Thanks, ArchCarrier. This was fun. As mentioned on one of the other threads, I was mega-busy during the nominations and voting period so my ballot was thrown together at the last minute with tons of write-ins… and even then I completely forgot MJ's "Ain't No Sunshine" and The Commodores' "Sail On", two of my all-time favourite singles. These should have been in my top 3.
Here's my ballot (largely disco-free given we'd already done that poll).
1-50 (ranked)Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand NewStylistics - People Make The World Go RoundUndisputed Truth - Ball Of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) Aretha Franklin - Rock SteadyBilly Preston - Outa-SpaceDiana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High EnoughHerman Kelly - Dance To the Drummer’s BeatO’Jays - Love TrainStevie Wonder - Living for the CityBill Withers - Lean on MePleasure - JoyousJimmy Castor Bunch - It’s Just BegunPointer Sisters - Pinball Number CountCommodores - EasyJohnny Nash - I Can See Clearly NowIsley Brothers - Fight the PowerFirst Choice - Yes, Maybe NoKC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of ClubsEmotions - Blind AlleyHot Chocolate - Every 1's a WinnerIncredible Bongo Band - ApacheLyn Collins - Think (About It)Jackson 5 - Hum Along and Dance5th Dimension - One Less Bell to Answer20th Century Steel Band - Heaven and Hell Is On EarthAverage White Band - Pick Up the PiecesIsaac Hayes - JoyPointer Sisters - Yes We Can CanCandi Staton - Mr and Mrs UntrueFreda Payne - Unhooked GenerationDavid Porter - I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is OverWar - Low RiderFatback Band - Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)S.O.U.L. - Burning SpearChairmen of the Board - Finders KeepersBetty Wright - Clean Up WomanBilly Paul - Me and Mrs. JonesChi-Lites - Stoned Out of My MindGil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedCurtis Mayfield - Move on UpChic - At Last I Am FreeStylistics - Betcha By Golly, WowCharles Wright & The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - Express YourselfDionne Warwick & The Spinners - Then Came You Chi-Lites - Oh GirlSpinners - Ghetto ChildKool & The Gang - Jungle BoogieAaron Neville - HerculesChi-Lites - Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
51 to 100 (unranked):Al Green - Let's Stay TogetherAnn Peebles - I'm Going to Tear Your Playhouse DownAshford & Simpson - Main LineB.T. Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My EverythingBlackbyrds - Rock Creek ParkBobby Womack - Across 110th StreetBrick - DazzBrothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23Cymande - The MessageDetroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in MeDiana Ross and Marvin Gaye - You Are EverythingEarth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the WorldEdwin Starr - WarFive Stairsteps - O-o-h ChildFloaters - Float OnFour Tops - Still Water (Love)Funkadelic - One Nation Under a GrooveGeorge McCrae - Rock Your BabyGladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to GeorgiaHoney Cone - Want AdsHues Corporation - Rock the BoatJames Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex MachineJoe Simon - Drowning in the Sea of LoveJoe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)Johnny Bristol - Hang on in There BabyLabi Siffre - I Got the…Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared to WhatMaceo & The Macks - Cross the TracksMajor Harris - Love Won't Let Me WaitMarvin Gaye - Trouble ManMinnie Riperton - Lovin' YouMiracles - Love MachineMSFB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)O'Jays - Back StabbersPatti Jo - Make Me Believe in YouPeaches & Herb - ReunitedPointer Sisters - Pointer Sisters - How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your FaceRose Royce - Wishing on a StarRufus Thomas - The BreakdownSly & The Family Stone - Runnin' AwaySupremes - Stoned LoveSylvia - Pillow TalkSyreeta - I Love Every Little Thing About YouTemptations - Papa Was a Rollin' StoneTimmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live TogetherUndisputed Truth - Smiling Faces SometimesVan McCoy - The HustleWilliam DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got
― Jeff W, Saturday, 15 April 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
^oh yeah, and I had a one-artist rule, with exceptions made for The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, The O'Jays and the Undisputed Truth
― Jeff W, Saturday, 15 April 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link
That makes 71 for the first half of the decade, and 29 for the second half.
