William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Street Player ; Year: 1978; Genre: Funk/Soul Wanted to choose another funky track from Rufus and Chaka Khan. Decided on the title track of this record; definitely a song that will get your blood pumping with that bumping rhythm.   Hear Street Player on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Stacy Q - The River     My song pick 2 years ago today: Mott the Hoople - One of the Boys     My song pick 3 years ago today: Parliament - Unfunky UFO   My song pick 4 years ago today: Bread - Let Your Love Go   My song pick 5 years ago today: Simple Minds - Love Song   My song pick 6 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Hard Liner   My song pick 7 years ago today: Traffic - Glad My song pick 8 years ago today: Megadeth - Rattlehead My song pick 9 years ago today: Parliament - Everything Is on the One My song pick 10 years ago today: Symphony X - Iconoclast My song pick 11 years ago today: John Fogerty - The Old Man D...

From: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ; Year: 1975; Genre: Soul Just one of those days when I really needed to revisit and pick one from a certain band. Nice, mellow and very interesting song musically to get me through this Saturday.     Hear Sweet Thing on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: War - Leroy's Latin Lament     My song pick 2 years ago today: Porcupine Tree - Strip the Soul   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road   My song pick 4 years ago today: Return to Forever - Majestic Dance   My song pick 5 years ago today: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - As Above So Below   My song pick 6 years ago today: Parliament - P Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up) My song pick 7 years ago today: Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way My song pick 8 years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) My song pick 9 years ago today: Bachman & Turner - Moonlight Rider My song...

From: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ; Year: 1975; Genre: Soul/R&B Was thinking about another song for today's pick, but music from Rufus and Chaka Khan kept playing in my mind, so I just went with it since I like the group and their material. This is a great soulful track with an amazing Latin rhythm complete with horns and strings.   Hear Fool's Paradise on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Coleman Hawkins - Night Hawk   My song pick 2 years ago today: Jigsaw - My Summer Song   My song pick 3 years ago today: Bootsy's Rubber Band - Rubber Duckie My song pick 4 years ago today: Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya My song pick 5 years ago today: Curved Air - Back Street Luv My song pick 6 years ago today: Fairport Convention - Fotheringay My song pick 7 years ago today: Steeleye Span - Van Diemen's Land My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Kelpie My song pick 9 years ago today: Wild Turkey - Battle Hymn My song pick 10 years ago today:...

From: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ; Year: 1975; Genre: Funk/R&B A Funky Friday again for today's song choice, this time I decided that I would revisit Rufus and Chaka Khan. This one has more of a mainstream funk sound, but is still really fun to dance and listen to.   Hear Dance Wit Me on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Van Halen - Love Walks In   My song pick 2 years ago today: Cream - Four Until Late   My song pick 3 years ago today: Blondie - Heart of Glass My song pick 4 years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Angel My song pick 5 years ago today: Billy Joel - My Life My song pick 6 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard it Through the Grapevine My song pick 7 years ago today: The Four Tops - Standing in the Shadows of Love My song pick 8 years ago today: Asia - Here Comes the Feeling My song pick 9 years ago today: Sol Ho'opi'i - St. Louis Blues My song pick 10 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Les...

From: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ; Year: 1975; Genre: Disco/Funk/Soul Back to picking some Funk on this Friday, and no, it's not from Funkadelic this time either. Heard some of Rufus and Chaka Khan yesterday and I started to listen to some more of their music and found this gem of a song. Just enough of a balance of funk, disco, and soul to make a great mix.   Hear Jive Talkin' on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Iron Maiden - Run Silent Run Deep   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Rolling Stones - Citadel My song pick 3 years ago today: Dire Straits - Down to the Waterline My song pick 4 years ago today: Black Sabbath - Into the Void My song pick 5 years ago today: Stanely Clarke - Vulcan Princess My song pick 6 years ago today: Black Flag - Annihilate This Week My song pick 7 years ago today: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) My song pick 8 years ago today: Hawkwind - Hurry on Sundown My song pick 9...

1286 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good This one started running through my mind ever since I woke up this morning. Since it's Friday and all, I figured it would make an excellent "Funky Friday" pick. The song was written by Stevie Wonder and is one of their most memorable hits. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Freddie Taylor and His Swing Men from Harlem - Viper's Dream My song pick two years ago today: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - Pow My song pick three years ago today: Ricky Nelson - Garden Party +