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Soul & Motown Show Playlist Archive

Every week, since 2005, Mary Fox has played two hours of the best of Northern Soul and Motown tracks - from the BBC's studios in Staffordshire. Look back through her playlists here

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To listen to Mary Fox's show, click the link below. Occasionally, her mate Nick Marshall sits in as guest presenter.

Playlists 2008 & 2009

Playlist for 26 June 2009
Pretty Young Thing – Michael Jackson / Nowhere to run – Martha Reeves / Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Soulvation remix) - Marvin, Tammi and Diana / You keep me Crying with Your Lying – Donnie Elbert / Open the door to Your Heart – Darrell Banks /
One in a Million – Maxine Brown / Mr Big Stuff – Jean Knight / Keep Love Alive – Dean Parrish (written by John O’Brien) / All I do is think About You – Brenda Holloway / Stepchild – Veneice / Mine was Real – Rozetta Johnson / Summertime – Billy Stewart
HMS SHAMELESS PLAYLIST:- Destination Anywhere - Marvelettes / Run for cover – The Dells / Rescue Me – Fontella Bass / Wade in the Water – Ramsey Lewis /Getting Mighty Crowded - Betty Everett / Chain of fools – Aretha Franklin / Plus choices from Ginger Taylor

Playlist for 19 June 2009
Oh How I’d Miss You – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / Say it Isn’t so – Betty Boo / Hard to Handle – Otis Redding / Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me – The Tams / Get down with It – Little Richard / Love Potion No 9 - The Clovers / Get Ready – The Temptations / Mercy – The Third Degree / Jimmy Mack – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / Give me Just a Little More time – Chairman of the Board / You’re Gone – Celeste Hardie / Somebody – Darrell Banks / I Can’t Wait any Longer – Big Maybelle / Lady Lady Lady – The Producers / Get on Up and Get Away – Esquires / Queen of Fools – Barbara Mills / Long after tonight is all Over – Jimmy Radcliffe / Out on the Floor – Dobie Gray / Be for Real – Harold Melvin/ SOS – Edwin Starr / I Need Your Love – Clydene Jackson/ Hello Stranger – Barbara Lewis / Beautiful Summer Day – Mother Freedom Band

Playlist for 12 June 2009
Put Yourself in My Place – the Elgins / Everybody Needs somebody to Love – Solomon burke / I’ve Been Hurt – guy Darrell / It Was True - Big Don’s rebellion / Soul finger – Bar Kays / Working in a coalmone – Lee dorsey / Daddy Rolling Stone – Derek Martin
Oh No Not My Baby – Fontella Bass / Since I Lost You Girl – The Monitors / See Saw – Don Covay / Time is on My side – Irma Thomas / Spanish Harlem – Ben E King / Into My empty Arms – Barbara McNair / Just Loving You – Ruby Andrews / You got to Have Money – the Exits / The Stroll – Binky Griptite / Lovingly Yours – timothy Wilson: / Keep and eye on Your close Friends – Newcomers / That’s How Heartaches Are made – Baby Washington / How to Pick a winner – diamond Joe / Fire – Koko taylor / Playing Your Game baby – Barry white.
Plus choices from Colin in Colorado

Playlist for 5 June 2009
I Wish – Stevie Wonder / Road runner – Jnr Walker / Big Easy – Raphael Saadiq / The Matador – Major Lance / My sweet Potato – Booker T and MGs / Things Get Better – Eddie floyd / Uptown Saturday Night – bill Harris / There’s Nothin else to say – The Incredibles / Way |Over There – Edwin Starr / I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – bobby Freeman / Just Lovin You – ruby Andrews / I Need You – shane Martin / Have More time – Marvin smith / I Can’t Help Myself – four tops / Keep and eye on Your close friends – The Newcomers / Lonely for You baby – sam Dees
Plus choices from Pete Roberts/Goldie and Nick Marshall.

Playlist for 29 May 2009
Marvin Gaye - Tear it on down / Velvettes - These things will keep me lovin' you / Olympics Baby - Do the Philly dog / The Dells - Wear it on your face / Bunny Sigler - Let the good times roll / Junior Walker - Cleo’s mood / Major Lance - Ain’t no soul /R Dean Taylor - Let’s go somewhere / Chi Chi - Just let it happen / Soul Children - Hearsay / Poppies - Dot it with soul / OC Smith - Wichita linesman / Eddie Floyd - I never found a girl / Debbie Dean - Something about you / Marvin Gaye - I’m gonna give you respect / Brenda Holloway - Going to a go go / Mike Vickers - On the brink / Eddie Holman - Eddie’s my name / Spiral Starecase - More today than yesterday / Sydney Barnes - Standing on solid ground / Gladys Knight - No-one could love you more / Sam Cooke - A change is gonna come / Roscoe Robinson - That’s enough / Earl Van Dyke - Can’t help myself

Playlist for 22 May 2009
Jackie Wilson (Your love keeps lifting me) Higher and higher / Walter Jackson Where have all the flowers gone / Lou Rawls See you when I git there / Jimmy Ruffin Shake hands with a dreamer / Tyrone Davis I had it all the time / Dena Barnes If you ever walk out of my life / Bits 'n' Pieces Keep on running away / Betty Boo Say it isn't so
Marvin Smith Have more time / Tranells Blessed with a love / 8th Day You've got to crawl / Isley Brothers I guess I'll always love you / Lee Rogers Sock some love power at me / Impressions You must believe me / Junior Walker & All Stars Sweet soul / Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto In the basement / Chairmen of the Board Bittersweet / Latimore Brown So says my heart / Temptations Too busy thinking about my baby / Charisma Band Ain't nothing like your love / Slim Harpo Baby scratch my back / Rubin You've been away / Georgie Fame Last night
(Presented by Nick Marshall)

Playlist for 15 May 2009
Velvelettes - He was really saying something / Soul Brothers Six - Thank you Baby for loving me / Dean Parrish - Tell her / Joe Graves - Debbie / Blinky - Rescue me / Melvin Moore - All of a sudden / Little Tommy - Baby can't you see / Impressions - We're rolling on / Sister Sledge - Love don't you go through no changes on me / Albert Washington - I'm the man / Junior Walker & All Stars - I ain't going nowhere / Charle Gracie - He'll never love you like I do / Little Anthony & Imperials - Never again / Belles - Don't pretend / Viola Wills - You're out of my mind / Olympics - We go together / Miracles - Happy landing / CODs - Michael / Dean Courtney - I'll always need you / Betty Everett - Love comes tumbling down / Double Exposure - Ten percent / Elgins - Good lovin' / Nate Evans - Main squeeze / Lee David - Temptation is calling my name / Martha & Vandellas - I'll follow you / Baby Washington - That's how heartaches are made / Sammy Ambrose - Welcome to Dreamsville / Lovelites - Get it off my conscience / Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure - Don't mess up a good thing / Tyrone Davis - One way ticket

Playlist for 8 May 2009
Get Ready – Temptations / For Once in My Life – Stevie Wonder / You’re Losin Me – Barbara Lynn / Washed Ashore – The Platters / Boo Hoo Hoo – Solomon burke / I’m Just a Mortal Man – David Ruffin / Mercy – Willie Mitchell / Silly Love Games - Leonie / I need Your Love – the dynamics / Baby I Need Your Lovin – Gayle Adams / Seven Day Lover – James fountain / I’m comin Home in the Morning – Lou Pride / Twine time – Alvin Cash / Happy – Velvet Hammer / Baby Hit and run – contours / Do It to Me – Lionel Richie / Here come the Judge – Pigmenat Markham / Turn the Beat around – Vicki Sue Robinson / Why When the Love is gone – The Originals / Trouble in My Way – Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens / You’ve Really got a Hold on me – Smokey Robinson / Soulful Dress – Sugar Pie Desanto / I’ve Been Good to You – Brenda Holloway

Playlist for 1 May 2009
Headline News – Edwin Starr / Cool Jerk - Capitols / Ship of Fools - Ray Marchand / Don’t be sore at Me – the Parliaments / I’m On My Way - Dean Parrish / Keep on Keeping On – Ruby Johnson / Everyday I’ll Love You More than yesterday – Gladys Knight / Love Factory – Eloise Laws / When Love slips away - Margo and the Marvettes / Love is After Me – Charlie Rich / Kings and Queens – Patrick Adams Initiative / Love’s the Only answer – Kelly Garrett / Love Love Love – Bobby Hebb / Love Trouble Heartache and Misery – Hattie Littles / Every time I see you I go wild - Stevie Wonder / Love makes the world go round - Barbara Lewis / Ol' John (Behold thy mother) - Faithful Wonders / Keep lookin' - Solomon Burke / She's fire - C.O.D.s / Frantic Escape - Innocent Bystanders / What do you want with my love - Stratoliners / Second best - Finishing Touch / She’s Wanted – Eddie Holman / Stupidity- solomon Burke / Ain’t No Mountain – Marvin and Tammi (Jos Belt Mix)

