Booker T. Jones - Don't Stop Your Love

[InPacTiFy]

Good music

[YajaBeige]

FANTASTIC SONG!

[DJSALSA]

Listen To open House Radio for Disco and MORE !!

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[OrangeVanillaSky69]

WKTU 92 also played this in NYC.

[MrKevin619ism]

This song is pure "HEAVEN"! I was a kid when it came out. My mom loved this song. R.I.P. MOM. This is for you !

[frebsonic]

yeah! so good soul funky music; the best of the 80's! this song is taken from the LP's: " I Want You" (LP, Album) A&M Records SP-4874 US 1981

[port2344chester]

What a wonderful classic.. this one is for all those old school classic lovers across the globe to enjoy & recall the times we spent with fellow disco lovers.. when fridays arrived it was party time until Sunday... @Gr3gster you really made many tubers happy with your share...U ROCK BIG TIME! ((KEEP THE VIBE ALIVE)) Port!

[2009Denisem]

@port2344chester Thank you my fellow New Yorker for featuring this Slammmming tune on your channel...Haven't heard it in years.....OMG! NYC clubs rocked BIG TIME when the DJ played this tune!!! I am rockin now!!!

Those were the days and this will always be the music! UNTOUCHABLE!!

Great memories, music, people and the BEST of the Best of times!!!

Big HUG!!!

Thank you @Gr3gster for uploading this ALL STARZ***** Big Thumbs UP! GEM!!!

Peace!!!

[1963Luisito]

Pure disco-funk sound at its best. By listening this track I can get back into the 80's groove!!! . Infinite thanks Gr3gster.

[free2drm]

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Disable automatic updates * If I could only take a time machine to a disco in NY with this playing in 1980 at the age I am now. I was 4 when this came out. This music is sooooooooo much better than the garbage on TV today. Stuff like this and Brothers Johnson is all on my MP3 player when I go jogging. Will music EVER be this good again? SO sick of the rap crap & other junk

[jody808]

oohh..I remember this!! i miss this early eighties sound, good record

[gypsyanthonybimbo1]

stell a grat song

[nymet2454]

nice record, but more of a club jam.

[candidnot]

I was a senior in high school when I bought this on 12" vinyl...still have it.  It was hot then, still is.

[oceanbrazil]

I LOVE THE BASS LINE!!!

[boobonic3]

i don't think there's been much in music history more epic than 2:45 to 3:30

[MrKevin619ism]

My mom loved this song. She used to dance in the living room and tear it up and I would join her in fun. I was12 in the summer of 1982, WBLS New York. I haven't heard this in over 25 years. Thanks Gr3gster. That is why I love and live for music. Mom, this is for you! R>I>P

[callumbrowns]

wwe

[1nine79]

always like this awesome tune

[osvyraul]

hot!

[MarkyCool67]

Great tune, man just listen to the bass.I love it.

[MrFotakias]

What a found, man - thanx!! Greetings from Greece!

[craigenputtock]

One of the GREATEST pieces of pop music EVER.  Period.

[dirtyedna]

and.. what about back in the 60's and 70's with the hit "factories" like Motown,Stax(Memphis) or Sigma (Philadelphia)...they may have had their formulas but look at the huge amount of QUALITY songs and artists they produced over the years...aside from Teddy Pendergrass and a few other stars, I doubt Booker T ever saw a fraction of what today's "artists" get...

[Odawg96]

Well, today's artists REALLY don't get that much when it's all said and done. They have to make their money by touring. After the record company, producers, and the people that got sampled get paid, there really isn't much letf for the artists. And that 's yet another reason why so many of them are here-today-gone-tomorrow.

[dirtyedna]

....i agree with everyone,however i'm not sure i can buy this notion of "economics" being the problem with today's music(at least as far as production goes). I think as promising and creative some hip-hop/rap was the sheer indulgent nature it became has poisened a whole generation of young people  (who,after all are the group that buys most music)

[berlynn2]

nice toe tappin joint right here.

[Major7605]

Faaaaantaaastic!!!! Thanks for posting. I agree with all the comments. The message is clear: Modern music does not have this quality any more. By the way Gr3gster, any chance of "Down to the Wire" from the album "The Best of You"? I, and surely other dedicated fans would appreciate it very much. Regards.

