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Colin's Trunk of Funk playlist

Thursday, 17 December
Colin Young
Colin Young is also live on air 12-2pm weekdays on BBC Radio Shropshire

Jackson 5
I want you back

Kool and the Gang
Straight ahead

Barry White
You're the first, the last, my everything

Brothers Johnson
Stomp

Supremes
Nathan Jones

Dan Hartman
Instant replay

Earth Wind and Fire
Can't let go

Jackie Wilson
Reet petite

Wigans Ovation
Skiing in the snow

Fatback Band
Spanish hustle

Chalie Calello
Sing sing sing

First Choice
Let me down easy

Barbara Lynn
Trying to love two

Gladys Knight
Baby baby don't change your mind

Bobby Womack
Home is where the heart is

Joe Simon
Step by step

Jacksons
Heartbreak hotel

O'Jays
Message in our music

Stevie Wonder
Do I do

Earl Klugh
Rainmaker

Shirley Ellis
Soultime

Tavares
Don't take away the music

Sade
Hold onto your love

Trammps
Disco inferno

Thursday, 10 December

Darrell Banks
Angel baby

Barry White
What am I gonna do with you babe

Michael Jackson
Don't stop 'til you get enough

Sister Sledge
We are family

Alexander O'Neal
Lovers

Fatback Band
Yum yum (gimme some)

Peoples Choice
Do it anyway you wanna

Gap Band
You dropped a bomb on me

Oliver Cheatham
Get down, Saturday night

Intruders
I'll always love my Momma

Ronnie McNeir
Light my fire

Isley Brothers
Put yourself in my place

Jimmy James
A man like me

Four Tops
I got a feeling

Tams
Be young be foolish be happy

Garys Gang
Showtime

Narada Michael Walden
Tonight I'm alright

K C & the Sunshine Band
You said, you'd gimme some more

Luther Vandross
Never too much

SOS Band
Take your time ( do it right )

First Choice
Let me down easy

Barry White
I'll do for you anything you want me to

Thursday, 3 December

Stevie Wonder
Uptight, everything is alright

Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
Nowhere to run

Labelle
Lady Marmalade

Frantique
Strut your funky stuff

Trammps
Hold back the night

Thelma Houston
You used to hold me

Evelyn "Champagne" King
Shame

Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross
The best things in life are free

