Standing on the Corner
1969 · Soulville SV-1015 · USA
- Artist
- Watson and The Sherlocks
- Title
- Standing on the Corner
- Release
- Funky Walk / Standing on the Corner
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Soulville # SV-1015
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The soul / funk song "Standing on the Corner" (Soulville Records # SV-1005) warned that "if Uncle Sam don't change his policy and bring some men home from overseas", the lonely girls might start a revolution, because "men are getting scarcer" - a similar theme to the song "Men Are Getting Scarce" by Chairmen of the Board and Joe Tex. In the meantime, the narrator suggested that the woman were hanging out on the street corners, "looking fine" and "flicking eyes" because they were "getting desperate" and "need a man to squeeze". Released on the Philly soul label Soulville founded by Bobby Fulton in 1967. The song was written by Joseph "Watson" Moore (the lead vocal) & Jesse Herring.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "Standing On The Corner" b/w "Funky Walk" (Soulville SV-1015, 1969, soul/funk), the A-side anthologised on Kent's "Does Anybody Know I'm Here? (Vietnam Through The Eyes Of Black America)" (2005), corroborating the Vietnam-soul context. The leader behind the Sherlock-pun billing is unidentified. [Source: Discogs]