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The Funk and Soul Years

Craig Charles spins 50 songs spanning five decades as he counts down the songs that make up the Funk and Soul Years.

Tonight Craig will spin 50 songs spanning 6 decades, as we count down the records that make up The Funk & Soul Years.
2011 was the year that Smoove and Turrell started to get some serious attention and it was all down to one seriously well-crafted second album "Eccentric Audio".
For 2006 expect Amy Winehouse and 'Rehab'. When she released that song there was a real sense of excitement about a woman who'd reached a level she'd only previously hinted at. In 2006 Amy Winehouse was on her way to global domination.
In 1997 Masters At Work released one of the most anticipated albums of the decade.
In the 80's Afrika bambaataa with their electro rap were where a major influence in setting the groundwork for techno and trance.
In 1971 with the Vietnam War at its height and race riots across the states, soul music was being criticised for closing its eyes to what going on. That was until Marvin Gaye had something to say about it.
In the 1960's Aretha Franklin released one of the greatest southern soul songs of all time, 'Respect'.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 19 Dec 2015 18:00

Music Played

  • Skeewiff

    Teen Beat

    • Pedigree Records.
  • Blue Mode

    Teen Spirit

    • P-Vine.
  • Marvin Gaye

    Grapevine (Grant Lazlo version)

    • Unreleased.
  • Reflex

    ABC

    • GAMM.
  • Smoove & Turrell

    Hard Work

    • Jalapeno Records.
  • 6ix Toys

    Do Your Thing

    • First Word.
  • The Third Degree

    Mercy

    • Acid Jazz.
  • Baby Charles

    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

    • Record Kicks.
  • Lack of Afro

    Outsider

    • Freestyle Recordings.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Rehab

    • Island.
  • Sharon Jones

    How Do I Let A Good Man Down

    • Daptone.
  • Was-a-Bee

    This Is What You Are

    • Schema.
  • Jaguar

    What聮s Your Problem

    • Freestyle Records.
  • Roots featuring Cody ChesnuTT

    The Seed (2.0)

    • MCA Records.
  • New Mastersounds

    One Note

    • BBE Records.
  • St Germain

    Rose Rouge

    • Blue Note Records.
  • Macy Gray

    I Try

    • Epic.
  • Lee Fields

    Watch That Man

    • Desco.
  • Nuyorican Soul

    I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun

    • Talkin聮 Loud.
  • Erykah Badu

    On And On

    • Motown.
  • DJ Angelo

    Brown Sugar

    • Cooltempo.
  • Push

    Eddie聮s Thing

    • White.
  • Ronny Jordan

    The Jackal

    • 4th & Broadway.
  • Stereo MC鈥檚

    Connected

    • 4th And Broadway.
  • Young Disciples

    Apparently Nothing

    • Talking Loud.
  • Omar

    There聮s Nothing Like This

    • Kongo Dance.
  • De La Soul

    Three Is A Magic Number

    • Big Life.
  • The James Taylor Quartet

    Theme From Starsky and Hutch

    • Urban.
  • Eric B.

    I Know You Got Soul

    • 4th and Broadway.
  • Gwen Guthrie

    Ain聮t Nothing Going On But The Rent

    • Polydor.
  • Loose Ends

    Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)

    • EMI.
  • Jocelyn Brown

    Somebody Else's Guy

    • Union Square.
  • Grandmaster & Melle Mel

    White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)

    • Sugar Hill.
  • Afrika Bambaataa

    Planet Rock

    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
  • Rick James

    Superfreak

    • Spectrum.
  • Zapp

    More Bounce To The Ounce

    • Reprise.
  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • Universal.
  • Funkadelic

    One Nation Under A Groove

    • Crimson.
  • Johnny 鈥淕uitar鈥 Watson

    A Real Mutha For Ya

    • DJM Records Ltd.
  • Brick

    Dazz

    • Bang Records.
  • Kool & the Gang

    Jungle Jazz

    • De-Lite.
  • Parliament

    Up For The Down Stroke

    • Mercury.
  • Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

    The Love I Lost

    • Harmless.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown.
  • Marvin Gaye

    What聮s Going On

    • Motown.
  • The Miracles

    Tears Of A Clown

    • Universal.
  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Sing A Simple Song

    • Epic.
  • The Temptations

    Cloud Nine

    • Motown.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Ace.
  • Percy Sledge

    When A Man Loves A Woman

    • Atlantic.
  • James Brown

    Papa聮s Got A Brand New Bag Pt.1

    • Universal.

Broadcast

  • Sat 19 Dec 2015 18:00