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Monday, September 30, 2013

Chuck Jackson -- Human, I Can't Break Away, Slowly But Surely (Repost from 12/18/09)


Dammit! That's what I said about 10 seconds into this song. I've always loved Chuck Jackson's voice. But when I heard this track, my heart was beating a little faster than it normally does: Chuck really puts quite some emotions into his delivery of Human. 
Like so many artists, Chuck Jackson is associated with a couple of well-known (and well worn) songs, such as Any Day Now and Tell Her I'm Not Home while he had much more excellent material beside these popular titles.
I particularly like his 1974 album Through All Times from which both tracks are taken. His voice seems to have mellowed when he recorded the album, but he still sounds -- and sings -- better than many a top-selling artist of this era.

Human (Any Day Now, 1962)


Slowly But Surely

Update

Here's the artist live in 2009! Almost unbelievable! And yes, I'll use one more exclamation point: a voice to die for even 50 years after his first hits!


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