Rotary Connection

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I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
Memory Band 00:00 Tools
Christmas Love 00:00 Tools
Respect 00:00 Tools
Tales Of Brave Ulysses 04:32 Tools
Turn Me On 03:20 Tools
Amen 00:00 Tools
Sunshine Of Your Love 00:00 Tools
Magical World 00:00 Tools
Rapid Transit 00:00 Tools
Love Has Fallen On Me 04:21 Tools
Didn't Want To Have To Do It 00:00 Tools
Sursum Mentes 00:00 Tools
If I Sing My Song 00:00 Tools
The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 00:00 Tools
Hey, Love 00:00 Tools
Want You To Know 00:00 Tools
Love Is 00:00 Tools
We're Going Wrong 00:00 Tools
Life Could 00:00 Tools
The Weight 00:00 Tools
The Salt Of The Earth 00:00 Tools
Song For Everyman 00:00 Tools
I Got My Mojo Working 00:00 Tools
Amuse 00:00 Tools
Teach Me How To Fly 03:16 Tools
Ruby Tuesday 00:00 Tools
Soul Man 00:00 Tools
Lady Jane 00:00 Tools
This Town 00:00 Tools
Like A Rolling Stone 00:00 Tools
Let Them Talk 04:23 Tools
Stormy Monday Blues 00:00 Tools
christmas child 00:00 Tools
The Sea & She 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection 00:00 Tools
May Our Amens Be True 00:00 Tools
Love Me Now 00:00 Tools
Living Alone 00:00 Tools
Black Gold Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
V.I.P. 03:08 Tools
I Took A Ride (Caravan) 06:03 Tools
Vine of Happiness 00:00 Tools
Hangin' Round the Bee Tree 00:00 Tools
Aladdin 00:00 Tools
Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 00:00 Tools
The Sea and She 00:00 Tools
Paper Castle 00:00 Tools
I Must Be There 00:00 Tools
I Feel Sorry 00:00 Tools
Peace At Last 00:00 Tools
Silent Night 00:00 Tools
Silent Night Chant 00:00 Tools
Last Call For Peace 00:00 Tools
Like A Rollin' Stone 00:00 Tools
Lady Lane 00:00 Tools
Opening Round 00:00 Tools
Santa's Little Helpers 00:00 Tools
If Peace Was All We Had 04:51 Tools
Sidewalk Santa 00:00 Tools
Shopping Bag Menagerie 00:00 Tools
tales of brave ullysess 00:00 Tools
Silent Night - Album Version 1 00:00 Tools
i am the blackgold of the sun 00:00 Tools
memory lane 00:00 Tools
Hanging Round the Bee Tree 00:00 Tools
Memory Lane (Bonita Applebaum) 00:00 Tools
Blackgold Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
Black Gold Of The Sun By Rotary Connection 00:00 Tools
Lektricks #1 00:00 Tools
Quartet 00:00 Tools
Lonely Summer 00:00 Tools
The Weight (Songs) 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
Hey Love 00:00 Tools
Country Things 00:00 Tools
PIP 00:00 Tools
Black Noise ~ Memory Band 00:00 Tools
Silence 00:00 Tools
14 - Rotary Connection - Memory Band 00:00 Tools
Memory Lane (Bonita Applebum) 00:00 Tools
Na jednej z dzikich plaz 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (feat. Minnie Riperton) 00:00 Tools
V.I.P 00:00 Tools
Pump Effect/Want You To Know 00:00 Tools
Memory Band (A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum) 00:00 Tools
Pointillism/We Will Be Free 00:00 Tools
Bonita Applebum - includes 'Can I Kick It' Intro 00:00 Tools
Lektricks #2 - Merry Prankster 00:00 Tools
I'm The Black Gold Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black God Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
Pink Noise 00:00 Tools
Stormy Monday 00:00 Tools
Tales Of Brave Ulysees 00:00 Tools
Memory Band ['Bonita Applebum'] 00:00 Tools
Silent Night - Album Version 2 00:00 Tools
02. Amen 00:00 Tools
04. Turn Me On 00:00 Tools
05. Respect 00:00 Tools
Respect (Songs) 00:00 Tools
Pump Effect 00:00 Tools
08. A-Muse 00:00 Tools
Memory Lane ['Killing Me Softly'] 00:00 Tools
Tales Of Brave Ulysses (Songs) 00:00 Tools
Song For Everywoman 00:00 Tools
Let The People Talk 00:00 Tools
Life Could ('Midnight in a Perfect World') 00:00 Tools
I Got My Mojo Working (Songs) 00:00 Tools
14. Tales Of Brave Ulysses 00:00 Tools
05. The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 00:00 Tools
The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (Songs) 00:00 Tools
VIP 00:00 Tools
Black Noise 00:00 Tools
We will be free 00:00 Tools
They Call It Stormy Monday 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Memory Band (Used For "Bonita Applebum") 00:00 Tools
This Town (Songs) 00:00 Tools
Merry Prankster 00:00 Tools
Hey, Love (Hey Love) 00:00 Tools
Hay, Love 00:00 Tools
Pointillism - We Will be Free 00:00 Tools
We're Going Wrong (Songs) 00:00 Tools
Hangin' Round The Bee Tree (Hey Love) 00:00 Tools
Silent Night (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Like A Rollin' Stone 00:00 Tools
Lektricks #2 00:00 Tools
The Sea & She (Hey Love) 00:00 Tools
Love Is (Hey Love) 00:00 Tools
Black Noise - Memory Band 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - 1971 - Hey Love - 06 - love has fallen on me 00:00 Tools
Burning Midnight Lamp 00:00 Tools
I Am the Black Gold of the Sun (feat. Minnie Ripperton) 00:00 Tools
'rotary Connection' LP Ad 00:00 Tools
Silent Night (Album Version 1) 00:00 Tools
Song For Everyman (Hey Love) 00:00 Tools
Vine Of Happiness (Hey Love) 00:00 Tools
Memory Band (45 rpm Version) 00:00 Tools
Memory 00:00 Tools
06 tales of brave ulysses 00:00 Tools
Love Ha Fallen On Me 00:00 Tools
