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REDUX: ARTHUR FOY REQUEST & REPLIES:

Arthur foy don’t stop my party

Dear Daddy B Nice,

This is DJ Noah. A while back I asked for a digital copy of Arthur Foy’s “Don’t Stop My Party”. I know you gave me some radio recordings of the song but do you think you can record/rip it from the CD if you have it? I want to play this song on the student run radio. Director prefers wav and flac files but a high quality MP3 will do just fine.

Thanks,

DJ Noah

Arthur Foy

Hi DabbyBNice, enjoy your monthly newsletter.

I was reading one of your articles and saw you
were looking for a song by Arthur Foy. Don't Stop My Party.
Did you ever find it?

DjKrip

Arthur Foy Track

I saw where you had a viewer asking for “Don’t Stop My Party” in wav - I have it and can send it to the person what was looking for it. If you send me their email I will be glad to do it, DJ Noah I think was his name.

Thank you for what you do!! One Day I hope to get “DJ Haynes” included on the Comprehensive Index!! Haha

DJ Haynes

Daddy B. Nice replies:

That's so accommodating of you DJ Haynes. Good for you! As for the Comprehensive Index, don't laugh. You should be in it. Truth is, I've never been as far behind with the Comp Index as I am now. And I'm just talking about keeping up with the monthly Top 10 Singles and End of Year Awards, where I'm (yikes!) like a year behind. Not including any citations in the Artist Guides or the Corner's Top 40 Singles or "News & Notes," which I gave up trying to comp-index years ago. Big dreams, slow execution, my man. I'll send you that DJ Noah email!

Read Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Arthur Foy.

DJ Krip replies:

Thanks for the reply 'DBN' I misread it. I have a copy thought you were looking for.
Keep up the good work ,thanks for those monthly top ten posting.

djKrip.


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Concert Calendar Queries

April 12, 2025:

How Daddy B. Nice "Partners" With You On West Love Concerts

Good Afternoon Sir/Madam! Hoping a great day and week to you! My name is Rabyn Ratliff, and I currently host of middays on Star 105.3 (Classic Soul and RnB, Steve Harvey in the mornings) in Valdosta Ga: Proud home of the tiny powerhouse, "West Love."

I was hoping to get a list of events that you all have where she will be featured, and if possible, some promotional tickets to those closest to our area! Our community really supports her career and representation and we here at Star and our sister station (107.9 the Beat) appreciate any opportunity to give our listeners access to travel and show their support!

If you would be willing to partner with us in any promotional capacity, we would be very grateful! Thank you for your time and all considerations and a greater thanks for allowing a platform where our Hometown sister can shine!

Best of days,

Rabyn Ratliff/ Lady Raye,
Star 105.3 FM-Blackcrow Media

Daddy B. Nice replies:

We love our West Love, and it's shown weekly in the Concert Calendar, where---especially since she's become a BLUES IS ALRIGHT TOUR headliner---she dominates all southern soul divas in appearances. So when you say you're hoping to get a list of events where she'll be featured, you're asking for something I've already given you. Consult the Concert Calendar weekly. It'll take you 15 or 20 minutes just to read through it. Southern Soul music is on fire! And if you know of a concert that I don't have posted, send it in and I'll add it. (daddybnice@southernsoulrnb.com). That's how your Daddy B. Nice "partners" with you on West Love.

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to West Love: The New Generation Southern Soul.

DC Area Concerts

Greetings..

Any dates for DMV? Maryland, DC or VA?

Jackie

Daddy B. Nice replies:

What you see is what you get, and what you see is what I have. Paradoxically, given the growth of southern soul music, there used to be a lot more concert activity in the DC area. For example, this old Blues Is Alright Tour posting's venue was in Roanoke:

Saturday, February 19, 2011. Roanoke Performing Arts Theater, Roanoke, Virginia. Blues Is Alright Tour. Roy C., Theodis Ealey, Latimore, Mel Waiters, Shirley Brown.

I don't remember a southern soul gig in Roanoke since. And back in the day I frequently received events hosted by Lamont's Entertainment Complex in Maryland, where area acts like Hardway Connection and Jim Bennett often played.

Sunday, March 6, 2011. Lamont's Entertainment Complex, 4400 Livingston Road, Indian Head, Maryland (Washington D.C.). Jim Bennett, Lady Mary. 301-283-0225.

