POLLSVILLE, U.S.A.: The Stax Records Ballot Poll Results Thread

Gee whiz it's time for the Stax poll results! [2nd attempt]

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/22709551/Rufus+Thomas+rufus_thomas1_0.jpg

In the end we only got 10 ballots, so I'll do the rollout fairly quickly. For the main tracks poll I'll do a top 30, for the subpolls I'm just going to list all the albums/tracks that got votes.

woohoo! shame the turnout wasn't stronger but thanks again for doing this!

Albums first!

http://i.imgur.com/05XTbOY.jpg

Otis Redding - Otis Blue (Volt, 1965)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (Enterprise, 1969)
Soul Children - Friction (Stax, 1974)
Booker T and the MGs - Green Onions (Stax, 1962)
Shirley Brown - Woman to Woman (Truth, 1974)
Soul Children - Soul Children (Stax, 1969)
Lou Bond - Lou Bond (We Produce, 1974)
Otis Redding - Dictionary of Soul (Volt, 1966)
Isaac Hayes - Black Moses (Enterprise, 1971)
Margie Joseph - Makes a New Impression (Volt, 1970)
Isaac Hayes - Shaft (Enterprise, 1971)
Eddie Floyd - Soul Street (Stax, 1974)
Booker T and the MGs - In the Christmas Spirit (Stax, 1967)

The list is in order but as there were just three album ballots I'm not giving point totals - only Otis Blue and Hot Buttered Soul got more than one vote.

Looks like 1974 was a good year for album releases, even as the company was sinking...

On to the cover/sample subpoll...again we got three ballots and these were the songs on those ballots:

Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967)
Tricky - Hell is Round the Corner (1995)
Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me (1991)
Fabulous Thunderbirds - Wrap It Up (1986)
Brian Eno - You Don't Miss Your Water (1988)
Salt-n-Pepa/En Vogue - Whatta Man (1993)
Jay-Z - Reservoir Dogs (1998)
Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water (1965)
Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (1980)
Billy Idol - To Be A Lover (1986)
Amerie - Gotta Work (2007)

haha it's fun to see the weird-ass songs i picked linked there

Billy Idol was a surprise, to be sure.

Going to roll out a couple of tracks tonight. 126 tracks got at least one vote, but we're starting at #30:

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-1203990-1236722755.jpeg
30. Wendy Rene - Bar-B-Q (32 points, 2 votes)
Stax, 1964
YouTube, Spotify

i'm really sorry i couldn't vote
i hope big bird places!! there's a song i can listen to 4x in a row and still feel good.

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-2620857-1319304551.jpeg
29. Mable John - Your Good Thing (Is About To End) (32 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1966
YouTube, Spotify

http://images.45cat.com/otis-redding-satisfaction-volt.jpg
28. Otis Redding - Satisfaction (34 points, 2 votes)
Volt, 1966
Live YouTube, Spotify

I love the story that Otis had never heard the Rolling Stones version when he recorded his cover.

Goes without saying, but search all Otis' live performances.

is there a results spotify playlist?

Not yet, feel free to make one!

done!

http://open.spotify.com/user/1219464571/playlist/2IRBUksETEm3r6uEFXdbaO

Goes without saying, but search all Otis' live performances.

― having nunavut (seandalai), Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:21 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ this x1000. Probably my favorite Stax/Volt thing is Otis' Monterey performance. Every song in that set is the definitive rendition, and the band is playing some proto-Bad Brains shit.

On to the cover/sample subpoll...again we got three ballots and these were the songs on those ballots:

i hope big bird places!! there's a song i can listen to 4x in a row and still feel good.

I didn't do a covers ballot, but two of mine would've been the Jam -- "Sweet Soul Music" and "Big Bird." I didn't hear Floyd's original of the latter until maybe 20 years after hearing the Jam's.

the jam covered "big bird"?!? i didn't know that!

Yeah, it's on Dig The New Breed:
http://youtu.be/l-Ah5A9vtHk

Good start (re ##30-28)!

One thing I noticed relistening to the Stax-Volt singles box was that new acts regularly hit one out of the park with their debut for the label.