Pretty much the inverse on my ballot.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Saturday, 15 April 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
One more vote for the 80s next. A 60s poll would have far fewer opportunities for reappraisals and rediscoveries.
― Ρεμπετολογια, Saturday, 15 April 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
Great poll, thanks ArchCarrier! Surprises all the way through.
Here's my ballot, only the top 25 is ranked. Didn't limit by artist but I did avoid voting for disco giving that most of my favourites made the disco poll and it allowed me to bump a few things I thought might need the extra points:
Marvin Gaye - Inner City BluesSpinners - I'll Be AroundCymande - BraO'Jays - Now That We Found LoveSly & The Family Stone - Runnin' AwayDiana Ross & Marvin Gaye - Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)David Bowie - Golden YearsSyreeta - Spinnin' and Spinnin'Stylistics - People Make the World Go RoundCymande - The MessageStevie Wonder - Creepin'Sly & The Family Stone - Family AffairRaydio - You Can't Change ThatStevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-AllAl Green - I'm Still in Love With YouIsley Brothers - That LadyJames Brown - King HeroinAl Green - You Ought to Be With MeDionne Warwick - You're Gonna Need MeBetty Wright - I Love the Way You LoveCurtis Mayfield - Move on UpFern Kinney - Baby Let Me Kiss YouFrankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The NightAllen Toussaint - Southern NightsFour Tops - Still Water (Love)
Ace Spectrum - Don't Send Nobody ElseAl Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)Al Green - Love and HappinessAretha Franklin - Day DreamingAnn Peebles - I'm Going to Tear Your Playhouse DownBarry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More BabyBill Withers - Grandma's HandsBill Withers - Make a Smile for MeBill Withers - Use MeBobby "Blue" Bland - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the CityBobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do for LoveBobby Womack - Across 110th StreetBobby Womack - I Can Understand ItBobby Womack - Nobody Wants You When You're Down and OutBrass Construction - LoveBrick - HappyChairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More TimeChi-Lites - 24 Hours of SadnessCommodores - EasyCurtis Mayfield - Freddie's DeadCymande - Brothers on the SlideCymande - DoveDavid Ruffin - Walk Away From LoveDelfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)Delfonics - When You Get Right Down to ItDiana Ross & Marvin Gaye - My Mistake (Was to Love You)Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha GetEarth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the WorldEddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of MindEddie Kendricks - My People...Hold OnFreda Payne - Band of GoldFunkadelic - Cosmic SlopFunkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It OnGaturs - Cold BearGeorge McCrae - I Get LiftedGil Scott-Heron - Home Is Where the Hatred IsHarold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad LuckHarold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss YouHoney Cone - Want AdsHot Chocolate - Put Your Love in MeIsaac Hayes - The Look of LoveIsley Brothers - Get Into SomethingIsley Brothers - Footsteps in the DarkJames Brown - The BossJames Fountain - Seven Day LoverJean Knight - Mr. Big StuffJoe Simon - Drowning in the Sea of LoveJohnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr - You Can't Blame MeMarvin Gaye - What's Going OnMarvin Gaye - When Did I Stop Loving You, When Did You Stop Loving MeMilton Wright - Magic MusicMinnie Riperton - Inside My LoveO'Jays - For the Love of MoneyOdyssey - Our Lives Are Shaped by What We LoveParliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and HateRaydio - Jack & JillRufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something GoodSam Dees - What's It Gonna BeShuggie Otis - Inspiration InformationShuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23Sly & The Family Stone - Just Like a BabySons of Robin Stone - Got to Get You BackSpinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in LoveStevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a ThingStevie Wonder - If You Really Love MeSyl Johnson - I Hate I Walked AwaySyreeta - Cause We've Ended as LoversSyreeta - I'm Goin' LeftTimmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live TogetherWar - All Day MusicWar - The Cisco KidWar - The World Is a GhettoWillie Hutch - Brother's Gonna Work It OutWilson Pickett - Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 15 April 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
giving given
OK, I'm cool with an 80s poll. But how to define the boundaries? Is Italo allowed? Who can come up with a good definition?
