Love Is All Right





:: Love Is All Right ::

:: The Horse ::

We may often think of the 1960’s as a time of peace, love, and smelly hippies, but it was also the heyday for crazy dancing teens and the dance craze records that propelled their endeavors. The Twist, The Boogaloo, The Shing-a-Ling, The Watusi – dance fads that popped up in cities across America as quick as American Bandstand could bring it to them. In 1968, Cliff Nobles unwittingly joined the fray when he released his single, “Love is All Right” and included an instrumental version on the flip-side and called it, “The Horse,” named for a dance that started up and disappeared quickly in 1960 Chicago. The A-side never caught on, so DJ’s flipped it over and began playing the instrumental track. Biff! Bang! Pow! - the song shot right up to #2 on both the R&B and Pop charts in the summer of ’68 and kids were shakin’ all over doing The Horse again.

“The Horse” was credited to Cliff Nobles & Co., and being as it’s an instrumental, Cliff Nobles and his vocals are notably absent. The Company were uncredited session musicians Bobby Eli, Norman Harris (guitarists), bassist Ronnie Baker, and drummer Earl Young, who later went on to become MFSB for Gamble & Huff’s Sigma Sound Studios. You can find the instrumental on various Funky Dance Hits of the ’60s-type compilations, but I’ve put it up here along with the harder to find a-side. I dig ‘em both, and for the last week I’ve been shakin’ my ass to them as I get dressed in the morning for work. While I don’t know how to “Do the Horse,” I’ve created my own dance moves for the songs, which I like to call, “The Jackass.”


Phil-LA
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Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:39:00 AM

No need for me to download this, as I have a clean copy of this record. I'ld like to point out the 'dead fish' on the label. Very artistic.

..... bbb    



Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:24:00 AM

Every day's a schoold...I never knew The Horse was an instrumental version of another song. I know the Cliff Noble original through Dexys Midnight Runners cover of it on the B-side to their 1980 UK number 1 Geno. Cheers and erm wow, this is ace! Ed The Falling Leaves.    



Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:51:00 PM

Might I suggest when you encode a mono recording, that you create a mono MP3? The sound quality should be far superior that way. No need to waste bits on 2 channels just to hear the clicks and pops in stereo...    



Monday, September 04, 2006 10:14:00 PM

Do You know the 45 Look What Love Can Do b/w Boogaloo Down Broadway by Cliff Nobles? If not look for it. Same instrumental as this one! Cheap!

And buy every Phil LA of Soul record you see! All are wortha hear.    



Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:23:00 AM

...and you get to watch the dead fish spinning 'round on your turntable...

..... bbb    



Thursday, January 04, 2007 6:47:00 PM

Will someone please, please, please post the vocal version of "Love Is All Right"? I have been trying to get this for years. I have the instrumental version "The Horse", but want the vocal version. Badly!

Steve    



Thursday, January 04, 2007 6:48:00 PM

Will someone please, please, please post the vocal version of "Love Is All Right"? I have been trying to get this for years. I have the instrumental version "The Horse", but want the vocal version. Badly!

Steve    



Wednesday, January 24, 2007 2:59:00 PM

Thanks a bunch for posting the mp3 of Love Is All Right. I had this 45 when I was a kid. I've tried to tell my friends about the true history of "The Horse" but they all think I'm crazy. This will prove me right. Thanks again!    



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