After talking to David Eye on another thread, now I am starting a thread on forgotten slow jams.

Name some old slow jams that most people have seemed to have forgotten these days.

I'll start with:

Golden Touch - Rose Royce
A Penny For Your Thoughts - Tavares
I Believe In Love - Rockie Robbins
Too Lonely Too Be Alone - Kwick
I've Never Been To Me - The Temptations
When You Touch Me - Skyy
I Can't Love Any More - Teena Marie
Who's Sad - Smokey Robinson
You Are Forever - Smokey Robinson
Forever By Your Side - The Manhattens
If You're Not Here By My Side - Menudo
Fairytale Lover - UTFO
Make Believe Lovers - The Barkays
Don't Go - Dreamboy
Guess You Didn't Know That I Love You - One Way

We were talking about slow jams with a "rap" in them last week. There is a slow jam that I had not heard in years and I heard it today on the radio. I guess it's Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, I'm not sure.

Anyway, the male lead singer has a "rap" at the beginning of the song and he is talking to his woman who has just hung up the phone. He pauses for a few seconds each time he speaks like he is waiting and then replying to her response.

The lady DJ at the station, Lady V, who has been on the air here for years, was responding to each and every question he asked, as if she was the woman he was talking to. She responded with answers perfectly that matched his response and her timing was absolutely perfect before he answered her.

It goes kind of like this:

Singer: Who was that you were talking to on the phone?

Lady V: Oh, I was just talking to my girlfriend on the phone.

Singer: Oh, you were talking to your girlfriend, huh? Well, why did you hang up? (I'm not sure of his exact words, I'm just trying to give you the picture).

Singer: When I come in you act funny, you act like you're afraid for me to touch you.

Lady V: I'm not acting funny, I've just got somewhere to go.

Singer: Where are you going?

Lady V: My and my girlfriend are going up to the store.

Singer: Wait a minute, I want to talk to you.

Lady V: Look now baby, I got to go now, my girlfriend's outside.

Singer: Come here sit down, I need to talk to you.

Lady V: Come on now baby, I told you my girlfriend's outside and I got to go.

Singer: I know your girlfriend's out there, I need to talk to you about this.

These aren't the exact "quote for quote" words but the "rap" is basically about a man thinking a woman is leaving the house to go out and cheat on him before the singing starts.

I had forgotten how good the local DJ, Lady V, could be when she wanted to be...but of course, she's been around since the "old school".

I haven't heard this song in years but I heard it the other day in my car on the way back to work from lunch. I got out of the car to go in to work before the singing started. Does anyone know what song I am talking about? Is this Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes?

Someone To Love Me For Me - Lisa Lisa

If You Were There - Isley Brothers

How Love Hurts / Wish That I Can Talk To You - Sylvers

Day By Day - The Continental 4

Walk Right Up To The Sun - Delfonics

Somebody Loves You (very rare) - The Moments

Shoe Shoe Shine - Dynamic Superiors

'i remember when...
shoe shine used 2 cost a dime
a nickel will buy ya plenty'

paisleypark4 said:

Somebody Loves you is a the B-side to "Sunday" by the Moments on Stang..not that rare at all

TheRealFiness said:

TheRealFiness said:

THATs...THATS IT!!!

I have never seen it b4. It is very rare where I am, in Minneapolis there are no Stang record labeled albums up here.

Sunday was a bright day, yesterday
Dark cloud has come in2 my way..

I have Somebody Loves You on a old TDK cassette. It instantly became one of my favorite "mommy's oldies" jams.

paisleypark4 said:

lemme hitcha wit somethin' watch ya orgnotes

"House Of Wood" - Mandrill
"I Wanna Make It Up To You"- Aretha Franklin
"Alone In Brewster Bay" - Minnie Riperton
"You'll Never Know" - Rodney Franklin
"Morning Sunrise" - Twennynine and Lenny White
"Won't You Let Me Love You" - Bernard Wright
"Tell Her Love Has Felt The Need" - Eddie Kendricks
"I Want To Be By Your Side" - Syreeta (with GC Cameron)
"Open Your Eyes" - Bobby Caldwell
"I'll Always Keep" - Switch
"The Party's Over" - Bobby Nunn
"Your Love" - A Taste Of Honey
"Hey Love" - Porter Carrol, Jr.
"More Than Friends, Less Than Lovers" - One Way
"The Blue Side Of Midnight" - Narada Michael Walden
"Lover's Eve" - The Isley Brothers
"How Does It Feel" - Bloodstone
"Highways Of My Life" - Isley Brothers
"God Bless You" - Brenda Russell
"Doesn't She Know By Now" - David Spinozza
"Stranger In My Life" - Marvin Gaye
"Love's Been Gone So Long" - Tower Of Power
"Stay Awake" - Ronnie Laws
"One Million Miles From The Ground" - Dexter Wansel
"Spacey Love" -Rick James
"Little Girls" - Patti Labelle
"Love Put Me On The Corner" - Isley Brothers
"One More Time" - Aurra
"You're The One" - Jennifer Holiday
"Hurry Home" - Cheryl Lynn
"Somebody Loves Me" - Sister Sledge
"Who Am I" - O'Jays
"Payback Is A Dog" - Stylistics
"Why Did You Turn Me On" -Narada Michael Walden
"My Love" - Stacy Lattisaw
"On My Way Home To You" - Sheree Brown
"When I Found You" - Patrice Rushen
"Since You've Been Away So Long" - Don Blackman
"It's Just For You" - Marcus Miller
"Thank You" - Slave
"Strangers Again" - Rene and Angela
"Share" - Lil' Louis & The World
"No Sympathy" -Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg
"Song For A Rainy Day" - Angela Bofill
"Family" - Frankie Beverly and Maze




