Major Lance sang so many terrific songs. They were all so upbeat -- and everybody was singing along. He performed songs written by Curtis Mayfield (remember "The Impressions"?), Laura Nyro, and was always a transistor radio sensation. When you heard Major Lance singing, he just made you feel great inside and you just had to sing along.
Although he's probably known best for "Do The Monkey," and "It's Alright" [which was covered beautifully by by Huey Lewis decades later] the most soulful sensation in RadioDAZZ' estimation was this one: "Um Um Um Um Um Um." Gents, fellows, and homies, let me warn you... if you don't do right by your woman, you'll be sitting on a park bench (try to find a spot that the pigeons haven't gotten to first) singing this song.
Listen to it twice -- once to just be DAZZled by it, and the second time to listen carefully to those great lyrics. Curtis Mayfield wrote this song when he was only 20 years old. So, click on the link or on the YouTube video player ['s up, Player?] and treat yourself to something great. Both the writer and the performer have passed, but they're immortalized in vinyl.
Now listen here, y'all - Uncle DAZZ loves you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g02WmLzozs8
A fellow commenting on this You Tube video made this wonderful observation:
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Just as "Love Don't Love Nobody," music has no color. Black, white -- good music touches every soul regardless of its container. Don't forget.
RadioDAZZ