Manchester Soul Jukebox
Good Time Charlie
by Bobby Bland
056
USA DUKE U.K. Vocalion Written by: Malone – Scott- Capla Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland (The Voice) was introduce to us by Roger Eagle the Twisted wheel DJ. ‘Good Time Charlie’ was always played, not just at All-nighters, but on every weekend and weekday that the club was open in 1965. And the DJ was also feeding us with more stuff from Mr Bland: "Cry Cry Cry," "I Pity The Fool", "Turn On Your Love Light," "Don't Cry No More" / "Saint James Infirmary", "Who Will The Next Fool Be", "Yield Not To Temptation" / "How Does A Cheating Woman Feel", "Stormy Monday Blues", "Call On Me" / "That's The Way Love Is". Did that man have a back catalogue – hey!” and all before 1963! Bobby had a strange way of singing I was told by Roger one night in the coffee bar in the ‘old’ Wheel, he had read that Bobby had to throw his head to one side and bend his head down to force his stylish sound out from his throat! Well his guttural sounds on ‘Good Time Charlie’ were just fine by us. The fact that Charlie was a playboy with a whole lotta’ Soul soon connected with the Soul Mods at the Wheel. “They call me Good Time Charlie Playboy with a whole lotta soul I said they call me Good Time Charlie Playboy with a whole lotta soul I'm the last of the big time spenders I keep a pocket full of gold Put on your red dress, baby We're going up to Sugar Hill I said put on your red dress, baby We're going up to Sugar Hill Come on, come on If you won't, your sister will Lord, put on your red wig, baby I want you to ball with me Put on your red wig, baby, yeah I want you to go out And ball with me Don't you know the Sky is the limit, baby Little girl, and everything's free Lord, I can make you feel good Just like I said I would Lord, I can make you feel so good Just like I said I would It's all right, oh, lord It's all right Lord, they call me Good Time Charlie Playboy with a whole lotta soul Lord, they call me Good Time Charlie Playboy with a whole lotta soul I'm the last of the big time spenders Little girl, I keep a pocket full of gold Oh, I can make you feel nice” Mod’s liked these type of records probably because they also included a bit of arrogance mixed with style, just like the Mod’s! Tracks like: Dr Horse – “Jack, That cat was Clean”, “Cool Jerk” – The Capitals, “Mr Bang, Bang Man”, - Little Hank, “The Boy From New York City – The Ad-Libs, Mohair Sam – Charlie Rich and of course “The “In” Crowd” by Dobie Gray. They all made it into this category due the similar themes expressed in the lyrics.
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