For as much time as I’ve spent listening to music throughout my life, one thing I’ve learned is that there’s always plenty of stuff out there to discover, some of which may be older songs that are just simply new to me. This is one of the advantages my job affords me, listening to albums across a vast expanse of time that I might not otherwise hear or even know about. One “new” song I heard early on in my career that has stayed with me ever since was this fun number by Archie Bell & The Drells, a song already almost 40 years old by the time it hit my radar.
Song: “Tighten Up (Part 1)”
Artist: Archie Bell & The Drells
Songwriter(s): Archie Bell, Billy Buttier
Album(s): Tighten Up (Single) / Tighten Up (Full-length)
Release Year(s): 1968
Song: “Let A Woman Be A Woman – Let A Man Be A Man”
Artist: Dyke And The Blazers
Songwriter(s): Arlester Christian
Album(s): Let A Woman Be A Woman – Let A Man Be A Man (Single)
Release Year(s): 1969
I Wish You Would Hear Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6jFrq03xPtVVOexYHZF1OW?si=bc9df95d2d854d