Playlist for 24th April 2009
You can come right Back to Me – David Ruffin / Take Me girl I’m Ready – Jnr Walker / Nothing but a Heartache – Flirtations / Bari Track – Doni Burdock / Soultime – Shirley Ellis / Determination – Dean Parrish / You’ve Been in Love too Long – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / Outa space – Billy Preston / Shoo be do be do dah day – Stevie Wonder / Our Love will Grow – Showmen / Wear It on Our Face – the Dells / Take It all Off – George McCrae / I’ll Never Stop Lovin You – Carla Thomas / Real Love – Jacqui Williams / You got what You Wanted – Tina Turner / Mr Magic Man – Wilson Pickett / This Old heart of Mine – Isley Bros / Cruisin – Smokey Robinson / Love’s in Need – Stevie Wonder

Playlist for 17th April 2009
Love is Like and Itching in My Heart – the Funk Bros / Some Kind of wonderful – Soul Bros Six / It’s Easy to Fall in Love with a Guy Like You – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / You Can’t Sit Down – Phil Upchurch / Where Were You – Brenda Holloway / Landslide – Tony Clarke / Tightrope – Charlie and Inez Foxx / Kiss My Love goodbye – Bettye Swann / I Can See Him Lovin You – the Anderson Bros / The Best is yet to come – Bessie Banks / What does it Take to Win Your Love – Junior Walker / Helpless – Four Tops / Compared to what  -Mr Flood’s Party / A Lil Lovin sometimes – Alexander Patton / Keep Your Head up high  -The Team (feat Angelo Starr) / Green door – Wynder K Frog / You got it – the Volumes / Burning spear – Soulful Strings / Love makes The World Go round – Odds and Ends / Love Won’t let me Wait – Major Harris / Billy’s Bag – Billy Preston

Playlist for 10th April 2009
Without a Warning – the Passions / Going through a change of Love – Doc Oliver / Darkest days – Jackie Lee / So Sweet so Satisfyin – Bobby Treetop / People That’s Why – Idle Few / If that’s what You Wanted – Frankie Beverly and the Butlers / Jeanette – Wade Flemmons / Be Young Be Foolish – the Tams / How Do I Let a Good Man down – Sharon Jones and the Dapkings / A Place in the sun – Stevie Wonder / Your Love Grows More Precious Everyday – The Contours / Crackin Up Over You – Roy Hamilton / Girl don’t Make Me Wait too Long – Bunny Sigler / You’re All I Need to Get by – Aretha Franklin / Sad Little girl - Les McCann / Under the Boardwalk – the Drifters / Helpless – Manhattan Transfer / Ecstasy – Ben E King / Easy Street – Freda Payne / Do Me right – Denise La Salle / Then You Changed – Sammy Ward / Shangrila – Al Capps

Playlist for 3rd April 2009
Jimmy mack – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / I’m Free – Wilmer and the Dukes / Making My Day – Tahira Jumah / One in a Million – Karol Keyes / It ain’t Necessary – Mamie Galore / Help Me – Spellbinders / My Sugar Dumpling – Sam Cooke / It’s a shame – Funk Bros / Gone with the wind – Rita and the Tiaras / Love love love – Bobby Hebb / Dr Love – Bobby Sheen / This Old Heart of Mine – Temptations / Pay to the Piper – Chairman of the Board / I Get Lifted – George McCrae / Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye / With this ring – the Platters / Groovy Kind of Love – Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles / Any Day Now- Chuck Jackson / It ain’t what You got – Jimmy Hughes / Tell Me – Sharon Jones and the Dapkings / On Broadway – Drifters / Honey Please – Barry White

Playlist for 27th March 2009
I Can’t Help Myself – Earl Van Dyke and the Funk Bros / Grazin in the Grass – Friends of Distinction / Come on Train – Don Thomas / That’s Not Love – Holly St James / Look at Me Now – Terry Callier / You Better check Yourself – Soul Bros Six / You brought about a change in me – Jackie Wilson / Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin and Tammi / Ain’t too Proud to Beg – Temptations / For Once in My Life – Stevie Wonder / Function at the Junction – Ramsey Lewis / Breaking down the Walls of Heartache – Edwin Starr / Friday Night – Johnny Taylor / Ask the Lonely – Four Tops / I’m so Happy – Philip Mitchell / Just For Me – Al Green / Love on Delivery – Billy Ocean / C’est la Vie – Terry Callier / 100 Yard Dash – Raphael Saadiq / I Can See – Jazzanova / Stand By Me – David and Jimmy Ruffin / Oh What a Night – the Dells

Playlist for 20th March 2009
Casualeers - Dance, dance, dance / Hesitations - I'm not built that way / Laura Lee - Your song / O'Jays - Working on your case / Bobby Day - Pretty little girl next door / Clarendonians - Walking up a one way street / Round Robin - Kick that little foot Sally Ann / Chuck Jackson - Girls, girls, girls / Walter Jackson - Not you / Dramatics - Inky dinky wang dang doo / Kim Weston - You're just the kind of guy / Sam & Dave - Said I wasn't gonna tell nobody / Rotations - When he slowly moves away from you / Artistics - This heart of mine / Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Show me the way / Dean Parrish - I'm on my way / Idle Few - People that's why / Peggy March - If you loved me / Mario Bondi & High Five Quintet - This is what you are / Constellations - I don't know about you / Jackie Wilson - Beautiful day / Jaybirds - Somebody help me / Temptations - Smooth sailing (from now on) / Donald Height - Talk of the grapevine / Bob Wilson - Suzy's serenade / James Carr - Freedom train / Little Beaver - Party down / Eddie Floyd - Things get better

Playlist for 13th March 2009
He Was Really Saying something – Velvelettes / Good time tonight – Soul Sisters / The Pain Gets a Little Deeper - Darrow Fletcher / Together We Can make sweet music – Detroit Spinners / Deep Dark secret – Dee Dee Sharp / On the Brink - Mike Vickers / Take Me for a Little while – Mirettes / Soul Sauce – Cal Tjader / Love a Go Go – Stevie Wonder / Life beats – Supremes / Hold to My Baby – Cavaliers / Afternoon of the Rhino – Mike Post Coalition / Flashback – Derek Martin / How You gonna feel – Debbie Dobbins / Come on and see Me – Marvin and Tammi / He Knows How to Love Me – Helen Shapiro / Only You Can Make Me Blue – Love Unlimited / Love city – Ron Matlock / I Was made T o Love Her – Jnr Walker / Lil Ole Man -  Bill Cosby / Train Tour to Rainbow City – the Pyramids / Love Is – Martha Starr / Sweet soul Music – Arthur Conley / I’m Happy Without You – Ann Byers / Hot fun in the Summertime – Sly and the Family Stone / Happy Radio – Edwin Starr / Raindrops Love and sunshine – Robert John

Playlist for 6th March 2009
Oh I’ve Been Blessed – Bobby Taylor / Gimme Little sign – Brenton wood / Tell Me – Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings / A Whole New Plan – Jo Ann Garrett / She Blew A Good Thing – the Poets / I’ll Be Around – Doug Parkinson / I’ll do anything -  Doris Troy / Crook His Little finger – Ann Heywood / Something About You Baby – Four Tops / Ain’t Too Proud to Beg - Temptations / I Thank You – Sam and Dave / Nothing Compares to You – Velvet Satins / Music with soul – Pall Bearers / Come On Train – Don Thomas / Girls Are Against me - Utopias / Ain’t You Glad You chose Love – Gladys Knight and the Pips / Tears – Gloria Shannon / I Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
And... from Nick Marshall
Kim Weston - Do like I do / Benny Gordon - Gonna give her all the love I got / Drifters - Only in America / Artistics - Girl I need you / Juggy - Thock it to me Honi / Johnny Watson - It's better to cry / Sims Twins - Soothe me / Tom & Jerrio - Come on and love me / Larry Williams - Shake your body Girl / O'Jays - Working on your case

Playlist for 27th February 2009
Here Are the Pieces of My Broken Heart – Gladys Knight / Baby do the Philly dog – the Olympics / Someboy’s Always Trying –Ted Taylor / Riding High on Love – Jnr Walker and the All Stars / A Love You Can Depend on – Brenda and the Tabulations / I’ll try anything – dusty Springfield / Gonna Fix You Good – Little Anthony / Do I Love You – Chris Clark / I Heard it through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye / Don’t Pity Me – Faith Hope and charity / Crazy Bout You Baby – Ike and Tina Turner / My sugar Baby – Frank Wilson / Darkest Days – Jackie Lee / Call Me Tomorrow – Major Harris / The flasher – Mistura / I Feel an Urge Coming On – Jo Armistead / I wish – Stevie Wonder / Smooth Sailing – Ben E King / Falling In Love – Silk / Girl Watcher – the O’Kaysions / Panic – Reparata and the Delrons / Turn off The Lights – Teddy Pendergrass

