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@retrogradevids1 You're partly correct, but as a musician I must correct you somewhat. Below are the keys these songs were recorded in:

"Shake & Fingerpop" - F major

"What Does It Take" - F major (though I could see how you would interpret G because of the G minor opening chord)

"Shotgun" - A-f...

@heyerthal Bless you both so much. I wish you many more happy years, as tender and heartfelt as this song.

Sylvette, thanks so much for posting this song. It had been posted a while back, then got taken off. It's one of my favorite Spinners ballads. Now maybe you can post my other one, "Four...

@fredced1 I was watching that night and, like everyone else, thought she had a stroke. Then I thought *I* was having one.

I tell you, this whole dereson has made my burtation so heaveh, I'm almost having to behet the pet.

We're all gonna wear this thing down into the ground, you know we wi...

George Duke's harpsichord-like synthesizer in the intro is exquisite. Equally beautiful is the instrument playing trills like a harp. It's called a koto, and is played here by June Kuramoto of the jazz-fusion group Hiroshima ("One Wish"). Prayers for Angela's continued recovery.

OK, Philly Soul Trivia time here:

Produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

Written by Leon Huff, John Whitehead & Gene McFadden (later known as McFadden & Whitehead -- "Ain't No Stoppin Us Now")

Arranged by Thom Bell (producer-arranger-writer -- the Delfonics, Stylistics and Spinners)

Bell to Gamb...

@namvet12 Not just an influence -- Thom Bell himself produced and arranged this LP. Unless I'm mistaken, he also co-wrote this song.

@footballphan23 Is that Richard Rome the composer-arranger who co-created The Ritchie Family? If so, I think he's one of the Philly Sound's greatest arrangers -- love his work with The Three Degrees, Ritchies and Jimmy Ruffin -- and I'm one of his biggest fans!

I've been a major Philly-phile since high school, and still discovering recordings I've never heard. I just discovered this song a few months ago, and it's become my new favorite Stylistics song. Thom Bell had a way with melody and arrangement. The sweetness of the melody, lyrics and arrangeme...

@TheMashupMessiah Here's some trivia re the hat. Elmore Leonard, writer of the novels on which "Justified" is based, didn't like the hat Timothy Olyphant picked. Leonard was concerned the hat could easily blow off in the wind, unlike the hat Leonard picked for the character. Anyway, do yoursel...

@blazer991able According to Wiki, the late British composer Neil Richardson wrote "The Riviera Affair" (a/k/a "Prestige Production"), which can be found on the LP "Impact and Action, Vol. II" (KPM label, 1970). In New York back in the day, WOR-TV opened their "4 O'Clock Movie" show with this pie...

Hey Singwith, just found your great LAJ vids, really enjoying them. Wanted to ask why there were "helper" engines on the back end here? Thought those were used only over the Tehachapis? Thanks!

I am sad. I am heartbroken. And it was her 19-year-old daughter who found her this morning. Yet another amazing voice silenced, yet another incredible multi-talent lost. I've been a fan of Teena's since "Behind the Groove," and I'll be a fan forever. Go home a-shouting, Ivory Queen of Soul.

You can keep your Woody Allen, your "French Connection." IHMO, THIS is one of the greatest New York movies of all time. And this is David Shire's best film score ever.

@AugieTee Finally! Now we all know what the hell she was singing! LOL -- I couldn't make out anything before the last line. Thanks so much for posting this.

"Ooo-ooh, it's my ship, it's my ship ..." (8:26)

Yeah I know that ain't what Gwen's singin, but it fits. ;)

Back when I briefly worked in the record business, I had the opportunity to shake hands with Arif Mardin and compliment him on his string arrangements on this very same record. So thankful I got to do that before he passed on. Few people realize what a gifted arranger he was, in addition to bei...

Not only the production of Quincy Jones, but the songwriting talents of Michael Sembello ("Maniac") and Dan Sembello ("Neutron Dance" for The Pointer Sisters), and the backup vocals of Michael, Dan, John and Cruz Sembello. One helluva musical family.

Oh, and JERRY HEY AND THE SEAWIND HORNS !!!!

Listen carefully to the lyrics of the first verse. Can we say "timely"?

@rufus317 The '80s had additional voices: Motown Hollywood (Teena Marie, Rick James, Lionel Richie); and SOLAR, or Sound of Los Angeles Records, an RCA distribution (Shalamar, The Whispers, Dynasty, Lakeside, Midnight Star, most of whom were produced by Leon Sylvers).