I guess that might make sense in cases where new artists brought along some songs they had written and the Stax bosses could pick out the best one? (Wendy Rene springs to mind here)

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-3992572-1351662493-8620.jpeg
27. Eddie Floyd - Got To Make A Comeback (35 points, 2 votes)
Stax, 1966
YouTube, Spotify

^^^ Had never heard this one before; apparently it was the B-side to "Knock on Wood".

Beautiful song.

Wow--I guess I control 10% of this poll.

The good thing about unpopular polls is that everyone who votes gets to see their favourites place and evangelise about them.

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-560188-1181227428.jpeg
26. Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (35 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1971
Essential YouTube, Spotify

http://images.45cat.com/sam-and-dave-i-cant-stand-up-for-falling-down-stax.jpg
25. Sam & Dave - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (36 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Stax, 1967
YouTube, Spotify

^^^ My number one.

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-3202240-1320273915.jpeg
24. Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (39 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1963
Live YouTube, Spotify

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-1786807-1263664344.jpeg
23. Margie Joseph - Stop! In The Name Of Love (40 points, 2 votes)
Volt, 1971
YouTube, Long Album Version on Spotify

^^^ This was my #1 vote over in the Motown covers subpoll, and my #2 here. The single version is fine but you really need the 8-minute version from Margie Joseph Makes A New Impression for the full overblown orchestral soul experience.

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-4693483-1372446140-4107.jpeg
22. The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You (41 points, 3 votes)
Volt, 1967
YouTube, Spotify

yaaay
i love this song so much!! the sound, the lyrics (esp the imagery), the singing, the everything.
it is my kind of love song and regret there were not 4 votes
noteworthy: the part where the background singers are whispering "die die die die"

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-3964967-1350750087-5976.jpeg
20. (TIE) Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine (46 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Volt, 1962
YouTube, Spotify

http://images.45cat.com/otis-redding-sittin-on-the-dock-of-the-bay-volt.jpg
20. (TIE) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (46 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Volt, 1968
YouTube, Spotify

Kinda appropriate tie, bringing the start of Otis' Stax/Volt career together with the end.

"As Long As I've Got You" is so good, I'm surprised I forgot to vote for it.

Hadn't heard it until LL posted it on the nominations thread; loved it, voted for it. Wonderful discovery!

also "you will never leave me, I'll never grow old" + the way she sings it is like the quintessence of a very precise part of the human experience of being in love
beautiful!

so glad it is a winner!!

Really starting to wish I'd submitted a covers ballot; this "Walking the Dog" cover woulda gone on it:
http://youtu.be/4bOOrLGfxvE

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-624581-1308990411.jpeg
19. Booker T and the MGs - Time is Tight (47 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Stax, 1969
Live YouTube, Spotify

this one too! it sounds like a high school marching band arrangement! i love it. i've been listening to stax in the car for a week and it's sincerely improving my outlook on life.
http://youtu.be/gtgYGvLi2A0

Wow, that's nuts!

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-921672-1173057495.jpeg
18. William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water (48 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1961
YouTube, Spotify

Can't believe I haven't heard that version until today. Otis' slays, and the Byrds' works surprisingly well.

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-2558978-1290398554.jpeg
17. Bar-Kays - Soul Finger (48 points, 4 votes)
Volt, 1967
Live YouTube, Spotify

http://images.45cat.com/johnnie-taylor-whos-making-love-1968-3.jpg
16. Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love (50 points, 4 votes)
Stax, 1968
Live on Soul Train, Spotify

just updated the Spotify playlist! great list so far!

Walking the Dog is doubled-up on the playlist, btw.

Gonna take a break after the next one and let people catch up...will do a few more tonight and probably finish on Sunday.

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-4599479-1369567960-3920.jpeg
15. Dramatics - In The Rain (52 points, 4 votes)
Volt, 1972
Live on Soul Train, Spotify

yeah thx, fixed the playlist

i love that all the songs i didn't vote for or recognize the title, i put them on and am like "OHHHH that's what it's called, i love that song"

I didn't participate but good job folks. Dramatics "In the Rain" is awesome

yeah I didn't vote in this (or the Motown poll) just becuase there's too much imho. like every track in the Stax singles box should get a vote

Trying to keep up at work...The main images aren't showing for me--maybe they're blocked here for some reason. Oran "Juice" Jones covered "In the Rain," right? Or maybe he just sampled it, I can't remember.