Playlist for 20th February 2009
Turn to Stone – Four Tops / Gonna Get along Without You Now – The Vibrations / Going to a Go Go – Smokey Robinson / Loving by the Pound – Otis Redding / Heartaches Away My Boy – Christine Cooper / Gotta See Jane – R Dean Taylor / Stolen Hours - Patrice Holloway / Keep On Keeping On – NF Porter / You’re Absolutely Right – Steve Aldo / Everything’s Gonna Be alright – PP Arnold / Satisfaction – Jimmy Radcliffe / Manifesto - A Case of Tyme / Cry Your eyes Out – Dottie Cambridge / You ain’t Livin Until You’re Lovin – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / Need Your Loving – The Flirtations / Spring Rain – Silvetti / At the top of the Stairs – Formations / Green Onions – Booker T / Private Number - William Bell and Judy Clay / It’s a shame – Detroit Spinners / Bok to Bach – Father’s Angels

Playlist for 13th February 2009
There’s no Stopping Us Now – the Supremes / Because of My Heart – Frankie Beverley and the Butlers / Be My Baby – the Ronettes / You’re Ready Now – Bobby Bennett / Mighty Lover – Ideals / I’ll Be Lovin You – Soul Bros six / Bless Your Heart – Chairman of the Board / If this world were mine – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / Love don’t come No Stronger – Jeff Perry / Get ready – Ella Fitzgerald / The Way You’ve Been Acting Lately – Al Kent / She’ll come running Back – Mel Britt / One of those days – Steve Cropper / Hand it Over - Chuck Jackson / Me and My Clock – Carla Thomas / Bring the Boys Home – Freda Payne / The Next time - Gladys Knight / If I could build my world around you – Marvin and Tammi / The Flasher - Mistura

Playlist for 6th February 2009
Two can Have a Party – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / A Little Togetherness – The Younghearts / I Never Knew – Bad Weather Inc / Don’t Be afraid to Take My Love – Creative Source / Love You Just can’t Walk Away – Dean Courtney / Cause You’re Mine – Vibrations / The Key to My happiness – Charades / When she Was My Girl – Four Tops / Little Darlin – Marvin Gaye / Love that girl – Raphael Saadiq / To win Your Heart – Laura Lee / Are You Ready For Love – Detroit Spinners / Beggin – Frankie Valli / Dust My Broom – Ike and Tina Turner / You don’t Mean Me No good – Jelly beans / Baby Baby Baby - Sam Cooke / Just My Imagination – Ted Mills / Strange - Tradewinds

Playlist for 30th January 2009
Come to me – Marv Johnson / You don’t Mean me No Good – Jelly Beans / I don’t Need No doctor – Ray Charles / All My good Lovin – Len Jewell / I Feel Sanctified – the Commodires / Live It Up – Dusty Springfield / Hold On – The Radiants / Hit and run – Lebaron Orchestra / Try My Love – Moses Smith / Looking for You – Kirk Franklin / The Games People Play; Walking My Way Back to You – Detroit Spinners / Grazing in the Grass – Friends of Distinction / The Way You do the things You do – Temptations / Helpless – Chuck Jackson / Come go with Me – Gloria Jones / Wade in the Water – Ramsey Lewis / 96 tears  - David Ruffin / You Made Me so Very happy – Brenda Holloway / Condition Red – Baltimore Ohio Band

Playlist for 23rd January 2009
Just Want to Get the Feel of it – Bloodstone / We’re In this thing together – Peaches and Herb / Loving You Takes All of My time – the Debonaires / Lost and Found – People’s Choice / You’re Not an Ordinary Girl – Temptations / Sweet soul – Junior Walker / Just Like the Weather – Nolan Chance / 24 Hours to find My Baby – Edwin Starr / My Heart Needs a Break – Linda Jones / Heatwave – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / Don’t Pity Me – Joanie Sommers / So Long – Marvin Gaye / I’m Satisfied – San Remo Strings / Put Yourself in My Place – The Elgins / What Can a Man Do – Show Stoppers / West coast shingaling – The Watts 103rd St Strings / Soul sister Brown Sugar – Sam and Dave / Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding / I wish - Stevie  Wonder / On Broadway – the Drifters / The snake - Al Wilson / The Way You do The things You do – Temptations / That’s How heartaches Are Made – Dusty Springfield / Keep a Hold on Me – Diane Lewis / Love Potion No 9 – the Clovers

Playlist for 16th January 2009
Nowhere To run – Martha Reeves / Friday Night – Johnny Taylor / Who Are You Trying to Fool – Dave Hamilton Orch / Honey Please – Barry White / If  My heart Could Tell A Story – Edwin Starr / I feel an Urge Coming On – Jo Armistead / Baby Baby – Jack Montgomery / If this is Goodbye – Harry and the Keyavas / Double Cooking – Checker Board Squares / Raindrops Love and Sunshine – Robert John / I dig Your Act – O Jays
Seven day Fool – Etta James / Lifebeats – Supremes / Too Late – Watson and Williams
I Call it Love - Pretenders / Got to Make a Move – Joe Stubbs / Barefootin – Georgie Fame / I Need a Helping Hand – the Servicemen / Love a Go Go- Stevie Wonder / Sock it to Em – Bill Moss

Playlist for 9th January 2009
I heard it Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye / Don’t Tell Me Maybe – the Capitols / Philly Freeze – Alvin Cash / I worship You Baby – the Glories / You’re Gonna Love My Baby – Barbara McNair / It’s and Uphill Climb – Walter Jackson / Where did our Love Go – The Supremes / Love Control – Greg Perry / It’s all Up to You – The Dells / Casino – Good Times / I Can’t Help Myself – Donnie Elbert / She won’t come back – The Hesitations / Heaven Must Have sent You – The Elgins / Lovin on the Losin side – Tommy Hunt / For Once in My Life – Funk Bros / Nothing Can Compare to You – Velvet Satins / It May Be Winter Outside – Love Unlimited / Lonely You’ll Be – Johnnie Mae Matthews /
Plus choices from Nick Marshall

Playlist for 02 January 2009
WITH NICK MARSHALL...
Eddie Floyd - That's all / Archie Bell & Drells - Here I go again / Travis Wammack - Scratchy / Mary Wells - What's easy for two (is so hard for one) / Natural Impulse - She went away / T.D. Valentine - Love trap / Frances Nero - Keep on loving me / Art Freeman - Slippin' around / Ambers - Potion of love / Donnie Elbert - Get ready / Barbara Mason - My baby loves me / Ricardo Ray - Nitty Gritty / Originals - Why when love is gone / Shawn Robinson - My dear heart / Sam Cooke - It's got the whole world shaking / Gloria Gaynor - She'll be sorry / Jodi Mathis - Don't you care any more / Triumphs - Walkin' the duck / 21st Creation - Tailgate / Sandra Philips - World without sunshine / Joe Graves - Debbie / Sandra Philips - World without sunshine / 21st Creation - Tailgate / Joe Graves - Debbie / Triumphs - Walkin' the duck

Playlist for 26 December
Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / Lucky Lucky me – Marvin Gaye / Ain’t No Mountain High – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / If You Really Love Me – Stevie Wonder / Angie Girl -  Stevie Wonder / In My Lonely room – Martha Reeves / Here Are the Pieces of My Broken Heart – Gladys Knight / I got a Feeling – Barbara Randolph / Come on and See me – Tammi Terrell / You ain’t Saying Nothing New – Virgil Henry / From head to toe – Chris Clark / If You Love Her  - Bobby taylor / Love Feels like fire – Four Tops / She’s Gonna Love Me At Sundown – Spinners / I Can’t Help Myself – Earl Van dyke / Living in a World I created – Jimmy Ruffin / Do You Love Me Just A Little – Supremes and Four Tops / I’m Coming Home – Temptations / First Impressions – Hi Inergy / More Love – Smokey Robinson / If I could give You the world – Hearts of Stone / Will this Be the day – Diana Ross and the Supremes / Need somebody – Marvin Gaye / A Favour for a girl – Brenda Holloway / Have You heard About the Fool – Chuck Jackson / You’ve Been in Love too Long – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / Fantasy – Billy Eckstine / Good night Irene – Originals / Sing What You Wanna – Shorty Long / It’s so Hard Being a Loser – Contours / My Baby Loves Me – Martha and the Vandellas / He's My Kind of Fellow – Gladys Knight and the Pips / I Can’t Stop the Rain – David Ruffin

Playlist for 19 December
Do I Love You – Chris Clark / What About the Music – Billy Harner / Only Your Love Can Save me – Marvellettes / White Christmas – The Drifters / Love is Like and Itching – Supremes / Reach Out – Four Tops / Happy – William Bell / You Can Make it if you try – Dynamics / Game Players – Dolley Silverspoon / Love You Baby – Eddie Parker / If You Ever Walked Out – Dena Barnes / Merry Xmas Baby – Otis Redding / I’m so Happy – Philip Mitchell / I feel so Bad – Jackie Edwards / Someday at Christmas – Stevie wonder / Since I Lost My Baby – Carolyn Crawford / He’s all I Got- Supremes / I guess I’ll Always Love you – Isley Bros / You’re a Sweetheart – Little Willie John / Look Around You – Bobby Goldsborough / Love’s in Need – Stevie Wonder / White Christmas – Otis Redding / We wish You a Merry Christmas – Jackson 5

