THE WATTS 103rd STREET RHYTHM BAND HOT HEAT AND SWEET GROOVE

 

warner bros the seven arts records 1968          WS 1741

First Watts 103rd Band 

The name, Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band was originally coined 

by Los Angeles producer and Keymen Records owner Fred Smith in 

1967. However, between 1967 and 1968, the Watts 103rd name applied 

to three, arguably four different personnel configurations before 

settling into the final band who played on every Watts 103rd album 

from 1968 forward.

Smith produced a theme song for KGFJ radio personality, DJ 

Magnificent Montague. The song became so popular that Smith released 

it as a single in 1967 and created the name, Watts 103rd St. 

Rhythm Band for the studio group who had recorded it. Purportedly, 

the players on the single included Wright, James Carmichael, 

Leon Haywood, Bobby Womack

There is some confusion because, after "Spreadin' Honey" became a success, 

Montague re-released the single on the MoSoul label (a Keyman subsidiary) 

and credited to a different group altogether, the Soul Runners. It has been 

long assumed that the Soul Runners were simply an earlier line-up of the 

Watts Band however, according to Wright, the two groups had nothing to 

do with one another whatsoever.

credits:

  Arranged By  James Carmichael
    Bass  Melvin Dunlap
    Congas  Ray Jackson
    Drums  James Gadson
    Guitar  Al McKay, Charles Wright
    Producer  Fred Smith
    Saxophone [Tenor]  BillA Cannon, John Rayford
    Trombone  Ray Jackson
    Trumpet  Gabriel Flemings, Joe Banks

Recorded at Nashville West, Hollywood.
Engineer   Charles Underwood

     tracks listing

A1 Caesar's Palace
Written-By  Earl Nelson, Fred Smith    
A2 Yellow Submarine
Written-By  John Lennon/Paul McCartney
A3 Brown Sugar
Written-By  Jesse Hill, Mac Rebennack    
A4 Soul Concerto
Written-By  Earl Nelson,
Fred Smith , James Carmichael   
A5 Fried Okra
Written-By  Fred Smith   
A6 Spreadin' Honey
Written-By  Fred Smith, Nathaniel Nathan   
B1 A Little Class & A Little Trash
Written-By  James Carmichael   
B2 The 103rd St. Theme
Written-by  Robert West 
B3 The Girl From Ipanema
Written-By  Antonio Carlos Jobim,
Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes    
B4 Bring It On Home To Me
Written-By  Sam Cooke 
B5 Whole Hog, Or None At All
Written-By  Earl Nelson    
B6 Watts Happening
Written-By  Fred Smith

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