This week In Soul Artists 33/52

How well do you know your music? Let’s find out with a quiz that accompanies this week playlist.

The subjects du jour are : Maxwell, Sly and The Family Stone, Grover Washington Jr., Tower Of Power, The Crusaders, King Curtis and The Kingpins, Ohio Players, Booker T and The MG’s, Joe Tex, The Voices Of East Harlem, Larry Graham, Maceo Parker

They are the Soul Artists selected among the 458 Posts we publish this week.

1. What was the peak position of Maxwell’s “Get to Know Ya” on the Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart?

  • A No. 10
  • B No. 25
  • C No. 50

2. Which earlier song did “I Want to Take You Higher” evolve from?

  • A “Higher”
  • B “Advice”
  • C “Dance to the Music”

3. At which festival was Grover Washington Jr.’s “Let It Flow (For Dr. J)” recorded in August 1988?

  • A Newport Jazz Festival
  • B Montreux Jazz Festival
  • C Monterey Jazz Festival

4. Which band performed “Attitude Dance” at the Newport Jazz Festival on 15 August 1992?

  • A Tower of Power
  • B The Crusaders
  • C Earth, Wind & Fire

5. What year did The Crusaders perform “Street Life” at the Newport Jazz Festival?

  • A 1985
  • B 1987
  • C 1989

6. What type of descriptive elements are featured in King Curtis’s “Memphis Soul Stew” performance?

  • A Culinary terms
  • B Visual imagery
  • C Literary references

7. Which urban legend is associated with the Ohio Players’ album “Honey”?

  • A A hidden message
  • B Ghostly sounds
  • C False cover story

8. Who replaced Lewie Steinberg as the bassist in Booker T. & the M.G.’s?

  • A Isaac Hayes
  • B Donald “Duck” Dunn
  • C Steve Cropper

9. In which month and year was Joe Tex’s “Skinny Legs and All” recorded?

  • A September 1967
  • B October 1967
  • C November 1967

10. Where did The Voices of East Harlem perform their live set featuring “Run Shaker Life” on 18 August 1970?

  • A Tanglewood
  • B Fillmore West
  • C Woodstock

11. Which album features Larry Graham’s song “Hair”?

  • A The GCS Experience
  • B Graham Central Station
  • C Release Yourself

12. During which festival was Maceo Parker’s “Shake Everything You’ve Got” recorded in 1992?

  • A Newport Jazz Festival
  • B Montreux Jazz Festival
  • C New Orleans Jazz Festival

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Tracklist

1 . Maxwell . Get To Know Ya

Lifted from : Columbia Records publish Maxwell’s third studio album . ‘Now’ (2001)

2 . Sly and The Family Stone . Higher And Higher

Lifted from : Sly and the Family Stone elevate Woodstock (1969)

3 . Grover Washington Jr. . Let It Flow (For Dr. J)

Lifted from : Grover Washington Jr. plays at Newport Jazz (1988)

4 . Tower Of Power . Attitude Dance

Lifted from : Tower of Power perform at Newport Jazz (19927)

5 . The Crusaders . Street Life

Lifted from : The Crusaders play at Newport Jazz (1987)

6 . King Curtis and The Kingpins . Memphis Soul Stew

Lifted from : We Remember King Curtis

7 . Ohio Players . Love Rollercoaster

Lifted from : Mercury publish The Ohio Players’ seventh album . ‘Honey’ featuring ‘Love Rollercoaster’ (1975)

8 . Booker T and The MG’s . Boot-leg

Lifted from : On TV today, Carla Thomas, Booker T.& Bo Diddley (1965)

9 . Joe Tex . Skinny Legs

Lifted from : We remember Joe Tex. ‘Initial Rapper’

10 . The Voices Of East Harlem . Run Shaker Life

Lifted from : The Voices of East Harlem visits Tanglewood (1970)

11 . Larry Graham . Hair

Lifted from : We all wish Happy Birthday to Larry Graham. ‘Next Stop Central Station’

12 . Maceo Parker . Shake Everything You’Ve Got

Lifted from : Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley . Pee Wee Ellis meet in Newport (1992)

And the correct answers (in case you missed one or two) are:

1. “Get to Know Ya” reached No. 25 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 2001. It was Maxwell’s lead single from his album Now.

2. “I Want to Take You Higher” evolved from “Higher,” a track on Sly & the Family Stone’s 1968 album Dance to the Music.

3. Grover Washington Jr.’s “Let It Flow (For Dr. J)” was recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 1988.

4. Tower of Power performed “Attitude Dance” at the Newport Jazz Festival on 15 August 1992.

5. The Crusaders performed “Street Life” at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1987. Their set included other well-known tracks.

6. King Curtis’s performance of “Memphis Soul Stew” used culinary terms as a metaphor for the song’s musical composition.

7. The Ohio Players’ “Honey” album was associated with a false cover story, stemming from an urban legend about the cover image.

8. Donald “Duck” Dunn replaced Lewie Steinberg as the bassist for Booker T. & the M.G.’s, contributing to their sound in later years.

9. Joe Tex’s “Skinny Legs and All” was recorded in September 1967 and released in October of the same year.

10. The Voices of East Harlem performed “Run Shaker Life” at the Tanglewood Music Center on August 18, 1970.

11. Larry Graham’s song “Hair” is featured on his band Graham Central Station’s debut album, released in 1974.

12. Maceo Parker performed “Shake Everything You’ve Got” at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1992, with the set captured in video archives.

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