40 Hits, 40 Stories

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Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

#1. "Play That Funky Music" (1976), Wild Cherry

#2. "Band of Gold" (1970), Freda Payne

#3. "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" (1961), Gene McDaniels

#4. "Bad Time" (1975), Grand Funk

#5. "Grazing in the Grass" (1969), Friends of Distinction

#6. "Girl Watcher" (1968), The O'Kaysions

#7. "More Today Than Yesterday" (1969), The Spiral Starecase

#8. "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (1974), The Main Ingredient

#9. "Tracy" (1969), The Cuff Links

#10. "Swing Your Daddy" (1975), Jimmy Gilstrap

#11. "Susan" (1967), The Buckinghams

#12. "The Cheater" (1965), Bob Kuban and the -In-Men

#13. "Everlasting Love" (1967), Robert Knight

#14. "Mama Didn't Lie" (1963), Jan Bradley

#15. "It's a Shame" (1970), The Spinners

#16. "Oh How Happy" (1966), Shades of Blue

#17. "Private Number" (1968), Judy Clay and William Bell

#18. "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" 1966, The Swingin' Medallions ?101

#19. "The Oogum Boogum Song" (1967), Brenton Wood

#20. "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (1970), Edison Lighthouse

#21. "So Much in Love" (1963), The Tymes

#22. "Sugar, Sugar" (1969), The Archies

#23. "What Kind of Fool" (1969), Bill Deal and the Rhondels

#24. "Hey, Western Union Man" (1968), Jerry Butler

#25. "Searching for My Love" (1966), Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces

#26. "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" (1968), The Tams

#27. "This Time It's Real" (1973), Tower of Power

#28. "I Got Rhythm" (1967), The Happenings

#29. "-Mother-in-Law" (1961), Ernie -K-Doe

#30. "Can't Find the Time" (1971), Rose Colored Glass

#31. "Keep It Comin' Love" (1977), KC and the Sunshine Band

#32. "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" (1973), The Spinners

#33. "Baby, Now That I've Found You" (1967), The Foundations

#34. "Smoke from a Distant Fire" (1977), The Sanford Townsend Band

#35. "I Love You 1000 Times" (1966), The Platters

#36. "There's Gonna Be a Showdown" (1968), Archie Bell and the Drells

#37. "Rhapsody in the Rain" (1966), Lou Christie

#38. "Beach Baby" (1974), The First Class

#39. "Strawberry Shortcake" (1968), Jay and the Techniques

#40. "Jack and Jill" (1969), Tommy Roe

Works Cited

Index