Huh. Does everyone else see the images?

I can't see them either.

Oh well :(

Can anyone see them?

Some of them say "broken link" when I open them in new tabs, and some say "hotlinking denied."

Only image I see is for "Time Is Tight."

(and Rufus at the top and the albums collage)

Ok, I'll sort it out for the rest of the poll - thanks for the heads-up!

http://i.imgur.com/KP9WS4H.jpg
14. Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (52 points, 5 votes)
Volt, 1965
Live at Monterey, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/J9XTFI4.jpg
13. Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp (58 points, 5 votes)
Stax, 1967
YouTube, Spotify

I can see them now. I didn't even realize you were posting images before.

Love "Tramp." That whole album, King and Queen, is one of the best of that Stax era, nearly as good as Otis Blue.

can you give us image update, i would love to see the ones you have already posted but none of us saw. i love the idea of seeing the labels.

Ok, I'll do a rundown with the images before rolling out the rest of the poll.

very cool, thanks seandalia!

Let's do this one more time

http://i.imgur.com/DW94qHs.jpg
30. Wendy Rene - Bar-B-Q (32 points, 2 votes)
Stax, 1964
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/cBW7FQk.jpg
29. Mable John - Your Good Thing (Is About To End) (32 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1966
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/qMQkYXo.jpg
28. Otis Redding - Satisfaction (34 points, 2 votes)
Volt, 1966
Live YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/lswbiYV.jpg
27. Eddie Floyd - Got to make a comeback (35 points, 2 votes)
Stax, 1966
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/80BMllt.jpg
26. Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (35 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1971
Essential YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/3T2UKZ1.jpg
25. Sam & Dave - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (36 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Stax, 1967
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/5hQJkJB.jpg
24. Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (39 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1963
Live YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/bGlJK3C.jpg
23. Margie Joseph - Stop! In The Name Of Love (40 points, 2 votes)
Volt, 1971
YouTube, Album Version on Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/blaTzMD.jpg
22. The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You (41 points, 3 votes)
Volt, 1967
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/r1Q5HBF.jpg
20. (TIE) Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine (46 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Volt, 1962
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/11W665Z.jpg
20. (TIE) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (46 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Volt, 1968
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/aDpC9O2.jpg
19. Booker T and the MGs - Time is Tight (47 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Stax, 1969
Live YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/8ijUb5d.jpg
18. William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water (48 points, 3 votes)
Stax, 1961
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/2MrzJA5.jpg
17. Bar-Kays - Soul Finger (48 points, 4 votes)
Volt, 1967
Live YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/jMGYt5n.jpg
16. Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love (50 points, 4 votes)
Stax, 1968
Live on Soul Train, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/QXUNlKj.jpg
15. Dramatics - In The Rain (52 points, 4 votes)
Volt, 1972
Live on Soul Train, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/KP9WS4H.jpg
14. Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (52 points, 5 votes)
Volt, 1965
Live at Monterey, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/J9XTFI4.jpg
13. Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp (58 points, 5 votes)
Stax, 1967
YouTube, Spotify

Aaaand we're back! Going to roll out a couple more tonight...

Right on! Love those pics.

La Lechera will be happy about this one!

http://i.imgur.com/bAJFoCT.jpg
12. Eddie Floyd - Big Bird (66 points, 3 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Stax, 1968
YouTube, Spotify

FUCK YEAH.

glad that you started over, makes this poll even better.

http://i.imgur.com/uoeRuiN.jpg
11. Isaac Hayes - Walk On By (69 points, 4 votes)
Enterprise, 1969
Live on Music Scene, Long Album Version on Spotify

Apparently Star Trek was Al Bell's favourite TV Show, hence the "Enterprise" label.

