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Home : Music Archive : Soul / Funk : Arnold Blair - Trying To Get Next To You 45 Monster modern soul tune produced by the legendary Leroy Hutson for Curtis Mayfield’s Curtom associated label Gemigo.  According to Hutson, Blair was the Curtom office cleaner and wanted to get into recording.   Blair spent years back up singing for Hutson and other Curtom artists.  He ended up singing along Hutson on his Feel the Spirit LP.

The "Trying To Get Next To You" 45 is his only release and by the 80s he was out of music and involved in Dallas Real Estate.  Unfortunately, he was murdered in the 1996 at his home and the case went cold.  The song would later become a cult classic for 70s soul DJs.





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 LeRoy Hutson


Classic funky soul LP from the ex Impressions singer Curtis Mayfield

Curtis / Live!

Classic live album from the ex-Impressionist and easily one of the best live soul albums of all time. Today All Day

Gorgeous modern soul B-Side from 1977 Barbara Lewis


Essential low rider oldie Betty Adams

Make It Real

Killer southern-style female funk 45 Barbara Lynn

I'm A Good Woman

Timeless female soul 45 Betty Harris

There's A Break In The Road

Another sure shot slice of hard hitting southern soul produced by Allen Toussaint with members of the Meters. René & Angela

Wall to Wall

Early 80s soul classic