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Little Royal
12+ albums
bluessoulfunk70s60s
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Little Royal & The Swingmasters was an American soul and R&B group and artist of the 1960-70's. Little Royal was half-brother of James Brown. Notable people who have performed with Little Royal include Teddy Pendergrass and Bobby Parker. The title track of his album "Jealous", reached #15 on the Billboard R&B Chart on August 5, 1972. His song, Razor Blade was sampled by 16 artists, including Ice-T, Lord Finesse and J Dilla. Little Royal died at the age of 82 on September 29, 2016. Little Royal – know to his mama as Royal Torrance – recorded for a number of labels in the 60’s and 70’s, creating his best known/remembered for the Tri-Us subsidiary of King records. The King association is apt because the artist that ought to come to mind upon hearing much of Little Royal’s material is none other than the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. ‘Razor Blade’ is a very solid bit of meat and potatoes funk 45-ism, with a rubbery pimp-walk of a guitar line laid over a snappy 4/4 drum beat (with a break, of course…) and a sharp horn chart. Torrance had a sound that was probably too derivative to ever elevate him from the B-list of soul artists, particularly considering that his vocals were very similar to those of James Brown. Despite this limitation, Royal recorded fairly frequently in the '60s and '70s for labels including Carnival, Excello and Tri-Us, a Starday-King label. For the latter label Royal cut his most well-known material with the "Crazy Cajun," Huey P. Meaux, as producer. Tod
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Jealous (The Crazy Cajun Recordings)
Soul Train
Jealous
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Block Party Breaks vol. 2
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East Side Story, Vol. 1
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Gimme A Break – 70’s Breakbeats & Future Samples
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Funky16Corners Radio v.18 - Blues Tears & Sorrow
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East Side Story - Vol. 1
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Funky Tales
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Funky16Corners Radio v.24 - Funky Soul Train
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King Funk
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East Side Story, Vol. 1-12 Disc 1