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Saturday, October 31, 2009

So, Who Were 100 Proof, Crow and R. Dean Taylor?

Bob Stroud Time Warped to October 18, 1970 earlier this month and these three performers all had songs that he played. Here's some more information on them.

100 PROOF (AGED IN SOUL)-- Funk/soul group from Detroit. Put together by the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team. "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed" was their biggest hit, peaking at #8 and selling over a million copies. Member Joe Stubbs also was in the Contours and Falcons and was the brother of Four Tops' Levi Stubbs.


CROW-- Minneapolis hard rock/blues band from 1967-1972. Best known for "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me." Another hit song was "Cottage Cheese."


R. Dean Taylor-- born 1939 in Toronto, Canada. Staff songwriter and recorded for Motown on the Rare Earth label. "Indiana Wants Me" was biggest hit: #1 Canada, #5 US. Also co wrote "Love Child" and "I'm Living in Shame" for Supremes, "All I Need" for the Temptations and "I'll Turn to Stone" for the Four Tops.

So, Now You Know. --RoadDog

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