Playlist for 12 December
You Really Made It good – Ty Karim / Just a Kiss Away – Jackie Gore / Take Away the Pain Stain – Patti Austin / This Old Heart of Mine – Tammi Terrell / Stone Outta MY Head – New Perspective / Lucky to be Loved by You – Willie Hutch / Sugar dumping – Sam Cooke / Winter Wonderland – Earl Van dyke / I Need Your Love – Clydene Jackson / Open the Door to Your Heart – Darrell Banks / Dance Little girl - Clay Hammond / My Love is Your Love – Isley Bros / Cool Off – Detroit Executives / Monkey See Monkey Do – Roy Handy / Landslide – Tony Clarke / Hot Stuff – Jay Proctor / What Christmas Means to me – Stevie Wonder / How Can You Tell me – The Flirtations / Do I Love You – Frank Wilson / You’re Turnin – Soul Shakers / My Little Girl – Bobby Garrett / Elusive – Babe Ruth / Could Anybody Else – Jimmy Radcliffe + Barbara Jean English

Playlist for 05 December
Shorty Long - Here comes the judge / Four Perfections - I'm not strong enough / Impressions - Meeting over yonder / Brotherhood of Man - Reach out your hand / Bobby Freeman - I got a good thing / Pookie Hudson - This gets to me / Lea Dawson - If you don't want my love (give it back) / Al "TNT" Braggs - Earthquake / Jay & Techniques - Baby make your own sweet music / Baby Washington - It'll never be over for me / Kim Weston - Take me in your arms (Rock me a little while) / Metros - I'll never forget you / N.F. Porter - Keep on keeping on / Jackie Ross - Trust in me / Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby / Jackie Wilson - You left the fire burning / William Bell - Happy / Ruby Winters - We're living to give / George Blackwell - Can't lose my head / Joneses - Sugar Pie Guy / Cliff Nobles - Is it the way / Bud Harper - Wherever you were / Valentinos - Sweeter than the day before / Otis Smith - Let her go / Sam & Dave - Wrap it up / Margie Joseph - One more chance / Trammps - More good times to remember

Playlist for 28 November
I’m wondering – Stevie Wonder / I heard it through the Grapevine – Gladys Knight and the Pips / Whole Lotta Shakin – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles / Keep on Talkin – James Barnett / It’ll never be over for me – Timi Yuro / Footsee – Wigan’s Chosen Few / I Got what it Takes – Brooks and Jerry / 25 miles – Edwin Starr / Hip City - Junior Walker / She’s Wanted in Three States- Larry Clinton / Soon I’ll Be Loving You – Marvin Gaye / She Blew A good thing – the Poets / I’d Rather go Blind – Etta James / To Make a Big Man Cry – Jackie Wilson / Nothing but a Heartache – Flirtations / Camouflage – the flirtations / I’ll Wait for You – the Originals / Ask the Lonely (acapella) - Four Tops / This Can’t Be True – Eddie Holman / Call Me - Eddie Bishop

Playlist for 21 November
Jay D. Martin - By yourself / Cissy Houston - I just don't know what to do with myself / Donnie Elbert - Get ready / Al Wilson - The snake / Harold Melvin & Blue Notes - Prayin' / Etta James - Seven day fool / Stevie Wonder - Angie Girl / Supremes - My world is empty without you / John Edwards - Tin man / Don Covay - See saw / Edwin Starr - Headline news / Outsiders - Lonely man / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Come on and see me / Linda Jones - My heart needs a break / Majik - Back into your heart / Barbara Mills - Queen of fools / Bongi & Judy - Let's get together / Gladys Knight & Pips - Everybody needs love / Four Tops - Ask the lonely / Angel Rissoff - Boogie down Bronx / Bobby Freeman - I'll never fall in love again / Monitors - Crying in the night / Lou Roberts - Everything you always wanted to know about love / Roy Head - My babe / O'Jays - To prove that I love you / Moses & Joshua Dillard - My elusive dreams /
Rufus Lumley - Stronger than me

Playlist for 14 November
Little Darlin – Marvin Gaye / Hey Girl - Jimmy James and the Vagabonds / Counting on you Babe – Barbara McNair / Bobby is My Baby – Barbara Mason / He’s all I got – Supremes / I’m trying – Johnnie Taylor / Sock it to em JB – Rex Garvin / He’s My Kind of Fellow – Gladys Knight / Sweet Was The Love – Four Tops / Life Beats - Supremes / I wanna Go Back there Again – Chris Clark / Movin Away – Kenny Lynch / You’ve Been cheatin – Impressions / He’s so fine – Chiffons / Walk on by – Brenda and the Tabulations / Never an Everyday thing – Eli Bonaparte / Love don’t Come No Stringer – Craig Woolard / Here We go Again – Aretha Franklin

Playlist for 07 November
*** Show opens with a tribute to Barack Obama: Soul music montage includes Stevie Wonder/Marvin Gaye/Sam Cooke

Ooh boy – the Adorables / Happiness is Here – Toby Lark / Cause Your Mine – Vibrations / Soul Man – Sam and Dave / Can’t Help Lovin that Man- Ila Vann / Gotta find a way to Get You Back – Temptations / Everybody Have a Good time – Archie Bell / Worth Every Tear I Cry – Dee Dee Warwick / You Are the sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder / Why when the Love has gone – Isley  Bros / Happy –Edwin Starr / That’s enough – Roscoe Robinson / Sweetest Feeling – Jackie Wilson / Midnight Hour – Billy Preston / Just My soul Responding – Smokey Robinson /
*And choices from Nick Marshall

Playlist for 31 October
Jay & Techniques - Baby make your own sweet music / Larry Santos - You got me where you want me / Isley Brothers - I guess I'll always love you / Roy Head - Treat her right / Johnny Baker - Shy Guy / Brice Coefield - Ain't that right / Dee Dee Warwick - Do it with all your heart / Dee Dee Warwick - Don't think my baby's coming back / Dee Dee Warwick - Funny how we changed places / Frank Popp Ensemble - You've been gone too long / Paul Humphrey - Cool Aid / Del-Larks - Job opening / Marvin Gaye - Need somebody / Drifters - I'll take you where the music's playing / Esquires - And get away / Fi-Dels - Try a little harder / Cobblestone - Trick me, treat me / Isley Brothers - My love is your love / Patrick Henry - Loving U / Sugar Pie DeSanto - Soulful dress / Edward Hamilton - Baby don't you weep / Steelers - Get it from the bottom / Chuck Jackson - Hand it over / Kim Weston - I'm still loving you / Diane Ducane - Better late than never / Bandwagon - Dancin' master / Otis Redding - It's growing / Barbara West - Congratulations Baby / Donnie Elbert - Get ready / Short Kuts - Your eyes may shine

Playlist for 24 October
Just Walk in My shoes – Gladys Knight / Gonna FixYou Good – Little Anthony and the Imperials / My girl Josephone – Bill Black / Crackin Up Over You - Tommy Hunt / Something Keeps Calling Me Back – Wayne Fontana / She’ll Come running Back – Mel Britt / The Real thing – Sergio Mendes / Someday We’re Gonna Love Again – Barbara Lewis / Pick Me Up and Put Me in Your Pocket – Jeannette Harper / It’s Over Now – Shantel / A Place in the sun – Stevie Wonder / Somebody Needs You – Ike and Tina turner / Strange – Tradewinds
PLUS... Four Tops Listeners' Tributes:
Ask the Lonely / It’s the Same Old song / Walk Away Renee / Still Waters ( Peace) / Do What You Gotta Do / Shake Me wake Me when It’s Over / Can’t Seem to Get You Out of My Mind / For Once in My Life / I’m in a different world

Playlist for 17 October
Reach Out – Four Tops / I can’t help myself – Four Tops / I got a Feeling – Barbara Randolph / There are Roses somewhere – Bobby Taylor / Where will You go – Archie Bell / Run for cover – the Dells / When You Call Me Baby – Joey Heatherton / Lead Me On - Gwen McCrae / Getting Mighty Crowded – Betty Everett / Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie – Jay and the Techniques / Bee Young Be Folish – The Tams / A Man Like me – Jimmy James / Superwoman – Stevie Wonder / Soul self satisfaction – Earl Jackson / More Today than yesterday – Spiral Starecase / I’m gonna run Away From you – Tami Lynn / The fyfe Piper – Dynatones / Dining in Chinatown – Jennifer Wells / This Love starved Heart – Marvin Gaye / First I Look at the Purse – Contours / Hurt the One You Love – David Ruffin / I’ll turn to stone – Four Tops / Baby I Need Your Lovin – Four Tops

