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Happy 73rd Birthday Marvin Gaye!

April 2, 2012

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Composed by Obie Benson, Al Cleveland and Marvin Gaye, recorded in 1970 and released in 1971 — the classic track “What’s Going On” is just as relevant (if not moreso) both musically and lyrically now in 2012 as it was in the Seventies! Give it a listen with [...]

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Happy 72nd Birthday Al Jarreau!

March 12, 2012

Happy 72nd Birthday to jazz artist Alwin “Al” Lopez Jarreau! Born March 12, 1940, Mr. Jarreau is still performing in 2012: his schedule can be found on his Official Web Site. Mr. Jarreau had had many hits during his long career — but one of my two top favorites is the song “Moonlighting” (US #1 [...]

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Happy 70th Birthday to You Otis Williams of The Temptations!

October 30, 2011

Born Otis Miles in Texarkana, Texas October 30, 1941 — the co-founder of the award winning group The Temptations turns 70 today! Congratulations and thank you for your contributions to the world of popular music Mr. Williams. For all you nay-sayers please know that yes — Otis does sing! I am sure you will enjoy [...]

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Rest In Peace Nick Ashford

August 22, 2011

The Coasters Performing “Let’s Go Get Stoned” in 1965 written by Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Joey Armstead. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell performing their Motown smash hit “Aint No Mountain High Enough” in 1966 written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Valerie and her husband Nick performing their own 1984 composition “Solid.” Thank [...]

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Glee: The Music presents The Warblers (2011)

May 19, 2011

Even though I consider myself a Gleek, I had never actually purchased one of the Gleek soundtrack CD’s until now, and this is one of the best music purchases I have made in quite a while. It got me back to writing CD reviews — so here we go to discuss my latest purchase, just [...]

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The Lady Killer By CeeLo Green (2010)

February 5, 2011

Released in October 2010, this set was surely being looked forward to by me ever since I had heard the explicit version of "F*** You" leaked on the internet in the early fall! I loved the song and craved more. While I was transferring the music to my music player I decided to write this [...]

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Rock Symphonies By David Garrett (2010)

January 27, 2011

Released on Decca Records this past summer (July 2010) I am just getting around to digitizing this awesome CD for my PC and Ipod this evening and decided to compose this post while I do so. Being an avid reader (as well as music lover) I generally spend some time each weekend at both Borders [...]

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Second Chance by El DeBarge (2010)

January 20, 2011

The long awaiting return of El DeBarge has garnered tons of positive press ever since his stunning surprise performance at the 2010 BET Music Awards. Most of us have been praying for his return to the music industry and our prayers were answered with "Second Chance" released on November 30, 2010. We thank Eldra for [...]

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Mr I. by Ron Isley (2010)

January 13, 2011

One of the last releases of 2010, Ron Isley‘s “Mr. I”, came to my attention during the 2010 Soul Train Music Awards. Both Mr. Isley and Anita Baker were honored that night as Soul Train Legends and Isley performed after a tribute to him by fellow artists. Isley sang both both old school classics and [...]

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Michael by Michael Jackson (2010)

January 6, 2011

Like many others, I rushed out to purchase this CD the day of release last month and when I first played it I was underwhelmed. But now after repeated playing it has grown on me and I have no doubt that these songs are performed by the one and only MJJ. Right now the Teddy [...]

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The Ultimate Motown Christmas Collection (2009)

December 17, 2009

This collection is two discs of classic Motown Christmas carols put together under the supervision of Harry Weinger. Normally I would not consider yet another Motown collection because I have most of the artist’s holiday music already. But a still small voice told me to go for it when I saw it near the check-out [...]