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Music Intro by: Gail NoblesCon function is a R&B and funk band from Vallego, California, Formed in 1969 I remember their single Love’s Train in 1982 from their 10th studio album, To the Max. It is an R&B funk and quiet storm song that includes a steering bass guitar, glittering keys, and synth centric flair of 80s R&B. Lyrically, the song is based on a real-life love triangle involving Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate. They were the songwriters. Since the songs released, it has received praise from music critics, with the majority commending the bands vocals. While the song was never released as a single, it has since become an audience favorite and signature song for the band. I like the tune of Love Train’s and the way it's written. Warm night, can't sleep, too weak Gotta call her up. I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for tuning in to Needle House.

Song: Hit That Groove Song written by: Gail Nobles ©️2024 Music by: Passion Hi-fi Usage: Free Beats Downloaded from: Soundclick.com https://www.soundclick.com/passionhifi/?content=songs There is information in the grooves of records. I had no idea when I was a little girl, but I knew voice and music was on records. I had no idea what the lines and spaces on a record was about. I just knew a record had music on it. There was no question in my mind about that. I never questioned the lines in spaces. All I knew was they were there. As soon as that needle was on the record, it was music time.

Song and Music Intro by: Gail Nobles All vocals by: Gail Nobles Photo: Heinrich Klaffs Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Hello! I'm Gail Nobles, and today's topic is Billy Preston and his On The Air album. It's a special album. On the Air is the 16th studio album by singer and musician and songwriter Billy Preston. It was released on February 18, 1984 by Megaton Records. This album marks the return of Preston to music. He has done the vocals, keyboards, backing vocals, and arrangements on the album with other musicians and backing vocalist. Billy said in an interview that he was very happy with the album. On the album, there is a tribute to the Beatles which he said he was proud of. It is kind of like a thank you song to them, and he has a song by The Beatles titled Here. There, and Everywhere. The Beatles tribute is the fourth song on the album and Here, There, and Everywhere is the eighth song on the album. Preston is among those sometimes known as the fifth Beetle. He played organ and electric piano for the Beatles during several of the Get Back sessions. The album has plenty of disco funk type of songs. There is a music video for the first song on the album titled And Dance. You’re listening to Needle House. I’m your host, Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening.

Song: Silly Games first published 7/29/19 Song and Story by: Gail Nobles ©️ 2023 Photo credit: Pixabay.com There was a woman that got married and said at home in the early 70s. She wanted to be a singer. I'm thinking of a woman who wrote great songs. The world never heard them. She would sing on the reel-to-reel audio tape recorder and use the condenser microphone before her husband got home. The woman was a dreamer, and she never became a star though she could sing,write a song, play piano, and play the guitar. The world around her knew what she could do. She was born to write a song called “Silly Games”. And that's the story of “The Dreamer’s Song”. Story by Gail Nobles copyright ©️ 2023. Thank you for listening to Needle House.

Story by: Gail Nobles Photos: Wikipedia Public Domain Intro by: Gail Nobles. Do you remember the soul blues songTramp? It was first recorded by Lowell Fulson in 1967. It was his highest charting single. The song was covered By Otis Redding, and in a duet with Carla Thomas, and this version reached number two on billboard R&B chart. My father would play Otis Redding song Sitting On The Dock of the Bay, and he would sing along with the record a million times. I had no idea who Otis Redding was until then. I knew what he looked like from the album cover, and I only knew who Carla Thomas was by her voice. One day my mother said: Play that Otis Redding album. And she would tell me the sad story about Otis Redding’s tragic death, and she told me about the song on his album Tramp. It was from his first album The Dock of the Bay, on side two and the third song. When I heard the song, I thought it was an amazing song. It was amazing to me how they carried on a conversation in between singing on the record. Carla Thomas called Otis Redding a tramp in the song it was just like I've been there with them and back home after hearing the record I would sit by the record player lost in the dialogue between them. Carla called Otis a tramp from the Georgia Woods. Old is Reading recorded Tramp as a duet with Carla Thomas for Stax Records.

Podcast Jingle by: Gail Nobles Do you have a J5 Forty Five Collection? I hate it when records get scratched up. I hate it when they start skipping. A record can turn into a whole different sound. A terrible sound. A record can loose it’s shine. I remember a few old Jackson Five Forty Fives. One More Chance - I Found That Girl. They had the Motown label on them which made it easy to find the Jackson Five in the record stack. No other record label looks like Motown’s. I wanted to play some of the Jackson Five records here at Needle House. And it’s not allowed. So I had to make some music of my own. I’ve been listening to the Jacksons since I was a baby. Their music was like milk. I was already learning something about music and didn’t know it. The first Jackson Five song I remember is I’ll Be There. It was something about the music and Michael’s sweet child’s voice that made me listen. I couldn’t sing, talk, tell, or express what I was feeling when I heard the song. I remember being very quite. There was something about the harmony of the Jacksons. As I got older, the Jacksons got older. Their music began to change,. They were singing songs like Blame It On the Boogie - Shake Your Body. I began to notice them more on television. It was hard not to sing and dance to their music. The Jacksons had the greatest disco sound. They made you want to listen to them over and over and over again. Their music back then was of the 70’s, and to me, their music has a great sound that makes me want to dance today. It’s never to late to add the Jackson Five to your record collection. If you have them, you can always pull out their albums or their 45’s. Then you can jam. (Jingle) J5-45 collection by Gail Nobles. You’re listening to Needle House Recordings © 2021.