Let’s Do It Again
The Staple Singers
7″ Single, 1975

The Staple Singers are best known for “I’ll Take You There” and “Respect Yourself”. This song, part of a full album of Curtis Mayfield material for the soundtrack to the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier movie Let’s Do It Again, was their swan song and last #1 hit. Curtis similarly put the finishing touches on the non-keep-up-with-the-trends portion of Aretha Franklin’s career the next year with the soundtrack to the movie Sparkle. His magic touch would soon fade as well but you wouldn’t be able to tell from this song, which sounds/feels like smiling when sunshine hits the back of your neck.

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