Names on the Marquee: The Knight Brothers – “Tried So Hard to Please Her”

Slow soul songs fill the bill.

Years of diggin’ in the crates and studying different kinds of records have taught me a number of different things. And when it comes to understanding arrangement and basic drum rhythms, or spotting (often) overlooked jewels for sampling, slow soul songs have always filled the bill. The Knight Brothers’ “Tried So Hard to Please Her” is not different in this regard. Released in the mid-1960s on the Knight Brothers’ Temptation album, “Tried So Hard to Please Her” is one of those slow soul songs that simmers, not too slow and not quite quick enough to push into the faster terrain of typical R&B of the period. Either way, it’s a jewel with open toms at the beginning and couple of different sound-stab points.

The music and video below is presented here for the purpose of scholarship.

The Knight Brothers – “Tried So Hard to Please Her”