Melvin Davis

It's always great to get new music from the legends of soul music, so this week I will be featuring the latest album by Detroit stalwart Melvin Davis' "Double or Nothing." Melvin is truly living history as song writer/performer and just to list the people he as worked with would be like a who's who of the Detroit music scene from the last 40 or so years,  proud to feature this set on the Science of Soul show.

Remember Prince Phillip Mitchell will be here in the UK in just a couple of weeks so I will continue to play a track from the great man every week until he arrives ... gotta make him feel welcome. The great new music just keeps coming from London, I have KeJam plus new tracks from Willie Clayton and a whole load of new names to me including; KB the Country Boy, Tynisha Keli, J Barnes Remington and quite a few more plus classics from; The Originals, Archie Bell, Barbara Mason, even have a slice of Neo Soul from Detroit's own Dwele.

A very interesting new book out by Detroit Historian Ken Coleman, titled "Soul On The Air" it chronicles the rise of and impact of Black radio presenters in the Motorcity. I'm a great admirer of Ken's work, so please be sure to check his latest book out ... you wont be disappointed.  Video this week is from Diane Shaw's album.

Ok it's music time sit back relax and please tell a friend to tell a friend cause that's how we grow...

Playlist for Sunday July 5th 2015

Hour One
Diane Shaw - That Thing That You Do
Willie Clayton - Lets Dance
Dashon Shed - Southern Girl
KeJam ft Lisa Taylor - My One And Only
KB The Country Boy ft Sno - Summertime Madness
Melvin Davis - W.C.T.P.
Melvin Davis - Double Or Nothing
Barbara Mason - I Ain't Got Nobody
Evette Busby - Not Here Not Now
Tyneshia Keli - Inhale Exhale
Archie Bell - I just Wanna Fall In Love
Phat Cat Players - Sundress

Hour Two

Ricky White/Bobbeye Doll Johson - When A Woman As Had Enough

Milton Wright - The Silence We Keep

Melvin Davis - No More Water In The Well

Tony Drake - Let's Play House

Phillip Mitchell - Falling From Heaven

The Originals - Baby I'm For Real

David Hudson - Girl I'm Coming Home To Something Good

Jon Lucien - You Are My Love

J Barnes Remington - What About That

Howard Hewett - Once Twice 3 Times

Joe Leavy ft Derek Allen - Standing In Shadows

Melvin Davis' biography:

Davis never scored the crossover hit that would have made him a star, but few artists on Detroit's soul music scene had a more impressive résumé than Davis, a singer, songwriter, drummer, and bandleader who worked with everyone from Smokey Robinson and David Ruffin to Wayne Kramer and Dennis Coffey. Davis was born on August 29, 1942, and as a child, his family moved back and forth between Detroit and Milledgeville, Georgia, where his grandparents had a farm. As a boy, he developed a passion for music, seeing Little Richard perform at a juke joint near the family farm and hearing Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers at a church potluck dinner. (more @ allmusic)

Message from Ty Hunters son from the Originals group recorded while Bill played the song.

View from above (because we can)