Last Night! by the Mar-Keys, released on Atlantic in 1961.

The Mar-Keys, formed in 1958, were an American studio session band for Stax Records, in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1960s.[1] As the first house band for the label, their backing music formed the foundation for the early 1960s Stax sound...

Their first and most famous recording was the organ- and saxophone-driven single "Last Night" - Wikipedia

A cover version was used as closing credits music for Bottom!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Oxparbq1s&list=PL7iSrsLbcG4LDJBZm449jijzuxW6Ew3J6&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxcnH4bVE30&list=RDXxcnH4bVE30&start_radio=1

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Deep Listening Day #40 — The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1991). this 9 CD box set will likely be a two day event. I bought this as a Xmas present for myself back in 91. #Stax was one of the most vital labels in the history of soul music.

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...To Be Continued is the fourth studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes, issued in 1970 on Stax Records' Enterprise label.

Review by Jason Birchmeier

...To Be Continued no doubt has its share of highlights, the most notable being "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." The album's most epic moment opens with light strings and horns, vamping poetically for several minutes before Hayes even utters a breath; then, once the singer delivers the song's orchestral chorus, the album hits its sentimental peak -- Hayes elevating a common standard to heavenly heights once again. Elsewhere, "Our Day Will Come" features a nice concluding instrumental segment driven by a proto-hip-hop beat that proves just how ahead of his time Hayes was during his early-'70s cycle of Enterprise albums...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzj1y4cXEZk&list=OLAK5uy_ls4TZu1RF2n9t9IfOQhaDRTmFRGYGR6Rk

#IsaacHayes #BarKays #Stax #Soul #BurtBacharach #Music #Funk #Samples

The Soul Of A Bell by William Bell, released on Stax in 1967.

The Soul of a Bell Review by Alex Henderson

William Bell's history illustrates just how singles-oriented soul was in the 1960s. Though he'd enjoyed a hit in 1961 with "You Don't Miss Your Water," it wasn't until 1967 that Stax finally released his first album, the magnificent The Soul of a Bell. From that classic and Bell's moderate hits "Never Like This Before" and "Everybody Loves A Winner" to heartfelt versions of "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" and "I've Been Loving You Too Long," everything on this album (reissued on CD in 1991) illustrates the gospel-drenched richness of Southern soul. Meanwhile, the influence of Motown and the Four Tops is hard to miss on the riveting single "Eloise (Hang On In There)," which should have been a major hit, but surprisingly, never even charted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkJW0qDSdHA

#WilliamBell #Stax #Soul #Music

The Isaac Hayes Movement is the third studio album by the American soul musician Isaac Hayes. Released in 1970, it was the follow-up to Hot Buttered Soul, Hayes' landmark 1969 album. Marvell Thomas had come up with "The Isaac Hayes Movement" as a name for Hayes' backup ensemble. He modeled the name after the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Similar in structure to Hot Buttered Soul, The Isaac Hayes Movement features only four long tracks, all with meticulous, complex and heavily orchestrated arrangements. However, unlike the previous album, this time all four songs are reworked covers of others' material. This includes Jerry Butler's "I Stand Accused", which features a nearly five-minute long spoken intro that precedes the actual song, and The Beatles' "Something", which features violin soloing by John Blair.- Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNTkiYAuRjU&list=RDRNTkiYAuRjU&start_radio=1

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Booker T. & the M.G.’s – Green Onions

https://wgom.org/2025/12/09/booker-t-and-the-mgs-green-onions/