Mr Swingeasy's The Lonely Soldier - The Mike Williams Story

[Stephen T]

Know Lonely Soldier (Atlantic) or Something You Didn't Done (King) ? Hear The Mike Williams Story - Check out this historical show today!

 

 

Mike Williams (1942-1981) 'The Lonely Soldier'

 

Thanks to Toby 'Mr Swingeasy' Broom and Mike Williams' daughter Patrina Hemingway for the wonderful The Lonely soldier - The Mike Williams Story, which you hear for the first 45 minutes of this show.

 

Stephen T's Sunday Soul Soup Show #43 ~ 5th January 2014

featuring Mr Swingeasy's The Lonely Soldier - The Mike Williams Story

 

Lonely Soldier- Mike Williams (Atlantic) #

Something You Didn't Done- Mike Williams (King) #

You Don't Want Me Around- Mike Williams (King) #

Draw With Me- Mike Williams with The Tempest Band (Atlantic) #

Love Have Mercy- Mike Williams with The Tempest Band (Atlantic) #

If This Isn't Love- Mike Williams (Atlantic) #

Lonely Lover- Slim Smith (Studio 1) # 

Lonely Soldier- Gregory Isaacs (African Museum) #

Lonely Soldier- Ambilique (Fat Eyes) #

I Cried For You- The Tempests (Stardust/ orig. Smash LP) #

I'm Such A Lonely One- The Oxford Nights (Delphi) #

Good Loving- The Rising Sun (Soul Mafia/ orig. Kingston) #

For The Love Of A Woman- Wilbur Walton jr. (Demand/ orig. 123) #

Cathy's Clown- The Everly Brothers (WB) #

I Wanna Dance- Po' Boy (Tramp/ orig. Jin) #

Get Back- Deirdre Wilson Tabac (Jazzman/ orig. RCA Victor) #

Hard To Handle- Latin Breed (Funk 45/ orig. GC) #

Sunshine Of Your Love- Spanky Wilson (BGP/ orig. Mothers) #

I'm In A Groove- The Ivories (Soul 7/ orig. Despenza) #

Hard Row To Hoe- Otis Lee (Soul Magic/ orig. Quaint) #

I'm Gonna Love You- Tony Hester (Sonic Wax) #

You Got To Pay Some Dues- Willie Tee (Sonic Wax) #

I'm Having so Much Fun- Willie Tee (Grapevine/ orig. Gatur) #

So It Be- The Vines (Grapevine) #

Knocking At The Wrong Door- The Rollers (Deep City) #

All I Need Is Someone Like You- Syl Johnson (ES) #

If I Don't Love You- Bobby Reed (Expansion/ orig. Bell) #

Come See What's Left Of Me- Bobby Hutton (UBA/ orig. Philips) #

These Lonely Nights- Bob & Gene (Ever-Soul) #

Never Let You Go- Don Gregory & The Montclairs (Boddie) #

With A Lonely Heart- The Four Voices (Voice) #

What's The Use Of Me Trying- The Tangeers (Stardust/ orig. Okeh) #

Dream My Heart- Shirley Edwards (Shrine) #

Forget About Me- Carolyn Crawford (Stardust/ orig. Motown) #

You're Gonna Leave Me Baby- Barbara McNair (Stardust/ orig. Motown) #

Leaving Here- Eddie Holland (Collectables/ orig. Motown) #

 

Listen- https://www.mixcloud.com/StephenT/stephen-ts-sunday-soul-soup-show-43-5th-january-2014-also-lonely-soldier-mike-williams-story/

Download- https://rg.to/file/ce7d316168b2de306eec7935853a6460/Sunday_Soul_Soup_Show_#43_~_5_Jan_14.mp3.html

 

for photos and more information see the last post in my full archive here- https://www.purple-radio.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6680&p=141980#p141980

Join me live next Sunday for a Northern Soul Special (repress 45s all the way!) 12-2pm on www.purple-radio.co.uk

 

How young does Carolyn Crawford look in her first publicity photo!

 

'In 1963, at the age of about 13, she won a talent contest held by Detroit radio station WCHB, the prize for which was a contract with Motown Records. She recorded three singles for the label, an unsuccessful first release of "Forget About Me" (Motown 1050) being followed by "My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down)" (Motown 1064), written by Smokey Robinson. The record reached #39 on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart. She also sang backup vocals for some of the Motown artists. Her final record for Motown, "When Someone's Good To You" (Motown 1070), released in December 1964, failed to chart and her contract was not renewed, although the record later became a favorite among British soul fans.' - wikipedia

 

Mahalia Jackson, The King and Barbara McNair

 

 

In this show I also remembered the late great Phil Everly (19th January 1939 — 3rd January 2014)