Given the huge uptick in concerts in the Carolinas fueled by King George and 803Fresh, it's puzzling why the DC area is so quiet.

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April 3, 2025:

Re: Candi Staton

New Cuts & A Vintage Track Featured in Current Volvo Commercial

Good Friday Everybody,

Candi Staton has released her 32nd album. It’s an inspirational roots project that features blues, southern soul and other retro flavors.

I have chosen four songs that I think match your format. Also, one of Candi’s 1970 classics “That Old Time Feeling” is currently featured in a Volvo TV car commercial. The original version was titled “Sweet Feeling” and it reached No. 5 on Billboard’s R&B singles chart and No. 60 on its Pop charts in 1970. At the time, they recorded an alternate version replacing the phrase “sweet feeling” with “old time feeling” with a slightly, grittier vocal performance from Candi.

1. I Missed the Target Again (a new blues composed by Candi Staton)
2. My God Has A Telephone (feat. William Bell) (a cover of Aaron Frazer & The Flying Stars of Brooklyn)
3. Love Breakthrough (a new track with Motown flavor)
4. Shine A Light (a new cover of The Rolling Stones classic)

5. Bonus Track: That Old Time Feeling (1970 cut currently featured in a Volvo TV campaign)

Listen or download link:

I hope that you’ll play some of the new and the vintage by Candi. If there are any questions or requests, feel free to contact me at carpenterbill@me.com

Sincerely,

Bill Carpenter

Daddy B. Nice notes:

Normally, I don't feature promotional material in Daddy B. Nice's Mailbag, but this is Candi Staton. And if you think southern soul is rowdy now, you have no idea how wild Candi Staton was in her heyday. And if you think Candi could make you blush, go back to Little Richard. By comparison performers these days are very tame.

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March 21, 2025

RE: Arthur Foy
don’t stop my party

Hello,

This is DJ Noah. A while back I asked for a digital copy of Arthur Foy’s “Don’t Stop My Party”. I know you gave me some radio recordings of the song but do you think you can record/rip it from the CD if you have it? I want to play this song on the student run radio. Director prefers wav and flac files but a high quality MP3 will do just fine.

Thanks,

DJ Noah

Daddy B. Nice replies:

DJ Noah, I'm listening to one of those "radio recordings" (circa 2005-2006) of "Don't Stop My Party" as I write because I just checked the Internet as I always do when someone asks about Arthur Foy. I'm hoping to find a YouTube link so readers know what we're talking about. Nothing doing. The song remains as obscure as when we last talked. Carl Marshall, you may remember, produced the track in his relatively early days, and much of its potency and punch can be traced to that Marshall style. Like you, I've never been able to find an original release, but if it ever comes up on eBay or wherever, you can believe it will fetch a phenomenal price.

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March 1, 2025:

What Does 803 in 803Fresh Mean?

Daddy B. Nice

Can you help me out? What does 803 in artist 803Fresh's name mean? I've also seen 803 in front of King George's name.

Darlsetta

Daddy B. Nice replies:

That is a great question, Darlsetta, and I certainly don't claim to have the definitive answer. I at first guessed it was from a zip code. Both artists are from South Carolina, the new hotbed of southern soul creativity, but 803 doesn't come up in either the Hopkins (King George) or Columbia (803Fresh) zip codes. The urban dictionary says 803 means someone who makes you smile, or a smile caused by someone loved. In numerology 803 signifies "positive energies," indicating that the person is surrounded by love, support, and encouragement. There's also something in numerology called "Angel Number 803," a good-vibes descriptor indicating the person is on an encouraging life path with fulfillment beckoning for the future. So in light of the information available at present, "803" seems to serve an inspirational and spiritual motive for southern soul artists---a reminder to align thoughts, actions, and intentions with a higher goal and purpose.

Listen to 803Fresh singing "Boots On The Ground" on YouTube.

March 6, 2025: A reader replies:

Just Wanted To Share This!!!

803Fresh's Boots On The Ground Remix/Mashup done by DJ Marvelous Marc.....btw....803 that was asked by another reader could be the area code in South Carolina that 803Fresh and King George are from.

DJ Marvelous Marc (Marcus Maryland)

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Thanks but no, I checked that first.

