Evelyn Thomas - I Can't Give You The World

After twenty long years, the fabulous Evelyn Thomas and I are reunited again, with "I Can't Give You The World". This is the absolute premiere of track one of my new upcoming album, called "Soul Steppers". The "Soul Steppers" album is 24 tracks of joyous 1970s style Modern-Room floorfillers, that have a huge appeal on the Northern Soul Scene, but are not 1960s style Northern Soul at all. The new album has songs by Rosetta Hightower, Noel McKoy, Odette Adams, Tahira Jumah, Jay Harvey, Pearly Gates, The Flirtations, Janine Johnson, Michael Lloyd Pinq, Kitty Corbin, Judy Duff, The Concentrations, Jimmy James, and a few major surprises. We're still right in the middle of recording, so as a teaser, I am unveiling track one, to get all my fans eager and counting the weeks till release. What a joy to work again with my premier diva, Evelyn Thomas. I was also lucky enough to film the legendary and beautiful Evelyn Thomas singing all her old classics, virtually every single one, and already put "Doomsday", her second release which was recorded in the summer of 1975 in Chicago, and released in 1976, up on YouTube a few weeks ago. Two more of her classics, "My Head's In The Stars" and "Have A Little Faith In Me", both have videos appearing on the upcoming Wienerworld DVD set "Northern Soul's 200 Greatest Floorfillers", released on October 27th. I first discovered Evelyn while holding auditions in 1975 in Chicago, arranged by Danny Leake, who I'd met the year before, in England, with his group, 100% Pure Poison. In February 1976, Evelyn's first record, "Weak Spot" and a song by a young Chicago postman, L.J. Johnson, both charted in the same week, and both acts were flown over to appear on Top Of The Pops, both on the same show. The entire music business was flummoxed as to how two completely unknown young black singers from Chicago, who had never even recorded before, both had hits on entirely different labels in the same week as each other. Evelyn's second release, "Doomday" also hit the charts, debuting its first week at number 41, which in those days was a fair sized hit. It was a further eight years before Evelyn went on to record her classic, the seven million selling "High Energy" My biggest ever hit, made in 1984 for Record Shack Records, which sold seven million worldwide. How they ever went bust after that is a mystery, but I stepped in and rescued the whole catalogue from the liquidator. Evelyn and I recently teamed up again for the first time in twenty long years to write and record three brand new songs, and this is the first, as track one of "Soul Steppers".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Soul-Steppers
• Diva
• Female-Vocals
• Seventies
• Modern-Room
• Midtempo
• Motorcity
• Centre-City
• Northern-Soul
• Record-Shack

[tahira1]

Love this song love you Evelyn this video and song is going to be up there as one of your classics some day!

[redchalk]

The Diva Is Back..Evelyn Thomas

Good JOB

Lovely Vocals

Classic Tune

Are you going to realease it as a single?

[SLEAZEBOOTPUP]

i just found this love it . please dont let any one remix it keep it as a disco single . people remixed hi energy on here and they were alfull

[spicymama897]

i was singing this s0ng alldayy its so beautiful

[BarbraAlejandro]

I Am Really Looking Forward To This Cd, The Line-Up Of Artists Looks Wonderful...Can't Wait To Find Out The Major Surprises!!! Love This One Ian, Please Take Care-David

[tustles]

Great video Great song Excellent singer God Bless KTF

[wintermelody]

Love how 'laid back' Evelyn is on this track as she so often went full throttle back in the day.Nice production Mr Levine well done Sir.,

[doublehaven]

Hi Ian, good to hear from Evelyn again. I remember the heady days of early summer 1984 and High Energy very well. What a tune !

[ianhow2478]

How "Gorgeous"!! is this track??!! Pass me that calender again!!!

[soitslikethat0]

Liked it!