It's rare that I immediately get excited about my #1001Albums assignment of the day. Today is one of those days but also bittersweet. Back To Black by Amy Winehouse.

It's been a while since I've listened to this one all the way through. Damn, I love her voice. Throw in Mark Ronson and the Dap-Kings on top of that? So good. Listened twice.

https://link.deezer.com/s/339cVKdififL53p68gURU

#Music #SoulMusic #Album #AmyWinehouse #MarkRonson #DapKings

Song of the Day May 4 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Sharon Jones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Jones

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - “Stranger To My Happiness”

https://youtu.be/IlPE1rEdAdI?si=8ojfxXlVMmHwjVXS

#SongOfThrDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #May4 #SharonJones #SharonJonesAndTheDapKings #Jazz #Blues #Pop #Music #MusicVideo #DaptoneRecords #DapKings #2010s

Song of the Day May 4 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Sharon Jones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Jones

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - “Stranger To My Happiness”

https://youtu.be/IlPE1rEdAdI?si=8ojfxXlVMmHwjVXS

#SongOfThrDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #May4 #SharonJones #SharonJonesAndTheDapKings #Jazz #Blues #Pop #Music #MusicVideo #DaptoneRecords #DapKings #2010s

A man like that man Don't like no corrections
A man like that man Won't take no directions
A man like that man Make no kind of perfections
But he's a natural born lover
And he suits me fine
He's a natural born lover
And he's just my kind
He's a natural born lover
And he takes care of business

~ Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

https://youtu.be/EPA-yT7VLlI?si=ijkloE8aG66Efg5

#lyrics #music #soul #sharonJones #dapKings

SHARON JONES
"THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND"
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This Land Is Your Land
from Naturally by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
[Daptone Records]

https://sharonjonesandthedapkings.bandcamp.com/track/this-land-is-your-land

Woody Guthrie really didn't like the song, "God Bless America." So, he wrote verses of his own with at least a working title of "God Bless America for Me."

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
God bless America for me

Sharon Jones took verses from that early creation and worked them into "This Land Is Your Land" in its most commonly known form, resulting in this excellent version of the song.

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SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS
"LITTLE BY LITTLE"
*****
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Little by Little
from Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

https://sharonjonesandthedapkings.bandcamp.com/track/little-by-little

This is a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit ..... but what a cover! This performance would be really tough to beat. Five Stars

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#1960smusic #1960srock #bandcamp #dapkings #dustyspringfield #justdroppedintoseewhatconditionmyrenditionwasin #littlebylittle #musicnews #oldies #oldiesbutgoodies #oldiesrock #rockoldies #sharonjonesandthedapkings #thedapkings

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SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS
"HERE I AM, BABY"
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Here I Am, Baby
from Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

https://sharonjonesandthedapkings.bandcamp.com/track/here-i-am-baby

"Here I Am, Baby" is a fine cut from the excellent album of interpretations and covers, "Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In" by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

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#bandcamp #brooklynbands #brooklynmusic #brooklynnewyork #brooklynny #dapkings #hereiambaby #justdroppedintoseewhatconditionmyrenditionwasin #musicnews #sharonjonesandthedapkings #thedapkings

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SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS
"SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS"
*****
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
from Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

https://sharonjonesandthedapkings.bandcamp.com/track/signed-sealed-delivered-im-yours

Sharon Jones said that, in earlier days, when she approached record labels, hoping to get signed, they said she was

Too short, too fat
Too old, too black

Thorough. Jones solved the problem by making herself into a rock star anyway.

From a great Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings covers/interpretations album, "Signed Sealed Delivered" easily earns its Five Stars. This is one of her best.

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#brooklynmusic #dapkings #newyorkbands #newyorkcity #newyorkmusic #sharonjones #sharonjonesandthedapkings #signedsealeddelivered #singersongwriter #thedapkings

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