Herb Sundays 86: Dante Ross

The legendary A&R and producer shares an extended New York-centric Sunday afternoon playlist

Published on July 2, 2023

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It Should Have Been You - Larry Levan Mix / Bonus Track

Gwen Guthrie

Album: Gwen Guthrie • Track 9

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Released: 1982-01-01

ISRC: USIR29900172

7:05

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The Star of a Story

Heatwave

Album: Central Heating • Track 7

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Released: 1978-03-18

ISRC: USLIC0700328

5:46

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Always There - Special 12" Disco Mix

Side Effect

Album: For Discos Only: Indie Dance Music From Fantasy & Vanguard Records (1976-1981) • Track 14

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Released: 2018-08-24

ISRC: USC4R1800682

5:04

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Girl You Need A Change Of Mind

Eddie Kendricks

Album: People... Hold On • Track 4

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Released: 1972-01-01

ISRC: USUM71216491

7:42

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It's All Over Your Face

Ronnie Dyson

Album: Constantly • Track 8

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Released: 1995

ISRC: DEZ040902257

6:06

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Stars in Your Eyes

Herbie Hancock

Album: Monster • Track 2

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Released: 1980-03

ISRC: USSM18000641

7:04

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Red Baron

Billy Cobham

Album: Spectrum • Track 10

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Released: 1973

ISRC: USAT20300400

6:36

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You Can't Hide from Yourself

Teddy Pendergrass

Album: Total Soul Classics - Teddy Pendergrass • Track 1

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Released: 1977

ISRC: USSM10800846

4:06

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Trapped - 12" Vocal Regisford Mix

Colonel Abrams

Album: Colonel Abrams (Expanded Edition) • Track 10

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Released: 1985-01-01

ISRC: USMC19918311

6:29

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Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me

Quincy Jones

Album: Greatest Hits: Quincy Jones • Track 17

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Released: 1996-01-01

ISRC: USAM18102207

3:32

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Don't You Know That?

Luther Vandross

Album: Never Too Much • Track 3

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Released: 1981-07-23

ISRC: USSM18100834

4:02

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Walking Into Sunshine - Original Larry Levan 12" Mix

Central Line

Album: 80s Funky Soul and R&B • Track 16

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Released: 2018-08-17

ISRC: USMR18289041

7:54

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Put a Little Love On Me

Delegation

Album: The Best of Delegation • Track 2

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Released: 2010-01-14

ISRC: ITJ049500036

4:29

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Relight My Fire - Single Version

Dan Hartman

Album: Relight My Fire (Expanded Edition) • Track 9

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Released: 1979-06-01

ISRC: USSM17900565

3:45

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This Time Baby

Jackie Moore

Album: I'm On My Way / With Your Love • Track 1

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Released: 2009-09-07

ISRC: GBNYT0900045

7:12

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On The Beat

The B. B. & Q. Band

Album: B.B.&Q. Band • Track 1

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Released: 2009-03-31

ISRC: ITB450800015

5:57

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Lady

Fela Kuti

Album: Best of The Black President • Track 1

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Released: 2009-10-27

ISRC: USME30902227

13:48

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Slow Down

Loose Ends

Album: Zagora • Track 3

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Released: 1986-01-01

ISRC: GBAAA8600131

5:03

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Nights On Broadway

Bee Gees

Album: Main Course • Track 1

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Released: 1975-06-01

ISRC: GBAKW7501054

4:31

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Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

Idris Muhammad

Album: Turn This Mutha Out • Track 1

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Released: 1977

ISRC: USSM11405937

8:36

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Georgy Porgy

Charme

Album: Love, Luther • Track 3 • Disc 3

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Released: 2007

ISRC: USRC10700628

7:27

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Why - 12" Version

Carly Simon

Album: Soup for One (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) • Track 10

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Released: 1982-01-01

ISRC: CAU111300731

8:13

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This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel)

The Jacksons

Album: Triumph • Track 5

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Released: 1980-09-26

ISRC: USSM10022562

5:43

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I Need Somebody To Love Tonight

Sylvester

Album: Stars • Track 4

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Released: 1979

ISRC: USC4R0919001

6:51

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Stand on the Word - 1982 Version

The Joubert Singers

Album: Stand on the Word • Track 10

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Released: 2016-08-26

ISRC: FRODU8215000

4:46

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Running Away

Roy Ayers

Album: The Best Of Roy Ayers • Track 2

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Released: 1997-01-01

ISRC: USPR37770023

4:00

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Movin'

Brass Construction

Album: Brass Construction • Track 1

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Released: 1975-01-01

ISRC: USUM71812268

8:41

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You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too - Vocal

B.T. (Brenda Taylor)

Album: You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too • Track 1

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Released: 1982-01-01

ISRC: USZUR0601022

6:03

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Intimate Friends

Eddie Kendricks

Album: Slick • Track 5

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Released: 1977-08-01

ISRC: USMO17784732

5:53

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Dance and Shake Your Tambourine

Universal Robot Band

Album: Dance & Shake Your Tambourine • Track 2

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Released: 1977-01-01

ISRC: CAU117701653

6:20

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Nights Over Egypt

The Jones Girls

Album: Get as Much Love as You Can • Track 3

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Released: 1981

ISRC: GBBLG8100072

4:39

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Got To Learn How To Dance

Fatback Band

Album: Yum Yum • Track 7

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Released: 1975

ISRC: GBBHN9200050

3:47

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Music - Remix

D-Train

Album: Music • Track 4

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Released: 1983-01-01

ISRC: CAU118300385

8:10

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You're the One for Me

D-Train

Album: You're the One for Me • Track 1

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Released: 1982-01-01

ISRC: CAU118200369

5:09

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Southern Girl - Remastered 2004

Maze

Album: Joy And Pain (Remastered 2004) • Track 6

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Released: 1980-07-18

ISRC: USCA20400197

6:54

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I Love You More - Remastered

Rene & Angela

Album: Classic Masters • Track 5

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Released: 2002-01-01

ISRC: USCA20200036

5:32

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Expansions

Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes

Album: Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds: The Flying Dutchman Masters • Track 1

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Released: 2012-09-24

ISRC: USRC17501667

6:05

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What Can I Do For You?