i was wondering when Isaac was finally gonna show up

http://i.imgur.com/L8EFLDm.jpg
10. Sam and Dave - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (74 points, 4 votes)
Stax, 1967
Live YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/1LvEzi9.jpg
9. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft (82 points, 4 votes)
Enterprise, 1971
Live at Wattstax, Spotify

this poll as been great fun

For sure! Here's one more before bedtime:

http://i.imgur.com/KxOMhlX.jpg
8. Sam and Dave - Soul Man (86 points, 4 votes)
Stax, 1967
Essential YouTube, Spotify

great song!

http://i.imgur.com/YgEXfSy.jpg
7. William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover (87 points, 5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Stax, 1968
YouTube, Spotify

http://i.imgur.com/XJ4qMVs.jpg
6. Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears) (88 points, 4 votes)
Stax, 1964
YouTube, Spotify

Obviously we're in the "beyond classic" section of the poll now.

http://i.imgur.com/ry0Ifxv.jpg
5. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (92 points, 6 votes)
Stax, 1972
Live at the Grammys, Spotify

Also relevant: Harry J Allstars - The Liquidator (1969)

http://i.imgur.com/PCsEjF8.jpg
4. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness (98 points, 5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Volt, 1966
Live YouTube, Spotify

The Live in London recording is even more fired up but I couldn't find video for it: YouTube, Spotify

Yeah, that version is overwhelming.

Yaaaay for Big Bird!! Hi 5 to whoever gave it the #1 spot. I had never heard that Jam cover before, but it gets to the crunchy essence of that song. Ugh I just love it.
This song always makes me laugh, and yet it's still super tight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8B-N6O8Xyg

http://i.imgur.com/ObRUNPa.jpg
3. Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood (103 points, 6 votes)
Stax, 1966
YouTube, Spotify

I feel sorry for people who can't enjoy Knock on Wood. I will also take a moment to note that I first became aware of it because I saw Satisfaction in the theater with my parents.

Do you have documented evidence that such people exist?

http://i.imgur.com/6XoJHg5.jpg
2. Booker T and the MGs - Green Onions (114 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote)
Stax, 1962
Live YouTube, Spotify

^ my #1.

My older brother had the American Graffiti soundtrack, and I think I must've been around 2 when I first heard this. But it's like "Happy Birthday To You," where I have no memory of it not existing, no memory of hearing it for the first time.

And that live version is terrifying. I love how, at 1:57, Cropper and Jackson not only don't look at each other for those accents/kicks, they're looking away from each other. Most bands would do some corny head-nod or give an "Are you ready?" look.

And at 2:54, yeah, Booker T was listening to Sun Ra.

I feel sorry for people who can't enjoy Knock on Wood. I will also take a moment to note that I first became aware of it because I saw Satisfaction in the theater with my parents.

― Untt (La Lechera), Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:56 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, first time I heard it (I think) was in the background of a scene in "Moonlighting."

I was trying to think of a proper adj for live Green Onions and all I could come up with was slimy . Terrifying is accurate. It starts off so simple too.

I grew up with pretty much zero awareness of Stax. I think I was about 18-19 when I learned that Stax was a thing, and at that point I can only say for sure that I had heard "Dock of the Bay", "Shaft", "Green Onions" and "Soul Limbo" (aka "the BBC cricket theme"). I guess other songs would have cropped up on TV but I didn't register them. It all changed with the cover CD on one of only two copies of Mojo I ever bought...

And the indisputable number one greatest Stax song of all time is...

I'll admit it: not a fan of "Knock on Wood." I mean, it's okay. I did vote for "Got to Make a Comeback," and could just as easily have voted for "I've Just Been Feeling Bad." I think the Knock on Wood album cover is hilarious. You don't see many people chopping down trees in a suit.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Image_Knock_On_Wood_cover.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/T1nfgML.jpg
1. Sam and Dave - Hold On, I'm A Comin' (156 points, 8 votes)
Stax, 1966
Fancy Dancin' Live YouTube, Spotify

Watching the live YouTube is compulsory!

btw I mean "slimy" in the best possible way

Movies have definitely played a huge part in how a lot of people experience Stax imo -- I have never seen Blues Brothers, but I am fully aware of its cultural impact. There was Satisfaction (which had 0 cultural impact afaict) and Shaft obvs, and has anyone mentioned The Commitments yet? I will admit to totally loving that movie in early hs. Strangely I associate it with Twin Peaks but only because I was obsessed with them at the same time.