Playlist for 10 October
What’s Easy for Two  - Temptations / Too busy Thinking About My Baby – Jimmy Ruffin / In Orbit – Joy Love joy / Love Love Love – Bobby Hebb / Ordinary Joe – Terry Callier / Young gifted and Black – Bob and Marcia / You don’t Mean me No good – Jelly Beans / Seven day Lover – James Fountain / Picture Me gone – Madeleine Bell / All I do – Tammi Terrell / You’re Ready Now – Frankie Valli / What More could a boy ask for – the Spinners / Tightrope – Charlie and Inez Foxx / Before Love Beats me going – Unknown / And I Love Her – Reggie Milner / Free for all – Philip Mitchell / Still Got flow – Jay Proctor / I’m going all the Way – Sounds of Blackness / Crystal Clear – Howard Hewitt / God Bless the child – Aretha Franklin / Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding (live version)

Playlist for 03 October
Get Ready - Temptations / Be Careful girl – Betty Turner / At the top of the Stairs – Formations / With this ring – Platters / You’ve Been A Long time coming – Exportations / Call Me  Eddie Bishop / I don’t want to Lose you – Jackie Wilson / Hung Up On Your Love – Montclairs / Out on the Floor – Dobie Gray / Lovers Holiday – Peggy Scottand Jo Jo Benson / Ain’t No soul – Kenny Bernard / Cracking Up Over You – Roy Hamilton / Hold On – O Jays / 25 miles – Edwin Starr / Dust My broom – Ike and tina turner /
*Plus choices from Nick Marshall and Phil Wardle

Playlist for 26 September (People’s playlist for  the fifth anniversary show)
Girls are Out to Get You – Fascinations / Bobby is My Baby – Barbara Mason / Two Can Have a Party – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / Soul time – Shirley Ellis / Breakout – Mitch Ryder / Landslide – Tony Clarke / I Gotta keep dancing – Carrie Lucas / To win Your Heart – Laura Lee / Ain’t Nothing but a Houseparty -  Showstoppers / Oh How Happy - Shades of Blue / I Got a Feeling – Barbara Randolph / I feel Love Coming on – Felice Taylor / Crying in the Night – the Monitors / Ski-ing in the Snow – Invitations / I’m gonna run Away – Tami Lynn / Bok to Bach – Fathers Angels / My Little girl – Bob and Earl / Aint too Proud to Beg – Temptations / Daylight - Bobby Womack / I was born to love you _ Herbie Hunter / I Walked Away – Bobby Paris / Dust My Broom – Ike and Tina Turner / That Drivin Beat – Willie Mitchell / Don’t Send Nobody – Ace Spectrum / I’ll Never forget You – Chuck Jackson / Baby I Need Your Loving

Playlist for 12 September
I Should Have Known better – Marvelettes / My Brother My Brother – Billy Valentine / There’s Nothing Stopping us – Supremes / Uptight – Stevie Wonder / What’s Easy for Two – Connie Haines / Breakout – Mitch Ryder / Tears – Gloria Shannon / Turning My Heartbeat Up – MVPs / Green Grow the Lilacs – The Festivals / Got to Have you Back – Isley Bros / Nobody But me – Human Beinz / I Still Love You – Superlatives / Sunny – Stevie Wonder / Sweet Darlin – Martha and the Vandellas / Hey Sah Lo Ney – Mickey Lee Lane / There’s A ghost in My House – R Dean Taylor / Better Late Than Never – Diane Ducanne / Blowin My Mind to Pieces – Bob Relf / Keep Lovin me – Silky Hargreaves / Quick change Artist – Soul Twins / Tribute to Betty – DJ Genesis

Playlist for 05 September
Shake Me Wake Me – Four Tops / I Can’t please you – Jimmy Robins / First I Look at the Purse – the Contours / Eddie’s My Name – Eddie Holman / Sign on the dotted Line – Gene Latter / Walk Away From Love – David Ruffin / 831 – Lisa Stansfield / Can I get a Witness – Dusty Springfield / Just Ain’t Enough Love – Eddie Holland / What’s going On – Marvin Gaye / Out on the floor – Dobie Gray / Come on and Stop – Marv Johnson / Something’s Wrong – Chris Clark / Cashing In – Voices of East Harlem / Seven days too Long – Chuck Woods / If I could Turn Back the hands of time – Tyrone Davis / Reset to Zero – Anthoney Wright / Summertime – Billy Stewart /
And some tunes from Nick Marshall

Playlist for 29 August
I’m Losing You – Temptations / Ain’t No Mountain High – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / Pain Reliever – Sister Sledge / Sexpot – Jnr Walker / SOS – Edwin Starr / Open the door to Your Heart – Darrell Banks / Right Track – Billy Butler / Now I Know what Love is – Al Wilson / What would I do – Superiors / Condition Red – Baltimore Marching Band / You don’t love Me – Epitome of Sound / Let’s Get Married – Al Green / If that’s what You wanted – Frankie Beverley / I can’t Make it anymore – Spyder Turner / I Walked Away – Bobby Paris / Somebody’s Always Trying – Ted Taylor / It’s all right – Impressions / You got Your Mind …- Beverley Ann / I Go to Pieces – Geri Grainger / All About the Papers – The Dells / One in a Million – Maxine Brown / You Make Me Feel – Aretha Franklin

Playlist for 22 August
Hold On – Sam and Dave / I Need your Love – Clydene Jackson / SOS - Edwin Starr / Crying in the Night – the Monitors / Uptight – KC / Gone with the wind – Rita and the Tiaras / These Eyes - Junior Walker / Little Queenie – Bill Black / Mustang Sally – The Commitments / Land of a 100 dances – Wilson Pickett / What You Gave me – David Ruffin / I’ll Be around – the Spinners / Working My Way Back to you – the Detroit Spinners / Call on Me – Barbara Mmercer / Breakthrough – Art Gentry / Thank you  – Franki Valli / Where will you go – Archie Bell / Do I Love You – Frank Wilson / I’m on my Way – Dean Parrish / No-one there- Martha Reeves / Walk on by – Isaac Hayes / Holding Back the Years – Randy Crawford / Last Night – the Markeys

Playlist for 15 August
Sonny Stitt - The double-O-soul of Sonny Stitt / Roger Collins - She's looking good / Reuben Howell - You can't stop a man in love / Jerry-O - Karate Boo-ga-loo / Isaac Hayes - Disco connection / Temptations - Lady Soul / Michael & Raymond - Man without a woman / Olympics - Girl, you're my kind of people / Al Wilson - The snake / Sapphires - Gonna be a big thing / Spinners - What more could a boy ask for / Chairmen of the Board - Elmo James / Larry Williams & Johnny Watson - A quitter never wins / Prince Phillip Mitchell - I'm so happy / James Bounty - Prove yourself a lady / Bobby Womack - Home is where the heart is / Barbara Acklin - Love makes a woman / Shades of Blue - Oh how happy / Impressions - You've been cheating / Laura Lee - To win your heart / Soul Brothers Six - I'll be loving you / Soul Bros Inc - Pyramid / Betty Boo - Say it isn't so / Sidney Joe Qualls - I don't do this / Kim Weston - Love Vibrations / Little Milton - Grits ain't groceries / Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager - Ain't understanding mellow

Playlist for 08 August
M.V.P.s Turnin' - my heartbeat up / Earl Van Dyke - I can't help myself / David Ruffin - Heaven help us all / Isley Brothers - My love is your love / Jackie Lee - Oh my darlin' / Stevie Wonder - Isn't she lovely / Johnny Mathis - Evil ways / Lorraine Chandler - I can't hold on / Platters - With this ring / Willie Parker - I love the life I live / Gene Chandler - Song called soul / Whispers - My girl / Bobby Paris - I walked away / Gloria Lynne - You don't have to be a tower of strength / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't no mountain high enough / Blendells - La la la la la / Neo - Smile / O'Jays - To prove I love you / Sam & Dave - Soul man / Kenny Gamble - The joke's on you / Theresa Lindsay - I'll bet you / Falcons - I'm a fool I must love you / Homer Banks - A lot of love / Vernon Garrett - Shine it on

Playlist for 25 July
Love is Like and Itching (remix) Diana Ross and the Supremes / Here I go Again – Archie Bell  / Lost and found – People’s choice / Don’t Send Nobody – Ace Spectrum / Going to a Happening – Tommy Hunt / Chained – Marvin Gaye / The way You’ve Been Acting Lately – Al Kent / My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder / It’s and Uphill Climb to the bottom – Walter Jackson / Sweet thing – Detroit Spinners / Humphrey Stomp – Earl Harrison / Candy – the Astors / Nothing’s Worse than Being alone – Ad Libs / Love is Here – Donnie Elbert / Heaven Must Have Sent You – The Elgins / Sliced tomatoes – Just Brothers / A Little Togetherness – Younghearts / Thinking bout You – the Dells / You’re My Everything – the Temptations / I’m the One who Loves You – Darrell Banks / Just Like Romeo and Juliet – Reflections / You’ve Been away – Rubin / Festival time – San Remo Strings

