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The Dapps Featuring Alfred Ellis - "There Was A Time" b/w "The Rabbit Got The Gun" King 1968   Oh no! It's Elmer Fudd's worst nightmare! Man this is a fantastically funky fillet of soul instros! As previously stated in other posts, sometimes I'm unable to upload both sides of a single, so while I'm presenting the whole single for your listening consideration, I'm only able to provide the audio for one of the tunes. This is one of those times. It's really just poor time management on my part, more than anything. The Dapps were a Cincinnati-based band that worked with James Brown briefly in the mid 1960s, putting out singles as James Brown And The Dapps. And this Alfred Ellis featured on this single–well that's Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, James Brown's one-time bandleader. Since I have only one side to share this time around, I chose the B-side, because while the A-side is a great jazzy soul tune, "The Rabbit Got The Gun...

      Ronnie Lee Williams - "King Kong (Is Alive And Well)" b/w "D.Y.A.O" Eurodisc 1976 If you've ever hankered for a "where are they now" speculation tune regarding cinema's most famous giant gorilla, done in a thumping disco beat, no less, then this is the song for you! According to Williams, Double K (or K-squared) grew tired of the smog-clogged, superficial scene in Los Angeles and beat feet to somewhere else in California. Where, we never learn. Ronnie Lee Williams is an American expat who made his way to Germany while in the military in the 1960s. There he started a long career as an actor, presenter, radio personality and singer. I presume this single was produced to cash in on the remake of King Kong that came out the same year, starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange.  The flipside on this bad boy is "D.Y.A.O.", which, as you might imagine, stands for Dance Your Ass Off. It's definitely funky, and has a strong James Brown f...