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100 Proof Aged In Soul – Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed

Hot Wax (4) – SHW. 5003, Hot Wax (4) – SHW 5003, Hot Wax (4) – IE 062 ? 92246

UK Apr 1971

Funk / Soul

A1 Somebody's Been Sleeping

A2 Love Is Sweeter (The Second Time Around)

A3 One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's Feast)

A4 I'se Come To Save You

A5 Ain't That Lovin' You

A6 Not Enough Love To Satisfy

B1 Age Ain't Nothing But A Number

B2 She's Not Just Another Woman

B3 Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)

B4 I Can't Sit And Wait (`Til Johnny Comes Marching Home)

B5 Backtrack

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"Somebody's Been Sleeping" is a 1969 song recorded by American funk and soul group 100 Proof (Aged In Soul).

Background

Songwriting-production team Holland-Dozier-Holland had left Motown Records in 1967 over a dispute about royalties, and set up their own label, Hot Wax/Invictus, shortly after. They put together 100 Proof as a funk and soul act for their new label. Joe Stubbs, formerly of Motown groups The Contours and The Originals, was made co-lead singer, along with Steve Mancha (who provides lead vocals on this track).

Details

Written by General Johnson (lead singer of Chairmen Of The Board), Angelo Bond, and Greg Perry (who also acted as producer), the song depicts a cheated lover discovering evidence of his woman's infidelity,[1] with both a nod to the folk tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" and quoting liberally from the folk tale "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Released as 100 Proof's second single, it became a Top Ten hit on the US pop chart, reaching No.8 in 1970,[2][3] and performed even better on the R&B chart, making it to No.6. Although the group would continue to score R&B hits up until their break-up in 1973, none of their singles reached the same level of success.[1] "Somebody's Been Sleeping" also sold over a million copies and was certified gold by the RIAA.

100 Proof (Aged in Soul) was an American funk/soul group, who formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1969. They were put together by former Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, signing the group to their new Hot Wax Records label. The group went on to release several hit singles between 1969 and 1972. The biggest of these was "Somebody's Been Sleeping", which reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, sold more than one million copies, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[1]

The group also recorded the track "She's Not Just Another Woman", which began to be played by radio stations due to the popularity, at that time, of "Somebody's Been Sleeping". Although "She's Not Just Another Woman" was originally intended to be an album track, the record label realised that they had another potential hit on their hands. However, on the belief that having another 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) track in the charts at the same time as Somebody's Been Sleeping, it was decided that the song would be released under the name of a separate group, 8th Day. This song would also prove to be a hit record, reaching number 11 on the [Billboard Hot 100] and number 3 on the R&B chart.[2][3]

The group's first LP, Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed, was released by Hot Wax in 1970. Reviewing it in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "The unidentified lead singer admires (or envies) David Ruffin, and not since early Smokey have so many proverbs and idioms—too many cooks, Johnny comes marching home, love is sweeter the second time around—squeezed onto one album. Plus the complete text of a 'sincere' champagne dinner seduction."[4]

The group broke up in 1973, although the name was re-used for a totally different line-up of musicians for a short period in 1977.[5]

Members

Steve Mancha (born Clyde Darnell Wilson; December 25, 1945 – January 8, 2011)[6]

Eddie Holiday (former lead singer of The Holidays), (born Eddie Anderson; deceased)

Joe Stubbs (formerly of The Contours, The Originals, and The Falcons; brother of Levi Stubbs), (born Joseph Stubbles; 1942 – February 5, 1998)[7]

Carlis McKinley "Sonny" Monroe (former lead singer of The Falcons, The Firestones, and The Fabulous Playboys), (March 20, 1938 – March 24, 2009)[8]

Donald "Don" Hatcher (former bass player for the instrumental group the Fun Co, backing band for Bettye LaVette), (December 29, 1949 – 2005)

Donnell "Doni" Hagan (Chicago studio and jobbing drummer)

Herschel Hunter (Deceased, Former solo artist with Motown, member of The Monitors and The Martiniques vocal groups, elder brother of the late singer Ty Hunter a former member The Glass House and The Originals)