Timeline

 
"Hot Buttered Soul" broke sytlistic boundaries and established Isaac Hayes as a successful recording artist in his own right after a very successful career as a Stax label songwriter for Sam & Dave and others. It was #1 on the R&B albums chart for 10 weeks. The album version of his cover of "Walk On By" ran just over 12 minutes. The timing here is for the single edit.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"Boz Scaggs" was released in August 1969 but little known until its Rolling Stone review dated November 15. I`d appreciate hearing from anyone with additional information; for example, if it was in heavy rotation somewhere before November 1969. Original LP running time was 12:31. 1977 remix was 12:48. The Anthology CD version runs a bit longer.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
A 7:00 version of "Funky Drummer" appears on the 1970 album "In The Jungle Groove" and on the Star Time CD box set. The ten-second Clyde Stubblefield drum solo at the end of Part 2 is claimed to be the most-sampled musical element in all of hip-hop. Public Enemy used it as part of its basic rhythm track throughout "Fight The Power." Chuck D. says "sound of the Funky Drummer" about 12 seconds into this excerpt. Once you`ve listened to the drum solo a few times it`s easier to isolate it from the other elements of "Fight The Power`s" rhythm track.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Stewart`s first solo album made a brief appearance at the bottom of the pop albums chart in December 1969 and then dropped off for a few months. I`ve slotted it with its reappearance in the spring. It re-charted again and reached its highest chart position in February 1972 after the massive success of "Maggie May" and the Every Picture album in summer and fall of 1971.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Sampled on 2PAC`s "Keep Ya Head Up" (October 1993)
 

 

 

 

 

 
Originially released on the album "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" in May 1969. When "Cinnamon Girl" got exposure as a single, the album re-ignited and climbed up the charts to a new peak.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The "Loaded" album never charted. "Sweet Jane" and "Rock `N` Roll went into heavy FM rotation as soon as Loaded was released.
 

 
The "Loaded" album never charted. "Sweet Jane" and "Rock `N` Roll went into heavy FM rotation as soon as Loaded was released.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The album version of "Black Magic Woman" is a medley of that song and "Gypsy Queen." That`s the only version available on Sony/Columbia CD reissues, but several Time-Life collections have "Black Magic Woman" in its original single length of 3:15.
 

 

 

 
The song was later (November 1971) released as a single and got a lot of AM radio airplay at that time.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
"It`s Too Late" was the huge hit single from the "Tapestry" album that spent 15 weeks at the top of the album charts and epitomized the heyday of singer-songwriter pop success.