Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixidAT5yklk
You Are Everything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZewY8gApLsg
Betcha by Golly Wow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktP4NZf8488
I'm Stone In Love With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RpINklQg4
People Make The World Go Round
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExWtwDYwOQU
Break Up to Make Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hXwtgxvxuY
You'll Never Get to Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsoB9vX9vms
You Make Me Feel Brand New
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTaBxW_JgjA
Let's Put It All Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6OR_hJzRbA
I Can't Give You Anything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca9HI66ROHY&feature=related
Hurry Up This Way Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrV0HNKEQpE
Gatsby ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrmceKkXjo
The Stylistics were one of the best-known Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. They formed in 1968, and comprised lead Russell Thompkins, Jr., Herbie Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith, and James Dunn.
Signing to Avco Records, The Stylistics began working with producer Thom Bell, who had already produced a catalogue of hits for The Delfonics, and songwriter Linda Creed. Bell imported the sweet soul techniques he had perfected with The Delfonics, and his arrangements worked perfectly with Thompkins' falsetto. The bittersweet lyrics from Creed were a key factor in creating hugely memorable music. They had their first U.S. hit in 1971 with "You're a Big Girl Now".
You Make Me Feel Brand New" was the group's biggest U.S. hit, holding at #2 for two weeks in the spring of 1974, and was one of five U.S. gold singles the Stylistics collected.
Commercial success was not confined only to the U.S., with the band also having big hits with this material throughout Europe.
The group split with Thom Bell in 1974, and the split proved commercially devastating to the group's success in the U.S. Just as with The Delfonics, The Stylistics were to some extent a vehicle for Bell's own creativity. They struggled hard to find producers who could come up with the right material.
As success in the U.S. began to wane, their popularity in Europe, and especially the United Kingdom, increased.
The Stylistics began to struggle with what many saw as increasingly weak material after 1976; chart success vanished. This decline also coincided with the rise of New Wave in Europe around this time. It was also stated by Russell Thompkins Jr. that the band began to feel that the music they were recording was becoming increasingly dated, and not in keeping with the emerging disco sound of the late 1970s.
In 2006, their single "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" was used as the base for a Japanese advertisement campaign by Gatsby to launch their new male hair styling product "Moving Rubber". The campaign was highly successful due in no small part to the catchy nature of the tune and that the commercial featured one of Japan's most popular celebrities Takuya Kimura of the pop group SMAP.
(Wikipedia)
8/30/2008
8/21/2008
Al Green
Look What You Done For Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTlOE1XX3Gc
I'm Still in Love With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJerMmmX8Y
Simply Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo1i69D7cRI
Tired of Being Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg4dnFx6JW0
Here I Am (Come & Take Me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZahWZ8T0xsc
Love & Happiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsU6_eSG4k4
For the Good Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmhokPDZik
For the Good Times (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybh_qmve968
Livin' For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKR7Rm9Wz6s
People Get Ready
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NWqO85P6Y
God Blessed Our Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwT7rKTqQbk
Let's Stay Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAOOFk549fw
Let's Stay Together (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knw4wsp-NF8
How Do You Mend a Broken Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzitOsxKJNY
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
w/Annie Lennox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHuGyuwvPLg
Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer who received great acclaim in the 1970s.
The LP, Al Green Gets Next to You (1970), was a massive success that included four gold singles as Green developed his vocal and songwriting talents. Let's Stay Together (1972) was an even bigger success, as was I'm Still In Love With You (1972). Call Me was a critical sensation and just as popular at the time; it is one of his most fondly remembered albums today. Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974) contained the song "Take Me to the River", later covered by the Talking Heads on their second album.
On October 18, 1974, Mary Woodson, a girlfriend of Green's, assaulted him before killing herself at his Memphis home. Although she was already married, Woodson reportedly became upset when Green refused to marry her. At some point during the evening, Woodson doused Green with a pan of boiling hot grits while he was showering causing third-degree burns on Green's back, stomach and arms. Woodson then shot herself with Green's gun.
Green cited the incident as a wake-up call to change his life. He became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis in 1976. Continuing to record R&B, Green saw his sales start to slip and drew mixed reviews from critics.
In 1979, Green was injured while performing, and interpreted this accident as a message from God. He then concentrated his energies towards pastoring his church and gospel singing.
His first gospel album was The Lord Will Make a Way. From 1981 to 1989 Green recorded a series of gospel recordings, garnering eight "soul gospel performance" Grammys in that period.
In 1984, director Robert Mugge released a documentary film, Gospel According to Al Green, including interviews about his life and footage from his church.
After spending several years exclusively performing gospel, Green began to return to R&B. He released a duet with Annie Lennox, "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" for Scrooged, a 1988 Bill Murray film.
His 1994 duet with country music singer Lyle Lovett blended country with R&B, garnering him his ninth Grammy, this time in a pop music category. Green's first secular album in some time was Your Heart's In Good Hands (1995), released to positive reviews but disappointing sales, the same year Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2000, Green published Take Me to the River, a book discussing his career. Green received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
In 2004, Green was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Also in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #65 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 BET Awards on June 24, 2008.
