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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #PlayTime. This guy used to be pretty good... Elvis Presley: Baby Let's Play House (a live performance from February 4, 1956) #ElvisPresley #rockabilly

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Another pick for this week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme, #PlayTime. Ruby Andrews: Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over (1967) www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3lw0qHNGJk On the original Zodiac 45 the title was spelled "Casonova". #RubyAndrews #soulmusic #chicagosoul #northernsoul

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #CallingForSomething. Here's what I came up with: Bobby Bland: Call On Me (1962) www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRa9-66QcoA Jackie DeShannon: Did He Call Today, Mama? (1963) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Chd6FHUs4 Insiders: Chapel Bells Are Calling […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

#TuneTuesday #YesYesYes Yes,m it looks like all of my picks today are from the Atlantic / Atco family of record labels... The Top Notes: Say Yes (1960) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmTAcI4UJI #TopNotes #rhythmandblues

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Solomon Burke had so many fabulous releases in 1964 that this one tends to get overlooked - but it's a fine performance, too: Solomon Burke: Yes I Do (1964) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmadsjZ8MTo #TuneTuesday #YesYesYes #SolomonBurke #BertBerns #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Another pick for this week's´#TuneTuesday theme, #YesYesYes. The Sensations featuring Yvonne: Yes Sir That’s My Baby (1955) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5PJU8WjU8 This remake of an old 1920s song was a #15 r&b hit for Yvonne Mills & the Sensations in the early months of 1956. #Sensations […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I don't follow - or even get to hear - new music that much these days, but I kind of liked this one: Litku Klemetti; Iskä (2026) ("Dad") www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHz3V8mtz8Y #MusicWomenWednesday #LitkuKlemetti #newmusic #Finnishmusic #suomirock

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Another pick for this week's #alternateFridayMusic theme, #vitriol. This tale of revenge made it to #3 on the Billboard soul chart in 1972: Laura Lee: Rip Off (1972) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph_FYb7XpIc #LauraLee #soulmusic #HotWax

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

This week's #alternateFridayMusic theme is #vitriol. Rosco Gordon had the only #1 r&b hit of his career with this song: "I'm gonna load my pistol Gonna sharpen my knife I'm gonna get that man that's got my wife" Roscoe Gordon: Booted (1951) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hjJS5cEPHg Gordon […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #PianoMusic. Here's a great 1954 video of Amos Milburn performing one of his old hits: Amos Milburn: Down the Road a Piece (live version from 1954) www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0CXbPK0AiE He is introduced by Willie Bryant, who was a band leader […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I got my copy of the new Jackie DeShannon release, "The Girl of Yesterday" a few weeks ago. This is a collection of 12 songwriter demos that DeShannon recorded on her own during the summer of 1964, just before she joined the Beatles on their first major US tour. On these demos, DeShannon is […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

One of Jackie Wilson's early hits, written by Berry Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis: Jackie Wilson: That's Why (I Love You So) (The Ed Sullivan Show, Jan 21, 1962) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9POh4ATtuBw #TuneTuesday #WhyAndBecauseSongs #JackieWilson

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#TuneTuesday #WhyAndBecauseSongs For balance, one song with "because" in the title, as well: Darrell Banks: Just Because Your Love Is Gone (1969) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tU5NawD4es #DarrellBanks #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#TuneTuesday #WhyAndBecauseSongs One of the all-time doowop classics: The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon: Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1956; a live performance from the Frankie Laine show) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVIPPj7ovm0 #FrankieLymon #Teenagers #doowop

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Another pick for this week's #TuneTuesday theme #WhyAndBecauseSongs. This is one of the most-played soul 45s in my collection:. Shirley Wahls: Why Am I Crying (1967) www.youtube.com/watch?v=q19EgAxjiu0 Shirley Wahls had been a member of several well-known gospel groups and this great […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #WhyAndBecauseSongs. This is the first song that I thought of: The Sweet Inspirations: Why (Am I Treated So Bad) (1967) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXYTd1wNWQA #SweetInspirations #RoebuckStaples #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Another pick for this week's #TuneTuesday theme, #SongsOfMistAndFog. My favorite version of this standard was recorded by a blue-eyed soul group from Pennsylvania: The Magnificent Men: Misty (1966) www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ZOL2_QB1U #MagnificentMen #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #SongsOfMistAndFog. Here's the original version of this much-recorded tune: Wilma Burgess: Misty Blue (/1966) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtUcdxXIVg #WilmaBurgess #countrymusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #Dirty. Here's the first song that I thought of: Laura Lee: Dirty Man (1967) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnh5zjPfkM8 Recorded at Rick Hall's Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, this song was Laura Lee's first charted hit. Several decades later […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #OdeToMelancholy. Regardless of the genre, the mainstream Finnish popular music is full of melancholic songs: Olavi Virta: Hopeinen kuu (1960) www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SIqnLmoNS0 Reijo Taipale: Satumaa (1964) […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