March 8, 2025:

Daddy B. Nice replies two days later:

Hey, Marvelous Mark. I just happened upon 803 Fresh's Facebook page and you were right after all. When I checked codes I was thinking geographical area codes. I forgot about phone area codes and that's what it is. Here's 803Fresh's posted phone number from his Facebook page: (803) 223-5592. Sometimes the most obvious answer is the right one! Thanks for writing in!

Listen to DJ Marvelous Marc's Southern Soul Mix XXXIV.

March 9, 2025:

In the meantime, Lady DJ Productions weighed in and confirmed:

Hello Daddy B. Nice

I saw the reader's question about what does 803 stand for as she referred to 803 Fresh ..Well I would assume that 803 is the area code, just as Super Producer Kang803 (Producer for King George) uses it to stamp his name. They are all from South Carolina in which the area code 803 covers The central part of the state.

Melody Hudson

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Thank you, Melody!

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February 6, 2025:

Thank You Letter Re: Top 10 Singles:
Thx

Hello this is Teeza. I want to say thank you so much for what you always do and the recognition. Also want to say my song If you love southern soul is on YouTube. The title is really” If you love southern soul. “. That was a small blunder on my part. Once again thank you much !

Listen to Teeza singing "If You Love Southern Soul" on YouTube.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Still can’t find it. Can you send me the link?...Oh, you previously sent it. Thank you.

See #7 Single in Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 Singles for February 2025: "If You Love Southern Soul" by Teeza.

Teeza replies: Yessir and thank you again



February 2, 2025:

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2024 TOP 40 SINGLES

Pictured: Marcellus The Singer

Daddy B Nice

Hello .... this is DJSuggablack in Fl. If it's possible .... can you send me the top 40 Singles from

- OCT 2024
- NOV 2024
- DECEMBER 2024

I didnt know that they'd disappear from the site. Thank you in Advance.

DJSuggablack

Daddy B. Nice replies:

DJSuggablack, I've got good news and bad news. With the recent revamping of the website, I now have lots more room. Not unlimited---not enough to fit in all the old "News & Notes" columns---but enough to fit in all the annual Top 40 Singles charts. The bad news is that I could not find November 24 (which you asked for) or April 24. Probably because in the past I never could fit them in so wasn't disciplined enough to save them all. Anyway, just go to the Best of 2024 (last year's 2024 Corner) and scroll down the page almost all the way and you will find last year's Top 40 Charts (minus April and November). Hopefully, I'll do better in the future.

DJSuggablack replies: Thank you soooo much !!!

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January 18, 2025:

Greetings from Sweden!

Hi Daddy B.!

I still follow your great website, in spite of less resources for both me and Jefferson magazine to be active as we once were. I hope you´re in good health (but think I somewhere in your writing read a brief mention that you have had health problems), and a good 2025.

I still try to cherry pick some from the crazy stream of new releases coming. In a review of 5-6 singles, that will be on our website (bad economy force us to cut down a bit on the printed magazine), I praise Summer Wolfe´s "Step by step", and also Stevie J transforming "Taxi" (J. Blackfoot) to "Uber" wonderful.

I´d like to reprint from your concert calendar this Jackson item, with Summer Wolfe and Karen Wolfe (are they related?). Hope that´s ok.

Saturday, February 1, 2025. 440 JXN, 440 N. Mill Street, Jackson, Mississippi. Forever The Blues Tour. Karen Wolfe, Jeff Floyd, Nathaniel Kimble, Summer Wolfe. Doors open 7 pm. Local ticket outlets. Tickets soon at Eventbrite.

Take care,
Tommy

PS I will now listen to the new Sir Charles Jones. You got me curious. Photo of Sir Charles and Karen from The Blues Is Alright Tour, Dallas, 2015. Same with Mel Waiters, who I miss so much. Did interview with him in Florida for Jefferson.

Tommy Löfgren

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Hi Tommy,

Always good to hear from you. Yes, you can reprint the concert calendar item (thanks for asking). No, as far as I know, Summer Wolfe is not related to Karen Wolfe.

Have a good year my friend!

Tommy replies:

Sir Charles´ album is great. Even better when I listened second time. Think I´m gonna pour me a drank and run it a third time. Guess it´s only digital (so far).

