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The Very Best of Major Lance
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Track Listing
- Monkey Time
- Delilah
- Mama Didn't Know
- Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um
- Hey Little Girl
- It Ain't No Use
- Ain't It a Shame
- Girls
- Matador
- Rhythm
- I'm So Lost
- Sometimes I Wonder
- Come See
- Too Hot to Hold
- It's the Beat
- Without a Doubt
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #126437 in Music
- Brand: Sony
- Released on: 2000-09-05
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
a must for mayfield fans
Major Lance was a protege of the great Curtis Mayfield. His Sixties recordings were great examples of Chicago sweet Soul. This collection brings together all of his biggest hits and most of his best tracks. The songwriting, arranging and producing is mainly by Curtis Mayfield and is very much in the vein of his classic work with The Impressions--melodic, rhythmically interesting and compelling. Major Lance is vocally quite worthy of the material. The results are a must for any Mayfield fan.
THIS IS AN R&B CLASSIC.
IF YOU'RE AN R&B AFICIONADO THIS A MUST FOR YOUR COLLECTION. THE CD HAS HIT AFTER HIT AND WILL TAKE YOUR MEMORY WAY BACK TO THE EARLY TO MID 1960'S. MANY OF THESE SONGS WERE WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY THE LATE CURTIS MAYFIELD. "MONKEY TIME" IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES. YOU'LL ALSO LIKE THE VERSION BY LAURA NYRO ON HER ALBUM "GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE" FEATURING LABELLE.
No Beauty Here Folks, Just Pure Raw Talent
I imagine back in the day they didn't quite know what to do with the Major; he was nothing to look at, no matter how they did up his hair! Well, he was a boxer, raw, inelegant, much like that other singing boxer, Jackie Wilson. But what they both had in common besides their vocation was they both had pipes, and they both, unsurprisingly, had some crazy footwork going for them! Curtis Mayfield wrote some killer songs for him, though, and the Major remains a somewhat underappreciated talent. He would have never made it in the MTV age without reconstructive surgery, but in the early 60s all there was was American Bandstand, and that was Major Lance's place to shine! Listen to "Monkey Time" and hear The Impressions as back up singers!