Green still continues to tour, and to preach at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2006, Green worked on his latest studio album for Blue Note Records with The Roots' Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson. The album, Lay It Down, was released May 27, 2008 and includes tracks featuring John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae and Anthony Hamilton.
(Wikipedia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTlOE1XX3Gc
I'm Still in Love With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJerMmmX8Y
Simply Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo1i69D7cRI
Tired of Being Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg4dnFx6JW0
Here I Am (Come & Take Me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZahWZ8T0xsc
Love & Happiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsU6_eSG4k4
For the Good Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmhokPDZik
For the Good Times (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybh_qmve968
Livin' For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKR7Rm9Wz6s
People Get Ready
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8NWqO85P6Y
God Blessed Our Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwT7rKTqQbk
Let's Stay Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAOOFk549fw
Let's Stay Together (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knw4wsp-NF8
How Do You Mend a Broken Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzitOsxKJNY
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
w/Annie Lennox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHuGyuwvPLg
Albert Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer who received great acclaim in the 1970s.
The LP, Al Green Gets Next to You (1970), was a massive success that included four gold singles as Green developed his vocal and songwriting talents. Let's Stay Together (1972) was an even bigger success, as was I'm Still In Love With You (1972). Call Me was a critical sensation and just as popular at the time; it is one of his most fondly remembered albums today. Al Green Explores Your Mind (1974) contained the song "Take Me to the River", later covered by the Talking Heads on their second album.
On October 18, 1974, Mary Woodson, a girlfriend of Green's, assaulted him before killing herself at his Memphis home. Although she was already married, Woodson reportedly became upset when Green refused to marry her. At some point during the evening, Woodson doused Green with a pan of boiling hot grits while he was showering causing third-degree burns on Green's back, stomach and arms. Woodson then shot herself with Green's gun.
Green cited the incident as a wake-up call to change his life. He became an ordained pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis in 1976. Continuing to record R&B, Green saw his sales start to slip and drew mixed reviews from critics.
In 1979, Green was injured while performing, and interpreted this accident as a message from God. He then concentrated his energies towards pastoring his church and gospel singing.
His first gospel album was The Lord Will Make a Way. From 1981 to 1989 Green recorded a series of gospel recordings, garnering eight "soul gospel performance" Grammys in that period.
In 1984, director Robert Mugge released a documentary film, Gospel According to Al Green, including interviews about his life and footage from his church.
After spending several years exclusively performing gospel, Green began to return to R&B. He released a duet with Annie Lennox, "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" for Scrooged, a 1988 Bill Murray film.
His 1994 duet with country music singer Lyle Lovett blended country with R&B, garnering him his ninth Grammy, this time in a pop music category. Green's first secular album in some time was Your Heart's In Good Hands (1995), released to positive reviews but disappointing sales, the same year Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In 2000, Green published Take Me to the River, a book discussing his career. Green received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
In 2004, Green was inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Also in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #65 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 BET Awards on June 24, 2008.
Green still continues to tour, and to preach at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2006, Green worked on his latest studio album for Blue Note Records with The Roots' Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson. The album, Lay It Down, was released May 27, 2008 and includes tracks featuring John Legend, Corinne Bailey Rae and Anthony Hamilton.
(Wikipedia)
Rock and Roll
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_n_roll
Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the world.
Classic rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum.
The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it an unprecedented social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and in the new medium of television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the characteristic backbeat, that are more properly called simply 'rock music'.
Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the world.
Classic rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the latter almost always provided by a snare drum.
The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it an unprecedented social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and in the new medium of television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, often without the characteristic backbeat, that are more properly called simply 'rock music'.
Doo-Wop
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo_wop
Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music, which was started in the black community and became popular in the 1950s to the early 1960s.
Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music, which was started in the black community and became popular in the 1950s to the early 1960s.
8/15/2008
The Isley Brothers
Shout!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9xOLpwI0I
Twist & Shout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPivnegGtgg
This Old Heart of Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyszX-Hs30
It's Your Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v2-DSKx3Eg
Love the One You're With
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1y4OatoR6s
Pop That Thang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0UemPDkGww
I'll Always Come Back to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ66GVuIPc4
That Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84
Hello It's Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHp1Tr_4_A8
Summer Breeze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl0g1y7irKk
Fight the Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmAkHRK2pI8
For the Love of You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2sOqbIcaM
Harvest for the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_OsEISBGo
Footsteps in the Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DLnUwUpnb8
It's a Disco Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyLptdeApq8
I Wanna Be With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE8KsX5fqiI
Don't Say Goodnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl2v9GrU35U
Between the Sheets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhdcJ7K3XM
Smooth Sailin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFW3TtBh6kE
Caravan of Love
(by Isley-Jasper-Isley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ARl3dUyAyc
The Isley Brothers are a Grammy-winning American R&B/soul group who are one of the few groups to have long-running success on the Billboard charts placing a charted single in every decade since 1959 and as of 2006 was still charting successful albums performing under a repertoire of doo-wop, R&B, rock 'n' roll, soul, funk, disco, urban adult contemporary and hip-hop soul in the last six decades with a variation of lineups ranging from a quartet to a trio to a sextet to finally a duo.
