Carol Jiani - Work My Fingers To The Bone

This is another one of the key songs from our album, "Northern Soul 2007", which we released last September on Centre City Records and is still available to buy. And it reunites me with Carol Jiani, who I first produced for Record Shack Records. There are still some small minded people who call themselves fans of Northern Soul who refuse to accept that anybody can make a new record that sounds like the real thing. Well if this isn't Northern Soul, then I'm a country and western singer from Outer Mongolia. This to me is the real McCoy, and I am so proud and excited with it. On September 3rd 2007, we finally released my utterly fabulous exciting new album called "Northern Soul 2007", distributed by Expansion Records and Passion Music. This new album consisted of twenty four brand new 2007 songs by soul and disco legends, including Leee John, Gee Morris, The Flirtations, Voices With Soul, Ebony Alleyne, Noel McKoy, and lots of others. Each song has an accompanying video of the artist basically performing it the studio and in outside locations. Because a lot of my fans on MySpace and YouTube have been begging me to do this, I decided to get up and make it happen, so there is a giveaway DVD with the CD showing the same twenty-some songs, all being performed in the same running order as the CD. The work that we have all put into this project is quite staggering, and I hope it will break down the barriers between the older Northern Soul stalwarts and a new generation who need younger acts who still produce the same vibe we all witnessed forty years ago for Motown's glory years. Play the CD, watch the DVD, and give new Northern Soul a chance this time. Carol Jiani was an outrageous, larger than life, African singer, who moved to Montreal and had a huge hit with "Hit And Run Lover". For those who love facts and minutae, her real name is Uchena Ikejiani. She then moved to England and signed to Record Shack to record "Vanity". After that I got her a deal with MCA records, and we released "Such A Joy Honey". Then came the song, "Turning My Back And Walking Away", which was to have been her second single for MCA, and was indeed recorded for them. But my old friend there, Dave Ambrose, left the company and Carol was dropped, and rather than be forced to release this single, they gave it back to us, so I rushed it out on the Nightmare Records label. After that, we ended up doing a whole album, "The Best Of Carol Jiani" for Hot Records in Miami, and we re-recorded "Hit And Run Lover" as well as a great version of the Dells' old soul classic, "Make Sure You Have Someone Who Loves You". Carol is a true Diva, she is still performing to this day, and in 2006 we made a brand new recording together, a version of France Joli's "Come To Me". But Carol had never done any true Northern Soul till now, and she excels at it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Northern-Soul
• Centre-City
• Motown
• Motorcity
• Diva
• Girl-Groups
• Classic-Soul
• Disco
• High-Energy
• Femme
• Female-Singers

[Discoboy1974]

One of my favourites off the Northern Soul album - after so many dance hits, isn't it refreshing to hear Carol on a track like this and sounding so wonderful? I particularly love the build-up to to the chorus: "The way - you - makes - me - stand - up - for - my - pride" ... Carol rocks!

[IanLevine]

The lyrics are actually "the way you make me stand up for my rights".

[ianhow2478]

One thing you are "Always" guaranteed with an album produced by Ian! Top notch music! Top notch artists! And songs that will stay in the "heart" and "soul"! This album is "Fabulous" and I would have paid double the price to own it!

[IanLevine]

Oh thankyou so much. Sometimes I wonder why I bother, then I read something like this, and it reminds me exactly why I DO bother.

Thankyou for reaffirming my faith.

[paupine]

Still love this

[Vincentdeep]

Why she was uncredited for Suzy Q's hit "Get on up and do it Again" is messed up!

[carlosmiller]

She is really nice!! I love her!!

[soulman1950]

She is a great singer, first met her with my family, on holiday, she is so nice.

[BarbraAlejandro]

Carol & Ian-WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Soooooo LOVE This Song!!!!!! It Truly Is Just Beyond Words And I Play This One Over & Over!!!Thanks For The Great Music!!!!

[trackiedude]

thanks ian for these fantastic tracks,,love carol so much,TOP NOTCH!!!

[ytgm00]

Once, some twenty-8 years ago, I saw Carol performing in Belgium in a disco. I was very impressed with her singing. I always wondered what became of her and... here she IS !!!Thanks, Ian.

[nrgfan105]

This is my personal favourite from the album. Carol is a very talented lady and she has recorded some gems with Ian !

[Lpoolboy26]

Carol is a class act, this is a top song and you Ian are a top class producer. !!

Thank you

Andi