Your Daddy is rich and your Mama is good-lookin

[bassie]

Sam recorded this tune twice. The uptempo version is the one I'm feelin'.

lol - I can't really say which is more uptempo - they both ooooooze imo! One has some high-pitched Yma Sumach-type background vocals here and there and the other has more frequent male oooooing and woooooing in the back...are we talking about the same two?

 

[edith head]

The Zombies version is my favorite! i also find The Residents' version amusing and fun.

that line is such a classic. i love the nod on Iggy's "Girls" off of New Values. i think the pixies may have referenced that line too on surfer rosa somewhere but i'm not positive

 

[faux_rillz]

Errol Walker "In These Times"

 

[deej]

 

[pickwick33]

Sam recorded this tune twice. The uptempo version is the one I'm feelin'.

lol - I can't really say which is more uptempo - they both ooooooze imo!
Well, the one with the group background vocals (see below) is fairly danceable, so that's what I mean by "uptempo." The Yma Sumac-backup vox version is dead slow like a funeral dirge (not a slam, BTW, just sayin').

One has some high-pitched Yma Sumach-type background vocals here and there and the other has more frequent male oooooing and woooooing in the back...are we talking about the same two?

Yes, sounds like we are. The version I was reppin' for had the "ooooing and wooooing in the back." And Sam starts out the jam by repeating "don't cry" before gettin' down to business and singin' his song.

 

[bassie]

The Yma Sumac-backup vox version is dead slow like a funeral dirge (not a slam, BTW, just sayin').

none taken - lol - you say funeral dirge, I say dark and sexy - are we calling the whole thing off?

 

[faux_rillz]

Errol Walker "In These Times"

...although, now that I think about, I believe the lyric is refashioned as "Your daddy is poor, but your mama's good-looking"

 

[HonkyFipple]

WAR - One G Plus Three

 

[schobbejak]

Sam cooke is my favorite too

Also like The Shake Spears version of this tune (uptempo 1-2 beat),
and charlie mingus..

 

[funksnotdead]

WAR - One G Plus Three

nice one.

also,

the standels.

and that bobby womack version with a whole lot of put something down on it thrown in from that red hot and gershwin joint froma few years back.

 

[Cosmo]

Billy Stewart

Billy Stewart

Billy Stewart

Billy Stewart

Billy Stewart

 

[pickwick33]

Which reminds me, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross' version (which takes off from Miles') ain't bad either.

 

[Craig]

Dudes. The version on the Montreal album is so mellow and beautiful.

Al Green's version slays as well.

montreal's version is one of my faves. im also a big fan of brainbox's also.

 

[tripledouble]

i was about to give brainbox a shoutout!! nice powerful yet lush intro somehow

 

[mrmatthew]

Jack Mcduff off the Gettin' Our Thing Together LP on Cadet is also super nice.

 

[PATX]

Lloyd Charmers

can this man do anything badly? i don't think i've heard a turd from him yet.
Avoid (Unless you reaaaally like Moon River) Makes Boris Gardiner's 80s output seem heavy

 

[Jonny_Paycheck]

Lloyd Charmers

can this man do anything badly? i don't think i've heard a turd from him yet.
Avoid (Unless you reaaaally like Moon River) Makes Boris Gardiner's 80s output seem heavy

I was going to post this earlier. Even in the 70s, there are some serious terds in Charmers' catalogue.

That said, he laced some pretty heavy tunes as well. Respect.

 

[rootlesscosmo]

Sam Cooke - dark and sexy