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​(1995/Sony) 40 tracks, incl. five previously unreleased ones more

Major Lance: Everybody Loves A Good Time - The Best Of Major Lance (2-CD)

​(1995/Sony) 40 tracks, incl. five previously unreleased ones

Article properties: Major Lance: Everybody Loves A Good Time - The Best Of Major Lance (2-CD)

  • Interpret: Major Lance

  • Album titlle: Everybody Loves A Good Time - The Best Of Major Lance (2-CD)

  • Genre R&B, Soul

  • Label LEGACY/EPIC

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0074646698822

  • weight in Kg 0.107
Lance, Major - Everybody Loves A Good Time - The Best Of Major Lance (2-CD) CD 1
01 Everytime Major Lance
02 Please Don't Say No More Major Lance
03 The Monkey Time Major Lance
04 Mama Didn't Know Major Lance
05 Keep On Loving You Major Lance
06 Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um Major Lance
07 Hey Little Girl Major Lance
08 Crying In The Rain Major Lance
09 Little Young Lover Major Lance
10 You'll Want Me Back Major Lance
11 Gonna Get Married Major Lance
12 I'm The One Major Lance
13 Gotta Right To Cry Major Lance
14 Think Nothing About It Major Lance
15 That's What Mama Say Major Lance
16 Little Miss Love Major Lance
17 Play A Song For Me Major Lance
18 It Ain't No Use Major Lance
19 Gotta Get Away Major Lance
Lance, Major - Everybody Loves A Good Time - The Best Of Major Lance (2-CD) CD 2
01 Sweet Music Major Lance
02 Girls Major Lance
03 I Just Can't Help It Major Lance
04 Rhythm Major Lance
05 The Matador Major Lance
06 I'm So Lost Major Lance
07 Sometimes I Wonder Major Lance
08 Come See Major Lance
09 Get My Hat Major Lance
10 Too Hot To Hold Major Lance
11 Everybody Loves A Good Time Major Lance
12 Dark And Lonely Major Lance
13 Investigate Major Lance
14 It's The Beat Major Lance
15 Ain't No Soul Major Lance
16 Without A Doubt Major Lance
17 Don't Fight It Major Lance
18 Wait Till I Get You In My Arms Major Lance
19 You Don't Want Me No More Major Lance
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With his old Wells High School pal Curtis Mayfield graciously handing him hit after hit and producer Carl Davis scoping out a new Chicago soul sound heavy on Latin-tinged rhythms, crackling percussion, and booming trombones, Major Lance was riding high in 1964. He'd scored his first smash for Columbia's OKeh subsidiary, The Monkey Time, during the summer of '63 (it's on the previous volume of 'Sweet Soul Music'), and followed it before year's end with another hit from Mayfield's fertile pen, Hey Little Girl; Curtis's vocal group, The Impressions, echoed Lance's ebullient tenor.

Cut at the same date as Hey Little Girl with Mayfield's guitar winding through the brassy backing, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um launched 1964 for Lance in style. "It really wasn't a song that Curtis had written as the kind of song it ended up being," says Davis. "It was like it went off into space somewhere. It didn't have an ending. It was like Greek mythology, when the guy dived off the boat 'cause he heard some voice calling. That's the way the song was originally conceived.

"I went to Curtis and said, 'Man, listen. This is a great song, but you've got to change it around so that we end up talking about a girl.' In those days, love songs were what was going on if it wasn't a dance tune. That was during the time Curtis had begun to do a lot of message songs. I don't know what kind of message it was, but I was fortunate to get him to change those lyrics!" Fortunate indeed: Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um leaped to #5 pop, Major's biggest seller on that front, while a British cover version by Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders reached #5 across the water.

Lance's winning streak continued with The Matador, Rhythm, Sometimes I Wonder, Come See, and Ain't It A Shame. But when Davis was forced out of his OKeh A&R post towards the end of 1965, Major was shuttled down to Nashville to work with Billy Sherrill. It's The Beat made some noise for Lance in '66, but soon he was back recording with Davis at his new Dakar label and enjoying a '69 hit with Follow The Leader. There was also a solid seller the next year for Mayfield's Curtom logo, Stay Away From Me (I Love You Too Much). Lance endured tough times aplenty prior to his September 3, 1994 death in Decatur, Georgia. "If you met him, automatically you knew that he was kind of special," says Carl. "You didn't know quite why he was special until later on. But he was always a special kind of person."

 

- Bill Dahl -

Various - Sweet Soul Music

31 Scorching Classics From 1964

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