I had initially drafted this post to celebrate what I – and pretty much everybody – thought was going to be a Hillary Clinton win. But to see we are all shocked here would be a tremendous understatement. I don’t think even Trump’s supporters thought … Continue reading A Song I Love – River Boulevard – The Pointer Sisters
“Doo-wop is a genre of music that was developed in African-American communities in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles in the 1940’s, achieving mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. Built upon vocal harmony, doo-wop was one … Continue reading Doo-wop
I’m going to use this Stevie Wonder post as A) a final post of the series; B) a celebration of a great album and C) a sort-of belated concert review. In late 1976, Stevie Wonder released a superb double album called Songs in the Key … Continue reading Stevie Wonder – (Final of 3 – I Am Singing)
You know the night time (ba-de-day), is the right time (ba-de-day) To be (ba-de-day), with the one you love (ba-de-day) There are so many damn great versions of this song one hardly knows where to start. But the most famous rendition is probably Ray Charles’ … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – (Night Time is) The Right Time
UPDATE: Since my original post on 4/22/2016, Prince’s estate has gone around desperately trying to remove any trace of Prince from the Internet. And I’ve had to go back and remove several songs that both and I commenters posted. If one more comes down, I … Continue reading Prince
Baby here I am I’m a man on the scene I can give you what you want but you gotta go home with me I have got some good old lovin’ And I got some in store When I get through throwin’ it on you … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Hard to Handle
Here’s a new feature. I’m putting three songs together more or less as a mini-set. There’s no real relationship between the songs other then unintentionally. Just three songs I like played back-to-back, almost like a disc jockey would randomly do. Some you might know, some … Continue reading Tres Songs (Mini-set)
Note: The Springsteen series will continue (and finish) in a few days. In the meantime, One song/three versions: “Ruby Baby” was originally recorded by The Drifters way back in 1956. Despite my love for early rock and roll and doo-wop, I never heard this song (to … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Ruby Baby
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