SATURDAY'S SINGLES : THE ROLLING STONES and TOWER OF POWER

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Good morning gang and welcome to the first edition of Saturday's Singles 2021. Keeping within a theme of new beginnings we start things off with "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones. The song was released August 14th 1981 and hailed from their album Tattoo You (Rolling Stones label). It peaked at #7 in the UK, #2 in America, and #1 in Australia. It has been certified Gold in both the UK and Italy. It's B-side is  "No Use in Crying".

The Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals
Keith Richards – electric guitar
Ronnie Wood – electric guitar
Bill Wyman – bass guitar
Charlie Watts – drums

Additional personnel

Michael Carabello – cowbell
Barry Sage – handclaps

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Our second selection is "So Very Hard to Go" by horn based R&B band Tower Of Power. Full disclosure : When I picked this selection, I thought the flip side, "Clean Slate" was the single, but I was mistaken.  "So Very Hard to Go" was released April 1973 on their self titled third record on the Warner Brothers label. The tune reached #36 on the Easy Listening charts, #17 on the Hot 100, and #11 on the R&B Singles chart. For our purposes we'll spin the B-side this afternoon.

Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals
Brent Byars – bongos, conga
Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone, backing vocals
Bruce Conte – guitar, backing vocals
David Garibaldi – drums
Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn, baritone, backing vocals
Stephen "Doc" Kupka – oboe, baritone saxophone, backing vocals
Lenny Pickett – clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone, backing vocals
Francis "Rocco" Prestia – bass guitar
Chester Thompson – organ, keyboards, backing vocals
Jay Spell – acoustic piano
Bruce Steinberg – harmonica
Lenny Williams – lead vocals

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