One more pick for today's #TuneTuesday theme, #SingInTheChanges. The mid-sixties Imperial recordings of Irma Thomas were mostly sublime, and this song - written by the profilic Van McCoy -. is no exception: Irma Thomas: Times Have Changed (1964) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qS6C_iGC48 […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Another old favorite for this week's #TuneTuesday theme, #SingInTheChanges. I've played this Ludix 45 quite a lot: Anna King: The Big Change (1963) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLvNXDtan44 #AnnaKing #LutherDixon #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #SingInTheChanges. One of my favorite album tracks from the #Motown repertoire: The Miracles: My Baby Changes Like the Weather (1965) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qw5TcG-L78 #Miracles #SmokeyRobinson #Tamla #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

#TuneTuesday #GemsAndJewels Although not a hit at the time, this slow blues song was one of Roy Brown's greatest performances: Roy Brown: Queen of Diamonds (1954) www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4WZ1Hx_MQs #RoyBrown #rhythmandblues #blues

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

#TuneTuesday #GemsAndJewels. No matter what you think about Phil Spector as a person, he did produce a lot of outstanding records, like this one: Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, ltd: Black Pearl (1969) www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_e1JI1ejdU #SonnyCharles #Checkmatesltd #PhilSpector […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #GemsAndJewels. Here's an old favorite of mine: The Jive Five with Eugene Pitt: These Golden Rings (1962) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqIrDhanQII #JIveFive #EugenePitt #doowop

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #History When my father was posted to Ventiane, Laos, one of the cassettes we had was a compilation of songs by Johnny Horton. Even at that age, I figured that songs like this one were not normal country and western song topics! Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck For six […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #history. In 1959. Johnny Horton had a number one hit US pop hit with his version of Jimmy Driftwood's "The Battle of New Orleans", depicting a battle that was fought between the American and British troops on January 8, 1815: Johnny Horton: The Battle […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I had somehow managed to miss the news about the death of Benny Latimore, (on August 22). "Let's Straighten It Out" is of course one of the major 1970s soul classics, but I have also loved the following tune from the first time I heard it on the Finnish radio, probably at some point in the […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Today's #TuneTuesday theme is #CondimentsSongs. Here's a classic live performance from the T.A.M.I. Show: The Miracles: That's What Love Is Made Of (1964) www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1dU3yerbYs #Miracles #SmokeyRobinson #TAMIShow #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #Royalty. This is the first song that I thought of: Jackie DeShannon: The Prince (1962) www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0rN2ncf2jc #JackieDeShannon

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

It had been a few years since I had last played the late sixties Goldwax recordings of Spencer Wiggins. But I did yesterday, and they sounded as great as ever - one of the many highlights was this version of the Aretha Franklin classic: Spencer Wiggins: I Never Loved A Woman (The Way That I […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

This week's #AlternateFridayMusic theme is #Liar. This song, written by Curtis Mayfield, was a major hit for the 19-year-old Chicago soul singer Jan Bradley: Jan Bradley: Mama Didn't Lie (1962) www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu1FN09x7-4 #JanBradley #CurtisMayfield #chicagosoul #soulmusic

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #BeLikeDolly. Here's a Finnish-language version of "Jolene" by the underappreciated Tarja Merivirta, whose backup group in this video clip include some of the top Finnish musicians: Tarja Merivirta: Jolene (a live performance from the TV show "Laulava […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Working925. Here's what I came up with this time: The Silhouettes: Get a Job (The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show, March 8, 1958) www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzWkqfQ17Eo Roy Orbison: Working for the Man (1962) […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #waitingsongs. There was a similar #JukeboxFridayNight theme (#waiting) a few weeks ago, but of course, there's no shortage of suitable songs: Big Maybelle: I Can't Wait Any Longer (1967) www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-CxuabfF1Q I recently read an old […]

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Many of the mid-sixties Bobby Bland records had great #brass arrangements by his band leader, Joe Scott. This was one of the best: Bobby Bland: Ain't Nothing You Can Do (1964) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqsJN87aavQ #FortnightFridayMusic #BobbyBland #JoeScott #rhythmandblues #DukeRecords

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That Other Place @that-other-place.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

This week's #FortnightFridayMusic theme is #brass. This is the first song that I thought of: Jerry Williams & the Dynamite Brass: Keep On (1969) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciJdMv_PFfs The original US version of the song had been recorded by Bruce Channel. #JerryWilliams #DynamiteBrass […]

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