Favorites "Where I belong" and "Rooster". Nice to hear him mention The Blues Palace in Dallas. I was there a few times. Great place! Pics of R.L. Griffin and my table-mates (they offered me a drank).

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January 8, 2025:

Thank You Letter

Dear Daddy B. Nice,

I want to express my deepest gratitude for your unwavering support of both me and my music. As a new independent artist, the journey can often be challenging, but your consistent encouragement has truly made a difference. Every time I release a song, seeing it added to your charts reassures me that I’m on the right path, and for that, I am incredibly grateful. From January to December, I’ve been fortunate enough to be featured on Daddy B. Nice’s Corner in one way or another, and it’s an honor I don’t take lightly. Your belief in my artistry means so much to me, and I can’t thank you enough for the platform and recognition you provide. Thank you for everything—you inspire me to keep going.

With gratitude,
Lady Redtopp

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Thank you so much Lady Redtopp. Much appreciated!!

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Lady Redtopp.

Buy Lady Redtopp's MISSISSIPPI SOUL GIRL album at Apple.

DJ Haynes Replies To Daddy B. Nice's Comment on Possible Copyright Infringement in #5 Single "I Know He's Cheatin'" by Lady Kay (December 2024 Top 10 Singles)

Daddy B. Nice had written:

Somebody tell me where this rocking instrumental track came from---it is so familiar!

Listen to Lady Kay singing "I Know He's Cheatin'" on YouTube.

DJ Haynes replied:

I thought the same thing you mentioned about “Lady Kay - I Know He Cheated” sounding like another song - I am racking my brain! If you figure it out, please let me know so I can turn off my brain! Haha

I know it was used on another song!

DJ Haynes

Daddy B. Nice notes:

Eight days later DJ Haynes wrote back:

Bingo “Lady K” sound a like!

Back from 3 years ago! Hisyde and Chrissy Luvz "Sleeping Pill"!

Listen to Hisyde & Chrissy Luvz singing "Sleeping Pill" on YouTube.

Like you, I knew it was the track to another song!

I wish artist would stop and do some research before they invest time and money on making a song! Tonio Armani’s song “Start Over” has 25 other artist now singing over that same track! That song is 2-3 years old, actually got one today! It’s crazy!!

Good Ear!!

Daddy B. Nice notes:

As DJ Haynes mentions, this kind of piggy-backing happens frequently in southern soul, not to mention all popular music. DJ Sir Rockinghood and I often seize on similar cannibalizing of soundtracks by southern soul artists. And our publicizing of these appropriations is purely artistic. Acting upon copyright infringement is the province of artists and lawyers, i.e. expensive. That is why the most famous instance of copyright infringement had to do with George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" retread of the soundtrack of The Chiffons' "He's So Fine" ("Doodle-lang doodle-lang doodle-lang..."). The prosecution was after that pot of gold of Beatles money.

The most famous instance of copyright infringement in contemporary southern soul was in the mid-teens when the late Bishop Bullwinkle stole a Bigg Robb soundtrack for his smash hit "Hell To The Naw Naw". For those interested, I chronicled and to some extent refereed the blow-by-blow account in the Bishop Bullwinkle and Bigg Robb artist guides. The outcome was the disappearance of the original and best version on YouTube and retail outlets and its replacement by "Hell To The Naw Naw With Da Bicycle," which artistically just didn't have the same juice.

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December 14, 2024:

Thank You Note: RE: #1 Single December

YASSS...I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU...THIS IS MORE THAN AN HONOR...COMING FROM YOU ITS EVERYTHING!!!!!!!...MY VERY FIRST #1 SPOT ON DADDY BE NICE!!....JACKPOT

Summer Wolfe

See Daddy B. Nice's #1 Single December 2024: "Step By Step" by Summer Wolfe.

Listen to Summer Wofe singing "Step By Step" on YouTube.

Buy "Step By Step" (The Single) at Apple.




December 2, 2024:

RE: Southern Soul Rap

Pictured: Black Zack

Daddy B Nice,

First off I want to say I love your website! For lovers of Southern Soul, this is truly the only one stop. With that being said, you do acknowledge rap/hip hop in Southern Soul, but with its growing popularity, it would be nice to see the pioneers and and trendsetters receive their flowers.