Christmas Love (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
R.E.S.P.E.C.T 00:00 Tools
The Sea She 00:00 Tools
Got My Mojo Working 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 07. I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
A Muse 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 05. Respect 00:00 Tools
Pointillism / We Will Be Free 00:00 Tools
Lektricks #2 / Merry Prankster 00:00 Tools
BLACK NOISE/MEMORY BAND 00:00 Tools
Pump Effect - Want to Know 00:00 Tools
Love Has Fallen On Me ['Drivin' Me Wild'] 00:00 Tools
Pump Effect / Want You To Know 00:00 Tools
Respect (Otis Redding cover) 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 04. Turn Me On 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 03. Rapid Transit 00:00 Tools
Memory Band ['Life I Live'] 00:00 Tools
Silent Night (Album Version 2) 00:00 Tools
A02 - Teach Me How To Fly 00:00 Tools
Lektricks #2/Merry Prankster 00:00 Tools
Respect ['A Name I Call Myself'] 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 02. Amen 00:00 Tools
Love Has Fallen On Me (Common & Lily Allen - 'Drivin' Me Wild') 00:00 Tools
Memory Lane [Bonita Applebum] 00:00 Tools
Ruby Tuesday (4 Hero Mix) 00:00 Tools
Respect (with Rotary Connection) 00:00 Tools
Sea and She 00:00 Tools
I am the Black Gold of the Sun (1971) 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 01. Magical World 00:00 Tools
Peace, Peace At Last 00:00 Tools
Tails Of Brave Ulysses 00:00 Tools
I Want You to Know 00:00 Tools
Amen (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Tale of Brave Ulysses 00:00 Tools
"I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN" (1971) 00:00 Tools
Pointillism-We Will be Free 00:00 Tools
Lektricks #2-Merry Prankster 00:00 Tools
Memory Band - 1967 00:00 Tools
I'Got My Mojo Working 00:00 Tools
Turn Me On - Rotary Connection 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 12. Didn't Want To Have To Do It 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 13. May Our Amens Be True 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 08. A-Muse 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 09. Sunshine Of Your Love 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 11. Memory Band 00:00 Tools
Memory Band (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
i am the black gold of the su 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - Album Version 00:00 Tools
A03 - V.I.P 00:00 Tools
Memory Band [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Didn't Want To Have To Do It [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Rapid Transit (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Memory Band 03:22 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 10. Sursum Mentes 00:00 Tools
let me hide in your sunshine 00:00 Tools
Sunshine Of Your Love (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Life Could... 00:00 Tools
'Christmas Child' 00:00 Tools
What The People Think 00:00 Tools
Memoryband 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Respect 00:00 Tools
Respect (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Tales Of Brave Ulysses (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun Feat. Minnie Ripperton 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 2) - 02. Love Has Fallen On Me 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Sunshine of Your Love dL edit 00:00 Tools
Stormy Monday - The Whole Creation - Stormy Monday 00:00 Tools
Pump Effect-Want to Know 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 16. Hey, Love 00:00 Tools
Sursum Mentes [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Bonita Applebum 00:00 Tools
Sunshine Of Your Love [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Sursum Mentes (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Pink Noise / Lady Jane 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Hole Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
Black Gold 00:00 Tools
If I Sing My Song (with Rotary Connection) 00:00 Tools
Rapid Transit / Turn Me On / Pink Noise / Lady Jane 00:00 Tools
I Took A Ride 00:00 Tools
The Burining of The Midnight Lamp ['Hova Song (Intro-Outro)'] 00:00 Tools
I'M The Blackgold Of The Sun 00:00 Tools
A05 - I Took A Ride (Caravan) 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection / Ruby Tuesday 00:00 Tools
Silent Night (with Rotary Connection) 00:00 Tools
Silent Night (2) 00:00 Tools
Black Noiseå`memory Band 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 2) - 15. Let Them Talk 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 2) - 04. The Weight 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 2) - 05. The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp 00:00 Tools
The Salt Of The Earth (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Amen [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
May Our Amens Be True [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
The Sea & She [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 17. Song For Everyman 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection - Black Gold- The Very Best Of [Disc 1) - 14. Tales Of Brave Ulysses 00:00 Tools
