DOWNTOWN SOULVILLE   with Mr. Fine Wine
         Fridays 6PM-7PM, WFMU - FM 91.1 East Orange, NJ
                          WXHD 90.1 FM Mount Hope, NY
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January 1, 1999
Top 45 45s!

  1. Carlton "King" Coleman, "The Boo Boo Song" (King)...look and see if Jack & Jill are WHAT?!?
  2. B.B. Brown, "Low Down Dirty Tramp" (Dit Dot)...wild Florida pounder...from 1977?!?
  3. Don Gardner, "My Baby Likes to Boogaloo" (Tru-Glo-Town)...its second appearance in the top 3!
  4. Marsha Gee, "The Peanut Duck" (Joker bootleg)...Cantonese delicacy or insane dancer?
  5. Nelson Sanders, "Your Sweet Love" (Petcol)...from Nelson's generous heart, to my greedy hands, to your lucky ears!
  6. George Jackson, "Don't Use Me" (Mercury)...guitar-driven sockdolager...with the "My Woman from Tokyo" riff!
  7. Jimmy "Preacher" Ellis, "I'm Gonna Do It by Myself" (Jewel)...low-down, lascivious chugger!
  8. Sidney Barnes, "You'll Always Be in Style" (Red Bird)...a brilliant two- and-a-half-minute marketing seminar!
  9. (TIE) Nathaniel Mayer, "From Now On" (Fortune)...Fortune's finest!
      Nathaniel Mayer, "I Want Love and Affection (Not the House of Correction)"(Fortune)...sorry, Andre!
11. Nelson Sanders, "This Love Is Here to Stay" (La Beat)...check him out Fridays and Saturdays at the Dynamic Lounge, on Livernois just north of Warren
in Detroit!
12. Harvey, "Any Way You Wanta" (Tri Phi)...genius with a cha-cha beat!
13. Lester Young, "Barefootin' Time in Chinatown" (Barry!)...probably not a goodidea at, say, Sun Lok Kee!
14. The Fuller Brothers, "Moanin', Groanin', and Cryin' "...and yelping, and shouting, and singing their asses off!
15. Big Maybelle, "Quittin' Time" (Rojac)...fastest record in the countdown!
16. J.J. Jackson, "Oo Ma Liddi" (Prelude)...manic gibberish you can dance to... i.e., a timeless classic!
17. Pervis LaVawn, "Soul Dance No. 3" (Blackjack)...easily trumps Mr. Pickett's version!
18. Etta James, "Mellow Fellow" (Argo)...wherein Etta reveals her taste for men in alpaca sweaters!
19. Bobby Marchan, "Get Down With It" (Dial)..."When I say hold it, I mean HOLD it!"
20. King Coleman, "Show Me What You Got (Pt. 1)" (Big Apple)..."discovered" on the Downtown Soulville show!
21. Jackie Paine, "Go Go Train" (Jet Stream)...produced by renowned child enthusiast Huey Meaux!
22. Thelma Jones, "Souvenirs of a Heartbreak" (Barry!)...pounding New York City tearjerker!
23. Roger Collins, "Foxy Girls in Oakland" (Galaxy)...what exactly is the address of that candy store, Roger?
24. Eldridge Holmes, "Humpback" (Jet Set)...double-entendre-laden New Orleans dancer!
25. Young Jessie, "You Were Meant for Me" (Mercury)...West Coast mover by onetime Coaster Obediah Jessie!
26. Sam Dees, "Soul Sister" (Lo Lo)...heavy, heavy raw-throated killer!
27. Buddy Lamp, "My Tears" (Double L)..."Tee-ee-ee-ee-ears come streamin' down!"28. Emanuel Laskey, "Welfare Cheese" (Thelma)...gouda one from the Motor City!
29. The Olympics, "Baby Do the Philly Dog" (Mirwood)...apparently, you have to bend over to do this one!
30. Danny Freeman & the Soul Superiors, "Jungle Walk" (WSJ Sound)...bonus pointsfor jungle noises!
31. Bobby Patterson & the Mustangs, "Broadway Ain't Funky No More" (Jet Star)...eerily prescient...been to Times Square lately?
32. Larry Atkins, "Ain't That Love Enough" (Highland)...pure California class!
33. Joe Johnson, "Rattlesnake, Baby, Rattlesnake" (Galaxy)...potentially fatal dance!
34. Rose Battiste, "Hit and Run" (Revilot)...Detroit's pipsqueak-voiced answer to Dolly Parton!
35. Z.Z. Hill, "Gimme Gimme" (Kent)...later ripped off by the appropriately named Fine Young Cannibals!
36. King Coleman, "Do the Booga Lou" (Port)...his record-smashing third appearance herein!
37. Bobby Wells, "Let's Copp a Groove" (Romur)..."Take off your coat, rock the boat!"
38. Herman the Soul Burner, "Louisiana Rapper" (Jay-Cee)..."I'm the man who madethe COW say wow!"
39. Willie Smith & the Mighty Steps of Rhythm, "My Soul Baby" (Royal)...lo-fi mayhem!
40. Virgie Till, "Loose Me Love" (Glover)...uptempo urgency!
41. Li'l Willie & the Rockin' Imperials, "Crazy Stomp" (Golden)...what an understatement!
42. Big Ella, "The Queen" (Rush)...her royal highness orders you to do the boogaloo!
43. Gunga Din, "Crabcakes" (Valise)...pass the tartar sauce, mon!
44. Irene & the Scotts, "I'm Stuck on My Baby" (Smash)...walloping Detroit screamer!
45. Chuck Edwards, "Downtown Soulville" (Punch)...every week for four years and still kicking!