[dirtyedna]

..lets see..mmmm..whats wrong with this CHOON ? Why won't they ever play this on today's radio ? A solid, creative trippy tune, real strings,real background singers,real percussion, sexy lead vocal....thats it TOO REAL !!! (and too fast for the hip-hop crowd...they would never dance to something like this....someone might think they're gay.!!! They're too busy being cool on the dance floor...

[earsneyes1]

Let's look at what the real problem is, and that is the economics to produce something this good. Musicians don't work for free, and to have a real band and singers is expensive. But sampling, remixing, autotuning, etc. can be done at the house for a minimum comparitive expense. It's all about the money in the end.

[port2344chester]

Awesome old school roller skating tune during a time in which the big apple

held such a powerful energy... man miss those day so much!!!!! WTF has happened to soulful tunes like this. The music industry needs to sit down & get their shit 2gether cause its a real mess & i dont see the light @ the end of the tunnel!!! WTF

[CookyMonzta]

@port2344chester - Don't hold your breath waiting for the industry to straighten their shit out. A lot of people are predicting that it's as good as dead before 2020. Unlike the artists of the 1980s and early-1990s (Snoop among them), who worshipped this kind of funk, today's artists could care less about what came before them. And the Industry has now become all-too-happy to accommodate them, all in the name of money and bragging rights.

[CookyMonzta]

@port2344chester - And it has reached the point where they'll sign anyone who they think will sell right out the box, regardless of how hard they might fall when that 2nd album comes out. The industry has completely forsaken QUALITY for QUANTITY; and as far as today's industry is concerned, quantity means MO' MONEY!

[CookyMonzta]

@port2344chester - I'm almost 44 now, and I can say that we're not likely to see the likes of Booker T. again. If we do, such an artist will be pushed to the sidelines, because today's mainstream radio, especially R&B radio, have taken the bait and have been swallowed whole by hip-hop soul, which I believe lost its way in 2002, to the point where I'm afraid that even Mary J. will soon be pushed off the radio.

[port2344chester]

@CookyMonzta... yes i agree with you

100%... could not have said it better... you understand the corrupt system & see my vision also. Happy to see that someone else understands the cancer that has slowly taken away quality music... r&b... hiphop/rap.... "CONTINED"

[port2344chester]

@CookyMonzta... "CONTINUED"

soon former artists like

Mary J will not be too far behind the blue collar worker preppin for the soup line!!! The country in a whole is a mirror image of the titanic... & like my boy from cypress hill states when the shit goes down you better be ready... Peace!!!

[jayratt88]

Stopping in for a visit. This song so rocks. Those couple of post disco years (81/82) were the absolute sh*t!! D-Train, Melba Moore, etc...

[jdiggidy7]

81 huh??? man o man

[loosestudios]

Only Issac hayes could have done better

They were label mates in the 1960s

the studio backing band for Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, The Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Delaney & Bonnie and many others in the 1960s Walking the Dog, Hold On, I'm Comin' (on which the multi-instrumentalist Jones played tuba over Donald "Duck" Dunn's bass line), Soul Man, Who's Making Love, I've Been Loving You Too Long

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. in 2004

[lana1350]

I love this song so much, it was one of my favorite songs growing up, I still have the cassette tape with the original song on it. His voice is so sweet and the beat and the words are great. This brings back memories of back in the 80's growing up. Those were the best times ever!!!!

[375StateSt]

No one can give praise enough to the artist and the poeple are kind enough to perserve this so generations share the love. DON'T STOP LOVIN ME

[ziggy08080]

I also was in High School when this was out....WDAS in Philly played it....what a shame that this style of dance music from 80-83 does not get played anymore...very classy music that came out after the disco era but with the same cool beat.

[jazzyjay334]

I remember this song so well & it's still slammin! I was in the fifth grade at the time in Brooklyn, NY and I recall WBLS & 92 WKTU playing this song quite a bit. To this day I'm still surprised that Booker T. Jones made this song.

[candidnot]

I was a senior in high school when this came out...what a hot song...it is still as sexy now as it was then. I'm glad all the old school (from my club kid days) is being unearthed for a new generation...the beat is REAL.

[zazz63]

damn this is good...

[petershaman]

Awesome!!!!!!