Originally raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the original group consisted of the four elder sons of O'Kelly Isley, Sr. and Sally Mae Isley: Kelly, Rudy, Ronnie and Vernon Isley originally singing nothing but gospel music starting in 1954.
The group disbanded in 1955 shortly after a road accident claimed the life of Vernon Isley and reformed in 1957 with Kelly, Rudy and Ronnie, who recorded with small labels singing doo-wop and rock 'n' roll.
After modest success with singles such as "Shout", "Twist and Shout" and the Motown single, "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)", and a brief tenure with Jimi Hendrix as a background guitar player, the group settled on a brand of gritty soul and funk defined by the Grammy-winning smash "It's Your Thing", in 1969.
After reforming the group as a six-member lineup in 1973 featuring younger brothers Ernie and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper, they became known to fans as 3 + 3 and charted gold and platinum success with albums such as 3 + 3, The Heat Is On, Go For Your Guns and Between the Sheets, while charting a succession of hit singles such as "That Lady", "Fight the Power", "For the Love of You", "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)" and "Between the Sheets", between 1973 and 1983.
After the younger brothers splintered from the group in 1984, the remaining trio continued recording until Kelly's death from a cancer-related heart attack in 1986.
Rudy left the group for a career in the ministry in 1989 disbanding the group once again with Ron releasing solo records, sometimes performing under the Isley Brothers name.
In 1991, Ron reformed the group with Ernie and Marvin returning to the lineup.
In 1992, the group was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Since 1997, after diabetes forced Marvin into retirement, the lineup has been Ron and Ernie, now on hiatus due to Ron's current prison sentence after a tax evasion conviction in 2006.
During his court case, it was revealed Ron Isley, now 66, has kidney cancer and failing organs. Isley's lawyers have tried pleading with the judge to give leniency to the singer, who was sentenced to serve 37 months (at least three years) in prison but have been denied. Isley is currently serving his sentence and will be released on a tentative date of April 2010.
In 2000 Michael Bolton unsuccessfully tried to buy the Isley Brothers' catalogue after the Isleys won a lawsuit alleging that Bolton's song "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" plagiarized their 1966 Motown track of the same title.
The Isley Brothers were inducted to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003.
Much like The JB's, Parliament-Funkadelic, DeBarge and Zapp, the Isleys are among one of the most sampled groups in hip-hop history with their recordings sampled by the likes of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G.,Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg among others.
(Wikipedia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL9xOLpwI0I
Twist & Shout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPivnegGtgg
This Old Heart of Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGyszX-Hs30
It's Your Thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v2-DSKx3Eg
Love the One You're With
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1y4OatoR6s
Pop That Thang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0UemPDkGww
I'll Always Come Back to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ66GVuIPc4
That Lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84
Hello It's Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHp1Tr_4_A8
Summer Breeze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl0g1y7irKk
Fight the Power
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmAkHRK2pI8
For the Love of You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2sOqbIcaM
Harvest for the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz_OsEISBGo
Footsteps in the Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DLnUwUpnb8
It's a Disco Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyLptdeApq8
I Wanna Be With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE8KsX5fqiI
Don't Say Goodnight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl2v9GrU35U
Between the Sheets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhdcJ7K3XM
Smooth Sailin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFW3TtBh6kE
Caravan of Love
(by Isley-Jasper-Isley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ARl3dUyAyc
The Isley Brothers are a Grammy-winning American R&B/soul group who are one of the few groups to have long-running success on the Billboard charts placing a charted single in every decade since 1959 and as of 2006 was still charting successful albums performing under a repertoire of doo-wop, R&B, rock 'n' roll, soul, funk, disco, urban adult contemporary and hip-hop soul in the last six decades with a variation of lineups ranging from a quartet to a trio to a sextet to finally a duo.
Originally raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the original group consisted of the four elder sons of O'Kelly Isley, Sr. and Sally Mae Isley: Kelly, Rudy, Ronnie and Vernon Isley originally singing nothing but gospel music starting in 1954.
The group disbanded in 1955 shortly after a road accident claimed the life of Vernon Isley and reformed in 1957 with Kelly, Rudy and Ronnie, who recorded with small labels singing doo-wop and rock 'n' roll.
After modest success with singles such as "Shout", "Twist and Shout" and the Motown single, "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)", and a brief tenure with Jimi Hendrix as a background guitar player, the group settled on a brand of gritty soul and funk defined by the Grammy-winning smash "It's Your Thing", in 1969.
After reforming the group as a six-member lineup in 1973 featuring younger brothers Ernie and Marvin and brother-in-law Chris Jasper, they became known to fans as 3 + 3 and charted gold and platinum success with albums such as 3 + 3, The Heat Is On, Go For Your Guns and Between the Sheets, while charting a succession of hit singles such as "That Lady", "Fight the Power", "For the Love of You", "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)" and "Between the Sheets", between 1973 and 1983.
After the younger brothers splintered from the group in 1984, the remaining trio continued recording until Kelly's death from a cancer-related heart attack in 1986.
Rudy left the group for a career in the ministry in 1989 disbanding the group once again with Ron releasing solo records, sometimes performing under the Isley Brothers name.
In 1991, Ron reformed the group with Ernie and Marvin returning to the lineup.