Love Is [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
'Santa's Little Helper' 00:00 Tools
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - Rotary Connection 00:00 Tools
Christmas Child -ROTARY CONNECTION 00:00 Tools
Song For Everyman [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Rotary Connection (incl. Ruby Tuesday) 00:00 Tools
Christmas Love (with Rotary Connection) 00:00 Tools
The Burning Of The Midnight La 00:00 Tools
Stormy Monday/The Whole Creation/Stormy Monday 00:00 Tools
Hanging around the Bee Tree 00:00 Tools
Tales of Brave Ullysses 00:00 Tools
Tales Of Brave Ulysses (with Rotary Connection) 00:00 Tools
The Weight** 00:00 Tools
Les Fleurs 00:00 Tools
Rapid Transit / Turn Me On 00:00 Tools
We're Going Wrong (with Rotary Connection) 00:00 Tools
B01 - Aladdin 00:00 Tools
B04 - I Feel Sorry 00:00 Tools
Song for everyone 00:00 Tools
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Rotary Connection was a psychedelic soul band formed in Chicago in 1966 that lasted until 1971, and are possibly most notable for launching the formal singing career of a Chess Records' receptionist named Minnie Riperton. The highly experimental band was formed under artistic direction of Charles Stepney, at the behest of Marshall Chess, the then 25 year old son of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess. Marshall was the director behind a start-up label, Cadet Concept Records, and wanted to focus on music outside of the blues and rock genres, which had made the Chess label popular. This led Marshall to turn his attention to the burgeoning psychedelic movement. He recruited Charles Stepney, a vibraphonist and classically-trained arranger and producer for sonic wizardry. Marshall then recruited members of a little-known white rock band, The Proper Strangers (Bobby Simms, Mitch Aliotta & Ken Venegas). Sidney Barnes, a songwriter within the Chess organization, also joined, as did Judy Hauff and a Chess receptionist named Minnie Riperton, who would later be successful in her own solo career. Marshall also called up prominent session musicians associated with the Chess label, including guitarist Phil Upchurch and drummer Morris Jennings. The band released their self-titled debut album in late 1967. It plays like a melange of styles, borrowing heavily from pop, rock, and soul, but in a way that isn't entirely radio-friendly. The album also boasts an Eastern influence through its use of the sitar on Turn Me On and Memory Band. Stepney's arrangements, brought to life by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, imbue the album with a certain dreamlike quality; this would become a trademark of both the arranger and the mouthpiece. The album proved to be a modest success within the Midwest, but failed to make an impact nationally -- this was to be the Rotary's ultimate fate. The band returned in 1968 with a pair of albums, Aladdin and Peace. The former was the group's proper sophomore effort, and it found Riperton assuming a more prominent vocal role than the "background instrument" status she had on the debut. The latter was a Christmas release, with strong pervasive messages of love and understanding for a nation in the grips of Vietnam. The album's cover art of a hippie Santa Claus more than makes its intentions known. Peace is notable for being involved in controversy: an anti-war cartoon in a December 1968 edition of Billboard magazine featured a graphic image of a bruised and bloodied Santa on a Vietnam battlefield. Mistaking this cartoon for the album's cover art, Montgomery Ward cancelled all shipments of the album. Rotary Connection would release three more albums: Songs, in 1969, a collection of drastic reworkings of other artist's songs, including Otis Redding's Respect and The Band's The Weight and Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love. Dinner Music followed in 1970, in which they added elements of folk and country into the mix along with some electronic experimentation, and; Hey Love in 1971, where the band, oddly credited as the New Rotary Connection, ended its career with a jazz-oriented affair. From this particular album came the uplifting I am the Black Gold of the Sun, which was famously covered in 1997 by underground dance outfit Nuyorican Soul. After the break-up of the band, Stepney served as a producer and arranger for other artists, most notably the soul outfit Earth, Wind, & Fire. He died in 1976 of a heart attack. Minnie Riperton enjoyed the fruits of a successful solo career until breast cancer ended her life in 1979. Sidney Barnes continues to work a singer and songwriter, and in recent years has gained a following in the U.K.. The other remaining members of the band either attempted other, lower-profile, musical endeavours or divorced themselves entirely of the business. Thanks to reissues of their catalog in the late 1990s and the appropriation of material through sampling within the hip-hop community, Rotary Connection has been formally introduced to a new generation. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.