The Big Chill duh

omg the dance moves

OTM re: compulsory viewing.

Dig Al Jackson playing "Immigrant Song" at 1:32. Surprised the entire audience didn't run for cover in the presence of the awesome power of Al's bass drum.

I have never seen Blues Brothers, but I am fully aware of its cultural impact.

Their horrendous minstrel-show version of "Soul Man" was all over the goddamn radio in '78-'79. I didn't hear the original -- or even know there was an original -- until six years later. Blew my mind.

Not knowing when it was written/released, I used to think the line was "I was educated at Woodstock."

I love how Sam and Dave look completely exhausted, dead on their feet, and then each time they find just enough energy to launch off into yet another fling of crazy dancing.

"Hold On..." famously a song about sitting on the toilet.

"Green Onions" in American Graffiti is as ominous and as sinister as it gets: twilight, everyone headed out to Paradise Road for the big Milner/Falfa showdown.

spotify playlist complete! thanks for doing this seandalai!

I know you've all been waiting for the full results:

1. Sam and Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin' (156 points, 8 votes)
2. Booker T and the MGs - Green Onions (114 points, 6 votes, 1 first-place vote)
3. Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood (103 points, 6 votes)
4. Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness (98 points, 5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
5. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (92 points, 6 votes)
6. Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears) (88 points, 4 votes)
7. William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover (87 points, 5 votes, 1 first-place vote)
8. Sam & Dave - Soul Man (86 points, 4 votes)
9. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft (82 points, 4 votes)
10. Sam and Dave - When Something is Wrong with my baby (74 points, 4 votes)
11. Isaac Hayes - Walk On By (69 points, 4 votes)
12. Booker T and the MGs - Time Is Tight (69 points, 3 votes, 1 first-place vote)
13. Eddie Floyd - Big Bird (66 points, 3 votes, 1 first-place vote)
14. Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp (58 points, 5 votes)
15. otis redding - i've been loving you too long (52 points, 5 votes)
16. Dramatics - In The Rain (52 points, 4 votes)
17. Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love (50 points, 4 votes)
18. Bar-Kays - Soul Finger (48 points, 4 votes)
19. William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water (48 points, 3 votes)
20. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay (46 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
20. Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine (46 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
22. The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You (41 points, 3 votes)
23. Margie Joseph - Stop! In The Name Of Love (40 points, 2 votes)
24. Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog (39 points, 3 votes)
25. Sam & Dave - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (36 points, 2 votes, 1 first-place vote)
26. Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (35 points, 3 votes)
27. Eddie Floyd - Got to make a comeback (35 points, 2 votes)
28. Otis Redding - Satisfaction (34 points, 2 votes)
29. Mable John - Your Good Thing (Is About To End) (32 points, 3 votes)
30. Wendy Rene - Bar-B-Q (32 points, 2 votes)
31. Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic (31 points, 3 votes)
32. Linda Lyndell - What A Man (30 points, 2 votes)
33. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas (30 points, 1 vote, 1 first-place vote)
33. Isaac Hayes - Joy (30 points, 1 vote, 1 first-place vote)
35. Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff (28 points, 3 votes)
36. Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (28 points, 2 votes)
37. Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y (27 points, 2 votes)
38. Booker T and the MGs - Hip Hug-Her (26 points, 3 votes)
39. The Dramatics - Your Love Was Strange (26 points, 1 vote)
40. The Staple Singers - When Will We Be Paid? (25 points, 2 votes)
41. Rufus Thomas - Can Your Monkey Do The Dog? (23 points, 2 votes)
41. Sam and Dave - I Thank You (23 points, 2 votes)
43. David Porter - I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over (23 points, 1 vote)
44. The Mar-Keys - Last Night (22 points, 2 votes)
45. Luther Ingram - If loving you is wrong (I don't want to be right) (22 points, 1 vote)
45. Temprees - I'm for you, you for me (22 points, 1 vote)
45. The Emotions - Blind Alley (22 points, 1 vote)
45. Otis Redding - Pain in my heart (22 points, 1 vote)
49. Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (21 points, 2 votes)
