Under the Moonlight: Best Version of "Do You Want to Dance" (reposted)

The Photos version medleys a MOR version into something like a Ramones version. I always thought the first part was after Carole King, but it seems she never did it. No idea who its meant to be..

I went to check on Carole King and turned up this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3lhiR2asmY

Seems like Bobby Freeman has been obliterated from memory and most every new cover version is Bette Midler-torchy.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

wow. no votes for the Johnny Rivers version

I found that "Do You Wanna Dance '70" by Freeman I talked about on the rolling obit thread...it's on Kent's Double Shot of Soul, a collection of singles released on the Double Shot and Whiz labels. It's a nice set, all obscurities chronicling the transition from Soul to Funk in LA, with several Bobby Freeman sides showing him making the jump with due aplomb. In the liner notes, Alec Palao describes DYWD70 as the song recast in the Sly Stone mold, which is a pretty apt description.

I've also since found the song on youtube, for those who don't want to take the plunge on the comp (which can be found cheaply--I got a new copy fulfilled by Amazon for $8):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPD3pNOo60s