Elbow Bones & the Racketeers
A night in New York

Shalamar
I can make you feel good

Al Hudson
You can do it

Shirley Ellis
The clapping song

Babe Ruth
Elusive

Eloise Laws
Love factory

Phyllis Hyman
You know how to love me

Real Thing
Can you feel the force

Earth Wind and Fire
Boogie wonderland

Chaka Khan
I feel for you

Gladys Knight & the Pips
Better than a good time

Ce Ce Peniston
Finally

BT Express
Does it feel good

Futures
Partytime man

Gladys Knight & the Pips
Just walk in my shoes

Thursday, 26 November

Detroit Spinners
Rubberband Man

Alexander O'Neal
The lovers

Sunny
Doctor's orders

Michael Jackson
Off the wall

David Joseph
You can't hide your love

Heatwave
Gangsters of the groove

Shalamar
There it is

Whispers
And the beat goes on

Donna Summer
Love's unkind

Stacy Lattisaw
Jump to the beat

Commodores
Lady, you bring me up

Chanson
Don't hold back

Paul Anka
I can't help loving you

Isley Brothers
My love is your love

Mel and Tim
Backfield in motion

Tavares
Don't take away the music

Three Degrees
Giving up giving in

Alexander O'Neal
Fake

Alexander O'Neal
What can I say

Eruption
I can't stand the rain

Sharon Redd
Can you handle it

Manu Dibango
Big blow

Bee Gees
You should be dancing

Sam and Dave
Soul man

Thursday, 19 November

First Choice
Armed and extremely dangerous

Tavares
It only takes a minute

Diana Ross
The boss

Gibson Brothers
Que sera

Earth, Wind and Fire
Back on the road

Players Association
Turn the music up

Howard Johnson
Keeping love new

George Benson
On Broadway

Candido
Jingo

San Remo Strings
Festival time

Javells
Goodbye, nothing to say

Joe Simon
No sad songs

Elvin Bishop
Fooled around and fell in love

Earth, Wind and Fire
Boogie wonderland

Manhattan Transfer
Spice of life

Harold Melvin
The love I lost

Janet Jackson
When I think of you

Michael Jackson
Rockin' Robin

Diana Ross
Surrender

Gap Band
Early in the morning

Aretha Franklin
One step ahead

Angie Stone
Wish I didn't miss you so much

Narada Michael Walden
Tonight I'm alright

Thursday, 12 November

Kool & the Gang
Celebration

Fatback Band
Are you ready ( do the bus stop )

Kool & the Gang
Spirit of the boogie

Shalamar
Right in the socket

Rick James
Give it to me baby

Funkadelic
One nation under a groove

Wilson Pickett
In the midnight hour

Detroit Emeralds
Feel the need in me

Andrea True Connection
More, more, more

Donna Summer
Once upon a time

Donna Summer
Rumour has it

R Dean Taylor
Ghost in my house

Barbara Lynn
Movin' on a groove

Donnie Elbert
Little piece of leather

Al Wilson
The snake

Whispers
I can make it better

Kid Creole & the Coconuts
I'm a wonderful thing baby

Shakatak
Rio nights

Sly & the family Stone
Everyday people

Commodores
Brick house

Commodores
Machine gun

Commodores
Lady, you bring me up

Stevie Wonder
Do I do

Boney James
Grazin' in the grass

Atlantis
Movin' and groovin'

James Brown
Sex machine

Thursday, 5 November

Shalamar
I can make you feel good

Harry Thumann
Underwater

Brothers Johnson
Ride-O-Rocket

Showstoppers
Ain't nothin' but a houseparty

Bobby Thurston
Check out the groove

Gladys Knight and the Pips
Taste of bitter love

Shalamar
Second time around

Brothers
Are you ready for this

Peppers
Pepperbox

Mistura
The flasher

K C & the Sunshine Band
Queen of clubs

Azymuth
Jazz carnival

Deniece Williams
I've got the next dance

Jacksons
Can you feel it

Cheryl Lynn
Got to be real

Barry White
Don't make me wait so long

Marvin Gaye
I heard it through the grapevine

Four Tops
Reach out, I'll be there

Supremes
Come see about me

Four Tops
The same old song

Della Reese
If it feels good do it

Futures
Party time man

John Handy
Hard work

Aquarian dream
You're a star

B T Express
Does it feel good to you

Thursday, 29 October

Tymes
You little trustmaker

Trammps
Hold back the night

Pointer Sisters
I'm so excited

Real Thing
Can you feel the force

Aretha Franklin
Freeway of love

Level 42
Running in the family

Three Degrees
My simple heart

D Train
You're the one for me

Jackie Moore
This time baby

Jay and the Techniques
Apples, peaches, pumpkin pie

Gene Chandler
There was a time

Clarence Carter
Messin' with my mind

Trammps
Disco inferno

Jacksons
Shake your body down to the ground

Sister Sledge
Lost in music

Donna Summer
I feel love

Marvelettes
Destination anywhere Jones Girls
Nights over Egypt

Futures
Partytime man

First Choice
Let me down easy

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Two can have a party

Thursday, 22 October

Archie Bell and the Drells
Here I go again

Liquid Gold
Dance yourself dizzy

Joe Tex
Ain't gonna bump no more

Peoples Choice
Do it anyway you wanna

Dave Valentine
Loquita(crazy lady)

Donna Summer
Could it be magic

Brothers Johnson
Stomp

Gap Band
Oops upside your head

Fatback Band
Spanish hustle

Bombers
Everybody get dancin'

Bobby Womack
So many rivers

Earth Wind and Fire
Sing a song

Jackie Wilson
Because of you

Willie Hutch
Love runs out

Jackie Wilson
The who who song

Whispers
I can make it better

Keni Burke
Let somebody love you

GQ Band
Disco nights (rock freak)