[jayratt88]

This song was on my radar to find for so long .. iTunes doesn't have it. Thanks for sharing!!

[bangzoom77]

Gosh.. this song is just one of the best songs from the disco era! Why don't we just bring disco back into the clubs and stop playing all that boring techno music?

[zazz63]

the mucisanship is way beyond youre average spinning dj.

[Elisabeth1903]

Not disco, SOUL!! Boney M that's disco! Ferry Maat played this song on the radio on his last damn soulshows. I can dream about it!

[appleman2500]

@bangzoom77 KRAFTWERK TECHNO IS GOOD ITS SOME RAP CRAP AND LADY GAGA THATS WHATS KILLING MUSIC THIS IS WHAT WE ALL WANT TO HEAR AGAIN MUSIC WITH FEELING

[cloverfield00]

btw,if you watch the show "THE CANDY GIRLS" on the E channel,this is olivia's dad,olivia is is part caucasian,and half black,i always loved her dad,he sung some beautiful songs,in the past,and this is one of my favorites.

[housemusic19851992]

This song makes me think about my old friend Bill Canady. The great 'Billy C' was the original William Canady Black Man of the Year (B.M.O.T.Y.) winner in 1982. He is also the original Toyota Celica GT man. Here's to you my brother! Remeber this, No matter what did, or what will happen over the rest of your life no one can take away from you the fact that back in 1982 you were the greatest black man that ever lived!

[housemusic19851992]

FYI, The copyright on this song may be 1981 but it will always be remembered as a 1982 song. Long live the great Booker T. I love this song.  It makes me yearn for the good olde days!

[cloverfield00]

i would like to dedicate this song to my step brother norman wyatt,who always made me dance and play cards on sundays,because of him,i use to kill guys on the dance floor,i practiced in the mirror to this song,great memories,and i stll have the fiyah,once a dancer,always a dancer,i'm a former mtv grind dancer,aka as erica.

[housemusic19851992]

The great Booker T. Everytime I listen to this song it makes me think about the glory days of the early 80's and how much I miss them.

[IngridBergmanRocked]

They just played this on my radio station and its HOT!

Thanks:D

[Thecityslicker]

Does anyone recall a tune from around the late 80's early 90's... The only thing I can remember is that the singer is a DJ in a radio station and people are calling up to request a tune and he say's to them "Hi you are on.......what's your name and where are you calling from"

It was a bit of a novelty song with a kind of laid back soulful melody... any thoughts ?

Cheers me dears

[Gr3gster]

More than a thought mate.. you're looking for:

The Concept "Mr. DJ" - smaaaaashing tuuuuune !

[taxigroovenyc]

possibly  " Mr. DJ - The Concept"

[mrbillhicks]

@taxigroovenyc Hey thanks dude, not only are you spot on but I just found a mint copy on ebay. Have great week-end and..... Keep the faith

[appleman2500]

@Thecityslicker THE SONG IS CALLED THE REQUEST LINE HEY DJ YOUR ON THE REQUEST LINE

[tjiggs1]

@Thecityslicker

the song your looking for is called "Request Line"

[MrKevin619ism]

@Thecityslicker Rock Master Scott and The Dynamic Three's "The Request Line" is the song I believe you are talking about.

[mrbillhicks]

@MrKevin619ism

No, the track I was looking for was The Concept 'Mr DJ' But thanks for getting me to another great tune....

[calmgemini]

excuse me while i catch my breath. i have always loved this tune. all i can say is play it real loud and don't stop. :) thank you so very much for sharing.

[kqqq19]

Holy flyin' smack! I have not heard this tune in decades! I never knew what it was called, or who sang it, but I always had it in my head cause so beautiful I would often ask DJ's if they if they recognized the few words of lyrics I remembered, but no matches. Then tonight I heard it in my car and had to pull over and write down as many lyrics as possible. CUT TO - an hour later I tracked it down on this site. God...this tune just makes me happy to be alive!

[olive33]

Love this song!!!

Can't be bored of it!

[barzouf94]

I remember being 19 when I first heard this song, i still love it.

[afdskids]

I'm glad nobody has tried to remix this tune,classic tracks like this should be left well alone.

