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Lady Redtopp (#1 Debut Single)
October 4, 2023: Originally posted on Daddy B. Nice's Corner: Top 10 Singles
Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles For. . .
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 1. Part Time Lover"-----Lady Redtopp
Joyous, crude, earthy, unschooled. No other genre would give it a minute. Yet, Southern soul DNA courses through these admittedly ramshackle stanzas. The vocalist reminds me of the great girl-group singers of the sixties plucked from the high schools of New York and Philly for the express purpose of achieving authenticity. "I had to put my big girl panties on," Lady Redtopp exclaims. "It took everything in me / To leave that man alone."
Listen to Lady Redtopp singing "Part Time Lover" on YouTube.
November 26, 2023: Originally posted on Daddy B. Nice's Corner: Top 10 Singles
Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles For. . .
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….5. "Mississippi Soul Girl"----Lady Redtopp
What I thought might be a one-hit wonder at #1 last month wasn't a fluke. Lady Redtopp brings her Louis-Luggage to southern soul, with lots more songs, scads of touring dates (especially for a first-timer), and props onstage with celebrities like King George. Here she tackles our beloved "Mississippi Boy" (which was a 1-hit wonder back in the day) with zest and savvy.
Listen to Lady Redtopp singing "Mississippi Soul Girl" on YouTube.
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About Lady Redtopp (#1 Debut Single)
Daddy B. Nice notes: In my capsule review above I noted the southern soul "DNA" in "Part Time Lover". The song is replete with musical and lyrical references to past southern soul. For example,
"...Because if she could beat me rocking,
She could have this rocking chair"
...is a reference to Vick Allen's southern soul classic "If They Can Beat Me Rockin'".
Lady Redtopp made Daddy B. Nice's "News & Notes" in September as follows:
"Part Time Lover" is suddenly a popular song title again. New artist Lady Reddtop has released a single called "Part Time Lover" and a new male artist named J. Lake has done the same. Longtime southern soul aficionados know "Part Time Lover" as the unique, out-of-print classic by little-known yet legendary southern soul diva Lady J. Her "Part Time Lover" has generated dozens of letters to DBN's Mailbag over the last two decades requesting a copy.
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Daddy B. Nice adds: There have been many other "Part Time Lover" songs: by Peggy Scott-Adams, Floyd Taylor, Dave Mack, and James Payne among others, although Scott-Adams' and Payne's titles were "Part Time Lover: Full Time Fool". I like the longer song titles. They're more descriptive and stand out from the short and over-used. Lady Redtopp's, for instance, might be called, "Ain't Never Had A Part Time Lover".
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Lady Redtopp CD Release Party Coming Up:
8 pm, Friday, November 3, 2023. BEC Plex Event Center, 5955 Jefferson Davis Highway, North Augusta, South Carolina. Southern Soul Blues Vibes CD Release Party. Lady Redtopp, T.J. Hooker Taylor. 803-599-7986, 706-305-6863.
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