Right now acknowledging those pioneers is extremely important. I've seen posts and interviews lately where artists have wrongfully claimed to have created or started rap in Southern Soul. Some crowning themselves King or the most relevant. I think knowing the history is extremely important for any genre. I do not know the entire history but I do know that Black Zack is the first rapper I ever heard of saying they were a Southern Soul or Juke Joint Rapper. Others I remember early on are Lil Runt and J. Rizzo. I know of Cheff the Entertainer, Poka Jones, Johnny James, Badd Newz, and if I'm not mistaken Bigg Robb has a son that does Southern Soul Rap as well..

All of those guys are trendsetters in their own right, but Joe-Nice has been the most consistent hip hop artist in the genre and is no doubt the standard. I got a chance to see him do his thing at a sold out show at the North Charleston performing arts center a few years back. I wasnt as familiar with his music until then, but he put on an incredible show. I have been following him ever since. His presence has grown too. You cant listen to either Adult R&b station in Charleston without hearing his music. From Party Starter, Rockin, Share It, Juke Joint Lover and his newest single featuring Doug E Fresh... He is one of the genres superstars and deserves his recognition. I would love to know your thoughts on the subject, but I would venture to say you would at least agree with me a little bit, because Nice is one of the few rappers that repeatedly shows up on your website.

I look forward to hearing your response! Thanks for all you do.

Signed : Derrick - a preserver of the culture

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Pictured: Joe Nice

Derrick, I curled up like a lap kitten reading your appreciation of the website.

First, a couple of little-known facts. I came from hip-hop (along with a couple of other genres). Not the blues, as most people assume. A grown man, I was so into rap in the late eighties and nineties that I finagled ways to get home like a teeny-bopper to watch MTV's Top 10 hiphop countdown in the late afternoons . It was the growing minimalism and repetitiveness of hip-hop that drove me into the black underground of the Deep South (the chitlin' circuit) in the late nineties and early aughts. I still have a page---now twenty-five years old---dedicated to that transition:

The Soulful Side Of Rap & Hiphop: Daddy B. Nice's Top Twenty.

Second, I just want to say how refreshing it is to get a letter about "southern soul rap" in a year that has been overwhelmingly "southern soul country". Having said that, I agree with you about Joe Nice. Most hip-hoppers just transition into southern soul, leaving it behind as I did. Of the much more select group of rappers who have made the effort to integrate rap with southern soul, Joe Nice is head-and-shoulders above the rest. I really enjoy his collaborations with Nelson Curry, especially "Party Starter". But you don't mention my favorite Joe Nice song: "Take Your Time" with Sean Dolby. I was so enamored with this tune that it became my #1 southern soul song of the entire year in 2021.

See Daddy B. Nice's Top 25 Songs of 2021: #1 "Take Your Time".

Rap stanzas (intervals) have become so ubiquitous in southern soul that hardly anyone even notices them (other than to enjoy them) anymore. Only think of this year's southern soul country tune "Back Roads". A major reason I felt justified calling the song southern soul was the fact that it had a rap interlude, something verboten in country music.

Hey Derrick, thanks for bringing up the subject.

See Joe Nice Artist Guide.

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November 17, 2024:

RE: DJ Jammin' Jay

I checked out DJ Jammin' Jay.

Listen to my warning everyone who uses the "STEM profile of mixing" will all sound the same. It's another way to make everyone a DJ and buy expensive DJ equipment, software (Serato or Virtual DJ) and more. The software damn near mixes itself, if you set everything up correctly.

DJ Sir Rockinghood

Daddy B. Nice notes:

See Daddy B. Nice's "News & Notes" October 20, 2024: "DJ Jammin' Jay Continues To Rip It Up."



November 11, 2024

Re: Will Southern Soul Deejays Play Southern Soul Country?

Pictured: Curt The Country Man

Daddy B Nice

Sorry for the late response but i'm just seeing this email. And yes we are playing songs like this and some Country songs are crossing over into the Southern Soul Genre. The feedback from fans is a positive one they are actually are dancing to these songs and requesting Them. Some Djs I network with are not surprised at this Country Music acceptance at Southern Soul Events

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Thank you so much for the feedback, Buz.

See Daddy B. Nice's FEATURED ARTISTS: "Country Stylin".

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