Gladys Knight "The Nitty Gritty" Mixing Error???
It came on my iPod today at the gym and reminded me that about 1 minute into the song the drum fades out...and stays out for over a minute. I have always wondered if this was a mixing error by Whitfield or was he trying to augment the horns and guitars here. It's on both the stereo and mono mixes.
Anybody else pick up on this?
The forgotten duet by legends Kenny Gamble and Thom Bell
They are among the most successful soul music producers and songwriters in history. The story of Philadelphia soul music could simply not be written without Kenny Gamble and Thom Bell, two-thirds of the “Mighty Three” that were responsible for the rise of the lush, elegant soul and dance music that emanated from the City of Brotherly Love in the 1970s and 80s.
But before their glorious run as hitmakers for such legendary acts as The O’Jays, The Spinners, Patti LaBelle, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Stylistics and more, Gamble and Bell were teenage friends who were struggling to make a name for themselves in the nascent Philly soul community – a struggle compounded by the structural racism in the local music scene.
And while pianist Bell was seeking his fame as a musician, Gamble was committed to establishing himself as a singer. And so the songwriting duo took a run as a vocal duo, recording their 1962 composition “I’ll Get By” as Kenny & Tommy, and releasing it to the Philly radio community.
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SoulTracks Lost Gem: The forgotten duet by legends Kenny Gamble and Thom Bell | SoulTracks - Soul Music Biographies, News and Reviews
BBC Radio 1960's
This all changed when the pirate radio stns set up off-shore of England. They had little or no space & no money, so live musician sessions weren't a possibility for them. So vinyl ruled 100% of the time & with US black music being the hip thing, they played the US versions not the UK cover.
The BBC eventually adapted [[by creating RADIO ONE, etc) but it took them a few years.
HOWEVER, with R&B being the in-genre, all the top UK acts were soon playing R&B / soul ... so when they were asked to do a live BBC radio session, it wasn't only their own tunes that they played ...
Is Michael Jackson a "great" singer?
He was inarguably a great entertainer
He was inarguably a great talent
But was he a great singer?
I don't really hear him described that way
To be fair, I've never heard anyone say that MJ has a "bad" voice or even just an "average" voice propped up my material or production
But his name doesn't really come up in discussions about great voices the way that Otis Redding, David Ruffin, Aretha and Marvin are
To my ears he is
I've always loved his voice from J5 to an adult
PS: I just had to edit the post as I realized I kept using "is" instead of "was"
Nearly a decade on, I still can't believe that he's gone
RIP Angela Bofill
"ON BEHALF OF MY DEAR FRIEND ANGIE, I AM SADDENED TO ANNOUNCE HER PASSING ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 13TH. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT ST. DOMINCKS CHURCH IN VALEJO CA. ON JUNE 28TH AT 1:00pm."
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