The Top #100 R&B Slow Jams #15 | The Controllers - Somebody’s Gotta Win, Somebody’s Gotta Lose

Man, Oh Man…..OH MAN.

Just when the team was going to lay low again and wait another 8 months (hahaha) to drop a slow jam to complete possibly one of the longest…longest unfinished countdown’s in cyberspace history for a magazine or blog, we may have made quite a few more people happy tonight in letting them & all know a new addition is being added RIGHT NOW.

Who could EVER forget or let this midnight, blue lights in the basement, monumental quiet storm pass us by???

The magnificent 4 man soul group THE CONTROLLERS are in the T.U.M.S. spotlight TONIGHT (& every night) with one of the greatest slow moving ballads of all time. Their supreme classic, “Somebody’s Gotta Win, Somebody’s Gotta Lose” literally flipped all soul music lovers minds and gravitated the group’s career to major league status back in the day.

The single may have graced Billboard’s R&B charts back in 1977 at #8, However, the passionate ballad is STILL breaking mainstream play on the likes of Facebook and other Social Media outlets across the globe. It is so easy to play this track back and appreciate the voices of Reginald McArthur, Ricky Lewis, Larry McArthur and Leonard Brown. So much so, T.U.M.S. had no choice, whatsoever, to include it in our portfolio of love music.

The masterpiece can be found off their debut album, “In Control” – released in 1977.

Go get it.

Take a seat, pull up a chair, kick up your feet, or lean on the side of a wall or something and listen to this: Our #15 ballad in the Top #100 R&B Slow Jams recognizes THE CONTROLLERS and their 1977 classic single, “Somebody’s Gotta Win, Somebody’s Gotta Lose”!!!

To access our current countdown list of Top 100 R&B Slow Jams, please click here!

PS: As Publisher of T.U.M.S., I dedicate this to my dearest bud and best friend through Christ Jesus, A.G.! Thanks Brah!

Terrill

The Urban Music Scene.com

Timein says:

January 15, 2013 at 8:07 am

Thanks for the memory. THE BEST

Charles says:

January 15, 2013 at 6:20 pm

I would tell my kids, THIS IS HOW i MET YO MAMA!

Youngstas, take note. Music like this was REQUIRED when we stepped out back in the 70’s. You couldn’t mask our desire to not meet a honey at a house party without this power jam. You couldn’t stand on the wall like a wallflower, you had to get UP and ask a honey, ‘Would you like to dance?’. The DJ officially made some money those nights. EXCELLENT PICK!! And Terrill, tell your friend A.G. I said THANK YOU too!