Gwen McCrae
Keep the fire burning

Gladys Knight & the Pips
I don't want to do wrong

Gladys Knight & the Pips
If I were your woman

Gladys Knight & the Pips
Take me in your arms

Bee Gees
You should be dancing

Mystic Merlin
Just can't give you up

Stevie Wonder
Superstition

Thursday, 15 October

Billy Ocean
Red light spells danger

Kool and the Gang
Straight ahead

Average White Band
Lets go round again

Patrice Rushen
Forget me nots

Linx
You're lying

Central Line
Walking on sunshine

Edwin Starr
HAPPY Radio

Intruders
I'll always love my momma

Gladys Knight and the Pips
Taste of bitter love

Katmandu
The break

Rose Royce
RR Express

Jackie Wilson
Baby workout

Lenny Williams
Shoo doo fu fu ooh

Marvin Gaye
Can I get a witness

Sylvester
You make me feel mighty real

Chic
Good times

Atlantis
Movin' and groovin'

Voyage
From East to West

Earl Van Dyke
Soul stomp

Earl Van Dyke
The flick

Earl Van Dyke
All for you

Jacksons
Shake your body down to the ground

Light of the world
London town

Stevie Wonder
Another star

Shakatak
Dark is the night

Thursday, 8 October

Jaki Graham
Round and round

Evelyn "Champagne" King
Shame

Earth Wind and Fire
In the stone

Junior
Mama used to say

Kool and the Gang
Straight ahead

O'Jays
Message in our music

Temptations
Ball of confusion

Harry Thumann
Underwater

Aretha Franklin
Get it right

Chaka Khan
Clouds

Ronnie McNeir
Light my fire

MVPs
Turning my heartbeat up

R Dean Taylor
A ghost in my house

Odyssey
Use it up and where it out

Gloria Gaynor
I will survive

Barry White
Baby we better try to get it together

MFSB
Mysteries of the world

Mary Wells
When I'm gone

Mary Wells
Can't you see (you're losing me)

Mary Wells
My guy

Wild Cherry
Play that funky music

Billy Ocean
Caribbean Queen

Billy Paul
Your song

Bobby Womack
Daylight

Tata Vega
Full speed ahead

Thursday, 1 Octoberp>James Brown
Get up offa that thing

Elbow Bones & the Racketeers
A night in New York

Edwin Starr
Contact

Al Hudson & the Soul Partners
You can do it

T C Curtis
Should have known better

Shalamar
A night to remember

Carl Carlton
She's a bad mama jama

Change
Searching

Shakatak
Easier said than done

Boz Scaggs
Low down

Stylistics
Funky weekend

Otis Smith
Let her go

Roscoe Robinson
Thats enough

Ambers
Potions of love

Fontella Bass
Rescue me

Dan Hartman
Relight my fire

Lou Rawls
Fine brown frame

Elgins
Heaven must have sent you

Barry White
Just the way you are

Jimmy Ruffin
I've passed this way before

Jimmy Ruffin
I'll say forever my love

Jimmy Ruffin
Its wonderful to be loved by you

Jimmy Ruffin
Gonna give her all the love I got

Katmandu
The break

Bombers
Everybody get dancin'

Ronnie Laws
Every generation

Kool & the Gang
Tonights the night

Thursday, 24 September

Sly and the Family Stone
Dance to the music

Crown Heights Affair
You gave me love

Trammps
Disco inferno

Patrick Cowley & Sylvester
Do you wanna funk

Dazz Band
Let it all blow

War
Low rider

Level 42
Love games

McFadden & Whitehead
Ain't no stoppin' us now

Tavares
Heaven must be missing an angel

Prince Philip Mitchell
I'm so happy

Gil Scott Heron
In the bottle

Donald Byrd
Fallin' like dominoes

Fat Larry's Band
Act like you know

Dayton
Sound of the music

Floaters
Float on

Midnight Star
Midas touch

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Tracks of my tears

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
I second that emotion

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Going to a go go

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Tears of a clown

Sister Sledge
Lost in music

Wilton Felder
Inherit the wind

Angie Stone
Wish I didn't miss you

Destination
Move on up

Thursday, 17 Septemberp>Billy Paul
Only the strong survive

Isley Brothers
That lady

Donald Byrd
Love has come around

George Benson
Love ballad

Sunny
Doctors orders

O'Jays
Darlin' darlin' baby

Hi Gloss
You'll never know

Teena Marie
I need your lovin'

