoid that i usually just search for the artist or song i wanna look up and just look at the peak or debut date/peak date that i'm seeking out (w/o clicking on the chart trajectory). for example typing "i'll bet you" into the songs search bar tells me that it entered the chart in the oct. 4, 1969 issue and peaked at #63 in the nov. 1 issue.

for approximate 45rpm single release date estimates i usually look at 45cat.com since the ppl entering info there seem to know their shit and like to quibble over totally trivial shit like months of release, matrix numbers, when it was reviewed in trade journals and other things i don't care about. anyway that site sez the 45 for "i'll bet you" was issued in august '69.

Thanks, dyl! Those look really useful.

Hamilton Bohannon - Lets Start The Dance

War ‎– Low Rider

xxp - It also means that 'I'll bet you' isn't eligible for this poll. Save it for the 60s poll, which I'm sure will happen in the near future.

Camille Yarbrough ‎- Take Yo' Praise
Diana Ross - No One Gets The Prize
Diana Ross - The Boss
Donald Byrd - Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)
Donald Byrd - (Fallin' Like) Dominoes
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
The Futures - Ain't No Time Fa Nothing
Jean Terrell - How Can You Live Without Love
Johnny Mathis - Life Is A Song Worth Singing
Labelle - Moonshadow
Martha Reeves - I Should Be Proud
Millie Jackson - If You're Not Back In Love By Monday
Millie Jackson - Go Out And Get Some
Natalie Cole - Annie Mae
Ned Doheny - To Prove My Love
Pleasure - Joyous
The Rolling Stones - Hot Stuff
Samuel Jonathan Johnson - Reason For The Reason
Samuel Jonathan Johnson - Sweet Love
Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed
Stanley Winston - No More Ghettos In America
Sweet Charles - Yes It's You

N.B. I'm still adding non-Spotify tracks to a YouTube page at https://troubled-diva.com/ilm-soulfunkdisco-poll-nominations-tracks-not-on-uk-spotify/ - which has had the grand total of ONE visitor so far!

A few more good ones. Exactly 800 tracks now.

Millie Jackson - Hurts So Good
Pointer Sisters - Fire
The O'Jays - 992 Arguments
Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love
The Originals - The Bells
The Friends of Distinction - Grazing in the Grass
Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day
Stoney & Meatloaf - It Takes All Kinds of People
Flaming Ember - Mind Body and Soul
Chuck Brooks - Love's Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Pts 1 & 2
The Soul Children - I'll Be the Other Woman
King Floyd - Groove Me
The Tymes - You Little Trustmaker
Commodores - Slippery When Wet
100 Proof (Aged in Soul) - Somebody's Been Sleeping
Sylvia - Pillow Talk
New York City - I'm Doin' Fine Now

Chuck Brooks - Love's Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, Pts 1 & 2

TEMPORARY NOMINATIONS LIST HERE:

http://pastebin.com/raw/R5ka3KNG

(Note that I removed the articles in front of band names for easy sorting and dupe-checking.)

The J.B.'s - Givin' Up Food For Funk

Ohio Players - Heaven Must Be Like This

Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose – Don’t Ever Be Lonely (Poor Little Fool Like Me)
Laura Lee – Rip Off
Curtis Mayfield – Doo Doo Wap Is Strong in Here

Labelle - Going Down Makes Me Shiver

is missing from the pastebin list.

Some favorites of mine that haven't been nominated yet...

Al Green – You Say It
Gene Chandler – Groovy Situation
James Brown – Make it Funky
Marvin Gaye – Is That Enough
Funkadelic – Red Hot Momma
Funkadelic – Sexy Ways
Funkadelic – Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Parliament – Up For The Down Stroke
Parliament – Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
Sly & The Family Stone – Thank You For Talkin’ To Me Africa
Stevie Wonder – Don’t You Worry ‘bout a Thing
Wild Tchoupitoulas – Brother John

Genie Brown - Can't Stop Talking
Crown Heights Affair - Say A Prayer For Two
Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me
The Supremes - I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking
The Supremes - Stoned Love
The Supremes - High Energy
The Undisputed Truth - Down By The River
The Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love
Phreek - Weekend
First Choice - Armed and Extremely Dangerous
BT Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
Bunny Sigler - Great Big Liar
The Fantastic Johnny C - Waitin' For The Rain

I can't believe I forgot to nominate one of my favorite Supremes singles, their first one without Diana Ross:

The Supremes - Up the ladder through the roof

Raydio - You Can't Change That

Very glad you caught the Raydio song--one of my favourites (and so poppy, I can see why it was overlooked).

