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)
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