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Do you remember the song by the Trammps Hold Back the Night? It’s from their 1975 The Legendary Zing Album. The single is a dynamite blend of disco and soul.

The Trammps, those legendary pioneers of disco really know how to get the party started and Hold Back The Night is no exception. With that contagious beat and soaring vocals, this track creates an electrifying atmosphere that simply begs you to hit the dance floor. The beat and those horns just scream celebration.

Now let’s talk about the lyrics. It’s a heartfelt anthem about love and longing all wrapped up in that wonderful disco sound. The way the lead vocalist passionately sings about not wanting to say goodbye to the night just connects with all of us who’ve ever experienced those magical moments under the stars. When that chorus hits, it’s like a call to arms for every soul out there to embrace the night!

You’re listening to The Podcast Oldies Show. Hold Back the Night is today’s topic. I’m Gail Nobles. Whether you’re spending the single at a retro party or just jamming in your living room. remember The Trammps invite you to hold back the night.

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Today I'm thinking of The Sweet Inspirations welcome to the Podcast Oldies Show.

 The Sweet Inspirations are Dionne Warwick, Dee Dee Warwick. Doris Joy, and Cissy Houston. An R&B girl group mostly known for their work as backup singers on studio recordings for other R&B and rock artists. A founding member of the group was Dionne Warwick, who was later replaced by her aunt, Cissy Houston.

The Sweet Inspirations was founded by former members of The Drinkard Singers, a long-running Gospel singing group whose membership included Cissy Houston (née Drinkard), mother of Whitney Houston, and Lee Warwick, who was Cissy's sister and the mother of Sweet Inspirations members Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick.

As a backup group, the Sweet Inspirations was in high demand among producers, publishers, artists, and songwriters in the early 1960s. The original lineup included Doris Troy and the two Warwick sisters, Dionne and Dee Dee. Both Troy and Dionne Warwick enjoyed solo careers with hits in 1963, "Just One Look" and "Don't Make Me Over" respectively, on which the Sweet Inspirations can be heard. 

 The group saying they song entitled Sweet Inspiration. Sweet Inspiration is the title of a Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham composition written for, and first recorded in 1967 by, the Sweet Inspirations. It became a Top 20 hit reaching #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1968. 

 I’m Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening to the Podcast Oldies Show.

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Song: I Learned The Hard Way
Song by: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Song written by: Bosco Mann

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Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings made an electrifying song, I Learned the Hard Way.

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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way. They made a video for that song.it was like a movie and Sharon Jones was a great actress in the video. The backup singers were great in some of the scenes just singing.

I learned the Hard Way is a great song that you can feel. I Learned the Hard Way is the name of Sharon Jones & The Dap-King’s fourth studio album. It was released in April of 2010 on Daptone Records. The album debuted at number 15 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 23,00 copies in its first week. Upon its release, I Learned the Hard Way received generally positive reviews from most music critics.

The single I Learned The Hard Way is a song written by Bosco Mann. He is the producer behind the signature sound of Daptone Records as well as a bandleader and bassist for the Dap-Kings. He wrote an amazing song with an amazing sound. It’s a song that should be played forever on the radio. In my opinion, it’s a timeless classic.

I’m Gail Nobles, & you’re listening to Classic Waves.

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Song: I'm Just Thinking About Cooling Out
Song by: Jerry Butler
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Jerry Butler - “I’m Just Thinking About Cooling Out” on the Philadelphia International Records label, the style: Disco & Soul released in 1978. A song produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff. Written by Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble, & Leon Huff.

“Busy rushin’ to and fro. Searchin’ for it high and low. Tryin’ to get what I think I want Only to find that I - I really don’t.
Got to go relax myself. I think I’ve over taxed myself. Tired of all the stress & strain I need a minute to rest my brain.
I’m just thinking about coolin’ out …”

I’m sure there’s a lot of hardworking people out there that need a break. I’m sure that many can relate to Jerry’s song. Real feelings in a song and how you can relate to others is what makes a good song. “Im just Thinking About Cooling Out” is a really good song. According to discos.com, the single was last sold on Jan 14, 2023 on vinyl.

You’re listening to the Podcast Oldies Show, and I’m you’re host, Gail Nobles.

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Hello! I’m GN & you’re listening to the Podcast Oldies Show. I love oldies & radio personality, Wolfman Jack. The most famous US radio personality of all time. I loved the Wolfman’s character.

(Acting) Do you dig it man?

That’s what he would ask if he were alive to hear conversations about him. When he played a song sometimes, he would let you know what song was coming up next.

(Acting) Here’s Daryl Hall & John Oats - I Can’t Go For That.

I loved his voice & and he would make quiet a bit of noise while playing the music. (Wolf sound) Yea, you might remember him most from his howling wolf sound. I loved everything about the Wolfman. Even his look.

In Dec. 1963, he took a demo tape to XERF, but instead ended up operating the station. For eight months, he aired The Wolfman Jack Show. XERF was the most powerful commercial radio station on earth.

