‘Sly Lives!’ is a Funked-Up Look at Genius [now streaming on Hulu]

From SoulTracks.com:

Disco Queen Gloria Gaynor has inspired generations around the world with her anthem “I Will Survive.” She has also overcome personal and professional adversity to get to where she is today – not only surviving but thriving. This is made clear in her new biopic I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story, which premiered Feb 8th on Lifetime, followed by the TV debut of her 2024 documentary, Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive.
At the end of her biopic, viewers heard a snippet of Gloria’s new single “Fida Known”, which is her first release since her GRAMMY-winning gospel album Testimony [2019]. In case you’re wondering, “Fida” is just a faster way of saying “If I’d’ve” – so, rather than the title being “If I’d’ve Known,” it’s “Fida Known.”

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First Listen: Gloria Gaynor gets us to the dancefloor again - SoulTracks

We've lost a soul guy who had been a UK resident for many years ...
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I still remember the thrill of finding those Greatest Hits packages in the racks back during my teenage years. You know the ones I mean with the same basic design but with each artist having their own color scheme?

Anyway, Marvin Gaye's was catalog Tamla 252 and the Marvelettes' was Tamla 253. Well yesterday I noticed that Marvin's album has a release date of 1964, whereas The Marvelettes' was released in 1966. It had to be that year because it included Don't Mess With Bill.

So did Marvin's really come out in 1964? If so, why such a delay before the rest of them came out, because I am pretty sure no one else released one until at least 1966 and some may have even been 1967 releases? Just seems odd to me that consecutive catalog numbers would have been released almost two years apart.

Trump Is Officially Elected Chairman of KENNEDY CENTER

Historically, the board has been made up of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans. There is now a whole new board. The new board is made up entirely of Trump appointees—including Trump's chief of staff, Susie Wiles and Usha Vance, the wife of Vice President JD Vance. There are 14 new members, with 31 total members.

I wonder how much this will change the Kennedy Center Honors. Mr. Trump has never attended the honors in his first term even though all other recent Presidents attended. I wonder if he plans to attend now that he has control of the place and what kind of nominees will be chosen to be honored.

I guess he has extra time on his hands with President Musk now running the country ;)




https://playbill.com/article/kennedy...tm_source=bird

Anyone ever hear of this group?

JOY - High Life [[1981)

RPM, PVBL9002
Producers: Patric van Blerk, Fransua Roos & Greg Cutler
Engineer: Greg Cutler
Recorded at: RPM Studios

Made up of the late Anneline Malebo, Felicia Marion and Thoka Ndlozi, Joy pre-empted the bubblegum era with their commercially appealing sound and image, crafted by producer Patric van Blerk [[Victory, Margaret Singana), one of the first to forge a multiracial crossover sound influenced by American soul and R&B. As South Africa's answer to the Supremes, Joy supported touring acts like Lamont Dozier, Clarence Carter, Dobie Gray and Leo Sayer. They were undoubtedly best known for the massive crossover hit 'Paradise Road' in 1980, which helped them earn two Saries Awards for Best Vocal Group and Best English LP of the Year in 1980 [[a landmark moment in the ethnically divided industry) and even led to a tour of the UK. High Life followed in 1981, but lacked a hit to take the trio further. They broke up in 1983, the year that Brenda Fassie, who had once filled in for Malebo in the Joy line-up, ushered in the bubblegum era with 'Weekend Special'. Although their sound was less fresh and funky that the bubblegum acts that followed in the footsteps, Joy's contribution to the local industry should never be forgotten.