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Story by: Gail Nobles Photos: Wikipedia Public Domain Intro by: Gail Nobles. Do you remember the soul blues songTramp? It was first recorded by Lowell Fulson in 1967. It was his highest charting single. The song was covered By Otis Redding, and in a duet with Carla Thomas, and this version reached number two on billboard R&B chart.

My father would play Otis Redding song Sitting On The Dock of the Bay, and he would sing along with the record a million times. I had no idea who Otis Redding was until then. I knew what he looked like from the album cover, and I only knew who Carla Thomas was by her voice.

One day my mother said: Play that Otis Redding album. And she would tell me the sad story about Otis Redding’s tragic death, and she told me about the song on his album Tramp. It was from his first album The Dock of the Bay, on side two and the third song.

When I heard the song, I thought it was an amazing song. It was amazing to me how they carried on a conversation in between singing on the record.

Carla Thomas called Otis Redding a tramp in the song it was just like I've been there with them and back home after hearing the record I would sit by the record player lost in the dialogue between them. Carla called Otis a tramp from the Georgia Woods. Old is Reading recorded Tramp as a duet with Carla Thomas for Stax Records.

I remember when I thought Wolfman Jack lived inside the radio when I was a little girl, and he would play all of those hit songs. He would say: that's the love train by the O'Jays.Those were the days of the 70s.

And I remember my daddy would imitate the Wolfman's howling sound and laugh about it. And that's how I came to know the Wolfman Jack, and that's how I came to know some of the songs. I remember hearing some old radio commercials in between, and that's why up there on the needle house wall is a picture of Wolfman Jack. I'm a big fan more so now than ever.I really miss him. If you knew Wolfman Jack in those days, you were listening to real radio.

Well that's my story of Wolfman Jack. Thank you for tuning in to the Needle House. I'm going to close out now….

Podcast Jingle by: Gail Nobles Do you have a J5 Forty Five Collection?

I hate it when records get scratched up. I hate it when they start skipping. A record can turn into a whole different sound. A terrible sound. A record can loose it’s shine.

I remember a few old Jackson Five Forty Fives. One More Chance - I Found That Girl. They had the Motown label on them which made it easy to find the Jackson Five in the record stack. No other record label looks like Motown’s.

I wanted to play some of the Jackson Five records here at Needle House. And it’s not allowed. So I had to make some music of my own.

I’ve been listening to the Jacksons since I was a baby. Their music was like milk. I was already learning something about music and didn’t know it. The first Jackson Five song I remember is I’ll Be There. It was something about the music and Michael’s sweet child’s voice that made me listen. I couldn’t sing, talk, tell, or express what I was feeling when I heard the song. I remember being very quite. There was something about the harmony of the Jacksons.

As I got older, the Jacksons got older. Their music began to change,. They were singing songs like Blame It On the Boogie - Shake Your Body. I began to notice them more on television. It was hard not to sing and dance to their music.

The Jacksons had the greatest disco sound. They made you want to listen to them over and over and over again. Their music back then was of the 70’s, and to me, their music has a great sound that makes me want to dance today.

It’s never to late to add the Jackson Five to your record collection. If you have them, you can always pull out their albums or their 45’s. Then you can jam.

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J5-45 collection by Gail Nobles. You’re listening to Needle House Recordings © 2021.

Jingle by: Gail Nobles ©️ 2023 Music by: Gail Nobles Cover Art by: Gail Nobles Hello! Welcome to Needle House. I'm Gail Nobles. Ñeedle House is about music artists that made it in music. It's also the story of people that love music not in the music business. The world is full of music. There are people around us on the job and at home humming or singing or making a tune; making and writing songs. There are songs in all our lives. There are memories with songs we've heard from our favorite artists. Music has been with us since the beginning of time and will always be with us forever. So come on in to Needle House.