Here are a few of the songs I have been listening to this week. Most of them are Motown. I’ve been craving a lot of Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder lately.
- “Baby Baby Baby” by Aretha Franklin
- “Can I Get a Witness” by Marvin Gaye
- “Jimmy Mack” by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
- “With a Child’s Heart” by Stevie Wonder
- “Big Time” by Peter Gabriel
- “Fool in Love” by Tina Turner
- “New Attitude” by Patti LaBelle
- “Put Your Hands on Me Baby” by Joss Stone
- “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” by Sly and the Family Stone
- “Border Song (Holy Moses)” by Aretha Franklin
- “Only the Lonely” by Aretha Franklin
- “Eleanor Rigby” by Aretha Franklin
- “Mean Old World” by Sam Cooke
- “Trouble Blues’ by Sam Cooke
- “Let’s Go Get Stoned” by Big Mama Thornton
- “Hound Dog” by Big Mama Thornton
- “Dark End of the Street” by Aretha Franklin
- “Dark End of the Street” by Percy Sledge
- “Papillon” by Chaka Khan
- “I Got a Bag of My Own” by James Brown
- “Funky President” by James Brown (I’ve listened to this so religiously this week. It’s got a really funky beat and makes me want to get up out of my swivel chair and dance around the office.)
- “Mother Popcorn” by James Brown
- “I’m Shook” by James Brown