In 1992, the group was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Since 1997, after diabetes forced Marvin into retirement, the lineup has been Ron and Ernie, now on hiatus due to Ron's current prison sentence after a tax evasion conviction in 2006.
During his court case, it was revealed Ron Isley, now 66, has kidney cancer and failing organs. Isley's lawyers have tried pleading with the judge to give leniency to the singer, who was sentenced to serve 37 months (at least three years) in prison but have been denied. Isley is currently serving his sentence and will be released on a tentative date of April 2010.
In 2000 Michael Bolton unsuccessfully tried to buy the Isley Brothers' catalogue after the Isleys won a lawsuit alleging that Bolton's song "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" plagiarized their 1966 Motown track of the same title.
The Isley Brothers were inducted to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003.
Much like The JB's, Parliament-Funkadelic, DeBarge and Zapp, the Isleys are among one of the most sampled groups in hip-hop history with their recordings sampled by the likes of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G.,Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg among others.
(Wikipedia)
8/13/2008
Philadelphia Soul
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philly_soul
Philadelphia (or Philly) soul, sometimes called the Philadelphia Sound or Sweet Philly, is a style of soul music characterized by funk influences and lush instrumental arrangements, often featuring sweeping strings and piercing horns. The subtle sound of a glockenspiel can often be heard in the background of philly soul songs. The genre laid the groundwork for what are now considered Adult contemporary and smooth jazz by fusing the R & B rhythm sections of the 1960s with the Pop Vocal tradition, and featuring a slightly more pronounced Jazz influence in its melodic structures and arrangements.
Notable Philadelphia soul artists include:
The Delfonics
The Intruders
Patti LaBelle
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
MFSB
The O'Jays
Billy Paul
Teddy Pendergrass
The Spinners
The Stylistics
The Three Degrees
The Trammps
Blue Magic
The Soul Survivors
Dexter Wansel
Gamble and Huff - Notable Songwriters and Producers
Thom Bell - Notable Songwriter and Producer
Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Ethics
Jerry Butler - Some Notable Songs with Gamble and Huff
Charles M. Mann - Singer/Songwriter
(Wikipedia)
Philadelphia (or Philly) soul, sometimes called the Philadelphia Sound or Sweet Philly, is a style of soul music characterized by funk influences and lush instrumental arrangements, often featuring sweeping strings and piercing horns. The subtle sound of a glockenspiel can often be heard in the background of philly soul songs. The genre laid the groundwork for what are now considered Adult contemporary and smooth jazz by fusing the R & B rhythm sections of the 1960s with the Pop Vocal tradition, and featuring a slightly more pronounced Jazz influence in its melodic structures and arrangements.
Notable Philadelphia soul artists include:
The Delfonics
The Intruders
Patti LaBelle
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
MFSB
The O'Jays
Billy Paul
Teddy Pendergrass
The Spinners
The Stylistics
The Three Degrees
The Trammps
Blue Magic
The Soul Survivors
Dexter Wansel
Gamble and Huff - Notable Songwriters and Producers
Thom Bell - Notable Songwriter and Producer
Daryl Hall & John Oates
The Ethics
Jerry Butler - Some Notable Songs with Gamble and Huff
Charles M. Mann - Singer/Songwriter
(Wikipedia)
8/11/2008
The O'Jays
Back Stabbers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c
Love Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhdQyuN9ktE
Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxrc0gujrE
For the Love of Money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4xKlbeHLf4
Stairway to Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZmWwDKwrU
I Love Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5vYj-WOen0
Let Me Make Love to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIanH3AzFzI
Use ta Be My Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c46FD9Idwhs
Brandy (I Really Miss You)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7Zc3aAZd4
Forever Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uahUqX_lE4Q
The O'Jays are a Philadelphia soul group, originally consisting of Walter Williams , Bill Isles, Jerome Pierson, Bobby Massey, William Powell and Eddie Levert.
The O'Jays (now a trio) had their first hit with "Lonely Drifter" in 1963. In spite of its success, the group was considering quitting the music business until Gamble & Huff, a legendary team of producers and songwriters, took an interest in the group. With Gamble & Huff, the O'Jays emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with Back Stabbers (1972), a huge pop hit.
The O'Jays formed the group in Canton, Ohio in 1958 while attending high school. The friends began recording in 1961.
They took the name "the O'Jays", in tribute to radio disc jockey Eddie O'Jay.
In 1972, they finally scored with their first million-seller, "Back Stabbers", from the gold album of the same name. This album also produced several more hit singles, including "Sunshine" & the #1 Pop smash, "Love Train".
During the remainder of the 1970s, the O'Jays continued releasing chart-topping singles, including "For the Love of Money" , "Let Me Make Love To You" & "I Love Music".
Original member William Powell died of cancer in 1977.
1978's "Use ta Be My Girl" was their final Top Five hit.
Later in the 90s, the group did little recording, though they remained a popular live draw.
The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004 and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
"For the Love Of Money" is the theme song to the hit reality TV show The Apprentice, which is ironic considering that the lyrics warn of the evil people will do for the love of money.
(Wikipedia)
The song "Brandy" is about a dog.
(YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVC2j_Kdw8c
Love Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhdQyuN9ktE
Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxrc0gujrE
For the Love of Money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4xKlbeHLf4
Stairway to Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZmWwDKwrU
I Love Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5vYj-WOen0
Let Me Make Love to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIanH3AzFzI
Use ta Be My Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c46FD9Idwhs
Brandy (I Really Miss You)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7Zc3aAZd4
Forever Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uahUqX_lE4Q
The O'Jays are a Philadelphia soul group, originally consisting of Walter Williams , Bill Isles, Jerome Pierson, Bobby Massey, William Powell and Eddie Levert.
The O'Jays (now a trio) had their first hit with "Lonely Drifter" in 1963. In spite of its success, the group was considering quitting the music business until Gamble & Huff, a legendary team of producers and songwriters, took an interest in the group. With Gamble & Huff, the O'Jays emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with Back Stabbers (1972), a huge pop hit.
The O'Jays formed the group in Canton, Ohio in 1958 while attending high school. The friends began recording in 1961.
They took the name "the O'Jays", in tribute to radio disc jockey Eddie O'Jay.
In 1972, they finally scored with their first million-seller, "Back Stabbers", from the gold album of the same name. This album also produced several more hit singles, including "Sunshine" & the #1 Pop smash, "Love Train".
During the remainder of the 1970s, the O'Jays continued releasing chart-topping singles, including "For the Love of Money" , "Let Me Make Love To You" & "I Love Music".
Original member William Powell died of cancer in 1977.
1978's "Use ta Be My Girl" was their final Top Five hit.
Later in the 90s, the group did little recording, though they remained a popular live draw.
The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004 and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
"For the Love Of Money" is the theme song to the hit reality TV show The Apprentice, which is ironic considering that the lyrics warn of the evil people will do for the love of money.
(Wikipedia)
The song "Brandy" is about a dog.
(YouTube)
8/09/2008
Old School Music
Comedian Steve Harvey riffs on 70s soul music in The Original Kings of Comedy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rLHwPy8hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rLHwPy8hk
8/08/2008
The Spinners
It's a Shame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDKq1clukmU
How Could I Let You Get Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wflF6nUQQYE
I'll Be Around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgZZ3og1g0
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ivz2RUdXY&feature=related
One of a Kind (Love Affair)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKpyBt6iz7w
Then Came You
http://missdelite3.blogspot.com/2008/07/then-came-youdionne-warwick-spinners.html
Mighty Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXnslL-_Xww&feature=related
Love Don't Love Nobody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzfKoaRvRGA
Games People Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGxYKJXOxFk
Sadie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nKAZSVeUw
The Rubberband Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce8nfWyX7P4
Working My Way Back to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SugEgGQ_3vc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDKq1clukmU
How Could I Let You Get Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wflF6nUQQYE
I'll Be Around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgZZ3og1g0
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ivz2RUdXY&feature=related
One of a Kind (Love Affair)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKpyBt6iz7w
Then Came You
http://missdelite3.blogspot.com/2008/07/then-came-youdionne-warwick-spinners.html
Mighty Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXnslL-_Xww&feature=related
Love Don't Love Nobody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzfKoaRvRGA
Games People Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGxYKJXOxFk
Sadie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_nKAZSVeUw
The Rubberband Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce8nfWyX7P4
Working My Way Back to You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SugEgGQ_3vc
Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4x7szPy7BI
The Spinners are a Detroit, Michigan-based soul vocal group (active since 1954), and most popular during the 1970s. The group still tours as of 2008. The band is also listed occasionally as The Motown Spinners, or (after they left the Motown label) The Detroit Spinners. These were their monikers in the UK to avoid confusion with a British group called The Spinners.
In 1954 a group of friends in Ferndale High School in Ferndale, Michigan, just outside Detroit, came together to make music and called themselves The Domingoes.The group renamed themselves The Spinners in 1961. This name was chosen after looking at popular car hubcaps and noting how they spun around on a car's wheel.
In 1964, they made their debut at the Apollo Theater and won instant acclaim, a rare feat at the time. But success mostly eluded them during the 1960s. During much of this decade the Spinners would be used by Motown as road managers, chaperones and chauffeurs for other groups, and even as shipping clerks.
In 1970, after a five-year chart absence they hit #14 with writer/producer Stevie Wonder's composition, "It's A Shame".
Legend has it that Atlantic Records recording artist Aretha Franklin suggested the group finish out their Motown contract, and sign with Atlantic. The group made the switch in 1972. Under the helm of producer and songwriter Thom Bell, The Spinners would chart five top 100 singles (and two top tens) from their first post-Motown album, The Spinners (1972), and would go on to become one of the biggest soul groups of the 1970s.
The Spinners were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
Today, the quintet is actively touring with three of its original members (Jackson, Fambrough and Smith).
