It’s
that time again, listeners! Time to sit back, relax, and let the Radio Dial
bring you another great, forgotten minor hit for your musical enlightenment and
enjoyment. Tonight’s offering is the beauteous Rachel Sweet with her 1982 track
“Voo Doo”.
Co-written
by Sweet, “Voo Doo” features a tasty groove that merges new wave and classic
R&B, Sweet’s sexy, sultry vocals, and a strong Stevie Nicks influence,
a.l.a “Edge of Seventeen” or Fleetwood Mac’s “Gypsy”.
Peaking
at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early ‘83, Voo Doo served as the lead single
(and ONLY single) from Sweet’s “Blame it On Love” album, her fourth and final
LP, after which Rachel retired from the music biz altogether.
Personally,
I rediscovered this song by accident about 10 years ago when I snagged a
three-CD set of 80s hits, many tracks of which are sure to be future features
on the Radio Dial.
I
didn’t recall the song by reading the title or artist, but once I listened to
Voo Doo’s first verse and chorus, I had a faint glimmer of recollection of
hearing this on the radio back then… but probably only once or at best, twice,
as its low chart position would support. I then played the song probably about
10 times in a row and couldn’t figure why this wasn’t a top ten smash…
What’s
Rachel doing now? She writes and directs for the hilarious TV Land sitcom “Hot
In Cleveland”! You may also have seen her cameo as George Costanza’s cousin
Shelley, in the legendary Seinfeld episode “The Contest”!
“Cast a spell, can you read my mind? Are you
surprised at what you find? So don’t ask me to dance… Voodoo…Cause I’m caught
in your magic spell…”
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