I don't know how much it matters, but I just wanted to note the spelling error in one of my noms:

Curtis Mayfield – Doo Doo Wap Is Strong in Here

should be...

Curtis Mayfield - Do Do Wap Is Strong in Here

Aretha Franklin - Call Me
Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
AWB - If I Ever Lose This Heaven
Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
Lee Sain - Them Hot Pants
Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
Little Beaver - Party Down
Supremes - Bad Weather
Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through The Windows
Stevie Wonder - Heaven Is Ten Zillion Light Years Away
5th Dimension - Feelin' Alright
Eddie Kendricks - Keep on Truckin' Pts 1 & 2
Doris Duke - He's Gone (I'm A Loser)
Brenda and the Tabulations - One Girl Too Late

Thanks! We're at 852 tracks now with a little more than 48 hours to go.

Um, for the third time...

Labelle - Going Down Makes Me Shiver

The Rose Royce track should be "I Wanna Get Next to You," not "I Wanna Get to You."

I got the Labelle the second time, don't worry!

btw, that pastebin link is read only, it was just a temp list of the nominations up to that point.

I just discovered that the chorus of 'Hard to Handle' is not "let me light your chemicals" but "let me light your candle 'cause". Took me about twenty years... O_O

Of course HtH isn't nominated, but I just heard it in Etta James' live medley with 'Just One More Day', which is.

Johnnie Taylor: Hijackin' Love

Three big ones, that shouldn't be left out:
James Brown - Funky President
Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Tracks
Shirley & Company - Shame Shame Shame

And also my find of the week:
Don Thomas - Come On Train

Haven't really got time to think about this, but thread needs more First Choice for starters.

First Choice - Smarty Pants
First Choice - Newsy Neighbors
First Choice - Yes, Maybe No
First Choice - Gotta Get Away (From You Baby)

Earth Wind and Fire - Evil
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
TJM - I Don't Need No Music
Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown
The Soul Children - It's Out Of My Hands

Akim and the Teddy Vann Production Company - Santa Claus Is A Black Man
The O'Jays ‎– Christmas Ain't Christmas, New Years Ain't New Years Without The One You Love
Margie Joseph - Christmas Gift
The Staple Singers - Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas
Rufus Thomas - I'll Be Your Santa Baby

El Chicano - Tell Her She's Lovely
Independents - Leaving Me
Chairmen of the Board - Chairman of the Board
Blackbyrds - Happy Music
Blue Magic - Three Ring Circus
Tower of Power - You're Still a Young Man
Bar‐Kays - Shake Your Rump to the Funk
Joe Simon - Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)
O'Jays - I Love Music
Free Movement - I've Found Someone of My Own
Bill Withers - Lean on Me
Bobby Womack - That's the Way I Feel About You
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
Four Tops - Keeper of the Castle
8th Day - You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)
Chairmen of the Board - (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String
Honey Cone - Girls It Ain't Easy
Friends of Distinction - Love or Let Me Be Lonely
Norman Connors - You Are My Starship
Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging
Paul Humphrey & His Cool Aid Chemists - Cool Aid
B.B. King - Ain't Nobody Home
Brass Construction - Movin'
Clarence Carter - Patches
Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
Freda Payne - Deeper and Deeper
Tower of Power - So Very Hard to Go
Bell and James - Livin' It Up (Friday Night)
Impressions - Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)
Lost Generation - The Sly, Slick, and the Wicked
Heatwave - Always and Forever
Chi‐Lites - Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)
Staple Singers - Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
Honey Cone - While You're Out Looking for Sugar
R.B. Greaves - Take a Letter Maria
Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing
Johnny Nash - Stir It Up
Average White Band - Cut the Cake
Ohio Players - Who'd She Coo?
Hues Corporation - Rockin' Soul
Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go
Dells - The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)
Joe Simon - Power of Love
B.T. Express - Give It What You Got
Jackie Moore - Precious Precious
Winstons - Color Him Father
Rick James - You and I
Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared to What
Latimore - Let's Straighten It Out
Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl
Staple Singers - Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
Ike & Tina Turner - I Want to Take You Higher
Foster Sylvers - Misdemeanor
Glass House - Crumbs Off the Table
Jimmy Castor Bunch - The Bertha Butt Boogie
El Chicano - Viva Tirado
Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager - Ain't Understanding Mellow
Lou Rawls - A Natural Man
GQ - I Do Love You
Miracles - Do It Baby
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Love Land
Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star
Three Degrees - Maybe
War - Why Can't We Be Friends?
Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready
Chairmen of the Board - Everything's Tuesday
Stoney & Meatloaf - What You See Is What You Get
Main Ingredient - Just Don't Want to Be Lonely
Wilson Pickett - Don't Knock My Love
O'Jays - Use ta Be My Girl
Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Troglodyte (Cave Man)
Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing
Eddie Kendricks - Boogie Down
Lamont Dozier - Trying to Hold On to My Woman
Enchantment - Gloria
Rose Royce - Golden Touch
Lou Rawls - Lady Love
William Bell - Tryin' to Love Two
Kool & The Gang - Higher Plane
Johnny Bristol - Hang on in There Baby
Soul Children - Hearsay
Marvelettes - Marionette
Presidents - 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love)
Honey Cone - Stick-Up
Chi‐Lites - A Lonely Man
8th Day - She's Not Just Another Woman
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Treat Her Like a Lady
Little Sister - Somebody's Watching You
Johnnie Taylor - Cheaper to Keep Her
Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair
O'Jays - Put Your Hands Together
Honey Cone - The Day I Found Myself
Isaac Hayes - Do Your Thing
B.T. Express - Express
Jerry Butler - One Night Affair
Dells - Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation
Hollywood Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love & Hate
Malo - Suavecito
Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
Billy Preston - Will It Go Round in Circles
King Floyd - Baby Let Me Kiss You
Ronnie Dyson - (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
Peter Brown - Dance With Me
High Inergy - You Can't Turn Me Off (in the Middle of Turning Me On)
Chairmen of the Board - Pay to the Piper
Freda Payne - You Brought the Joy
Friends of Distinction - Going in Circles
Bobby Womack - Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out

