Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Keyboard player: Gail Nobles
Art by: Gail Nobles

Song title: Get Up About Yourself
Song by: The Soul Children
Song written by: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, and Raymond Jackson.

The Soul Children was a vocal group who recorded soul music for Stax Records in the late 1960’s and the early 1970’s. They had three top 10 hits on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart – "The Sweeter He Is" (1969), "Hearsay" (1972), and "I'll Be the Other Woman" (1973) – all of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. The group was formed in 1968 by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

I love the Soul Children’s song Get Up About Yourself on the Album Genesis. The album was released in 1972. Get up About Yourself was a single written by Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, and Raymond Jackson. It’s an oldie but goodie. It may be a song that’s new to some of you. It’s a song that’s new to me. A song that I never heard on the radio, but now we can hear it today. Get Up About Yourself is a song that makes you want to get up.

In times like these, we need songs that talks to us. We need the kind of songs that send out positive messages. Forget about the dark and negative stuff. People want to live and feel good.You’re listening to the Podcast Oldies Show. It helps to listen and remember an oldie or two. Some of you are listening to a lot of words that encourages death and violence. Well if you want to live, you got to leave the bad stuff behind and keep on keeping on. I’m Gail Nobles, and today’s topic is about the group Soul Children and their song Get Up About Yourself.