50. Lou Bond - Come on snob (21 points, 1 vote)
50. Otis Redding - I've Got Dreams To Remember (21 points, 1 vote)
50. Rufus Thomas - Memphis Train (21 points, 1 vote)
50. The Bar-Kays - Knucklehead (21 points, 1 vote)
54. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz (20 points, 3 votes)
55. Wendy Rene - Gone for good (20 points, 1 vote)
56. Mable John - Don't Hit Me No More (19 points, 2 votes)
56. Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again (19 points, 2 votes)
58. Mad Lads - Whatever hurts you (19 points, 1 vote)
59. Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (18 points, 1 vote)
59. Booker T and the MGs - Hang 'Em High (18 points, 1 vote)
59. Melvin van Peebles - Sweetback's Theme (18 points, 1 vote)
59. Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Are You Ready For Me Baby (18 points, 1 vote)
59. Wendy Rene - Give You What I Got (18 points, 1 vote)
64. Sam and Dave - You Got Me Hummin' (17 points, 2 votes)
65. Rufus and Carla Thomas - When You Move You Lose (17 points, 1 vote)
65. Temprees - Dedicated to the one I love (17 points, 1 vote)
65. The Mad Lads - Get Out Of My Life, Woman (17 points, 1 vote)
65. The Soul Children - The Sweeter He Is (17 points, 1 vote)
69. Shirley Brown - Woman to Woman (16 points, 2 votes)
70. Booker T. & The MGs - Soul Limbo (16 points, 1 vote)
70. JJ Barnes - Sweet Sherry (16 points, 1 vote)
70. Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (16 points, 1 vote)
73. Sam & Dave - Wrap It Up (15 points, 2 votes)
74. 24 Carat Black - Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth (15 points, 1 vote)
74. Isaac Hayes - Medley: Ike's Rap II/Help Me Love (15 points, 1 vote)
74. Otis Redding - Ole Man Trouble (15 points, 1 vote)
74. Ruby Johnson - When My Love Comes Down (15 points, 1 vote)
74. Tonettes - Come to me (15 points, 1 vote)
79. Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is (14 points, 1 vote)
79. Sam and Dave - Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It) (14 points, 1 vote)
81. Booker T. & the MG's - boot-leg (12 points, 2 votes)
82. Johnnie Taylor - Stop Doggin' Me (12 points, 1 vote)
82. Major Lance - Since I Lost My Baby's Love (12 points, 1 vote)
82. William Bell - Marching Off To War (12 points, 1 vote)
85. Hot Sauce - I'll Kick A Brick (About My Man) (11 points, 1 vote)
85. The Dramatics - The Devil Is Dope (11 points, 1 vote)
87. Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music (10 points, 1 vote)
87. Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye (10 points, 1 vote)
87. William Bell - Every day will be like a holiday (10 points, 1 vote)
90. Calvin Scott - Shame On The Family Name (9 points, 1 vote)
90. Eddie Floyd - On A Saturday Night (9 points, 1 vote)
90. Rufus Thomas - I'll be your Santa baby (9 points, 1 vote)
90. Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (9 points, 1 vote)
94. Rufus Thomas - The Memphis Train (8 points, 2 votes)
95. Eddie Floyd - Don't Tell Your Mama (8 points, 1 vote)
95. Eddie Giles - Losing Boy (8 points, 1 vote)
95. Mavis Staples - I have learned to do without you (8 points, 1 vote)
95. Sir Mack Rice - Mini-Skirt Minnie (8 points, 1 vote)
95. The Mad Lads - No Strings Attached (8 points, 1 vote)
95. Mable John - same time same place (8 points, 1 vote)
101. Otis Redding - Respect (7 points, 2 votes)
102. Rufus Thomas - The Dog (7 points, 1 vote)
103. Colette Kelly - City Of Fools (6 points, 1 vote)
103. David Porter - Can't See You When I Want To (6 points, 1 vote)
103. Rufus Thomas - The Preacher and The Bear (6 points, 1 vote)
106. Isaac Hayes - (They long to be) Close to you (5 points, 1 vote)
106. Mable John - Able Mable (5 points, 1 vote)
106. Sam and Dave - Soothe Me (5 points, 1 vote)
106. The Bar-Kays - Give Everybody Some (5 points, 1 vote)
106. The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost (5 points, 1 vote)
106. Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful (5 points, 1 vote)
112. Barbara Stephens - wait a minute (4 points, 1 vote)
112. Carla Thomas - Stop ! Look What You're Doing (4 points, 1 vote)
112. Otis Redding - A Waste Of Time (4 points, 1 vote)
112. The Bar-Kays - Son of Shaft (4 points, 1 vote)
116. Freddie Waters -Groovin' On My Baby's Love (3 points, 1 vote)
116. The Staple Singers - Love Is Plentiful (3 points, 1 vote)
118. Booker T and the MGs - Melting Pot (2 points, 1 vote)
118. The Temprees - Love… Can Be So Wonderful (2 points, 1 vote)
118. William Bell & Judy Clay - private number (2 points, 1 vote)
121. Booker T and the MGs - Tic-Tac-Toe (1 point, 1 vote)
121. Johnnie Taylor - Cheaper To Keep Her (1 point, 1 vote)
121. The Drapels - Wondering (1 point, 1 vote)
121. The Rance Allen Group - Ain't No Need Of Crying (1 point, 1 vote)
121. Booker T & the MG's - Comin' home baby (1 point, 1 vote)

