now and again i like to post something that maybe nobody has heard.............this is one soulful lady..imo.....deep deep down in the vault
A much needed Black Music thread.
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now and again i like to post something that maybe nobody has heard.............this is one soulful lady..imo.....deep deep down in the vault
a doo wop tune before they hit it big.............Ronnie being Ronnie...with great back up by Nedra and Estelle
Thanks for reminding me how dope this album was. Released a few months after Dilla's death in 2006. My favorite track from the album was this one
The super dope sample is courtesy of Mr. Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions.
Here's "Only The Strong Survive" from Bruce Springsteen's album of soul music covers, released today. Very well done album. Excellent arrangements and orchestration.
Of course it's almost impossible to equal, let alone surpass, the perfection of the originals. Especially this one originally done by Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, but Bruce does a great job vocally here.
Of course it's almost impossible to equal, let alone surpass, the perfection of the originals. Especially this one originally done by Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, but Bruce does a great job vocally here.
I'm reading Bob Dylan's new book "The Philosophy of Modern Song", in which he breaks down 66 of his favourite songs, and references many others.
He mentions "Shake Rattle And Roll", originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, and later also by Bill Haley & His Comets.
Bob also mentions the lyric in that song "like a one-eyed cat, peeping in a seafood store", which passed the censors and got wide radio airplay. It wasn't until Bob mentioned that line in his book that I thought about and understood it's meaning...
He mentions "Shake Rattle And Roll", originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, and later also by Bill Haley & His Comets.
Bob also mentions the lyric in that song "like a one-eyed cat, peeping in a seafood store", which passed the censors and got wide radio airplay. It wasn't until Bob mentioned that line in his book that I thought about and understood it's meaning...
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other Joe Turner tunes had risque lyrics and some would never be possible to record todayI'm reading Bob Dylan's new book "The Philosophy of Modern Song", in which he breaks down 66 of his favourite songs, and references many others.
He mentions "Shake Rattle And Roll", originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, and later also by Bill Haley & His Comets.
Bob also mentions the lyric in that song "like a one-eyed cat, peeping in a seafood store", which passed the censors and got wide radio airplay. It wasn't until Bob mentioned that line in his book that I thought about and understood it's meaning...
like this one...the reference to a babeball bat toward the end of the song would have sealed its fate
Eddie Kendricks one of the best falsetto's. Great solo track from 1973
Around 2:20 the break which was sampled on this hip hop gem from 2002.
Little Richard converted to Judaism, apparently encouraged by Bob Dylan as they had a close friendship. Who knew? (According to Google he returned to his Seventh Day Adventists roots in 2017.)
longer version of the interview:
longer version of the interview:
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Jim Stewart the co founder of Stax Records died Monday Dec 5..he was 92..............Stax records was founded in Memphis in the early 60,s and produced some of the greatest music in Pop Soul and R&B history...as a young kid i discovered 60,s Soul and the Stax sound was part of that discovery....RIP Jim and thanks for helping Black music become part of the mainstream.....the song i posted above was one of the Stax tunes i purchased,,,,and i still have that single...among many others
