9/8/10: Say What?
It’s funny how fickle fame can be. Just because you’re popular in one place doesn’t mean you’re popular in another. And just because you’ve got a few hits doesn’t mean you’re a full-fledged star in some circles.
Despite have a long career with a string of hits longer than the Mississippi River, M...
9/7: Lati-Milton
Today we have two special birthday shout-outs to give.
The first goes out to a funky man who is still tearing up the road today.
Latimore was born on this day in 1939. In a career that’s spanned five decades, he’s been a successful writer, singer, composer and session pianist (with recent work on...
9/6: Demolisten
Quite often, a song you hear on the radio was recorded well before the version you’re hearing. It’s just that you’re not intended to hear the first cut of the tune.
Maybe not as often as it once was, but back in the day, you’d have a writer (or writers) put a song together, another person [...]
9/4: Baltimore Soul Charts
Up until the late ’60s, a major way of tracking popularity and sales were regional charts. There were territories and specific stations that put out their own charts that showed what was popular in the surrounding areas.
While a song may be popular in New Orleans, it may not even make a dent in C...
9/3: Showcase ‘68
Before there was American Idol or America’s Got Talent, there was Showcase ‘68.
The 10-week traveling talent show on NBC-TV, and hosted by Lloyd Thaxton as a summer replacement for the Jerry Lewis Show, featured up-and-coming talent and performances by established acts like Archie Bell & the Drel...
9/2: Wake Up!
It’s getting harder not to look forward to the new combo album from John Legend and the Roots.
First they released the cover of Ernie Hines‘ Our Generation (click here for the free download)… Then they have to go and re-make one of my favorite tunes.
Bill Withers, who is criminally under-apprec...
9/1: Showdown
He had the reputation for being one of the fastest men alive. Today, we celebrate with Archie Bell just how time flies.
Bell was born on this day in 1944 in Houston, Texas. He’s the oldest brother of world karate champ (and Dazz Band lead singer) Jerry Bell as well as former NFL running back Rick...
8/31: Do Your Duty
This week’s featured video of the week features Betty Lavette performing her hit Do Your Duty on the Cleveland-area show Upbeat in 1970. It’s not the best picture or audio quality, but it isn’t often that video clips like this surface, so it’s worth watching.
The user that uploaded the video, Six...
8/30: Next Step in Brown Biopic
It’s been three years since word spread of Spike Lee’s biographical film plans on the life of James Brown. News has been sporadic in that time for several reasons, but it seems the next step has been taken in making the idea a reality.
Lee bought the rights to Brown’s story in 2007. Shortly after...
8/28: It’s Now or Never
Most people don’t look at Elvis Presley as someone who breathed life into Soul music. But in an indirect way, he gave birth to one of the most memorable voices of the last 50 years.
Because it was exactly 50 years ago today that a 17-year-old gang member named Barry White was released from jail f...
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