My ballot

William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
The Dramatics - Your Love Was Strange
Sam & Dave - Soul Man
Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
The Charmels - As Long As I've Got You
The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
Sam & Dave - Hold On! I'm Comin'
Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions
Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
Margie Joseph - Stop! In The Name Of Love
The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
Johnnie Taylor - Stop Doggin' Me
The Dramatics - The Devil Is Dope
Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Tramp
Eddie Floyd - Don't Tell Your Mama
The Dramatics - In The Rain
Rufus Thomas - The Memphis Train

Oops, "These Arms of Mine" should be bolded too.

Oh, nm. I was right the first time.

My ballot:

Sam and Dave - I can't stand up for falling down
Margie Joseph - Stop! In the name of love
William Bell - I forgot to be your lover
Luther Ingram - If loving you is wrong (I don't want to be right)
Lou Bond - Come on snob
Sam and Dave - Hold on! I'm a comin'
Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
The Dramatics - In the rain
Temprees - Dedicated to the one I love
Wendy Rene - After laugher
Isaac Hayes - Walk on by
Rufus Thomas - The breakdown
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird
The Staple Singers - I'll take you there
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
William Bell - Every day will be like a holiday
Rufus Thomas - I'll be your Santa baby
Mavis Staples - I have learned to do without you
Mel and Tim - Starting all over again
David Porter - Can't See You When I Want To
Isaac Hayes - (They long to be) Close to you
The Bar-Kays - Son of Shaft
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
The Staple Singers - When Will We Be Paid
The Drapels - Wondering

Albums:
The Soul Children - Friction
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Lou Bond - Lou Bond
Margie Joseph - Makes a New Impression
Booker T and the MGs - In the Christmas Spirit

"Green Onions" in American Graffiti is as ominous and as sinister as it gets: twilight, everyone headed out to Paradise Road for the big Milner/Falfa showdown.

― clemenza, Sunday, September 29, 2013 11:35 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"Ominous" and "sinister" are the perfect words. This song is like a concealed weapon.

My ballot. Thanks so much for doing this, seandalai!

Green Onions - Booker T and the MGs
Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam and Dave
Big Bird - Eddie Floyd
I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding
Soul Man - Sam and Dave
When Something is Wrong with my Baby - Sam and Dave
Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Are You Ready For Me Baby - Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
Hard To Handle - Otis Redding
Ole Man Trouble - Otis Redding
Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It) - Sam and Dave
Satisfaction - Otis Redding
Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
Soul Finger - The Bar Kays
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic - Isaac Hayes
Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
Respect - Otis Redding
You Got Me Hummin' - Sam and Dave
A Waste Of Time - Otis Redding
Wrap It Up - Sam and Dave
As Long As I've Got You - The Charmels
Tic-Tac-Toe - Booker T and the MGs

Yes, thanks. I've always been a much bigger Motown fan.

