SO MANY RECORDS, SO LITTLE TIME » Barbara Acklin http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com THIS BLOG IS ABOUT 7" RECORDS ONLY. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY. EVERY SONG IS CONVERTED TO MP3 FROM MY PERSONAL 45 COLLECTION, AND THERE'S NOT ONE THAT I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND YOU SEEKING OUT. ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WHO DON'T WANT THEIR MUSIC HEARD HERE JUST LET ME KNOW, AND DOWN IT WILL COME. CLICK ON ANY IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:32:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Monk Higgins & The Specialties http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/?p=60 http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/?p=60#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:32:00 +0000 SO MANY RECORDS, SO LITTLE TIME http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/?p=60 Gotta Be Funky / Monk Higgins & The Specialties

Try to ignore the trendy song title. Heavily sampled, well known to breakbeaters of the world, not surprisingly with a drum sound like that. Even though Monk Higgins had some blips of notoriety in jazz circles, he was actually best as an A&R guy, working for One-Derful Records in the 60′s and signing Otis Clay.

The guy did a lot of writing and producing into the 70′s for Imperial, Minit and UA. While there, he recorded a few albums and released ‘Gotta Be Funky’, his biggest hit. He gave his cousin, Barbara Acklin her start (as Barbara Allen on Chess) as well. Seemingly, a pretty great fellow.

The B side of this, ‘Big Water Bed’, is a riot – worth searching out.

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