The Saturday Shuffle comes of age today with its 21st instalment. Hopefully you all know the drill by now - three songs chosen at random from my Gym MP3 player. It is not getting much action at the gym at the moment as it seems that I have pulled a muscle on my upper arm. Before that it was my knee. I am officially falling apart.
We start today with a song you may well recognise but not necessarily by the artist below. Fortune Teller was a song written by Allen Toussaint under the pseudonym Naomi Neville. It has been covered by many artists most notably by the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Hollies. It was first recorded by Benny Spellman. Today's version is by Tony Jackson with the Vibrations off Jon Savage's 1965 The Year the Sixties Ignited compilation.
Tony and the gang are followed by Thornliebank's finest Bis with Eurodisco. If you look up bouncy in the dictionary it will probably read Bis. They first appeared around 1994 and more recently have enjoyed a renaissance courtesy of Last Night From Glasgow. Perhaps unsurprisingly they are big in Japan.
We conclude this week with The Pointer Sisters from 1984 and the classic disco number Jump (For My Love) . Not to be confused with Jump by Van Halen. It's much better.
More assorted nonsense next Saturday
As luck would have it, I think these all work in a gym environment. Feel better young man. - Brian
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