SUNDAY SOUL
SUNDAY JAZZ – LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
SUNDAY 4 – 6pm
Classic and underplayed modern soul plus the best new relaeases, reissues and previously unreleased gems.
PLAYLISTS
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Tony Valor Sounds Orchestra ft. Carol Williams – Love Has Come My Way 1978
Alice Cohen & Fun City – Save The Best For Last 1979
Lynn White – I Don’t Know Why 1993
Brotherly Love – (We Ain’t Gon’) Never Stop 1993
Al Chestnut – Keep Shinin’ Your Light 2025
The Four Tops – When She Was My Girl 1981
Michael Cooper – Gotta Get You Undressed 1992
Con Funk Shun – I Think I Found The Answer 1978
The Impressions – I Don’t Want To Lose You Love 1981
Phyllis Hyman – Forever With You pu1998/2025
Chuck Sissel – Emergency 1979
Donald Byrd – Everyday 1982
Earth Wind & Fire – Club Foot pu1993/2025
The Jones Girls – Love Don’t Ever Say Goodbye 1981
J.W. McGee – What You Tryin’ To Do 1982
Kim Tibbs – The Time Is Now 2025
Gavyn Rhone – Cry For You 2025
Tyrone Davis – Never Stopped Loving You 1980/2025
Lanier & Co. – I Just Got To Have You 1983
The Delights – Listen To Me Girl pu1967/2025
Dionne Warwick & SFB Big Band – Love To Love You, Baby pu1979/2007
Jerry Butler – Music In Her Dreams/Dream Music 1977
Gwen McCrae – 90% Of Me Is You 1974
Jerry Butler – Stop Steppin’ On My Dreams 1972
The Carnival – Walk On By (PG’s Re-edit) 1969
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Mighty Clouds Of Joy – Glow Love (SMBD Re-edit) 1980
D.C. Lee – Be There In The Morning 2023
Milton Wright – Brothers & Sisters 1975
O’Malley Jones – Layin’ For You Girl 1983
Prince Phillip Mitchell – I’m So Happy 1979
The Dramatics – No Rebate On Love
Gloria Scott/Love Unlimited Orch. – What Shall I Do (instr.) 1974
Joe McKeever – Dance With Me 1975
Ernie Johnson – Disco Music Keep On Going On 1975
The Spinners – Sweet Thing 1964/2024
Bettye Swann – Make Me Yours 1967/2024
TMF (The Music Forever) – Joy And Pain 2025
Gladys Knight & The Pips – How Deep Is Your Love pu1985/2025
Karin Jones – Last Night In My Dreams 1982
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Where Is The Love 1972
Mystic Merlin – Full Moon 1982
Mr. Soul – What Happened To Yesterday 1966
Baltic Jazz Recordings ft. MT Jones – Forever And A Day 2024
Norma Jean Wright – Tear Down These Walls (Alex Di Cio Mix) 2025
Funky Bop – Take Me Home Baby 2024
Bold Parade ft. Katie Burke – Celebration 2023
Windy Kirigianes – Falling For You (Georgie B Remix) 2025
Erica Falls – Up 2023
Billy Stewart – Sitting In The Park 1965/2025
Mitty Collier – I Had A Talk With My Man 1965/2025
A Brothers Guiding light – Getting Together (Al Kent Re-edit) 2025
Johnny Guitar Watson – A Real Mother For Ya 1977
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A Brothers Guiding Light – Getting Together (Al Kent Re-edit) 2025
Melba Moore – It’s Hard Not To Like You
Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson – Weekend Lover 1979
Poppeye – Never Gonna Give You Up pu1978/2025
Kim Tolliver – Can’t Get Into You 1979/2025
Johnny Adams – Think About You pu1993/2025
Kim Tolliver – The Show Must Go On pu2025
The Delights – Listen To Me Girl pu1967/2025
The Stylistics – One Night Affair 1979
The True Reflection – That’s Where I’m Coming From 1973
Archie Bell – Harder & Harder 1981
Archie Bell & The Drells – Where Do We Go (Dee-Bunk Rework) 2025
Gayle Adams – Let’s Go All The Way (Wrenny Remix) 2021
Mike Champion – I Got You 2025
Roy Ayers – I Wanna Touch You Baby 1978
Friends Of Distinction – Grazing In The Grass 1969
Roy Ayers – What You Won’t Do For Love 1979
Archie Love – Disco Lady 2004
Dave & Maurissa – What About My Love 2025
Chris Bangs – You Are My Starship 2025
Maze ft. Frankie Beverly – Joy & Pain (Dr Packer Rework) 2025
Maxwell ft. Snoh Allegra – Ascension 2020
Steve has been obsessed with music since the mid 60s, taking in all genres of music during those very formative years. In 1973 he began to specialise in soul and jazz and never looked back deciding to try his hand at hospital radio to learn the basics of broadcasting to share his love for the music.
He started deejaying in 1983, joining Solar Radio in 1987, who were one of the leading pirate stations helping to forge the way to getting the authorities to allow incremental stations to finally give the public what they wanted, That transformation came in 1990 and Jazz FM were the first station in London to get one of the new licences and Steve presented the Soul Bowl on Jazz FM for the first 2 years until the station had an unfortunate change in music policy, culling all the non-jazz programmes. The show specialised in lesser know artists from the independent labels and In that short time he interviewed Ronnie McNeir, Sidney Joe Qualls, Rick Webb, Susaye Green, Betty Lavette, Johnnie Wilder, Richard Rogers, Ronald Jones, Roy Galloway, Jan Kincaid, Driza Bone, Donna Gardier, plus Steve Davis, Ian Clark, Bill Shannon and Ian Levine.
One door closes and all that….but the next door opened the way to an 18 year career as a journalist with his own column in Blues & Soul magazine reviewing new soul music, again, mainly from the smaller independent labels on both sides of the Atlantic.
The radio thread continued throughout this period with a return to Solar Radio, ever-present since their return in 1998, and is still presenting today with Soul Cruisin on Friday nights (alternating with Mick Farrer). Too much music and not enough air time!
Club-wise, Steve cut his teeth with the much lauded Red Lion weekly sessions in Horsell, Surrey, in the late 80s, plus many gigs up and down the UK including 15 Southport Weekenders, a few appearances at Thorne, all the Prestatyn Weekenders from 2000-2012, a couple of Caisters, the early Bournemouth Weekenders, all the Soul Cruisin boat parties on the Thames (30+ years!) and most prestigiously, he has been ever-present at the Baltic Soul Weekenders in Hamburg, being one of the four Brits with residency status.
