Sharon began her career, as a teen in Detroit, Michigan. She wrote her first songs at the age of 12. After auditioning her, Ollie McLaughlin launched her writing career by publishing and producing and releasing several of her songs on his own record lables, KAREN, CARLA, MOIRA & RUTH Records. McLaughlin recorded Sharons songs on major artists, Barbara Lewis, Deon Jackson, Gracie Darnell and Johnnie Mae Matthews. He also secured a UK release for Sharon’s song, Someday We’re Gonna Love Again, recorded by the London based group, The Searchers. It charted to #11 in Billboard, in several countries and to #23 here in the United States, in 1964/65. Thus, Sharon has a tremendous fan base in the UK and Western Europe.

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4th October 2009: Sunday morning saw us (Mark & Me) driving down to Cambridge to appear on Mick O’Donnell’s excellent Soul Discovery Radio Show. Also appearing on the show were Mark “Snowboy” Cotgrove and Dr.Bob Jones as we all participated in a Jazz Special as a follow on to a previous Jazz Special that Mick had done with SnowBoy to promote his excellent book “From Jazz Fusion To Acid Jazz”.  The idea was basically to cover some of the tunes from that U.K. Jazz Dance era covered in SnowBoy’s Book between the late 70’s into the 80’s The Music the Dance Styles and some general Jazz Chat between the 4 of us.  We had an eventful journey down there on the motorway acting as an extra in a remake of Stephen Spielbergs “Duel” as one of our friendly lorry drivers decided we were the target.  Having negotiated that we arrived to hook up with Bob and Mick in a local eatery for some Cambridge toasty hospitality. We then headed for the radio station to do the 3 hour show and were met there by SnowBoy fresh from the beginning of his late summer holiday at the UK’s finest Centre Parks. So it was a kinda a “Central Park @ Centre Parks moment  Bob continuing the theme on the show. Many thanks to Mick for his hospitality and the guys for making it an enjoyable experience

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Wali Ali went on to become a member of the Original Funk Brothers until 1972 when Motown moved to L.A. While in Los Angeles he became the Lead Guitarist for the Temptations, Eddie Kendricks, Teena Marie, Rick James & Patrice Rushen among others. Wali Ali also toured as guitarist with Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Glady’s Knight.
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Playlis;
Nathan Bartell “Some One Like You” (Albradella Records) 7′
Lou Johnson “Keep That Fire Buring” (BBE) LP
Slickaphonic “Back Into My Life Again” (Albina Music Trust) LP
Music Makers Band “You can be” -Kenny Dope Mix (NowAgain Records) LP
Brian Jackson “It’s Your World” (BBE)
Nimbiss “Paradise” (Izipho Soul Records Promo) 7′
Paul Tilman Smith “The Water” (Promo)
Milton Davis “Let Me In” (Albina Music Trust) LP
Closed Door Society “If Everthing Were Free” (Promo) 12′
Eugene Clark’s “I Love You”(EAC)
Wikstrom & Lewen Feat: Louise Marshall “Good, Good Feeling”
(Home of The Groove Records Promo) 7′
Shonda English “Feels Good” (Home of The Groove Records) 7′
Beres Hammond “Don’t Wait Too Long” (Home of The Groove Records) 7′
Chuck Overton “Slow Dance” (Promo)
Cozmas “Watusa” (Jazzroom Records Promo) 7′
The Janice Lakers Quintet “He Loves You” (Brushed Up) 7′
Ghalib Ghallab “Little Sunflower” (Shabazz Records) LP
Marva King “On One Can Love You More”(NC)
Sensational 4 “I’ve Been Lovin You” (A Major Records) 12′
Eugene Clark’s “As Long As I Give”(EAC)
Rickey Elvis Owens “What’s A Man To Do” (DL)Whats A Man To Do” (RO)
TranQuility “Let’s Try One More Time” (Tasten’see Records) 12′
Nimbiss “You And I” (Izipho Soul Records Promo) 7′
The Velons “Playing On My The Strings Of My Heart” (BJM Records)
Shaun LaBelle “Your Love Kept Calling My Name” (Izioho Soul Records) 7′
Nightchill “Love Don’t Let Me Down (Kent Records)
Robard Johnson “Slow Drag With My Baby” (Premo Records) 7′
Nnenna Freelon “Changed” (Origin Records) LP
Dom Salvador, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad
“Nao Podemos O Amas Parar” (Jazz Is Dead Records) LP

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Soul Discovery Show – An Exclusive Interview with Barry Burford from Chicago U.S.A.Barry Burford Singer, Tenor-Baritone.
Once sang with The Nathan Schaeffer Corral also attended Chicago's famed Harlan High School. During the mid 1970's Barry was a session singer, studio singer and a backing vocalist for his good friend Bobby Womack. In the early 1980's Barry, his brother Kevin Burford and Charles Reilly formed the group Nimbiss and recorded on their own record labels  FullScope Records &  Shy - Backed Records. Barry went on to become a member of The New Lost Generation and Maurice & ET Group with Eddie Thomas (Curtom Records) and Maurice Jackson (The Independents) www.souldiscovery.co.uk

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