Donald J. Wheeler

By 1966, soul was the dominant musical genre throughout the US, and New York was THE recording centre, producing more records than anywhere else. This CD avoids the better-known hits, and you may not have heard of a lot of the singers, but these tracks, often from tiny labels, represent the sound of the city rather better than many big label productions. This is the sound from the streets and clubs music that got heard and appreciated way below the radar.

"Love Games" is the debut full-length album from Evan Rogers, singer-songwriter-producer and part of the duo of Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. In addition to Carl Sturken's contributions, John Nevin (who also would appear on Donny Osmond's 1989 comeback album) appears here on bass; he would resurface in 1991 as part of the Sturken/Rogers R&B/dance-rock band Rythm Syndicate.