Artist:Isaac Hayes
Song:Never Can Say Goodbye
Album:Soulsville Sings Hitsville:Stax Sings Songs Of Motown Records
This excellent various artists comp released in Jan. 2008 proves that Concord Music Group intends to treat the legendary Stax Records catalog with respect. Of course there were a lot of differences between the musical approaches of Stax & Motown. Motown was much slicker. So it was very interesting when Stax artists would record Motown classics in the gritty Stax style. And of course Isaac Hayes and partner David Porter were primary architects of the Stax sound. Hayes had a big hit in 1971 with the Jackson Five hit Never Can Say Goodbye. It reached #5 on the Black Singles Chart & #22 on the Pop Singles Chart. He was riding the momentum of Shaft at the time. Other highlights from this CD include The Staple Singers performing The Temptations' You've Got To Earn It, The Mar-Keys performing The Four Tops' Reach Out (I'll Be There), O.B. McClinton's country soul version of The Temptations' I Wish It Would Rain and a previously unreleased recording of I Heard It Through The Grapevine by The Bar-Kays. When you play this CD for Motown fans, they will do a double take. This is a real keeper. Here's Isaac Hayes performing Never Can Say Goodbye in Atlanta 1973. Check out his shirt.
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