[sinash]

I am surprised that no one has ever re-made this song. I was somewhere recently and they played it (younger kids in area) Let me tell you, the room stopped and these kids went crazy over this peice! Its such a classic, sophistcated, polished sound. Very upscale! A lot of the young have no idea the great music they missed like CHIC, Fonda Rae (Over Like A Fat Rat), and so many others! Nothing beats real horns, violins, just having REAL instruments instead of synthesizers.

[FFSOUND]

OFFICIAL TOP FUNK . KEEP THE FUNK ALIVE

[Ladyonthespin]

This song is one of the baddest jams ever! BLS and 98.7 KISS FM were not the only ones busting out this song. 92 WKTU played this in heavy rotation. Also, this song was part of many DJ Mixes during lunch and in the evening, especially when Paco or Carlos DeJesus was on the air. I remember chillin' in the Jersey City river front with my friends disco hustling. Damn, disco was great!! I too was a BLS fan, however, Disco 92 had music like this playing round the clock! Disco lives!!!

[theRoyal1]

Jesus you just made me feel really old :)

Growin up with these stations in NYC and listening to music like this.

those were the days ....love it.

[superhead123]

i remember this,but remember it at a much slower tempo.

[parriaga]

Love this track, could never find the artist of this song. Thanks for posting it.

[THXOPS]

Until I bought this song in the early 80's on a 45, I never knew Booker SANG. He DOES sound like old lablemate and STAX Great, Isaac Hayes

[718BKNYC]

Such a classic. Common theme is we alll remember BLS or KISS rockin' it. One of my top 50 favorite songs of time.

[659Chubb]

Wicked bassline!!! Funk at its best!!

[shoniq75]

ooohhh i luv dis 1

[Zausel911]

damn!! dis one burns!! great job !!

[sirloin6996]

fuck yah

[Kweku31]

Oh gawt damn!!!! THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS is the jam. I remember Frankie Crocker on WBLS being the only one to give this some run bakinthaday! Thx Gr3gster for loading this GEM!

[lbbhparker]

I really wished artist would just perform as they did in the 80's. Great song..loved it..WBLS NY was the only stationed that rocked this one.

[Sheels1976]

Wow, I would totally get down to this in the clubs if they would ever play some decent friggin music...Definitely way way ahead of its time! Love it...thanks

[1soco]

ahead of its time awesome !!!  still sounds new!!!

[Odawg96]

Oddly enough...Booker T.'s vocals sound a lot like his former STAX/VOLT homeboy Isaac Hayes. Interestingly enough, Isaac was actually the keyboard player on some MG tunes (uncredited) while Booker T was in college.

[dburley]

A haunting Paradise Garage hit from '81/'82. WBLS-FM was the first to break this out in NYC during the same period.

[escudjo]

¡¡THAT'S ACTUALLY MUSIC!!

[LOSTNSPACE2001]

i love this song.thanks

[oceanbound222]

Is he the Booker T from the group the MG's?

[Gr3gster]

he is :)

[startycat]

yes ... why is his tune rare? coz no one wanted it when it came out simple as that ... why is this the case? take a listen and figure it out yourself! now 'i want you' was a better bet me thinks

[davigod]

@oceanbound222 no, from WWE and TNA......

[appleman2500]

@oceanbound222 YES

[oceanbound222]

For years I have been searching for this classic. Thanks a million trillion.

Can you please add the 8 minute version?

[LoveMusicislife]

SUPERBE!!

[jgkakoo]

very good! thanks.

[megustayerba]

Awesome jam!!!

[sporran564]

One of my all-time favorites!

[jukingeo]

OH YEAH!!! I remember this song! This IS Da BOMB!! Booker T. Jones has a great smooth voice , it is a shame that you don't hear too much from him. Man, I remember when this song came out, I recorded it and ran it into the ground!

[lance007lance]

I had a spooky vocal 45 of his recorded in the 70's, great! Also check out the b side of his duet "We Could Stay Together" with Rita Coolridge, called "The Best Of You" ,Its excellent soul. His vocal hit "Spinning" was a nice great fun and dancing number.

[jukingeo]

Great! I will check them out. This is such a good song. I was popular at the time it was released and then it just faded away. All of a sudden it just popped in my head one day, and I searched here for it...low and behold it was here! For some reason "Spinning" sounds familiar too. I will try to look that up.