Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1945, King Floyd scored a Number 1 R&B hit in the 1970s, when
"Groove Me" dominated the radio in both America and the U.K. Floyd began
singing on street corners as a teenager, eventually graduating to
proper shows on Bourbon Street. After serving two years in the army, he
spent much of the 1960s living in both New York City and Los Angeles,
releasing his 1967 debut, King Floyd: "A Man in Love", along the way.
Album sales were poor, and a cash strapped Floyd ultimately headed back
to New Orleans in 1969. There, he found a mentor in Wardell Quezergue.
At Quezergue's recommendation, Floyd headed to Mississippi in May 1970
to record "Groove Me" in a single take, during the same recording
session in which Jean Knight recorded her own hit, "Mr. Big Stuff."
Rooted in a mix of R&B, soul, and Crescent City funk, "Groove Me"
enjoyed immediate airplay on New Orleans radio, which earned King Floyd
the attention of Atlantic Records. With Atlantic now distributing the
single to national and international markets, "Groove Me" became a
gold selling crossover hit the same year it was recorded, peaking at
Number 1 on the American R&B chart, Number 6 on the Billboard Hot
100, and Number 41 here in England. Another hit, "Baby Let Me Kiss You,"
peaked at Number 29 on the American Top 40 one year later. 1973's Think
About It and 1975's Well Done failed to Floyd's commercial success, and
he only performed sporadically throughout the rest of the century.
Meanwhile, his music continued to be championed by other artists. Floyd later reunited with his
original label, Malaco Records, for his final album, 2000's "Old Skool
Fund", and passed in 2006 at 61...only 6 albums recorded and every one superb from this great son of New Orleans!..Due to scratches ive had to shorten a couple of tracks by seconds at the end fortunately. His rare dancer not on youtube is the first taster!...Now an extremely rare album to obtain.
AMM
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The Tasters!
15 comments:
Great L/P , thanks for the review AMM .
Great review mate, thank you
Grateful for this rarity AMM, now i need time to listen to all these treasures!
Yes, I will stop, look and listen! 🚦
Thanks, AMM!
Might as well request the full gamut of your generous share as I haven`t got this album either....I`ve got some rewarding listening in store, THANKS to AMM!!!Cheers!
Bill
(b3will@msn.com)
Another King Floyd album I don't have... so many thanks for this review AMM.
BigD
Thanks AMM. Very rare...So True.
Thanks For Another Great Classic Review!
Great Review Thank you AMM For The King Floyd Album
Another fantastic review of this King Floyd set great album thanks AMM
Cheers Pedro
thanks for the review AMM he also one of my fave too but wow only 61! RIP
Thank you AMM for the review
Look good AMM thank you
Thanks for the review AMM not familiar with the specific album looking forward to it
I am like some of the other comments. I am familiar with the distinctive of King Floyd but not this album. Thank you for allowing us to hear this sound. Thank you AMM.
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