Freeez
Southern freeez

Donna Summer
I feel love

Evelyn Thomas
Weak spot

Shirley Ellis
Soultime

Peppers
Pepperbox

Edwin Starr
War

Rose Royce
Do your dance

Instant Funk
I got my mind made up

Bee Gees
You should be dancing

Isley Brothers
Behind a painted smile

Isley Brothers
Tell me its just a rumour baby

Isley Brothers
I guess I'll always love you

Isley Brothers
This old heart of mine

D Train
Keep on

Fatback Band
Is this the future

Jr Walker & the Allstars
Got to hold on to this feeling

Nolen & Crossley
Ready or not

Frank Wilson
Do I love you

Thursday, 10 September

Donna Summer
I love you

Aretha Franklin
Who's zoomin' who ?

Odyssey
Inside out

Diana Ross
I'm coming out

Alexander O'Neal
Fake

Narada Michael Walden
Tonight I'm alright

K C & the Sunshine Band
(You said you'd) gimme some more

Kleeer
Keep your body workin'

Rick James
Super freak

Lowrell
Mellow mellow

Sam Cooke
Another Saturday night

Elgins
Heaven must have sent you

Reflections
(Just like) Romeo and Juliet

Lou Johnson
Unsatisfied

Darrell Banks
Angel Baby

Stacy Lattisaw
Jump to the beat

Whispers
And the beat goes on

D Train
Walk on by

Undisputed Truth
You + me = love

Eddie Holland
Candy to me

Eddie Holland
Just ain't enough love

Eddie Holland
Take me in your arms

Gayle Adams
Your love is a lifesaver

Shakatak
Dark is the night

Rah Band
Falcon

Evelyn "Champagne" King
I don't know if its right

Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke

Thursday, 3 September

Tavares
Don't take away the music

Labelle
Lady Marmalade

Atlantic Starr
Circles

Three Degrees
Dirty ol' man

Eddie Henderson
Prance on

Alicia Bridges
I love the nightlife

Bobby Womack
So many sides of you

Shalamar
Friends

Pointer Sisters
I'm so excited

Roy Ayers
Running away

Hi Tension
Hi Tension

Jackie Wilson
Because of you

Playthings
Stop what you're doing to me

Mel and Tim
Backfield in motion

Lionel Richie
Dancing on the ceiling

Candido
Jingo

Donna Summer
State of independance

Phyllis Hyman
Screaming at the moon

Gladys Knight
If I were your woman

Gladys Knight
If you ever get your hands on love

Gladys Knight
Just walk in my shoes

Rose Royce
I'm in love

Gerald Albright
4 on the floor

Change
Paradise

Lou Rawls
You can't go home

Thursday, 27 August


Stevie Wonder
Uptight (everythings alright)

Trammps
That's where the happy people go

Bar Kays
Soul finger

Isley Brothers
It's a disco night

GQ Band
Disco nights (rock freak)

Whispers
It's a love thing

MFSB
T.S.O.P.