Also, for this poll we had 1 week nominating, 2 weeks voting/campaigning, 1 week rollout. Was this OK for all of you?
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 15 April 2017 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Maybe do it as an 80s R&B poll? There was an Italo poll not so long ago.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 15 April 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, just call it R&B and let anyone nominate anything. The timetable seems ok to me.
― gospodin simmel, Saturday, 15 April 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
Thanks so much to ArchCarrier for running this, it's been fantastic. Here's my ballot:
1. James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine 2. James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved3. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain4. Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All5. James Brown - Super Bad6. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair7. Funkadelic - I'll Bet You8. Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)9. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown 10. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go11. Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa12. Al Green - Tired of Being Alone13. Donna Summer - I Feel Love14. Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing15. Al Green – Take Me To The River16. B.B. King - Ain't Nobody Home17. Funkadelic - Red Hot Momma18. Funkadelic - Sexy Ways19. Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'20. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight21. Baby Huey - Listen to Me22. Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia23. Candi Staton - Summer Time24. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly25. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead26. Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby27. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back28. James Brown - Funky Drummer29. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues30. Sly & The Family Stone - In Time31. Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight32. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street33. Freda Payne - Band of Gold34. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough35. Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)36. Stevie Wonder - Living for the City37. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones38. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)39. James Brown - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing40. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover41. Raydio - You Can't Change That42. Parliament - Flashlight43. Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)44. Marvin Gaye - Is That Enough45. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive46. Chic - Good Times47. Commodores - Easy48. Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm49. Stevie Wonder – Big Brother50. Earth, Wind & Fire - September51. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain52. Funkadelic - Get Off Your Ass and Jam53. Al Green - Have You Been Making Out O.K.54. Al Green - You Say It55. Allen Toussaint - Last Train56. Aretha Franklin - Angel
57. Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces58. Bee Gees - Night Fever59. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine60. Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul61. Edwin Starr - War62. Fred Wesley & The JBs - Doing It to Death63. Funkadelic - I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing64. Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On65. Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation66. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia67. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me by Now68. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody69. Ike & Tina Turner - I Want to Take You Higher70. Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft71. Isley Brothers - Live It Up72. Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)73. Parliament - Chocolate City74. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground75. Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Off the Lights76. Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'77. Spinners - They Just Can't Stop It the (Games People Play)78. Teddy Predergrass - Only You79. Wild Tchoupitoulas - Brother John80. Marvin Gaye – When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You?81. Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter82. Meters - Fire on the Bayou83. Pointer Sisters - Fire84. James Brown - Hot Pants85. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now86. King Floyd - Groove Me87. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie88. Lou Rawls - Lady Love89. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On90. O'Jays - For the Love of Money91. Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke92. Wilson Pickett - Get Me Back on Time, Engine No. 993. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face94. Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away95. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All96. Smokey Robinson - Just My Soul Responding97. Stevie Wonder - Superstition98. Trammps - Disco Inferno99. War - Low Rider100. Winstons – Color Him Father
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 16 April 2017 01:43 (seven years ago) link
Think an 80s poll would be great, guess I sort of grew up with lots of 80s R&B, but rarely hear about any of it beside Prince, Michael Jackson and a few hits like I Feel For You. Would be really good to have something to dig into from the mid 80s which often seems like a bit of a desert.
mike t-diva, do you have a list of each track with its year? I want to start filing these track poll winners for a thing.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 16 April 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
I only did the top 100 - here it is - but you can easily get the other dates by pasting the tracks into the Discogs search box, and digging into what comes up; it seldom takes long.