(Wikipedia)
8/04/2008
Aretha Franklin
See previous post: http://missdelite3.blogspot.com/2008/07/amazing-gracearetha-franklin.html
The Shoop Shoop Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAueAEO8Abk
Night Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXpXO6jQHg
Chain of Fools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-g4ye7nmI
Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6C83lwwxJ8
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbYOKKyz3Qg
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDoO9s73jV0
I Say A Little Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKkWj2WpWM
Don't Play That Song For Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAa8vwmeewU
Until You Come Back to Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtWm4rRaq8
Call Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPtCv66LVg&feature=related
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
w/George Michael
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuU0cJ_iW8w
O Happy Day
w/Mavis Staples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvlEOldamEw
Precious Lord
(she's 14 yrs old)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTnA9FseWw&feature=related
Aretha Franklin is the second most honored female singer in Grammy history (after Alison Krauss). She has won twenty Grammy Awards, which includes the Living Legend Grammy and the Lifetime Achievement Grammy. Aretha won eight consecutive awards between 1968 and 1975,during which time the category of Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was nicknamed "The Aretha Award".
Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. Two of them became #1 hit songs on the Billboard Hot 100 as well, "Respect" in the 1960s and her 1980s duet with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)".
(Wikipedia)
The Shoop Shoop Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAueAEO8Abk
Night Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXpXO6jQHg
Chain of Fools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK-g4ye7nmI
Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6C83lwwxJ8
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbYOKKyz3Qg
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDoO9s73jV0
I Say A Little Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKkWj2WpWM
Don't Play That Song For Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAa8vwmeewU
Until You Come Back to Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtWm4rRaq8
Call Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPtCv66LVg&feature=related
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
w/George Michael
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuU0cJ_iW8w
O Happy Day
w/Mavis Staples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvlEOldamEw
Precious Lord
(she's 14 yrs old)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgTnA9FseWw&feature=related
Aretha Franklin is the second most honored female singer in Grammy history (after Alison Krauss). She has won twenty Grammy Awards, which includes the Living Legend Grammy and the Lifetime Achievement Grammy. Aretha won eight consecutive awards between 1968 and 1975,during which time the category of Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was nicknamed "The Aretha Award".
Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. Two of them became #1 hit songs on the Billboard Hot 100 as well, "Respect" in the 1960s and her 1980s duet with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)".
(Wikipedia)
The Staple Singers
I'll Take You There
(live clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKj72gJrROY
I'll Take You There
(recording)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXvKRZRofDE
Respect Yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsW4vk9uP8o
Let's Do It Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoz0foGQyBk
The Weight
(w/The Band)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYQWCB4rkDI
The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914-2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (born 1934), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis (b. 1939). They are best known for their 1970s hits "I'll Take You There", "Respect Yourself", and "Let's Do It Again".
In 2005, the group was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
(Wikipedia)
(live clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKj72gJrROY
I'll Take You There
(recording)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXvKRZRofDE
Respect Yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsW4vk9uP8o
Let's Do It Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoz0foGQyBk
The Weight
(w/The Band)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYQWCB4rkDI
The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (1914-2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (born 1934), Pervis (b. 1935), Yvonne (b. 1936), and Mavis (b. 1939). They are best known for their 1970s hits "I'll Take You There", "Respect Yourself", and "Let's Do It Again".
In 2005, the group was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
(Wikipedia)
Gospel
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.
Like other forms of Christian music the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. However, a common theme of most Gospel music is praise, worship or thanks to God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit.
(Wikipedia)
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music.
Like other forms of Christian music the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of Gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. However, a common theme of most Gospel music is praise, worship or thanks to God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit.
(Wikipedia)
8/03/2008
Ray Charles
Georgia on My Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnaUP2n9swk
Ring of Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhGZdSkX6IM
America The Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOHoN-8ibsY
Till There Was You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7FB7yKmW0Q
A Song For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGc0OoZEsM
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an American pianist and singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sung it."
Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business" and in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
(Wikipedia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnaUP2n9swk
Ring of Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhGZdSkX6IM
America The Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOHoN-8ibsY
Till There Was You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7FB7yKmW0Q
A Song For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGc0OoZEsM
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known by his stage name Ray Charles, was an American pianist and singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues. He brought a soulful sound to country music, pop standards, and a rendition of "America the Beautiful" that Ed Bradley of 60 Minutes called the "definitive version of the song, an American anthem — a classic, just as the man who sung it."
Frank Sinatra called him "the only true genius in the business" and in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Charles #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
(Wikipedia)
Country
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music
Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s. The term country music began to be used in the 1940s when the earlier term hillbilly music was deemed to be degrading, and the term was widely embraced in the 1970s, while country and western has declined in use since that time, except in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it is still commonly used.
Immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of the Old World along with them for nearly 300 years. The Irish fiddle, the German derived dulcimer, the Italian mandolin, the Spanish guitar, and the African banjo were the most common musical instruments. The interactions among musicians from different ethnic groups produced music unique to this region of North America. Appalachian string bands of the early twentieth century primarliy consisted of the fiddle, guitar, and banjo. This early country music along with early recorded country music is often referred to as Old-time music.
Throughout the nineteenth century, several immigrant groups from Europe, most notably from Ireland, The United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Italy moved to Texas. These groups interacted with the Spanish, Mexican, Native American, and U.S. communities that were already established in Texas. As a result of this cohabitation and extended contact, Texas has developed unique cultural traits that are rooted in the culture of all of its founding communities. The settlers from the areas now known as Germany and the Czech Republic established large dance halls in Texas where farmers and townspeople from neighboring communities could gather, dance, and spend a night enjoying each other’s company. The music at these halls, brought from Europe, included the waltz and the polka, played on an accordion, an instrument invented in Italy, which was loud enough to fill the entire dance hall.