Playlist for 18 July
Al de Lory - Right on / Little Richard - I don't want to discuss it / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If I could build my whole world around you / Fontella Bass - Recovery / Billy Paul - July July July July / Lou Pride - I'm comun' home in the mornin' / Detroit Spinners - Truly yours / Joey Delorenzo - Wake up to the sunshine Girl / Dee Clark - That's my girl / Sharon Scott - (Putting my heart under) Lock and key / Jackie Lee - Do the temptation walk / Leroy Taylor - Oh Linda / Falcons - Love look in her eyes / Arthur Conley - Put our love together / Dells - Wear it on our face / Marvin Gaye - This love-starved heart of mine / Shirley Lawson - One more chance / Supremes - He's all I got / Stevie Wonder - Love a go go / Marvelettes - Reaching for something I can't have / Darrell Banks - I'm the one who loves you / Donnie Elbert - I got to get myself together / Johnny Sayles - I can't get enough / Benny Gordon - Gonna give her all the love I got / Carstairs - He who picks a rose / Vontastics - Never let your love grow cold / Dynamos - You can do it by yourself / Inez & Charlie Foxx - You fixed my heartache

Playlist for 11 July
Angel Baby – Darrell Banks / I surrender – Eddie Holman / I’m Living a Lie – Barbara Jean English / Crazy About You Baby – Ike and Tina Turner / Show and Tell – Al Wilson / Stay -  Virginia Wolves / Baby Hit and Run – Contours / Cause You’re Mine – Vibrations / Just Walk in My shoes – Gladys Knight / 123  - Len Barry / Just Ain’t Enough Love – Eddie Holland / Out on the floor – Dobie Gray / The snake – Al Wilson / Time will Pass You by – Tobi Legend / On the Avenue – Jimmy Ruffin / More More More – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell / You Shook Me Up – Roy Hamilton / Jumpin Jack flash – Thelma Houston / Hickory – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons / You’re gonna need me – Dionne Warwick

Playlist for 04 July
Sweet Darlin – Jimmy Clark / All Your Love – Brenda Holloway / Lucky Lucky me – Jimmy Ruffin / Having a Party – Sam Cooke / Ski-ing in the snow – Invitations / This Love starved Heart of Mine – Marvin Gaye / Moody woman – Jerry Butler / Nothing can compare to you – Velvet Satins / I dig your act – O Jays / No One there – Martha Reeves / My Prayer – Timi Yuro / That’s Enough – Rosco Robinson / Here Are the Pieces of My Broken Heart – Gladys Knight / I wouldn’t give you Up – Roni Hill /
Save My Love for a rainy day – Marv  Johnson / Lil ole man – Bill Cosby / Double cookin – Checkerboard Squares / Going to a Happening – Tommy Neal / Landslide – Tony Clarke / Good times – Casino / Where does Love go – Freddie Scott / Bad Bad weather – the Spinners / Truly Yours – the Temptations / I Wanna Get witcha- Walter Thomas

Playlist for 20 June
Temptations - Beauty is only skin deep / Bobby Sheen - Doctor Love / Frankie Valli - You're gonna hurt yourself / Deon  Jackson - Love makes the world go round / Archie Bell & Drells - It's hard not to like you / Showstoppers - Ain't nothing but a houseparty / Delights - Lover / Sam & Kitty - I've got something good / Al Wilson - I've got a feeling / Major Lance - Investigate / Invitations - Girl I'm leaving you / Platters - With this ring / Flavor - Sally had a party / Maxine Brown - One in a million / Mickie Champion - What good am I without you / Saint Tropez - Fill my life with love / Impressions - Never could you be / Marv Johnson - I miss you Baby (How I miss you) / Pat Kelley - How long will it take / Toni Lamarr - Just in the nick of time / Van McCoy - Soul improvisations pt 2 / Jelly Beans - You don't mean me no good / Arthur Conley - Aunt Dora's love soul shack / Arabia - Delcos / Jimmy Ruffin - I want her love / Eddie Kendricks - Date with the rain / Miriam Makeba - Pata pata / Temptations - I'm coming home

Playlist for 13 June
Dance dance dance – Casualeers / Lost and found – People’s Choice / I’m going to give You Respect – Marvin Gaye / The 81 – Candy and the Kisses / Bring the boys Home – Freda Payne / Everything’s Tuesday – Chairman of the Board / Your Autumn of Tomorrow – The Crow / Maggie’s Farm - Solomon Burke / 100 south of Broadway – Philadelphia Society / Reaching for the Best – Exciters / Break Out the tears – Angel Rissoff / You Really Made it good – Ty Karim / Happy – William Bell / O wow – Panic Buttons / Daylight  - Bobby Womack / I’m on My Way to a Better Place – Chairmen of the Board / All Your Love – Brenda Holloway / There’s Nothing Stopping Us Now – Supremes / Summertime – Billy Stewart / Exus Trek – Luther Ingram

Playlist for 06 June
Hey girl don’t bother Me – the Tams / Bless your Heart – Chairman of the Board / Woolly bully – Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs / Since You’ve been Gone – Four Tops / She’s a Heartbreaker – Gene Pitney / Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie – Jay and the Techniques / Lady Soul – the Temptations / Ain’t No Mountain High – Ashford and Simpson / Stop Sign – Mel Wynn and the Rhythm Aces / Love More than Pride – Laura Lee / Third finger Left hand – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / Our Love will Grow – Showmen / I’m coming Home in the Morning – Lou Pride / Something for My People – Greatest Little soul band in the Land / On Easy street – Freda Payne / Don’t Send Nobody Else – Ace Spectrum / Give Me Another Chance – Barbara Mercer / Wherever I Lay My Hat – Marvin Gaye / Sunshine – Pulse / It’s in his Kiss - Betty Everett / Glad I found you – Debbie Dobbins

Playlist for May 30th
Hey girl don’t bother Me – the Tams / Bless your Heart – Chairman of the Board / Woolly bully – Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs / Since You’ve been Gone – Four Tops / She’s a Heartbreaker – Gene Pitney / Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie – Jay and the Techniques / Lady Soul – the Temptations / Ain’t No Mountain High – Ashford and Simpson / Stop Sign – Mel Wynn and the Rhythm Aces / Love More than Pride – Laura Lee / Third finger Left hand – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas / Our Love will Grow – Showmen / I’m coming Home in the Morning – Lou Pride / Something for My People – Greatest Little soul band in the Land / On Easy street – Freda Payne / Don’t Send Nobody Else – Ace Spectrum / Give Me Another Chance – Barbara Mercer / Wherever I Lay My Hat – Marvin Gaye / Sunshine – Pulse / It’s in his Kiss - Betty Everett / Glad I found you – Debbie Dobbins

Playlist for May 23rd
It’s all right – Impressions / A Little Togetherness – The Younghearts / The Right Direction – Clara Ward / Scots on Swingers – Edwin Starr / More Power to You – Harold Burrage / Tell me It’s A Rumor – Isley Bros / A Lover’s question – Clyde McPhatter / Standing on Solid Ground – Sidney Barnes / Love Ain’t Love – Flo Ballard / Time will Pass You by – Tobi Legend / Soul on Wax – Mr Day / This new breed  -Ike Turner / You’re My Mellow – Edwin Starr / Looky Looky – O Jays / Love don’t come No Stronger – Jeff Parry / Baby don’t change Your Mind – Gladys Knight / Where You Gonna run to Now – Chuck Jackson / Baby What has happened to our love – Ringleaders / Happy – Velvet Hammer / Rode by a Place – David Ruffin / Ain’t That Terrible – the Capitols / I’m So Happy – PhilipMitchell / You Can split – Youngblood Smith / Halfway to heaven – Candi Staton

Playlist for May 16th
Get Ready – Ella Fitzgerald / Little Bitty Pretty One – Clyde McPhatter / Hey Sah-Loh-Ney – Mickey Lee Lane / Just walk In My shoes – Gladys Knight / She’s A beauty queen – Joe Matthews / I go to pieces – Geri Grainger / My Weakness Is You -  Edwin Starr / Right Track – Billy Butler / My Little girl – Bob and Earl / Loneliness made me realise, It’s You that I Need – Temptations / The Pain Gets a Little Deeper – Darrow Fletcher / What’s going on – Marvin Gaye / Whole Lot of shakin in My Heart – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles / With this ring – the Platters / You don’t Love me No More – Johnny Caswell / I don’t do this – Sidney Joe Qualls / Shake and finer Pop – Junior Walker / A girl Like You – Young Rascals / Get Hip to Yourself – the Soul Shakers / Hurts too Much to Cry – HB Barnum / It’s Not the same – Little Anthony / When You call me baby – Joey Heatherton / That Drivin Beat – Willie Mitchell