LaBelle

Album: Nightbirds • Track 6

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Released: 1974-09-13

ISRC: USSM19800644

4:02

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The Magnificent Dance

The Clash

Album: Sound System • Track 1 • Disc 7

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Released: 2013-09-09

ISRC: GBARL1202541

5:37

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The More I Get, the More I Want

Teddy Pendergrass

Album: Teddy Pendergrass • Track 8

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Released: 1977-06-12

ISRC: USSM10800856

4:24

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You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else

The Jones Girls

Album: The Jones Girls • Track 4

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Released: 1979

ISRC: USSM17901165

4:30

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Dancing In the Key of Life

Steve Arrington

Album: Soul Selection 80s • Track 1

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Released: 2018-06-25

ISRC: USAT20616157

4:55

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Running Away - 12-Inch Long Version

Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Album: Lifeline • Track 11

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Released: 1977

ISRC: USUM70752799

6:54

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Take It Any Way You Want It

Fatback Band

Album: Hustle! The Ultimate Fatback • Track 7

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Released: 2003-03-31

ISRC: GBBHN9500015

3:37

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Can't Fake the Feeling

Geraldine Hunt

Album: Can't Fake the Feeling • Track 1

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Released: 1980-01-01

ISRC: CAU118001726

5:16

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Clouds

Chaka Khan

Album: Naughty • Track 1

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Released: 1980-01-01

ISRC: USWB18000108

4:25

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I Wonder If I Take You Home

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

Album: Playlist: The Very Best Of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam • Track 1

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Released: 2012-07-03

ISRC: USSM18500765

6:44

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Never Too Much

Luther Vandross

Album: Never Too Much • Track 1

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Released: 1981-07-23

ISRC: USSM18100805

3:50

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Love Has Come Around

Donald Byrd

Album: Love Byrd • Track 1

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Released: 1981

ISRC: USEE10609292

7:52

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The Guns of Brixton - Remastered

The Clash

Album: London Calling (Remastered) • Track 10

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Released: 1979

ISRC: GBARL1200689

3:12

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Funky Sensation

Gwen McCrae

Album: Funky Sensation (MAW Mix) • Track 2

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Released: 2019-03-22

ISRC: USAT20705603

6:38

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Secret Rendezvous - Remastered

Rene & Angela

Album: Classic Masters • Track 7

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Released: 2002-01-01

ISRC: USCA20200038

4:14

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This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - 2005 Remaster

Talking Heads

Album: Speaking in Tongues (Deluxe Version) • Track 9

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Released: 1983-05-31

ISRC: USWB10502911

4:56

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Going Back to My Roots - Single Version

Odyssey

Album: I Got the Melody (Expanded Edition) • Track 8

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Released: 1981-05-01

ISRC: USRC10402124

3:25

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Breaking Out All Over

Lamont Dozier

Album: Out Here On My Own • Track 1

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Released: 1973-01-01

ISRC: USMC10200046

5:02

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Baby I'm Scared of You

Womack & Womack

Album: Love Wars • Track 3

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Released: 1983

ISRC: USEE10183669

5:38

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Fly Like An Eagle

Steve Miller Band

Album: Fly Like An Eagle • Track 2

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Released: 1976-01-01

ISRC: USCA28700717

4:42

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Rain Forest

Paul Hardcastle

Album: Paul Hardcastle • Track 10

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Released: 1985-01-01

ISRC: GBAYK0700010

7:28

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Wicky Wacky

Fatback Band

Album: Keep on Steppin' • Track 6

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Released: 1974-01-01

ISRC: GBBHN9200006

3:18

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Stop Your Life - Original Album

Ago

Album: For You (LP) • Track 5

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Released: 1982

ISRC: ITC899000049

4:38

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Love Ritual

Al Green

Album: Al Green Is Love • Track 6

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Released: 1975-09-19

ISRC: US2HK0914406

4:21

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Trying to Get Over - Edited Version

D-Train

Album: The Best of the 12 Mixes • Track 9

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Released: 1982-01-01

ISRC: CAU118200413

7:32

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Dominoes

Donald Byrd

Album: Places And Spaces • Track 3

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Released: 1975

ISRC: USBN29600359

4:33

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Runaway Love

Linda Clifford

Album: Greatest Hits • Track 3

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Released: 1990

ISRC: USRH10553419

9:48

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Risin' to the Top

Keni Burke

Album: Changes (Expanded Edition) • Track 7

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Released: 2014-06-27

ISRC: USRC10300478

5:14

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First True Love Affair - Original

Jimmy Ross

Album: First True Love Affair (LP) • Track 5

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Released: 1981-10-08

ISRC: ITC899000007

6:16

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