1. “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas,” Carla Thomas (30)
2. “I’ll Take You There,” Staple Singers (26)
3. “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get,” Dramatics (23)
4. “I’m for You, You for Me,” Temprees (22)
5. “Got to Make a Comeback,” Eddie Floyd (21)
6. “Gone for Good,” Wendy Rene (20)
7. “Whatever Hurts You,” Mad Lads (19)
8. “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby,” Sam & Dave (18)
9. “Time Is Tight,” Booker T. & the M.G.’s (17)
10. “Walk on By,” Isaac Hayes (16)
11. “Come to Me,” Tonettes (15)
12. “In the Rain,” Dramatics (14)

Great results! I wish I had saved my ballot, though most of my picks didn't make the countdown. I'm gonna go ahead and say it Stax>>>>>>>>Motown.

Oran "Juice" Jones covered "In the Rain," right? Or maybe he just sampled it, I can't remember.

Oran "Juice" Jones's "The Rain" was an original from 1986, Keith Sweat covered "In The Rain" in 1987 on his debut album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8RTWs9pPjU

Great poll!

I'd put them neck-and-neck singles-wise, but as far as albums go, Stax demolishes Motown. I doubt there are more than four or five solid classic Motown albums between 1962 and 1967.

xp

Why 1962-1967? Most of my favourite Stax albums are from after that anyway.

I guess I was thinking about the period when the most/most filleriffic Motown albums came out, and Stax/Volt wasn't even putting out very many albums at that time, but still crushed Motown in that department.

Thanks, seandalai. This was fun.

01. Isaac Hayes - Joy
02. Linda Lyndell - What A Man
03. Isaac Hayes - Theme from 'Shaft'
04. The Emotions - Blind Alley
05. Otis Redding - Satisfaction
06. Wendy Rene - After Laughter (Comes Tears)
07. Wendy Rene - Bar-B-Q
08. Wendy Rene - Give You What I Got
09. The Mad Lads - Get Out Of My Life, Woman
10. Booker T. & The MGs - Soul Limbo
11. Ruby Johnson - When My Love Comes Down
12. William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water
13. Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown (Pts. I & II)
14. William Bell - Marching Off To War
15. Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
16. Sam & Dave - Hold On! I'm Comin'
17. Booker T. & The MGs - Boot-leg
18. The Mad Lads - No Strings Attached
19. Mable John - Your Good Thing (Is About To End)
20. Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
21. The Bar Kays - Holy Ghost
22. Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
23. Rufus Thomas - Walking The Dog
24. Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz
25. Booker T. & The MGs - Hip Hug-Her

I built my ballot from the bottom up. I was as surprised as anyone that last person standing was "Joy". But then I thought, fair enough. Would have also liked to have given some respect to Hayes' "The Look of Love" (which is >>> his "Walk On By" IMO) but ran out of slots.

I'd urge everyone to check out the Ruby Johnson song - ridiculous that this was relegated to a B-side.

New Stax book Respect Yourself by Memphian Robert Gordon is out and he will be talking with Michael Shelley on WFMU next Saturday.

Maybe should have posted on Chitlin Circuit thread.

Posted elsewhere:

An upcoming docuseries about Stax Records, slated for a major distributor, is on the hunt for personal archival materials – photographs, tickets, ephemera, and hopefully home movies or footage. The team has mined the archives at the Stax Museum, the Withers Collection Gallery, The Hooks Brothers Collection, the Commercial Appeal, and dozens of other archives, and are now hoping to find material from Stax fans – a photo of your grandmother at an Otis Redding concert or fans lining up to meet Johnnie Taylor or the Staple Singers on tour.

The team would also be interested in photos or footage of Beale Street, blues or R&B concerts in the 1960s or 1970s, Stax Records (studio, offices, concerts, events) before the 1980s.

Anyone contributing material used in the final cut would be compensated with a licensing fee. Please reach out to the team at stax AT laylowpictures DOT com. They are hoping to have all submissions as soon as possible but with a final deadline of April 1, 2023.

(It looks like it's being done by the same people who made O.J.: Made in America)

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni63615848