Leo Racicot

Hi Tom, I likely didn't specify this with my nomination of Stevie's Do I Do but could it please be the LP version off of Original Musiquarium I? We really need that Dizzy solo in this competition.

The Message was going to be my main until I noticed Do I Do from 82 was nowhere to be found on any submissions. Incredible it wasn’t a main and I’m really curious if it will end up being the winner of this poll.

Did George Duke surface on any bonuses? Could be mistaken I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen him on our late 70s or early 80s polls either. Not a lot of quiet storm noms either if I remember correctly… Quincy, Ingram, Peabo, Roberta

I remember lamenting that as well during the 85 poll and I did the exact same thing this time around.

100% the full with Dizzy! 👍

Incredibly late again with these my apologies! Hoping there’s still time…

Main: Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me (1984)
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do (1982)
Al Jarreau - Mornin’ (1983)
Alexander O’Neal - If You Were Here Tonight (1985)
Bonus: World’s Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ (1984)

After reviewing 1982 I'm convinced we could hold a poll just on this year alone and have a satisfactory result + incredible discoveries.

This much is true.

That’s what our love is: The best of Ashford & Simpson The most elegant of Motown’s stable of songwriters, and among the best chroniclers of domesticity in pop history, Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson subsumed funk, R&B, disco, and electro f…

I forgot to note the birthday of one of the late 20th century's great pop songwriters, Valerie Simpson. She proved how elegance can benefit from street heat. A playlist. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/t...

No surprise I really enjoyed this after a similar month of listening and reflecting on the songs and the doc. Always appreciate your thoughtful perspective on music!

This is fantastic... thanks @tombreihan.bsky.social !

First time in a while following one of these from start to finish, a pleasure as always @tomewing.bsky.social - sliding another virtual pint of thanks across the Atlantic to you - cheers!

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes dressed to impress in a park

ABBA in white with a stripey surfboard behind them

David Bowie looking pale in white tie at the grammy awards

Joni Mitchell and Neil Young at a microphone (probably a composite photo?)

#Pop75 THE GRAND FINAL!

Perfect pop, plastic soul, yearning disco, boho jazz and epic rock fight it out in the final of

THE WORLD CUP OF 1975

Rank your choices here!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@tomewing.bsky.social tip of the cap btw, not sure if you sequenced it deliberately but the transition between the close out of "Going Down Slowly" into Frampton's "Show Me The Way" intro on the Day 7 plalylist is a beauty!

Couldn't agree more.... this PS banger was written by Allen Toussaint but for me this song is about Wah Wah Watson of the Funk Bros who is seemingly everywhere (he is also featured on notables Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Let's Get It On, Car Wash, I Will Survive, Bros Johnson + Q too)

YouTube video by Billy Stewart - Topic Summertime (Long Version)

Summertime by Billy Stewart

YouTube video by pllemos Girls - Summertime (MUSIC VIDEO)

Fun list as always, thanks!

My noms...

Summertime by Girls

YouTube video by Marvin Gaye - Topic Distant Lover (Live At Oakland Coliseum, CA / 1974)

Distant Lover by Marvin Gaye

As soon as I started reading "The Red Wings get" I peered up and grinned seeing your name. Good to see your words on the screen my man!

"Johansson often found himself playing alongside Ben Chiarot, learning the ropes from the veteran defender."

FYI Johansson spent 520+ minutes paired with rookie Simon Edvinsson last year vs 72 minutes with Chiarot. He also played more with Holl and Gustafsson than Chiarot.

Hey Tom! It's been a while since I've been able to hop into one of these, if you're still accepting 12th hour + submissions....

MAIN: ISLEY BROTHERS - Fight the Power

Bonus: DOROTHY MOORE - Misty Blue
Bonus: EARTH, WIND AND FIRE - Reasons
Bonus: LOVE UNLIMITED - I Belong To You

Always appreciate your insight, especially this annual check up. Go Wings!

YouTube video by Billy Stewart - Topic Summertime (Long Version)

Summertime by Billy Stewart

Hot pavement, melting ice cream cones, sprinkler and fire hydrant mist... Billy magically delivers those vibes and more... #BlackMusicMonthChallenge Day 20

Same trend in every series for Florida these playoffs…. when they got to game 3 they skated like it was October while the opposition looked like a mid-tier injury riddled AHL club in April.

YouTube video by Quincy Jones - Topic One Hundred Ways

One Hundred Ways by Quincy Jones w/ James Ingram

#BlackMusicMonthChallenge

YouTube video by Ace Records Fatback - Backstrokin' (Official Audio)

Lacing up the skates late for one last lap before Day 16 arrives...

Backstrokin' by Fatback

#BlackMusicMonthChallenge

YouTube video by The Floaters - Topic Float On

"Float On" by The Floaters

#BlackMusicMonthChallenge

Deer Antler Spray joy!

YouTube video by Chuck Brown - Topic Bustin' Loose

Bustin Loose by Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

"Gimme the bridge now!"

#BlackMusicMonthChallenge Day 7

Ha, that's great actually. I'm still discovering so much of her work, that La Charreada song I mentioned showed up on a latina show on Toronto's excellent 91.1 Jazz FM a few months ago on a dark winter evening. Her voice is pure radiance on it.