SATURDAY'S SINGLES - AVERAGE WHITE BAND and HERMAN'S HERMITS

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Good morning gang and welcome back to the return of Saturday's Singles. Our first selection comes to us via Scottish funk and R&B group, Average White Band.  Their former keyboardist, Roger Ball, is celebrating his 78th Birthday today and we serenade him with song by spinning the title track to AWB's fourth studio recording, Soul Searching. Happy Birthday Roger ! "Soul Searching" was released  June 24, 1976 on Atlantic Records and produced by Arif Mardin. It peaked at #4 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart and features "A Love Of Your Own" as it's B-side. 

Alan Gorrie – bass, guitar, lead and backing vocals

Hamish Stuart – bass, guitar, lead and backing vocals

Roger Ball – keyboards, alto saxophone, string arrangements, horn arrangements

Malcolm Duncan – tenor saxophone

Onnie McIntyre – guitar, backing vocals

Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion

With :

Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Jim Mullen – guitar
Kenneth Bichel – synthesizer
Seymour Barab, Alan Schulman, Jesse Levy – cello
Carlos Martin – percussion, conga
Barry Rogers – trombone
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
David Brigati, Eddie Brigati – backing vocals

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Our second selection comes in the form of the song, "Listen People", by English beat/pop/rock band, Herman's Hermits, as we observe the 28th anniversary of death of lead guitarist, Derek Leckenby, who died in 1994, age 51, from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. "Listen People", from their 5th album, Both Sides Of Herman's Hermits, was released February 1966 on the MGM label and produced by Mickie Most. It reached #7 in Sweden and New Zealand, #3 in Australia and on the Hot 100, and #1 in Canada. It's flip side is "Got a Feeling". We had the great fortune to see Herman's Hermits Starring Peter Noone, in October of 2016, at Lakeland's very own, Youkey Theatre. Peter said (tongue in cheek) that it had been his life's dream, to play the Youkey. It was a great show, I even missed the premiere of The Walking Dead to attend it .... 

Peter Noone – lead vocals 
Derek Leckenby – lead guitar 
Keith Hopwood – rhythm guitar, backing vocals 
Karl Green – bass, backing vocals 

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