Artist Focus Five - The Voices Of Nashville

[Greg Belson]

This is the second in a series of mini mixes focusing on 5 tracks by a single artist.

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/gregbelson/artist-focus-five-the-voices-of-nashville/

 

These will mostly be specializing in the world of gospel soul and funk, hopefully shedding some light to artists that have gone far too long without their due recognition.

 

For this spotlight, we travel to Nashville, TENN for the aptly named The Voices of Nashville.

 

The mix is crafted as a flow to highlight their amazing versatility from killer balladeers to heavy groove laden funk masters. The group was organized by Dr. Morgan Babb from the WVOL Radio Station. Two of the members were plucked from the Fairfield Four, a famous group touring the circuit at that time. Willie Love and Thomas Huggins, Jr. provided most of the lead vocals, alternating between such tender ballads as the Chanita release, to the driving dancefloor soul of the Hoyt Sullivan Enterprises era.

 

The track's here are presented on four different labels; Chanita, HSH, HSE, & Creed, all out of Nashville.

 

Edited December 9, 2014 by Greg Belson