Oh, I'm not complaining and I very much enjoyed the book. I just agree that there was an error on the photo with Sammy Davis, Jr. But it's not a big deal as there are so many similar errors in...
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Oh, I'm not complaining and I very much enjoyed the book. I just agree that there was an error on the photo with Sammy Davis, Jr. But it's not a big deal as there are so many similar errors in...
Yes, it is the original recording, produced by James Brown and issued on King label in 1971.
There's a new Folgers Coffee TV commercial that plays Vicki Anderson's recording of "Message From The Soul Sisters". I saw/heard it on NBC.
Vicki Anderson was a great singer and a wonderful person....
I saw the movie the other day and thought it was really good.
I noticed that on the Sammy Davis, Jr. photo too as I remember the Hollywood Palace performance.
Dee Dee Sharp will be the Grand Marshall today at Philadelphia's Columbus Day 2018 Parade, 12pm ET. It will be aired "live" on Philadelphia's Channel 6 TV.
I cannot at this point find the documentation of the Vandellas, but I know it was officially crediting them somewhere and I thought it was in one of the CD booklets. But it is definitely not the...
They are credited on one of the CD releases.
No, it's the Vandellas!
I was with Freda at a gathering for Fanita James' birthday last month. Such a lovely, sweet lady!
It was an amazing event. There was a group of ten of us that met for dinner--Claudette Robinson, Mary Wilson and her friend Margie, Barbara & Rosa Hawkins, of the Dixie Cups and their cousin, who...
Wes saw Peggy Scott & JoJo Benson on a bill in 1969. I remember Pigmeat Markham and Ollie & the Nightengales were also on the bill. Peggy Scott was a fantastic singer! At the time she was only...
I love the Ikettes and this particular record, however, what were the costumes those "dancers" are wearing behind them. It's obvious in a European country, but the stage props were strange. Good to...
I liked Millie's music in the late 70s/early 80s. I went to see her perform a few times. I think the mistake she made, in my opinion, is becoming too vulgar. In the beginning it was shocking to...
I know many years ago it was much easier to get away with this. But even in 1969 I thought the "promoter" was a fool to think he could fool people with a fake Aretha Franklin. Aretha was highly...
I remember Jerry Wexler came out of retirement at some point to work with Etta James.
Clive Davis is interviewed in the Whitney documentary.
I think the disco era really hurt a lot of artists that...
I thought I had responded, but now don't see it. I know Tina as well as Dionne made those lps, but they weren't hits and that's not the music they are known for.
but neither tina turner or dionne warwick were known for the gospel recordings! Their big hits were all pop & rock! As I stated, I don't remember Sharpton's boycott either, but they did show a...
Apparently there was a typo "Ralph Sharpton" instead of "Al Sharpton", but it's been corrected. He took out ads in publications to boycott "Whitey" Houston, claiming she's making music for...
I saw the movie! It was Mary Jones who said Whitney told her she was sexually abused by Dee Dee Warwick. She also said Whitney did not want her mother to know. I think her wish to not let Cissy...
No, she was impersonating Aretha and it was Aretha people thought they were going to see. Radio spots advertised Aretha as did the posters.
Check out the article in the latest issue of Smithsonian magazine, July/August 2018, "Impersonating the Queen of Soul" by Jeff Maysh.
I remember this story well when it happened here in Florida...
Betty was 12 when she made her first record, Paralyzed, on Deep City label in Miami. It's available to hear on youtube. Her voice is amazing for a 12 year old. She made a lot of good records that...
Freda Payne is sensational and I saw her perform Sophisticated Ladies many years ago! She will be marvelous, I'm sure! She is such a great singer!
I have friends here in Florida who have tickets to Jazz Fest in New Orleans, but she has cancelled there also.