EMOTIONAL RESCUE
EPISODE 1

From Studio C Chicago this is “Emotional Rescue,” a tuneful tapestry of all things 1970 to 1980, with plenty of air time given to pop, soul, funk, postpunk, classic rock, Afrobeat, New Wave, film music, jazz, disco, and more. I’m Andy Miles, and this is Donny Hathaway.

Donny Hathaway “Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything)” (1970)

Shuggie Otis “Destination You!” (1975)

The Dwight Twilley Band “I’m On Fire” (1976)

Rockpile “Heart” (1980)

Rockpile from 1980, “Heart.” It comes from “Seconds of Pleasure,” Rockpile’s only studio record, which turned a lot of heads in 1980 because Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe were members of the band.

The Dwight Twilley Band before that, “I’m On Fire,” a top 20 hit in the summer of 1975. In the summer of ’76 it was included as the opening track on the band’s debut album, “Sincerely.”

We also heard Shuggie Otis, “Destination You!" from 1975.

And Donny Hathaway at the top of the show, “Voices Inside,” the opening track from the excellent “Everything Is Everything” album, Hathaway’s debut LP; it came out in 1970 on the Atco label. The Chicago-born soul singer went on to score some big ’70s hits with Roberta Flack; some of their duet recordings were released posthumously after Hathaway’s 1979 death by suicide.

And you’re listening to “Emotional Rescue” from Studio C Chicago. I’m Andy Miles. Thanks for joining me. Lots of good stuff on the way, including Robert Palmer, Billy Preston, George Harrison, Chicago, and this from Roxy Music.

Roxy Music “She Sells” (1975)

Traffic “Empty Pages” (1970)

Seatrain “Flute Thing” (1973)

Marvin Gaye “Got To Give It Up (Part 1)” (1977)

That’s “Got To Give It Up (Part 1),” a major hit for Marvin Gaye in 1977, topping the pop, soul, and disco charts. Part 2 was the single’s B-side. Gaye’s brother Frankie and his girlfriend, Janis, whom he married less than a year after the session, provided — along with Gaye himself — backing vocals on the track.

California band Seatrain before that, “Flute Thing,” the final track on their final album, released in 1973. Andy Kulberg provided the flute on the Al Kooper-penned song.

We also heard Traffic with “Empty Pages,” an FM radio hit included on the band’s 1970 album “John Barleycorn Must Die,” which had started out as a Steve Winwood solo record but ended up as a Traffic reunion, the band having broken up at the end of 1968.

And Roxy Music at the top of the set, “She Sells,” the opening track on side two of “Siren,” the 1975 album that produced the band’s biggest American hit, “Love Is The Drug,” which was the opening cut on side one.

From Studio C Chicago, this is "Emotional Rescue," a show devoted to a great decade in American music: the 1970s. Next up: The Flaming Ember.

The Flaming Ember “Westbound #9” (1970)

The Crusaders “Put It Where You Want It” (1971)

Robert Palmer “Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley” (1974)

Sly & The Family Stone “In Time” (1973)

That’s a song called “In Time” from Sly & The Family Stone, the opening track of their 1973 album, “Fresh,” the second of five LPs the group released in the ’70s, and their last to reach the American top 10.

We heard Robert Palmer “Sneakin’ Sally Down The Alley,” the great title track from Palmer’s debut album, released in 1974. It was actually a cover of a song Lee Dorsey had recorded earlier in the decade. Palmer was backed on his version by The Meters and Lowell George from Little Feat, and the song sometimes got airplay as the third part of the funky trilogy that opens the album, “Sailin’ Shoes,” “Hey Julia,” and “Sally.”

The Crusaders before that, “Put It Where You Want It,” released in 1971 when the band had shortened their name from The Jazz Crusaders, which they had been known as since their formation in 1960. “Put It Where You Want It” was one of their best-selling records, reaching number 52 on the Billboard pop chart in 1972.

And another band that underwent a name change, The Flaming Ember — formerly known as The Flaming Embers — got that set started with “Westbound #9,” a top 25 pop hit in 1970.

From Studio C Chicago, this is “Emotional Rescue.” I’m Andy Miles. One last full set of music on the show; it starts with Garland Jeffreys.

Garland Jeffreys “Wild in the Streets” (1977)

Chicago “Dialogue, Pt. 2” (1972)

Billy Preston “Will It Go ’round in Circles” (1972)

Nicky Thomas “Isn’t It A Pity” (1971)

That’s Nicky Thomas with his cover of “Isn’t It A Pity,” released in 1971, a year after George Harrison released his version on the album “All Things Must Pass.” Harrison actually wrote the song as a Beatle in 1966, but failed to convince his bandmates to record and include it on both “Sgt. Pepper” and “Let It Be.” Nicky Thomas was a Jamaican-born singer much better known in Britain, where he settled in the early ’70s.

Before that, Billy Preston, who had a much more direct connection to The Beatles, providing electric piano all over the “Let It Be” album, including the great solos on “Get Back” and “Don’t Let Me Down.” That exposure — and his identification as the fifth Beatle — was a boost for Preston’s solo career, which took off in 1972 with the song “Outa-Space,” which climbed to number two on the Billboard pop chart. The song we heard, “Will It Go ’round in Circles,” topped the chart in ’73, becoming the first of Preston’s two solo number ones.

We heard Chicago with “Dialogue, Pt. 2” from their double platinum fourth album, “Chicago V.”

And Garland Jeffreys at the top of the set, “Wild in the Streets,” a minor 1977 hit for the Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter. It was included on the album “Ghost Writer,” which Rolling Stone magazine liked so much they named Jeffreys Best New Artist of 1977, despite the fact that he’d been making records since 1970.

And you’ve been listening to “Emotional Rescue” from Studio C Chicago. I’m Andy Miles. Thanks for joining me. The last song on the show takes us back to 1974 for “Rosa May” from Mary Lou Williams, who was 64 years old when this record was released and a recognized jazz piano pioneer. The critically acclaimed album was “Zoning”; this was the opening cut on side two.

Mary Lou Williams “Rosa May” (1974)

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