
I am, of course, referring to Shugie Otis, whose Strawberry Letter 23 was transformed by the sinister Brothers Johnson into a terrible synth funk disaster that somehow hit #5 on the Billboard Charts, while Shuggie developed a “reputation” and saw his career suddenly disappear.
To be fair, the Brothers Johnson aren’t that bad, if you’re into that kind of thing, and, okay, I guess if you turn down the chance to tour with the Stones maybe you should expect to have a little career trouble as a result. And, fine, so he probably got some pretty fat royalty checks back in the day.
Still, it would have been nice if Shuggie had gotten to play on that Cosby soundtrack.
I dare someone to cover the Brothers Johnson's version of "Strawberry Letter 23," ranked several spots higher.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to guess, it will probably pop up somewhere in the lower-870,000s. So sick.
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