Keni Burke
Let somebody love you

Imagination
Flashback

Change
Glow of love

Candi Staton
Suspicious minds

Contours
Just a little misunderstanding

Dells
Run for cover

Tommy Hunt
Lovin' on the losing side

Laura Greene
Moonlight, music and you

Tata Vega
Full speed ahead

Sister Sledge
He's the greatest dancer

Althia and Donna
Uptown top ranking

Four Tops
If I were a carpenter

Four Tops
7 rooms of gloom

Four Tops
Standing in the shadows of love

Four Tops
It's the same old song

Controllers
Stay

Rockers Revenge
Walking on sunshine

Debarge
Rhythm of the night

Haywoode
A time like this

Jr Walker and the Allstars
Take me girl, I'm ready

Bobby Womack
Home is where the heart is

Thursday, 20 August

Kool and the Gang
Straight ahead

Sister Sledge
Got to love somebody

Detroit Emeralds
Feel the need in me

Alicia Bridges
I love the nightlife

O'Jays
Message in our music

Sister Sledge
Lost in music

Kashif
Stone love

Len Barry
1 2 3

Brass Construction
Movin'

Edwin Star
Contact

David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks
I couldn't believe it

John Miles
One minute every hour

Darrell Banks
Our love is in the pocket

Brainstorm
Lovin' is really my game

First Choice
Let me down easy

Donna Summer
Love's unkind

Rene & Angela
I'll be good

Funk Brothers
Ain't too proud to beg

Funk Brothers
Reach out, I'll be there

Funk Brothers
The way you do the things you do

Gap Band
Big fun

Shakatak
Easier said than done

Richard Elliot
Highway 1

Shalamar
Night to remember

Thursday, 13 August

Tavares
It only takes a minute

Bobby Thurston
Check out the groove

Jimmy Ruffin
Hold on to my love

Odyssey
Native New Yorker


Dobie Gray
Out on the floor

Deniece Williams
I've got the next dance

Fatback Band
(Are you ready) Do the bus stop

Sugarhill Gang
Rappers delight

Will Downing
A love supreme

Stevie Wonder
Another star

George Benson
Never give up on a good thing

Dean Parrish
I'm on my way

Len Barry
1,2,3

Edwin Starr
gent double O soul

Willie Mitchell
That drivin' beat

Donna Summer
Heaven knows

Narada Michael Walden
I shoulda loved ya

Vicki D
This beat is mine

Marvin Gaye
Lets get it on

Marvin Gaye
I want you

Marvin Gaye
What's going on

Marvin Gaye
I heard it through the grapevine

Fat Larry's Band
A stubborn kinda fellow

Bobby Womack
Harry Hippie

Gerald Albright
To the max

Lou Rawls
You can't go home

Patti Austin
Do you love me

Thursday, 6 August

James and Bobby Purify
Morning glory

Joe Simon
Step by step

Ramsey Lewis
Wade in the water

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
The Onion song

Natalie Cole
Pink Cadillac

Lou Rawls
All time lover

Prince Philip Mitchell
I'm so happy

Chic
Dance dance dance

Phil Fearon & Galaxy
What do I do

Kool and the Gang
Get down on it

Stretch
Why did you do it

Brecker Brothers
East river

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Two can have a party

Mitch Ryder
Breakout

Velvelettes
Needle in a haystack

Supremes
Stoned love

Martha Reeves
Honey Chile

Maze
Joy and pain

Quincy Jones
Ai no corrida

Supremes
Baby love

Supremes
Where did our love go

Supremes
Automatically sunshine

Supremes
Love child

Cherelle
I didn't mean to turn you on

Aquarian Dream
You're a a star

Chaka Khan
I feel for you

Earth Wind and Fire
In the stone

Thursday, 23 July

Average White Band
Lets go round again

Four Tops
Standing in the shadows of love

Amii Stewart
Knock on wood

Vicki D
This beat is mine

Al Hudson & the Soul Partners
You can do it

Aretha Franklin
Who's zoomin' who ?

