Though singer Don Downing's lone charting single was the Memphis soul-tinged "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights," which charted at number 65 R&B in summer 1973, he's a longtime favourite of dance music devotees for "Dream World" The pumping number was a huge hit in Northern Soul clubs in the uk,where as "Doctor Boogie" found its way onto the play list of major market radio stations in Chicago and elsewhere in 1978. Downing is the brother of singer Al Downing who had a double-sided Billboard-charting hit on Chess Records with "I'll Be Holding On." From Texas,The Doctor Boogie album featured some top New York session musicians: drummers Jimmy Young and Alan Schwartzberg, bassists Bob Babbitt and Wilbur Bascomb, guitarist Jeff Mironov, pianist Pat Rebillot, and percussionist Jimmy Maelan.The Doctor Boogie LP cover is vintage '70s with Downing and two of the three lovelies draped around him sporting huge Afros amid a dark and silvery disco club background with multi-colored star-bursting floodlights. Although this is fairly well known to old soulies some may be in for a pleasant surprise!...defying its age still a very good solid album with strong vocals from Don.Rather than post the Roadshow LP here,s the japanese release with 4 Bonus tracks.
AMM
The Taster!
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16 comments:
The review sounds Good Thank u AMM
Thanks for the expanded edition. nice review AMM!!
Great Review Thank you AMM
Well played with the bonus tracks MM, thank you.
cheers,ELtel
Thansk for this better edition, sir AMM
With bonus tracks no less. I had this album and never realised it was Big Al's brother. In re-listening, it does sound like him.
Thanks AMM for bringing the Doctor & Don
This looks interesting... many thanks for the review AMM
BigD
thank you for this disco great also with Tom Moulton Mix!
I need it for the bonus tracks alone. Thanks for review, P.
Nice post AMM new artist for me
many thanks Reb
Thanks for the review I found a gem in the track I don't love you like I used to
I remember this well got a lot of hammer on the radio i had a cuple of 45's on people records a chance to reminisce thanks All Music Man
Cheers Pedro
Need to to checkout this review gracias
Count me in to be pleasantly surprised.
Many thanks for the expanded edition
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