Blues & Soul 141 August 13-26, 1974

Cover/rear photo's: Wilson Pickett/Johnny Bristol.
Internal photo's: Wilson Pickett/Japan Airlines, Johnny Bristol, Billy Preston with Shoulder Keyboards, Fred Wesley, Hues Corporation, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Ohio Players, Don Covey, Blackberries & Vanetta Fields, The Joneses, Chris Hill, DJ Barry Kingston, Steve Ferris Brad Dange, Chris Hall, The Scotgate in Stanford, Jerry Louie & Poke, Andy Peebles & Wes Marchant at Piccadilly Radion, Wigan bages (Keep Faith & Heart Of Soul), Gladys Knight & Pips (Colour centerfold), The O'jays, Staples, Diana Ross, BB King, Gladys Knight signs autographs, Ed Townsend, Willie Hutch, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy James.
Features: Wilson Pickett,Rufus,Johnny Briston, Fred Wesley, Blackberries, Ed Townsend.
Live dates/news: None.
Advertisers: Ukrainian Club, Halifax 'Soul Nite'; Maison Royale, Bournemouth 'soul nite';A&M Billy Preston Tour; Contempo 'We Have Ways Of Making You Dance'; Mercury Don Covey & Ohio Players; Pye albums, Top Of The World, Stafford (Mondays with Keith Minshull & Kev Roberts); Wigan Casino (All-Niter with Exciters); Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury 'soul nite'; Reading Top Rank (All-Dayer); Nantwich Civic (Ben E King & Northern nite); Whitchurch Civic Centre (All-Dayer Soul Sam, Ian Lavine, Colin Curtis, Gary Powell); Tony Betheridge (T-Shirts & Bages); Intro City Soul Club, Shrewsbury/Club 67 Wolverhampton Ben E King Live DJ's Pep, Soul Sam, Bill Baker, John Farrell, EMI/Motown Stevie Wonder & Willie Hutch LP's; Queen Mary Ballroom, Dudley, Neil Ruston, Bill Baker, Pep, Basil Carl Dean,Colin Curtis; Corn Exchange, Cambridge (Doris Duke live, Freddie Mac, Eddie Floyd, Flirtations); West Midland Soul Club Tiffany's, Halesowen (Pep, Steve Russell, Mick Flello & Joe Bragg); Samantha's, Sheffield (Revival All-Niter John Vincent, Martyn Ellis, Richard Searling, Twink); Magee postal boutique, Bowing shirts & baggy trousers etc; Jimmy James agent; Central, Leeds (DJ's: Frank Twink & Keith); Halifax Tiffany's Frank n Twink Richard Searing & John Vincent.
UK Soul Charts
Top 60 singles: 1- George McRae - Rock Your Baby, 60- Soul Brother's - Thank You For Loving Me.
Top 30 albums: 1- George McCrae - Rock Your Baby, 30- Bobby Bland California Album.
US Soul Charts
Top 100 singles: 1- My Thang - James Brown, 100- Syl Johnson - Let Yourself Go.
Top 50 albums: 1- Skin Tight - Ohio Players, 50- Mood Heart & Soul - Joe Simon.
New single reviews: Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin; Smokey Robinson - Virgin Man; Chi Lites - You Got To Be One; Donnie Elbert - Love Is Strange; Greg Perry - The Boogie Man; Syl Johnson- Please Don't Give Up On Me; Sweet Charles - Soul man; George McCrae - Take It All Off.
New album reviews: Southside Movement - Same; Bettye Cruther - Long As You Love Me; Johnny Bristol - Hang On In There; Undisputed Truth - Down To Earth; Commodores - Machine Gun; Funkadelic - Standing On The verge of Getting It In.
Readers letters: None
Frank Elson 'Checkin' Out': Intercity Soul Club, Chris Hill leaves UK, Best Of Enemies, What Competition, Sounds, Bits & Pieces, Francis T talks, Blue Max at 67 Club now.
Misc: 40 pages now in B&S. Summer Festivals Report. Swanking... Reggae page: Prince Buster, Top 20 Singles: 1- Ken Boothe - Everything I Own, 20- Fist Of Fury - King Scratch. Top 20 Albums: 1- Rasta Revolution - Bob Marley, 10- For The Good Times - Now Generation.
Singles & Albums reviewed.
Cost: £5 or £2.50 Pdf.