While album sales of most musical genres have declined, country music experienced one of its best years in 2006, when, during the first six months of the year, U.S. sales of country albums increased by 17.7 percent to 36 million. Moreover, country music listening nationwide has remained steady for almost a decade, reaching 77.3 million adults every week according to the radio-ratings agency Arbitron Inc.
The term "country music" is used to describe many styles, genres, or subgenres.
(Wikipedia)
Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, hokum, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s. The term country music began to be used in the 1940s when the earlier term hillbilly music was deemed to be degrading, and the term was widely embraced in the 1970s, while country and western has declined in use since that time, except in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it is still commonly used.
Immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of the Old World along with them for nearly 300 years. The Irish fiddle, the German derived dulcimer, the Italian mandolin, the Spanish guitar, and the African banjo were the most common musical instruments. The interactions among musicians from different ethnic groups produced music unique to this region of North America. Appalachian string bands of the early twentieth century primarliy consisted of the fiddle, guitar, and banjo. This early country music along with early recorded country music is often referred to as Old-time music.
Throughout the nineteenth century, several immigrant groups from Europe, most notably from Ireland, The United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Italy moved to Texas. These groups interacted with the Spanish, Mexican, Native American, and U.S. communities that were already established in Texas. As a result of this cohabitation and extended contact, Texas has developed unique cultural traits that are rooted in the culture of all of its founding communities. The settlers from the areas now known as Germany and the Czech Republic established large dance halls in Texas where farmers and townspeople from neighboring communities could gather, dance, and spend a night enjoying each other’s company. The music at these halls, brought from Europe, included the waltz and the polka, played on an accordion, an instrument invented in Italy, which was loud enough to fill the entire dance hall.
While album sales of most musical genres have declined, country music experienced one of its best years in 2006, when, during the first six months of the year, U.S. sales of country albums increased by 17.7 percent to 36 million. Moreover, country music listening nationwide has remained steady for almost a decade, reaching 77.3 million adults every week according to the radio-ratings agency Arbitron Inc.
The term "country music" is used to describe many styles, genres, or subgenres.
(Wikipedia)
8/02/2008
Blues/The Blues
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues
The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes. It emerged in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music, as it became the roots of jazz, rhythm and blues, and bluegrass. In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues rock developed from the combining of blues with various rock and roll forms.
The phrase "the blues" is a reference to the the blue devils, meaning "down" spirits, melancholy, and sadness. An early reference to "the blues" can be found in George Colman's one act farce Blue devils (1798). Later during the 19th century, the phrase was used as a euphemism for delirium tremens and the police, and it has been found used in these contexts in letters from Civil War soldiers.[citation needed]
Though the use of the phrase in African American music may be older, it has been attested to since 1912, when Hart Wand's "Dallas Blues" became the first copyrighted Blues composition. In lyrics the phrase is often used to describe a depressed mood.
(Wikipedia)
The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes. It emerged in African-American communities of the United States from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The use of blue notes and the prominence of call-and-response patterns in the music and lyrics are indicative of African influence. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music, as it became the roots of jazz, rhythm and blues, and bluegrass. In the 1960s and 1970s, a hybrid form called blues rock developed from the combining of blues with various rock and roll forms.
The phrase "the blues" is a reference to the the blue devils, meaning "down" spirits, melancholy, and sadness. An early reference to "the blues" can be found in George Colman's one act farce Blue devils (1798). Later during the 19th century, the phrase was used as a euphemism for delirium tremens and the police, and it has been found used in these contexts in letters from Civil War soldiers.[citation needed]
Though the use of the phrase in African American music may be older, it has been attested to since 1912, when Hart Wand's "Dallas Blues" became the first copyrighted Blues composition. In lyrics the phrase is often used to describe a depressed mood.
(Wikipedia)
James Brown
Please,Please,Please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5aVhLjT7UE
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqdYBT-b2aI
It's a Man's Man's Man's World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2RdEJb156k
Good Foot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DAfBZbz3tI
Sunny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-PZtAfNbk
James gives dancing lessons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdz88MBWomo
Eddie does James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7kP35jI7Go
Rollins on Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn1UdYsKOcI
James Joseph Brown, Jr. (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul", "King of Funk", and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", was an American entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, Brown was a pivotal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He left his mark on numerous other musical genres, including rock, jazz, disco, dance and electronic music, reggae and hip hop. Brown's music also left its mark on the rhythms of African popular music, such as afrobeat, jùjú and mbalax, and provided a template for go-go music.
Brown began his professional music career in 1953, and rose to fame during the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks he continued to score hits in every decade through the 1980s. In addition to his acclaim in music, Brown was a presence in American political affairs during the 1960s and 1970s, noted especially for his activism on behalf of fellow African Americans and the poor. During the early 1980s, Brown's music helped to shape the rhythms of early hip-hop music, with numerous groups looping or sampling his funk grooves and turning them into what became hip hop classics and the foundations of the music genre.
