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Speaker 1: Me Something Good is today's topic by the fabulous Shaka
Speaker 1: Khan Shacker Shack to Come. You know when I first
Speaker 1: heard that iconic song, I was just a baby girl.
Speaker 1: The chorus grabbed everyone's attention and made everybody sing along.
Speaker 1: You could feel the vibe change when that part hit.
Speaker 1: Everybody would chime in and it felt like a big
Speaker 1: old sing a long party. Back in those days, you
Speaker 1: didn't even need to know what Shaka Khan looked like.
Speaker 1: It was all about the music. My daddy had a
Speaker 1: stack of forty five's and we would just put them
Speaker 1: on the turntable ready to groove. No fancy record covers
Speaker 1: mattered because all we wanted was to hear the song.
Speaker 1: We were thankful that we had the music. Now, I'll
Speaker 1: be honest, sometimes those words were hard to catch. Back then,
Speaker 1: you didn't have lyrics printed out or even a closed
Speaker 1: caption on TV. We just listened, felt the music and
Speaker 1: let it move us. Tell Me Something Good, released in
Speaker 1: nineteen seventy four, became a massive hit on that AM radio.
Speaker 1: We all loved. It. Was part of the album Rags
Speaker 1: to Rufous and that funky groove was crafted by none
Speaker 1: other than Stevie Wonder You know. It was the first
Speaker 1: big hit for Rufus featuring Shaka Khan for their next
Speaker 1: album that climbed up the charts, hitting number three on
Speaker 1: the Billboard Hot one hundred and even taking the top
Speaker 1: spot on the cash Box Top one hundred for a week.
Speaker 1: And let's not forget that funky guitar talk Box by
Speaker 1: Tony Maiden. It was one of the early songs to
Speaker 1: use it, making it a true standout. So whenever you
Speaker 1: hear that classic, just no. It's a celebration of good
Speaker 1: vibes and great music. And it all started with a
Speaker 1: little way of asking, tell me something good. I'm Gail Nobles.
Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to the podcast AM Memories