Story by: Gail Nobles
Intro by: Gail Nobles

Today's topic on Radiea Applis Soul is Bill Moss: Socket It To Em Soul Brother. Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to Sound Flave. You're listening to the Radiea Applis Soul podcast edition.

Bill Moss was a local singer and DJ at WVKO in Columbus. Short for Capital City Soul, the Columbus Ohio Capsule label’s history spans only five years throughout the 1970s founded by Bill Moss. Eccentric Soul: The Capsule Label is a compilation of 19 tracks spanning the label’s all but forgotten history.

One of the songs on the compilation album was titled Socket It To Him Soul Brother by Bill Moss. In the song, he mentioned that he once had the pleasure of meeting Dr. King, and he asked the question: What I say?” Then the back up group would back him up by saying: Socket It To Him So Brother. The song was released on the Bell Records label in 1969. I won't say that it's an instrumental record, and I won't say that it's a rap record as far as rhyming. But it has that rap style. It's a soul record in the soul genre.

On the compilation album released in 2004 or other songs by other music artist by the label The Numero Group.

I would like to add that the single Socket To Him Soul Brother was also released on the Pama Records Label. I don't know if the song was a hit, but it sure sounds like a hit.

Thank you for listening to Radiea Applis Soul. I'm Gail Nobles.