Beg Scream & Shout! The Big Ol' Box Of '60s Soul - Shout 2 POLL

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QzIByhxnrPLXzTdKY5eym?si=FWO4AsrkTg6hhowpmao2rg&pi=RMswJFoRT5Oi1

Leaving Here

Great song. First heard it via The Who. Pearl Jam does a good cover too (which I'm guessing they also learned from The Who).

At first glance I’m inclined to go with Big Bird”

“Big Bird”

Flirtations

This is loaded with songs that were not big charting hits but are huge for vintage soul fans. I pretty much can’t pick a favorite.

Hmm. "(I Know) I'm Losing You"?

1. Flirtations (should have been in Mad Men!)
2. David Ruffin (could have been in Mad Men)
3. J.J. Jackson (not really Mad Men-like)

Also Don Draper kind of <is> "The Cheater"

Speaking of, the sad, wild end of "The Cheater" singer Walter Scott:

Scott disappeared on December 27, 1983. In April 1987, his body was found floating face-down in a cistern. He had been hog-tied and shot in the chest (Forensic Files and The New Detectives erroneously stated that he was shot in the back). Scott's second wife, JoAnn (née Calcaterra; c. 1944 – May 12, 2019), pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution of his murder, and received a five-year sentence. She served 18 months of her sentence as a result of a plea bargain. Her lover, James H. Williams Sr. (January 15, 1939 – September 11, 2011), whom she married in 1986, was found guilty of two counts of capital murder involving the deaths of his previous wife, Sharon Williams (who died from what was originally thought to be an auto accident in 1983), and of Walter Scott. Police were told where to look for Scott's body by Williams' son, who was incarcerated at the time and did not get along with his father.

The case was documented on Court TV's Forensic Files (season 7, episode 1: "The Cheater"), HBO's Autopsy 3: Voices From the Grave, Secrets of the Morgue (episode: "The Wells Run Dry"), Oxygen's Exhumed: Killer Revealed (episode: "Murders on the Edge of Town"), and as part of The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (episode: "Grave Discoveries").

On September 11, 2011, James Williams Sr. died at age 72 while serving his life sentence.

BUMP

I get to be the lead at the food pantry distribution this afternoon, and the lead gets to pick the music. Usually it's some mix of soul, Motown, pop, etc., or other low hanging fruit like the Beatles. I'm not going to put on, like, Autechre's NTS Sessions, but I'm thinking of putting this one on. The shift is around four hours or so. Do I start it from the beginning? Put it on shuffle?

Your co-workers should be so fortunate to hear it either way

I might have to go with the '70s box, it's a bit more upbeat.

Voted I'm Losing You, but I really like quite a few. Never heard original Mustang Sally before, so cool.

Went with the Temptations, but lots of great singles here.

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

My favourite song of the 60s won (tho I correctly guessed no one would vote for "Cool Jerk" so I gave it my vote instead)