Well, Irma Thomas had a local hit with "Wish Someone Would Care" in 1964. She also did the original version of "Time Is On My Side" that the Stones covered.
The big civil rights anthem of the soul era was Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come."
That delta region was particularly fertile for the variety of its music. If you draw a circle that covers both Memphis and Little Rock you're going to have musicians as varied as Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Muddy Waters, Conway Twitty, Charlie Rich and Justin Timberlake all born within that circle.
On the blues side Sonny Boy Williamson played regularly on the King Biscuit Flour Hour.
The big civil rights anthem of the soul era was Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come."
The Impressions' "People Get Ready" too--
I just heard The Decembrists used in an AT&T ad. Huh.
I remember that Soulsville book being pretty dry, Barb.
I just heard The Decembrists used in an AT&T ad. Huh.
Got the skills to pay the bills.
For research on the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the earlier part of the '60s, Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi has the perspective of a female black activist college student.
Irma Thomas's version of "Time Is on My Side" was actually the B-side of the lovely "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is." Which would be a great trigger for memories of a love affair.
Too bad, Barb, if you were in the Carolinas you could use Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts.
Too bad, Barb, if you were in the Carolinas you could use Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts.
Ah jeez, the "My Ding-a-Ling" group! I think my father-in-law still has a 45 of that somewhere. A few cocktails too many and he starts singing it.
And if I may interject a moment in which to totally laugh at myself and my utter "Research! Squee! More, more, more!" keeping in mind this is for small stuff; little tidbits to be woven in against the larger backdrop of the story.