Montell Jordan had a low-key good career. His ego wrecked his personal life and that railroaded his professional life. That's too bad.
Montell Jordan had a low-key good career. His ego wrecked his personal life and that railroaded his professional life. That's too bad.
This was such a smooth cut. Almost jazz in its rendering.
It kind of reminds me of...
I Can't Help It by Michael Jackson, which ranks among my favorite songs by him. I wish he would have focused on more diverse music because he typecast himself with the pop output. His range in the end was seriously limited and it didn't need to be. I'm convinced he grew to appreciate his celebrity more than his music.
How in the world is this song not considered one of his better records? I've heard everything else on the radio 100 times but haven't heard this since 1989. That's too bad.
Of course, Siedah Garrett never had the career that her voice should have commanded. Here she is in Dennis Edwards' biggest hit [[without the Temptations).
I always like this one by Michael and Patti Austin.
Another duet with another underappreciated voice [[Syreeta Wright). I used to chill with this song back in the day but only heard it on my mix tapes. Don't know if it played anywhere else.
And here is the song that should have launched her to something grand:
Always loved this one too!
Here is the strange thing about "With You I'm Born Again". It was on the soundtrack to the movie "Fast Break" which was released on February 23, 1979. The song was not released [[even though they had performed it on television when the film was released) until December 1979 making it a chart record in 1980 a full year and more after the film's release.
I love song facts. There have been many accidental hits. There are also a bunch of songs that we remember played in clubs and at parties that were not actually hits because they were never released as singles. Sounds like With You I'm Born Again was nearly one of those until somebody finally wised up.
This may have popped up earlier. Apologies if it has. But I used to love this record.
Southern girls-maze
Love this song.
And this:
1990 and........!
This one got my attention from the first time I heard it back in the early 90s
Do your thing-isaac hayes
Isley Brothers' T-Neck years were iconic. More great songs than I can name from just my memory.
Ronald Isley might be on the same mountain of unmistakable voices that Sam Cooke, Nat "King" Cole and Louis Armstrong are on.
They were two-hit wonders. What about Musical Youth, which was a one-hit wonder? There's no way their sad story should have ended the way it did. Can you imagine being so young and talented only to have everything unravel after an international hit with your first single?
The "Duke of Earl" was getting is Disco on in 1978....."Get Down" Gene Chandler!
Stand in for love-the o'jays...chained-marvin gaye...i could've loved you-the moments...i'm the one who loves you-the impressions...are you happy-jerry butler...ain't that a groove-james brown...there'll come a time-betty everett...it's too late-wilson pickett...warm and tender love-percy sledge...gone-the drifters...i like your lovin-the chi-lites.
My days and nights in Boston! This was Anita Baker's last great song in my opinion:
A perennial favorite here:
This one was out around the same tie late Winter, early Spring of 1975:
Ready or not-the delphonics
In my opinion, she had the misfortune of releasing a perfect 10 as her first album. Very seldom do you get a record where every song is absolutely perfect but that one might have been it. Sets such a high bar that she couldn't possibly match, even if she had two or three excellent songs on her next record. We've seen it happen before. In my opinion, Michael Jackson never rose to the level of Thriller or Off The Wall again and it's why I wasn't a big fan of his in the '90s like I was in the '80s.
Well you know, I have a connection to a lot of people. Not by choice, just by life. I use to pay $5 to see Anita Baker sing with her original band Chapter 8 in 1980. Her first solo album was actually " The Songstress" in 1983. Even though she is from my hometown and went to my high school for a short time, I had forgotten her. Another guy from Toledo who had moved to Denver after I did was raving about this new girl singer from Toledo. It was Anita Baker. The last time I saw her, we flew from NYC to Detroit Christmas 2006, first class..........hehehehehe! Anita is the type of artists that you can always count on liking at least one song on her albums. Luckily, I liked 90 % of her music. It's not well known that she is still performing after announcing her retirement 2 years ago. She'll be playing Montreux July 8th.
Rev. Al from 1987!
The King of the Blues................Mr. B.B. King! I finally got to see him in 2013. Here is his song from 1974:
Memories from Christmas 1975:
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