Excerpt from The Peoples Choice Jamie CD 4012 I Likes To Do It:
15 tracks, almost half never previously released
Frankie Brunson had an instant hit when he created a form of “scat soul” -- verbal improvisation set to a funky soul beat. “I Likes To Do It,” the first release of a sound that grew out of six years of constant public performances as a backing band, spent more than a dozen weeks on the charts in the summer of 1971 and ultimately rose to No.3 on the Cash Box Top R&B charts and No. 9 in Billboard.
On their very first session, The People’s Choice set a pattern of cutting numerous songs. They finished “I Likes To Do It” in two takes and went on to record “Big Ladies Man” the same night. Other sessions were equally, if not more, productive and led to diversifying the People’s Choice scat soul style. On the night they recorded “La Papala,” they also cut “When You’re All Alone” along with “It’s Still Good.” They cut two singles on the same night of September 2, 1971, recording “Cause That’s The Way I Know” at the same time as “Woo-T-Tee Woo.” That night also produced “Oh How I Love It.” Their lovely ballad, “Magic,” was cut with the unusually mellow and smooth guitar instrumental, “Jo,” a song only belatedly discovered on the multi-track tape.
They left a large legacy over twelve years, starting with “I Likes To Do It,” and an album’s worth of material on Phil-LA of Soul Records. Here it is, much of it released here for the first time.
Tracks
I Likes To Do It
Big Ladies Man
The Wootie-T-Woo
Cause That's The Way I Know
Magic
Oh How I Love It
Let Me Do My Thing
On a Cloudy Day
Nothing But Soul Food
La Papala
When You're All Alone
It's Still Good
Grunt
Magic
Joe