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Label. Soul. Songwriter (s) Ashford & Simpson. Producer (s) Jeffrey Bowen. Official audio. "California Soul" on YouTube. " California Soul " is a funk - soul tune written by Ashford & Simpson, issued originally as the B-side of the Messengers ' single "Window Shopping" in 1967 under the Motown group of labels.
Marlena Shaw was born in New Rochelle, New York.She was first introduced to music by her uncle Jimmy Burgess, a jazz trumpet player. [4] In an interview with The New York Times, she told the reporter: "He [Jimmy Burgess] introduced me to good music through records – Dizzy [Gillespie], Miles [Davis], a lot of gospel things, and Al Hibbler, who really knows how to phrase a song."
The Spice of Life. (1969) Marlena. (1972) The Spice of Life is the second album by Marlena Shaw. It was her last studio album with Cadet Records and contains her famous version of the Ashford & Simpson song "California Soul" and first cover of " Go Away Little Boy ."
Shuggie Otis. Johnny Shuggie Otis (born Johnny Alexander Veliotes Jr.; November 30, 1953) [ 6][ 7] is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist. Otis's composition "Strawberry Letter 23" as recorded by The Brothers Johnson topped the Billboard R&B chart and reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977. [ 7]
Jazz and R&B singer Marlena Shaw, known for the widely sampled "California Soul," died Friday. She was 81.
See media help. " California Dreamin' " is a song written by John and Michelle Phillips in 1963 and first recorded by Barry McGuire. [ 5 ] The best-known version is by the Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in December 1965. The lyrics express the narrator's longing for the warmth of Los ...
Released: November 1, 2010. "Save Me, San Francisco". Released: April 25, 2011[ 1] Save Me, San Francisco is the fifth studio album by pop rock band Train (and the first of two albums recorded as a three-piece). It was released on October 26, 2009, through Columbia Records. [ 2][ 3] The album was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry ...
When a disc jockey in San Diego began playing "Wedding Bell Blues" from the album, Soul City Records saw the song's potential, and in September 1969 it was released as a single. "Wedding Bell Blues" quickly soared to No. 1 on the U.S. pop singles chart , spending three weeks there in November, 1969 and made one of the group's somewhat rare ...