Jean Knight, Carla Thomas, Jean Knight, Carla Thomas

Mr. Big Stuff / I Like What You're Doing To Me

1981 · Soul · Stax

UK · STAX 1005

Credits

Written by: Carrol Washington, Joseph Broussard, Ralph Williams, Bettye Crutcher, Henderson Thigpen, Homer Banks

One record at a time, and the reason for each step.

Memphis Soul

Horn stabs, dragging backbeat, one take: the sound of a house band cutting hits in a converted cinema.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.