About 12 more hours, 981 tracks.

I will come up with nominations before I go to bed tonight!

Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
David Bowie - Station to Station
David Bowie - Stay
Eagles - One Of These Nights
Gil Scott-Heron - Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Where Are All My Friends
Johnny Bristol - You and I
O.V. Wright - Are You Going Where I'm Coming From
Spinners - He'll Never Love You Like I Do
Steely Dan - Peg
Stylistics - You'll Never Get To Heaven
Tavares - Fool's Hall Of Fame
Teddy Pendergrass: The Whole Town's Laughing at Me

I want to push the list to 1,000.

5th Dimension - (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Dynamic Superiors - Shoe Shoe Shine

Eagles - One Of These Nights

I consider Wishbone Ash's "Blowin' Free" kind of soulful. I understand.

That's more the CSNY type of soul. One of These Nights IS a disco song. At least as much as Hotel California is a reggae song. Which might mean not enough for this poll but whatever.

Syreeta and Billy Preston - Go For It
North End - Kind of Life (Kind of Love)
Carrie Lucas - I Gotta Keep Dancin' (Keep Smiling)
Alice Clark - Never Did I Stop Loving You
The Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
Jean Carn - If You Wanna Go Back

Don Covay - It's Better To Have (And Don't Need)
Gwen McCrae - Lead Me On
Betty Wright - Shoorah Shoorah
Hamilton Bohannon - South African Man
Denise LaSalle - Trapped By A Thing Called Love
Labelle - Something In The Air/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Jackie Moore - Personally
Bobby 'Blue" Bland - Ain't No Love in the Heart of The City
ike and Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Whispers - A Mother For My Children
Slave - Slide
King Floyd - Can You Dig It

Thanks Mike T-Diva for the playlists. The Spotify one has been soundtracking my day since I awoke this morning, with many new discoveries.

Just a few under the wire nominations:

Linda Clifford - You Are, You Are
Sharon Ridley - Changin'
Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Let Go
Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring Us Back Together
Curtis Mayfield - You're So Good To Me
Eddie Kendricks - Goin' Up In Smoke
Marvin Gaye - Come Live With Me Angel
Isley Brothers - Fight the Power
Patrice Rushen - Keeping Faith in Love
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan - Everlasting Love
High Fidelity - Magic Carpet
Ish - Don't Stop
Donald Byrd - Think Twice
War - Galaxy

Oh, and ...

The Gap Band - You Are My High

Plus ...

Syreeta - I'm Going Left

Swamp Dogg - Synthetic World
Syreeta - Just a little piece of you
Bill Withers - You got the stuff
Roberta Flack - After You
Eddie Kendricks - please don't go away
Isaac Hayes- going in circles
Smokey Robinson- just my soul responding
Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - You are everything
Mandrill - house of wood
The Supreme Jubilees - It’ll all be over
Marvin Gaye - Distant Lover
Nina Simone - Obeah Woman
The Isley Brothers - The Highways of my Life
Curtis Mayfield - Think
Isaac Hayes - Sunday Morning
Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band - Hard Times

The Equals - Funky Like A Train

=== Nominations are closed now ===

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