Mastodawn

95 years ago today, #MaxineBrown, American country music singer (The Browns - "I Take the Chance", "The Three Bells"), born in Campti, Louisiana (d. 2019).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 💐🥺😭

That Other Place Feb 17

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #StepsAndStairs. A few favorites from the 1960s:

Bobby Parker: Watch Your Step (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdZjfmyHzBY

Brooks O'Dell: Watch Your Step (1963)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruJAPZ19BrQ

Maxine Brown: One Step At a Time (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diw0jB0Vhpo

The Exciters: Take One Step (I'll Take Two) (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nuRTd8Yals

The Formations: At the Top of the Stairs (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FowODMn4naE

#BobbyParker #BrooksODell #MaxineBrown #Exciters #Formations #soulmusic

1961 Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step

YouTube

That Other Place Mar 23, 2025

Watched once again one of my favorite videos, Maxine Brown singing the classic Goffin/King composition "Oh No Not My Baby" on the Bitter End Show in 1968.

Maxine Brown: Oh No Not My Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtY1Jj9uppU

The song has been recorded by countless others, from Dusty Springfield to Rod Stewart, but Brown was the first to release it, and had the hit version in 1964. This is a live performance, in which she is backed by a great band apparently led by pianist Bernie Worrell.

#music #soulmusic #maxinebrown #popmusic #1960s #caroleking #bernieworrell #livemusic