Brown was recognized by numerous titles, including Soul Brother Number One, Sex Machine, Mr. Dynamite, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk, Mr. Please Please Please, The Boss, and the best-known, the Godfather of Soul.
(Wikipedia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5aVhLjT7UE
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqdYBT-b2aI
It's a Man's Man's Man's World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2RdEJb156k
Good Foot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DAfBZbz3tI
Sunny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-PZtAfNbk
James gives dancing lessons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdz88MBWomo
Eddie does James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7kP35jI7Go
Rollins on Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn1UdYsKOcI
James Joseph Brown, Jr. (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul", "King of Funk", and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business", was an American entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his shouting vocals, feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, Brown was a pivotal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He left his mark on numerous other musical genres, including rock, jazz, disco, dance and electronic music, reggae and hip hop. Brown's music also left its mark on the rhythms of African popular music, such as afrobeat, jùjú and mbalax, and provided a template for go-go music.
Brown began his professional music career in 1953, and rose to fame during the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks he continued to score hits in every decade through the 1980s. In addition to his acclaim in music, Brown was a presence in American political affairs during the 1960s and 1970s, noted especially for his activism on behalf of fellow African Americans and the poor. During the early 1980s, Brown's music helped to shape the rhythms of early hip-hop music, with numerous groups looping or sampling his funk grooves and turning them into what became hip hop classics and the foundations of the music genre.
Brown was recognized by numerous titles, including Soul Brother Number One, Sex Machine, Mr. Dynamite, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk, Mr. Please Please Please, The Boss, and the best-known, the Godfather of Soul.
(Wikipedia)
8/01/2008
Stevie Wonder
Fingertips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIfgwNJkCMI
I Was Made to Love Her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsLWiJVdWkU
One Little Christmas Tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWkqD1JP5w&feature=related
Someday At Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ1-duv_zNk&feature=related
For Once in My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vxVyaYuGYE
Superstition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE
Living for the City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSRyf5G2uI8
I Wish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0
Sir Duke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmUvVj2mxnY
Send One Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMvVYCV-d8E
Lately
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWYfRSfG8uA
Ribbon in the Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO2-kIqsGL4
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure of 20th century popular music, Wonder has recorded more than thirty top ten hits, won 26 Grammy Awards (a record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy Award for Best Song and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame. He has also been awarded the Polar Music Prize.
Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as a pre-adolescent at age twelve, and continues to perform and record for the label to this day. He has nine U.S. number-one hits to his name and album sales totaling more than 150 million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside artists as well. Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bongos, organ, melodica, and clavinet. In his early career, he was best known for his harmonica work, but today he is better known for his keyboard skills and vocals.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIfgwNJkCMI
I Was Made to Love Her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsLWiJVdWkU
One Little Christmas Tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDWkqD1JP5w&feature=related
Someday At Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ1-duv_zNk&feature=related
For Once in My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vxVyaYuGYE
Superstition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDZFf0pm0SE
Living for the City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSRyf5G2uI8
I Wish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0
Sir Duke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmUvVj2mxnY
Send One Your Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMvVYCV-d8E
Lately
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWYfRSfG8uA
Ribbon in the Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO2-kIqsGL4
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure of 20th century popular music, Wonder has recorded more than thirty top ten hits, won 26 Grammy Awards (a record for a solo artist), plus one for lifetime achievement, won an Academy Award for Best Song and been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters halls of fame. He has also been awarded the Polar Music Prize.
Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as a pre-adolescent at age twelve, and continues to perform and record for the label to this day. He has nine U.S. number-one hits to his name and album sales totaling more than 150 million units. Wonder has recorded several critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, and writes and produces songs for many of his label mates and outside artists as well. Wonder plays the piano, synthesizer, harmonica, congas, drums, bongos, organ, melodica, and clavinet. In his early career, he was best known for his harmonica work, but today he is better known for his keyboard skills and vocals.
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Funk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk
Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony, and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Unlike R&B and soul songs, which had many chord changes, funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord.
Like much of African inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Funk bands also usually have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic "hits".
Influential African American funk performers include James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, The Funk Brothers, Bootsy Collins, and Prince. Notable 1970s funk bands included Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, Average White Band, The Ohio Players, The Commodores, and Kool & the Gang though many of these most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk music was a major influence on the development of 1970s disco music and funk samples are used in most styles of house music and hip hop music, and it's also the main influence of Go-Go. Funk even left its mark on New Wave, and its pulse was evident in post punk as well.
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Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony, and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Unlike R&B and soul songs, which had many chord changes, funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord.
Like much of African inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Funk bands also usually have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic "hits".
Influential African American funk performers include James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, The Funk Brothers, Bootsy Collins, and Prince. Notable 1970s funk bands included Earth, Wind & Fire, Tower of Power, Average White Band, The Ohio Players, The Commodores, and Kool & the Gang though many of these most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk music was a major influence on the development of 1970s disco music and funk samples are used in most styles of house music and hip hop music, and it's also the main influence of Go-Go. Funk even left its mark on New Wave, and its pulse was evident in post punk as well.
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