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[Edited 2/9/05 9:31am]

Some favorites:

Everything I Miss at Home - Cherelle

Love Makes Things Happen - Pebbles w/Babyface

Love You Down - Ready for the World

One Love - Whodini

Black Butterfly - Denice Williams

Say It Again - Jermaine Stewart

Heaven Help Me - Deon Estes

This is my list 4 now:

Go On & Cry - Bloodstone
Outside Woman - Bloodstone
I'm So Glad I Took My Time - The Floaters
Sweet Harmony - Smokey Robinson (Somehow I think Prince wished he wrote this song)
Jermaine Jackson _ Some Kinda Woman
I Stole Some Love - Don Covay
Leave Him _ Don Covay
It Ain't What's On The Woman - Jimmy Lewis
Ain't I Been Good 2 U - Isley Brothers
Don't Call Me Brother _ The O'jays
Stairway 2 Heaven - The O'jays
If Lovin U is wrong ... - Millie Jackson
Lovin' Arms - Millie Jackson
It Hurts So Good _ Millie Jackson
The Happiest Days - Slave
The Train - Damn 4got the name of the group, but I think it was sumtin' with Connection
What Makes U Wanna Lie 2 Me - Merge
Stolen Pleasures - Freedom Express
Harry Hippie _ Bobby Womack
Wrapped Up In Ur Love - Tyrone Davis (R.I.P.)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes R VERY Recognizable!!!

"Girls"--The Whatnauts
Hold Me Tighter in the Rain--Billy Griffin
("If You Let Me Make Love to You) Then Why Can't I Touch You?"--Ronnie Dyson
"There'll Never Be"--Switch
"Maria"--Michael Jackson"
"Stairway to Heaven"--The O'Jays
"Isn't It A Shame" / "You Are My Friend"--Labelle
"Sending My Love"--Zhane
"My, My, My"--Johnnie Gill
"Joy"--Blackstreet
"Tell It Like It Is"--Heart

Straight From The Heart - Con-Funk-Shun
Baby I Confess - Sun
Running In And Out Of My Life - The Barkays
I Might As Well Forget About Loving You - The Dazz Band
Love In The Night - Rick James
We Go A Long Way Back - Bloodstone
Love Songs Are Back Again - Band Of Gold
Dear Michael - Kim Fields
Feels Like I'm Falling In Love - The Barkays
When We Get Married - Larry Graham
Say Yes - Lakeside
Dont Be Lonely - Sho-Nuff
What Am I Gonna Do - Sho-Nuff
Woman - Ebonee Webb
Deliver Us - The Barkays
Knock Knock - The Dazz Band
Got To Be There - Chaka Khan
I Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Lakeside
I Can't Believe You're Leaving Me - The Barkays
I've Made Love To You A Thousand Times - Smokey Robinson
Taking Applications - Richard "Dimples" Fields
Hollywood - Rick James
I Can't Get Over You - The Gap Band
Miracles - Stacy Lattisaw
Take The Time To Love Somebody - The Barkays
Open Your Heart - The Barkays
Stormy Love - Rick James
Don't Give Up On Love - Rick James

Queen Of My Heart- DeBarge

Find One Hundred Ways- James Ingraham

Still Say Yes- Klymaxx

Love's Train
Computer Love
Don't Disturb This Groove - The Deele
Shoot 'Em Up Movies
A Dream - DeBarge
I Miss You - Klymaxx
Tender Love - Force MD's
Slide Over - Ready For The World
Friend - Patti LaBelle
And I'm Tellin You - Jennifer Lewis

1sexymf said:

( u Mean Jennifer Holliday)

TheRealFiness said:

nope. Holiday

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[Edited 2/10/05 5:55am]

Dancelot said:

dont make me get my stun gun

TheRealFiness said:

You're right - my bad.

Some mo'

Elvina - Beau Williams
Stranger - LTD
Varee Is Love - The Ohio Players
Now U'r Gone - Curtis Mayfield
Mr. Melody Man - Parlett
Hey Girl - The Temptations
Stop Half Lovin' These Women - Jimmy Lewis
Love's Just 4 Me - The Meters
Birds - The Meters
Let's Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles
Caught Up In The Middle - Dayton
2nd Chance - ZZ Hill
What Can I Tell Her - Timmy Thomas
Stay A While With Me - The Dazz Band
Eenie Meenie - Jeffrey Osborne
She's Got Papers On Me - Richard Dimples Fields
Love On A 2 Way Street - Stacy Lattisaw
Let The Feelin' Flow - Peabo Bryson
Where Do I Put His Memory - Gladys Knight & The Pips

And so on .....

valentine love -- norman connors
you sure know how to ball -- marvin gaye
it might be you -- roberta flack version
try something new -- a taste of honey
lady of magic -- maze
kisses don't lie -- evelyn "champagne" king
superwoman (where were you when i needed you) -- stevie wonder
just call my name -- alison (forgot her last name)

DavidEye said:

prodigalfan said:

I saw Tavares a few months ago on a PBS Disco special.They performed their hits "More Than A Woman" and "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel".So they're still around,but they are now a trio.Two of the other brothers are no longer performing.

man,these are some impressive lists!!