Dorothy Berry - The Planetary Sides (WTS Soul No.6)

Miss Dorothy Berry has an impressive CV and some of the most wonderful and sadly underrated R&B/Soul sides ever recorded! I mean, this gal was a Jefferson High School student in the South Central Los Angeles where people like Richard Berry, Etta James, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Young Jessie, Cornell Gunter, O.C. Smith were upper-classmates, Roy Ayers was in her class and Barry White and Merry Clayton came after (as I learned from the always cool rock'n'soul preacher Jonathan Toubin)! In fact Dorothy dated and married Mr. "Louie Louie" and "Have Love Will Travel" guy. She was even a Raelette at some point!!

Anyway, every single song she recorded (for Challenge, Little Star, Planetary, USA etc.) was worthy making her at least a superstar and I mean EVERY SINGLE ONE but the four sides on Dot subsidiary Planetary are her peak. All booming, highly danceable and fast moving. The drums are pounding and the horns are like a filthy Motown secret session/production that Berry Gordy would have never let come out of his studios. And Dorothy is wailing all over, man...