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Featured in TIR Episode 209 (Parts 1-2): Iconic R&B and funk musician, singer, composer and producer Charles Wright — best known as leader of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and its classic tune, “Express Yourself.”
Starting in 1967, the group released five grooving albums and Wright added four more under his name through the mid-1970s. Among the other hits were “Do Your Thing,” “Till You Get Enough,” “Love Land” and “Your Love (Means Everything to Me).” Right up through recent years Wright has continued to perform and record, as well as pen his autobiography, called “Up From Where We’ve Come,” and even hosted a TV show.
RECORDED JUNE 2021