Playlist for May 9th
I’m gonna run Away – Tami Lynn / Suspicion – The Originals / I’m Not going to work today – clyde Mc Phatter / Do I Love You – Frank Wilson / Nothing can Stop me Gene chandler / Gonna fix You Good – Little Anthony / Honey boy – supremes / Do Me right – the Armada Orchestra / Hung Up on Your Love – Montclairs / I’ll Keep on Trying Walter Jackson / Don’t Pretend – the Belles / Wanting You – april Stevens / Right Place Wrong time Ray J / Stay with Me – Al Green / My Prayer – the Platters / Breakout – Mitch Ryder / Love Machine – the Miracles / I got a feeling - Barbara Randolph

Playlist for May 2nd
Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield / Mercy Mercy Me- Marvin Gaye / Don’t Let True Love Die – Diana Ross / Come 'Round Here - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / Don’t Want To Be A Fool -  Luther Vandross / Wonderful World – Sam Cooke / Jimmy Mack – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas / I Got What You Need – Oscar Perry / I Can’t Make It Anymore – Spyder Turner / Party Time Man – The Futures / Hurt So Bad  - Ramsey Lewis / Just Don’t Know – Chubby Checker / Be Young Be Foolish – The Tams / Walking Up A One Way Street – Willie T / Money’s Too Tight To Mention – Valentine Bros / Free For All – Philip Mitchell / Automatically Sunshine- Supremes / In orbit – Joy Lovejoy... plus choices from Nick

Playlist for 25th April, 2008
Are You Satisfied – Sheila Ferguson / Touch Of Velvet – Mood Mosaic / A Little Togetherness – The Younghearts / Supergirl – Graham Bonney / One In a Million – Maxine Brown / Beautiful Mess - Swing Out Sister / I’m In A World of Trouble – Sweet Things / Barefootin' Time In Chinatown - Lester Young / Look Back Over Your Shoulder – Archie Bell / Take Me Girl I’m Ready – Junior Walker / It Takes Two – Junior Walker / You Did It For Me – Al Wilson / Help Me – Al Wilson / The Snake – Al Wilson / No I Know What Love Is – Al Wilson / Free For All – Philip Mitchell / In Love – Tony Galla / I Need Your Love – Clydene Jackson / Second Look – Ebony Alleyne /
Bobby Is My Baby – Barbara Mason / Grazin in the Grass – Hugh Masekela

Playlist for 18th April, 2008
Westbound Number Nine – Flaming Ember / Got To Find A Way – Lou Rawls / Sweeter Tomorrow – O Jays / Stop Her On Sight – Edwin Starr / Something Fishy’s Going On – Universal Minds / First Taste Of Hurt – Willie Tee / Something Keeps Calling Me Back – Wayne Fontana / He Who Picks A Rose – Jimmy Ruffin / I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Funk Bros / I Want To Tell You About My Girl – Obrey Wilson / Personally – Bobby Paris / The Drifter – Ray Pollard / Lucky To Be Loved By You – Willie Hutch / Third Window From The Right – Dean Barlow / Why Must We Say Goodbye – Al Hudson / Hit And Run – Lebaron Orchestra / Goodbye Cruel World – Linda Griner / I’ll Be Around – Detroit Spinners / Hip Teens – Frank Popp / Bad Weather – Supremes / Going To A Happening – Tommy Neal / The Game Is Over – Brown Sugar

Playlist for 11th April, 2008
Sweet Sweet Lovin – the Platters / Have More time – Marvin smith / Stand Up Like A man – betty Lavette / I feel so bad – Jackie Edwards / One wonderful Moment – The Shakers / I go to Pieces – Geri Granger / Crying Over You – Duke Browner / What’s it gonna Be – dusty Springfield / On Braodway – the Drifters / Better Use Your Head – Little Anthony / I wanna go back there again – chris clark / You’re Gonna Love my baby – Barbara Mc Nair / The In Crowd – Ramsey lewis / Surprise surprise - Bobby Womack / Danger She’s a Stranger – The five Stairsteps / Mercy Mercy me – Marvin Gaye / Come together – gladys Knight and the Pips / Westbound No 9 – Flaming Ember / Sweet soul Music – Arthur Conley / I Heard it through the Grapevine – Funk Brothers

Playlist for 4th April, 2008
Sweetest Feeling – Jackie Wilson +Erma Franklin / I Want my Baby Back – Stevie Wonder / I got to find a Way – Cajun Hearts / All I Want is You – JT Rhythm / I’ve got to find somebody – the Vel-vets / Leave Me alone – Frank Popp / Turning My Heartbeat up – MVP’s / With This Ring  - The Platters / Shangrila –Al Capps / I Gotta dance to Keep From Crying – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles / Tightrope – Chalie and Inez Foxx / Sugar – The Isonics / Take Me Away – Prince Philip Mitchell / In Love – Tony Galla / I Need your Love – Clydene Jackson / You got to Have Money – Exits
I Heard it through the Grapevine – the Bar Kays /

Playlist for 28th March, 2008
Frankie Beverley If that's what you wanted /  Stevie Wonder Nothing's too good for my baby /  Spiral Staircase More today than yesterday /  Buddy Miles I'm just a kiss away
Jerry Williams Run run roadrunner /  Barbara Acklin After you /  Keith Barrow You know you wanna be loved /  Flamingos Boogaloo party /  O'Kaysions Girl watcher
Eddie Billups Shake off that dream /  Marvin Smith Have more time /  Smokey Robinson & Miracles If you can want /  O'Jays Lipstick traces /  Impressions Talkin' about my baby /  Whispers Where there is love /  Barbara Acklin Love makes a woman /  Benny Mahan She knows how /  Temptations Since I lost my baby /  J.R. Bailey Love, love, love /  William Bell Never like this before /  Showmen Wrong girl /  Tommy Neal Going to a happening /  Barbara Lynn You're losing me /  Thelma Lindsay Prepared to love you /  George Byrd I'm available /  Thelma Houston I ain't going nowhere /  Spellbinders Chain reaction
(Show presented by Nick Marshall)

Playlist for seven days from 21st March 2008
One in a Million – Maxine Brown / Lovin on the Losin side – Tommy Hunt / I’ll Make you Happy – Tommy hunt / Oh No Not my baby – Maxine Brown / I don’t want to be the Last to Know -  Shalamar / Looking for the right guy - Kim Weston / House for Sale – Millie Jackson / Cloud Nine – Temptations / Soul Galore – Jackie Wilson / Burning spear – Soulful Strings / Nothing worse than being alone – Elgins / Why when the Love Has gone – Isley Brothers / Do I Love You  - Frank Wilson / Isn’t she Lovely – Steview wonder / Wade in the Water – Little Sonny / 25 miles – Edwin Starr / A Man is two Faced  - Millicent Todd / Lovin you -   Patrick Henry / My Sweet Lord – John Gary Williams

Playlist from 14 March 2008
We did It  - Syl Johnson / Wang Dang Doodle – Koko Taylor / The Who who song – Jackie Wilson / Save room – John Legend / Let’s Wade in the Water – Marlena Shaw / Tune Up – Junior Walker / There’s Nothing to Say – the Incredibles / Shoes – Bobby Bland / I don’t Love You anymore – Teddy Prendergrass / Nothing Can Stop Us – St Etienne / More Love that’s what we Need – The Gospel Classics / Come on and Stop – Marv Johnson / Still Water – Four Tops / If this is Love – the Precisions / Break Out the Tears – Angel / Make My Dream a Reality – GQ / A Little togetherness – the Younghearts / It ain’t Necessary – Mamie Galore / I Love you baby – Cindy Scott / What Kind of Lady – Dee Dee Sharp / You got to Have Money – the Exits / Got to find a way – Lou Rawls / Reach Out – the Mar-Keys / My sweet Lord – John Gary Williams

Playlist from 07 March 2008
[Nick Marshall's choices...]
Chubby Checker - Cu-ma-la-be-stay / Billy Butler - The right track / Tuomo - Don't take it too hard / Four Tops - I'm grateful / Temptations - I want a love I can see / Timi Yuro - It'll never be over for me / Stevie Wonder - Down to Earth / Bobby Womack - Harry Hippie / Vernon Garrett - If I could turn back the hands of time / Gene Latter - Sign on the dotted line / Harold Melvin & Blue Notes - Bad luck / Ernie Andrews - Fine young girl / Gene Chandler - Mr Big Shot / Jimmy James & Vagabonds - Little Boy Blue / Five Stairsteps - Playgirl's love / Art Freeman - Slippin' around / Elgins - Stay in my lonely arms / Fantastic Four - (I'm gonna) Live up to what she thinks / Mary Wells - You beat me to the punch / Chiffons - Keep the boy happy / Platters - Sweet sweet loving / Lowell Fulson - Talking woman / Today's People - S.O.S  (All we need is time for love) / Clara Ward - The right direction