1 977 13 1 Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up 19702 967 12 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair 19713 796 12 1 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 19724 699 12 1 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street 19725 693 11 0 Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 19726 633 11 0 Freda Payne - Band of Gold 19707 606 10 0 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 19738 589 9 1 Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child 19709 569 11 0 Spinners - I'll Be Around 197210 536 8 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 197811 522 9 0 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover 197912 522 8 1 James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine 197013 476 8 0 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 197114 451 8 0 Chic - Good Times 197915 439 7 0 Al Green - Tired of Being Alone 197116 438 7 0 Donna Summer - I Feel Love 197717 433 7 0 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby 197418 428 7 1 Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes 197119 426 7 0 Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard 197920 425 7 0 Commodores - Easy 197721 422 6 0 Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady 197122 417 5 0 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain 197123 412 6 0 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 197924 410 8 0 Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 197125 409 8 0 Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove 197826 408 8 2 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 197127 405 6 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck 197528 401 6 0 Chic - I Want Your Love 197829 399 8 1 Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 197030 393 7 0 Parliament - Flashlight 197731 386 5 0 Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up 197732 377 7 0 Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft 197133 374 6 0 Isley Brothers - That Lady 197334 368 8 0 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain 197435 368 7 0 O'Jays - Back Stabbers 197236 365 7 0 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough 197937 364 6 0 Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 197138 360 6 0 Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round 197239 360 5 0 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown 197040 348 6 0 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 197041 345 6 0 Stylistics - Betcha by Golly, Wow 197242 344 7 0 Al Green - Love and Happiness 197343 344 5 0 Stevie Wonder - Living for the City 197344 340 7 0 Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 197345 340 5 0 O'Jays - Love Train 197246 337 6 0 McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now 197947 333 5 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody 197548 332 6 0 Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 197449 330 5 1 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues 197150 330 5 0 Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones 197251 327 6 0 Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 197352 327 5 0 Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay 197353 320 7 0 Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead 197254 320 6 0 Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and Hate 197255 320 5 0 Deniece Williams - Free 197656 317 4 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa 197157 313 6 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy 197758 312 5 0 Stevie Wonder - Creepin' 197459 309 6 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World 197560 309 5 0 Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 197061 307 6 0 Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) 197562 305 6 0 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 197363 303 7 1 Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love 197264 303 4 0 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 197065 302 5 0 Bill Withers - Lean on Me 197266 302 4 0 Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop 197367 300 4 0 Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go 197068 298 4 0 Hall & Oates - She's Gone 197369 297 6 0 Michael Jackson - Rock With You 197970 297 5 0 Dionne Warwick & the Spinners - Then Came You 197471 296 7 0 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good 197472 293 5 0 Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) 197373 292 6 0 Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time 197074 291 5 0 Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind 197375 289 5 0 Crusaders - Street Life 197976 285 5 0 Sister Sledge - Lost in Music 197977 283 6 0 Diana Ross - Love Hangover 197678 282 6 0 William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got 197479 281 5 0 Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster 197580 278 4 0 Lyn Collins - Think (About It) 197281 274 5 1 Stylistics - You Are Everything 197182 271 4 0 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 197683 271 3 1 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 197284 269 5 0 Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming 197285 269 4 0 Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness 197686 266 5 0 Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs 197187 266 4 0 Rolling Stones - Miss You 197888 264 6 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost 197389 262 3 0 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 197090 261 4 0 Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights 197591 259 5 0 Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 197492 255 6 0 Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 197093 255 5 0 Bill Withers - Use Me 197294 254 4 0 Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands 197195 249 6 0 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly 197296 249 5 0 Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) 197897 244 6 0 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 197298 244 5 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star 197099 244 4 0 Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia 1970100 244 4 0 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 1973
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 16 April 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
Since you asked for it...
Wanna Be POLLIN' Somethin' ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL! ~~~
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 18 April 2017 09:34 (seven years ago) link
i didn't manage to vote -- 'september' and 'i'll be around' might have been slightly higher -- but listening to the list makes me wonder if this was . . . the best music
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 April 2017 01:31 (six years ago) link
Not sure where to put this so one place will be this thread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYXeBQzecU
― Guidonian Handsworth Revolution (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 11:25 (six years ago) link