I’m going to share with you now one of Wolfman’s commercials from XERB which the Wolfman moved to in 1965. It was another powerful clear-channel radio station. It was the sister station of Mexican radio station, XERF. I’m going to take you now back down Radio Memory Lane.

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On July 1, 1995, Wolfman Jack left us. He never left my mind & heart. What would he say right now? He’d probably say: I Love You Baby!”

You’re listening to the Podcast Oldies Show. I’m your host, Gail Nobles.

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Song: If You Leave Me Now
Song by: Chicago
Song written by: Peter Cetera
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Today’s Topic: Chicago

If You Leave Me Now is a song by the rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. It was written and sung by bass player Peter Cetera and released as a single in 1976.

The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for two weeks, making it the first number one hit for the group as well as hitting number one on the Easy Listening charts. “If You Leave Me Now" was also Chicago's biggest hit internationally,

The song won Grammy Awards for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) (strings) for arranger Jimmie Haskell and producer James William Guercio[10] and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus, the first Grammy Award won by the group. It also received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. In addition, by August 1978 it had sold 1.4 million copies in the United States alone. It has been certified gold and platinum by the RIAA.

I remember the song, If You Leave Me Now. I was a little girl when I first heard it. It was a sad song to me. It always made me think about a loved one in the same way the lyrics were written. It made me think as I got older that the writer of the song may have had some of my feelings. I’ve always loved the sound of the music. It was music that I could sleep to.

I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to Classic Waves.

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Song: Looking for a Brand New Game
Song by: The Eight Minutes

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Today’s topic is about a group like the Jackson Five called The Eight Minutes. Their song is titled, Looking for a Brand New Game.

The group called The Eight Minutes came out of Chicago. In the group were two families. The Sudduths and the Goggins plus Juwanna Glover and Carl Monroe. They started out in the late sixties. It is said that the group never really impacted the charts though they had a very high level of quality in their records. I don’t understand that. They sound great to me. They were an awesome group.

They have other songs I think are great like, Take My Love Don’t Set Me Free, I Can’t Get No Higher, Find the One Who loves You, and Here’s some Dances. You can hear all these songs on Spotify.

I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to the Podcast Oldies Show. And remember, look for the song, Looking for a Brand New Game. Song by the Eight Minutes.

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It was a top 50 hit in the UK. Honest I Do Love You by Candi Staton in 1978. The song had a disco style and Staton had smooth style vocals. I love her background singers too. They had awesome and beautiful harmony. The band played the music well.

Honest I Do Love You is written by Dave Crawford. Considering the words to the song, he must have really loved someone. And Candi Staton performed the song so well. She brought it to life. The song was produced by Dave Crawford and arranged by Sylvester Rivers.

The lyrics say: If I could count up the songs in my life that’s used the word.
I’d be humming for days
Melodies some you’ve never heard.
Not like no other time you heard it,
and you know it’s true
Honest I do
You know I do
I do love you

You’re listening to The Podcast Oldies Show. I’m your host Gail Nobles.

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Song by: Skip Mahoney and The Casuals

Skip Mahoney & the Casuals we’re a soul-funk-disco group. Together they were formed in 1965. The song, Bless My Soul was released in 1976 on the abet label.

It is said that the song is a rare oldie, and I’ve never heard the song until today. I’ve never heard of the group. There are so many great oldies that you might not have heard and this song is a great oldie. The group is awesome.

There are four men in the group. George Norris, James Purdie, Matthew Allen, and Skip Mahoney. Purdie could play and arrange and write songs. The group cut other tunes like “Your Funny Moods, (Seems Like) The Love We Had is Dead and Gone, We Share Love, I Need Your Love, Town Called Nowhere, I’m Looking Away From My Past, and Struggling Man.

Skip Mahoney and the Casuals are a great vocal group. Mahoaney has a shimmering falsetto.

You’re listening to the Podcast Oldie Show. A show about oldies. I’m you’re host, Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening. (Song)

Today’s topic is Skip Mahoney and the Casuals. To hear the original song, go to Spotify.com.

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Song: Remember What I Told You To Forget
Song by: Tavares
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“Remember What I told You To Forget” is a song written by Dennis Lambert& Brian Potter. It came from the Hard Core Poetry album released in September 1974. The song “ Remember What I Told You To Forget” was No.4 R&B/ No.25 Pop. It was a song that had originally been cut by The Four Tops.

The group Tavares is also known as the Tavares Brothers. They are a soul, funk, and R&B music group. There were five brothers altogether. Many of their hits underplayed their R&B background and gave the group the image of being a disco act. You remember the hits: It only Takes a minute, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, and More Than A Woman. No matter what they were singing, I thought they were awesome.

The Tavares brothers had sung beautiful love songs like: A Penny For Your Thoughts & Never Had A Love Like This Before. And Remember What I Told You To Forget.

You’re listening to the Podcast Oldies Show,and thank you for listening. I hope you’ll listen in again soon.

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