Junior
Mama used to say

Imagination
Just an illusion

Hi Gloss
You'll never know

Billy Paul
Your song

Ramsey Lewis
Wade in the water

Booker T & the MGs
Green onions

Sam & Dave
Soul man

Barbara Lynn
Trying to love two

Touchdown
Ease your mind

Stephanie Mills
Never knew love like this before

Chaz Jankel
Glad to know you

Kim Weston
Take me in your arms

Kim Weston
Helpless

Kim Weston & Marvin Gaye
It takes two

David Joseph
You can't hide your love

Shakatak
Street walkin'

Light of the world
I shot the sheriff

Deodato
Night cruiser

Thursday, 16 July

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Dancing in the street

Temptations
Get ready

Chic
Everybody dance

Crown Heights Affair
You gave me love

Bobby Thurston
Check out the groove

Ce Ce Peniston
Finally

Detroit Spinners
Rubberband man

Real Thing
Can you feel the force

Vicky
This beat is mine

Stevie Wonder
Masterblaster

Darrell Banks
Angel baby

Wayne Gibson
Under my thumb

Jimmy Radcliffe
Long after tonight is all over

Donna Summer & Barbara Streisand
No more tears

Tata Vega
Full speed ahead

Sister Sledge
Lost in music

Billy Griffin
Hold me tighter in the rain

Temptations
Ain't too proud to beg

Temptations
Ball of confusion

Temptations
I can't get next to you

Manu Dibango
Big blow

Wilton Felder
Inherit the wind

Angie Stone
I wish I didn't miss you anymore

Change
Lover's holiday

Thursday, 9 July

K C and the Sunshine Band
That's the way I like it

Candi Staton
Suspicious Minds

Patrick Hernandez
Born to be alive

O'Jays
I love music

Shalamar
Take that to the bank

Exciters
Reaching for the best

Phyllis Hyman
You know how to love me

Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
The love I lost

Earth Wind and Fire
Got to get you into my life

Joe Tex
Show me

MVPs
Turning my heartbeat up

Bob Relf
Blowing my mind to pieces

Frank Wilson
Do I love you

Tobi Legend
Time will pass you by

Barry White
I'll do for you anything you want me to

Lou Rawls
You can't go home

Bobby Womack
Daylight

Fat Larry's Band
Act like you know

Mary Wells
Can't you see (you're gonna lose me)

Mary Wells
My guy

Mary Wells
When I'm gone

Donald Byrd
Fallin' like dominoes

First Choice
Let me down easy

Brainstorm
Lovin' is really my game

Thursday, 2 July

Gladys Knight & the Pips
Come back and finish what you started

KC and the Sunshine Band
Keep it comin' love

Barry White
Baby we better get it together

Tymes
Ms Grace

Commodores
Lady you bring me up

Donna Summer
She works hard for the money

Gibson Brothers
Cuba

Mezzoforte
Garden party

Dan Hartman
Relight my fire

Earth Wind and Fire
I Can't let go

Mike Theodore Orchestra
The bull

Chuck Woods
7 days too long

Felice Taylor
I feel love coming on

Dobie Gray
In crowd

Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke

Sugarhill Gang
Rappers delight

Central Line
Walking into sunshine

Four Tops
7 lonely night

Four Tops
Turn to stone

Four Tops
7 rooms of gloom

Four Tops
Are you man enough

O'Jays
Summer fling

Kenny G
All in one night

Bobby Womack
So many sides of you

Tymes
You little trustmaker

Thursday, 25 June

Edwin Starr
HAPPY Radio

Wild Cherry
Play that funky music

Earth Wind and Fire
Boogie Wonderland

Bell & James
Livin' it up ( Friday night )

Average White Band
Pick up the pieces

Fatback Band
Backstrokin'

Donna Summer
Hot stuff

Chic
Dance dance dance

Four Tops
When she was my girl

Michael Jackson
Girlfriend

Joe Simon
No sad songs

Mike Post Coalition
Afternoon of the rhino

Al Wilson
The snake

Contours
Just a little misunderstanding

Supremes
Floy joy

Gladys Knight
It's a better than a good time

Jimmy James
A man like me

Barry White
Sho you right

Edwin Starr
25 miles

Edwin Starr
Agent double O soul

Edwin Starr
Headline news

Edwin Starr
SOS Stop her on sight

Mirage
Summer groove

Melba Moore
Pick me up and I'll dance

O'Jays
I love music

George Benson
Turn your love around

Millie Jackson
My man a sweet man




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