98: The Letter G (Artists)

From the back of Stan Getz’s “The Sound” (on Royal Roost Records, no less):

And now, selections from my vinyl, round 7:
1. Blue Thunder — Galaxie 500
2. Ex Girl To Next Girl — Gang Starr
3. You Dropped The Bomb On Me — The Gap Band
4. Come Get To This — Marvin Gaye
5. King Rocker — Generation X
6. Free Hand — Gentle Giant
7. Hershey Bar — Stan Getz
8. Our Lips Are Sealed — The Go-Go’s
9. Slipped Disc — Benny Goodman Sextet
10. Scorpio — Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five
11. Here I Am (Come And Take Me) — Al Green
12. Spirit In The Sky — Norman Greenbaum
13. Clean Plate — Golden Palominos
14. Linus And Lucy — Vince Guaraldi
15. Teddy’s Jam — Guy

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5: THE REVOLUTION WILL BE PLAYLISTED

February is black history month.  It is also the shortest month of the year.  Hmm…..These then, off the top of my head, and surely the tip of the iceberg.

5: THE REVOLUTION WILL BE PLAYLISTED

1.  Vera Hall – Trouble So Hard
2. Louis Armstrong – (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue
3.  Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Message
4.  Sam Cooke – A Change is Gonna Come
5.  Odetta – Paths of Victory
6.  Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
7.  The Last Poets – Run Nigger
8.  Sly and the Family Stone – Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey
9.  Public Enemy – Fight the Power
10.  Paul Robeson – No More Auction Block
11.  Nina Simone – Mississippi Goddam
12.  Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
13.  The Staples Singers – When Will We Be Paid (For the Work We’ve Done)
14.  Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit
15.  James Brown – Say It Loud, I’m Black and Proud
16.  Richie Havens – Freedom
17.  The Impressions – Keep On Pushing
18.  Brother D – How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?