Playlist from 29 February 2008
Breakout – Mitch Ryder / It’s the Same Old song – Four Tops / More than a Dream – Stevie Wonder / Where I’m Not Wanted – Eddie Holman / The Magic touch – Melba Moore / Just Walk in My shoes – Gladys Knight / Just say You’re wanted and Needed – Gwen Owens / The Bottle – Gils Scott Heron and Brian Jackson / Um Um Um Um Um Um – Major Lance / Ain’t too Proud to Beg – Temptations / Groovin at the Go go – (inst) The Larks / Too busy thinking about My Baby – Marvin Gaye / You’re No good – Dee Dee Warwick / I couldn’t take it – Little Edith / Stop -  Bobby Diamond / Don’t worry baby The Best is yet To come – Bessie Banks / Heaven Must have sent You – The Elgins / Shake a Tail Feather – James and Bobby Purify / I Carefully checked Your Heart – Bobby Moore / I Love the Life I Live – Tony Michaels / Twilight world – Swing Out sister / Sunny – Peter White

Playlist from 22nd February 2008
A Love Reputation – Denise La Salle / Peak of Love – Bobby Mc Clure / Loving by the Pound – Otis Redding / Nothing worse than Being alone – the Ad Libs / When I feel the Need – Marvin Gaye / So Is the sun – World Column / Roadrunner – Junior Walker / Take Me for a Little while – Mirettes / I Got a Feeling – Barbara Randolph / One on One – Philip Mitchell / Tightrope – Charlie and Inex Foxx / I got the Need – Chuck Jackson / I’m gonna Miss You -  Artistics / On You Heartaches Look good – Carol and Geri / Stay close to Me – Five Stairsteps and Cubie / The Next in Line – Hoagy Lands / Baby don’t Leave Me – Bobby Reed / Bok to Bach – Father’s Angels / A Little bit of Something – Little Richard / Happy – William Bell / Let Life Flow - O Jays / I wanna give you tomorrow – Benny Troy / Blues fly away – The Whatnauts / Something for my People – Greatest Little soul Band in the land

Playlist from 15th February 2008
This Love will Never die – Miracles / That’s why I Love You – the Professionals / I’ll Keep On Holding On – Marvelettes / Until You Love someone – Four Tops / Say it isn’t so – Betty Boo / Rinky dink – Dave Baby Cortez / I Love My Baby – The International GTO’s / Too Late to Turn Back Now – Cornelius Bros and Sister Rose / That’s How Heartaches Are Made – Baby Washington / You're Absolutely right – The Apollas / That Beatin Rhythm – Richard Temple / Love makes a Woman – Barbara Acklin / Hit and run – rose Batiste / Oh What a Night – the Dells / Don’t Send Nobody – Ace Spectrum / Girls Are Out to Get you – Mayfield Players / You don’t Want Me No More – Major Lance / A Lil Lovin – Alexander Patten / Heaven Must Have Sent You – The Elgins / The Sweetest thing this Side of Heaven - Chris Bartley / I Remember the Feeling – Barbara Lewis

Playlist from 8th February 2008
At the club – The Drifters / A Perfect Kind of Love – Nicole Willis / I wonder – the Pentagons / He’ll Never Love you like I do – Charlie Gracie / Where the Lilies – Sidney joe Qualls / Mercy – Duffy / He’s all I got – Supremes / That’s How Heartaches are Made – Dusty Springfield / I’m gonna Make You Love Me – the Supremes and Temptations / You turned My bitter into Sweet – Mary Love / Just Want to Get the Feel of It - Bloodstone / Don’t send Nobody – Ace Spectrum / On Easy Street – Freda Payne
Ten Miles High – David and the Giants / You Get Your Kicks – Mitch ryder / That beatin rhythm – Richard Temple / God Knows – Mike Mc Donald / Sunshine – Pulse / I’d be Grateful – Bros of soul / She Just sits there – Ralph Graham / What Becomes of the Broken hearted – Baby Washington / Let’s get Married – Al Green

Playlist from 1st February 2008
Bob Brady & Con Chords - Everybody's going to the love-in / Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie / Supremes - Love is here and now you're gone / Errol Dixon - I want / Artistics - This heart of mine / Four Tops - I just can't get you out of my mind / Roger Hatcher - Sweetest girl in the world / Harold Melvin & Blue Notes - Get out / Brenda Holloway - You've made me so very happy / Chris Jackson - I'll never forget you / Larry Williams & Johnny Watson - A quitter never wins / Wilton Felder - Inherit the wind / Velours - I'm gonna change / Triumphs - Walkin' the duck / Impressions - First Impressions / Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby / Dobie Gray - Out on the floor / Archie Bell & Drells - My balloon's going up / Autographs - I can do it / Bobby Kline - Say something nice to me / Miracles - If your mother only knew / Ann Perry - That's the way he is / Little Sonny - Wade in the water / Eddie Foster - I never knew / Sons of Robin Stone - Got to get you back / Billy Stewart - I do love you / Modern Redcaps - Never too young / Jackie Lee - Darkest days / Ronnie Milsap - Ain't no soul (Left in these old shoes)

Playlist from 25th January 2008
Helpless – Kim Weston / Shake a Tail Feather – James and Bobby Purify / Blueberry Hill – San Remo Strings / A Little More Trust – David Ruffin / Sliced tomaties – Just Brothers / Where did You Go – Four Tops / There are roses somewhere - Bobby Taylor / You’re My Everything – Gladys Knight / Girl – Temptations / My Weakness Is you – Edwin Starr / Tell me it’s a rumour – Funk Bros / Fortune Teller – Benny Spellman / The Panic is On – Roy Hamilton / Can You Jerk Like Me – the Contours / Blowing My Mind to Pieces – Bob Relf / Head  and shoulders – Patti Young / I’m on my way to a better place – Chairman of the Board / I’m on my way – Dean Parrish / Touch of velvet Sting of Brass –Mood Mosaic / Right Back where we Started From – Maxine Nightingale / World of Happiness – Ann Robinson / Stay with Me  - Lorraine Ellison

Playlist from 18 January 2008
Suspicion – Originals / Thinking About You – The Dells / Open the Door to Your Heart – Chris Farlowe / She’ll come running Back – Mel Britt / When Love slips Away – Jay Proctor / Do I Love you – Frank Wilson / My sugar Baby – connie clark / Is there anything I can do – four tops / Wanting You – April Stevens / If You Want a Love affair – Jesse James / Easy coming Out Hard going in – William Bell / Turn to Stone – four tops / All I do is think About You – Tammi Terrell / You’re not my kind – Paula Durante
Dust My Broom – Ike and Tina turner / I feel so Bad – Jackie Edwards and Joyce Bond / Love Makes the world go round – Deon Jackson / Blueberry Hill – San Remo Strings / But it’s alright – Wilmer and the Dukes / With these eyes -  Fabulous Peps / Happy Radio – Edwin Starr / Sugar Dumpling – Sam Cooke / My Girl – Temptations / An Uphill Climb to the Bottom – Walter Jackson / People Get Ready – Impressions / Let Me Dance – Ronnie Matlock / I’m satisfied – San Remo Strings

Playlist from 11 January 2008
I Love the Way she Loves Me – Jimmy Ruffin / What does It Take – Fifth Dimension / I’m Getting Weaker – Soul Shakers / Out on the floor – Dobie Gray / I Can’t Escape From You Baby – Richie Adams / Love don’t come No Stronger – Jeff Perry / My Love Is Your Love – the Isley Bros / It’s all in the game – Buddy Bailey and the Clovers / My four Leaf Clover – Nicole Willis / She won’t come Back – The Hesitations / A thrill a Moment – Kim Weston / Marching Out of Your Life – The Heartstoppers / Nice and Easy – Leroy Hutson / I surrender – Rosie Gaines / Bobby is My Baby – Barbara Mason / I Get the sweetest Feeling – Jackie Wilson / It seems to Hang on – Ashford and Simpson / I’m going all the Way – Sounds of Blackness / I’m Stepping Out of the Picture – Johnny Maestro / Turn Back the Hands of time – Tyrone Davis / Quick Joey small – Kasenatz Catz / Reach Out – Four Tops / Baby Make it soon – Chris Farlowe / Beautiful Summer Day – Mother Freedom Band / Look Over Your shoulder – The Escorts / Soul Investigators theme  – Soul Investigators

Playlist from 04 January 2008

You got to Have Money – the Exits / Hard Up –  Willie Mitchell / Stop and Listen – Patti Drew / Don’t tear Me down – Charlie Rich / New Year’s resolution – Otis Redding and Carla Thomas / Love don’t come No Stronger – Jeff Perry / Helpless – Kim Weston / I Still Love You – Seven Souls / If that’s what You wanted – Frankie Beverley / You didn’t Say a Word – Yvonne Baker / Get Out – Harold Melvin / Heaven Must Have sent You – the Elgins / Girl Across the Street – Moses Smith / Because of You – Jackie Wilson / You’ve Been cheatin – Impressions / Moody woman – Jerry Butler / You don’t Love me – Epitome of Sound / Right Track – Billy Butler / It’ll Never Be over for me – Timi Yuro / Do I Love you – Frank Wilson
***Plus choices from Nick Marshall***

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