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I agree. On Oprah, Brandy was oversinging to the point of being irritating. I enjoy their performance in the tv movie much better.

I think it would have been great had the duet version been released. But upon reflection, I do understand Sonja Norwood's [[Brandy's mom) perspective.

This was around the time that US record...

This past weekend, I bought a new turntable and one of the first albums I played to test it out was THE BOSS.

It has always been one of my favorites and I have long had the cd. But for some...

I was just getting ready to mention this. Near the end of MY ROMANCE, when they're singing the line "My most fantastic dreams come true," Flo and Diana seem to be sharing a secret laugh. Not sure...

This was really nice. Thanks for sharing it.

This is probably my favorite Miracles recording. The last time I saw Smokey in concert, he had two buckets in which people could place requests. I put in a request for this song. Unfortunately, he...

In an interview about her appearances on his program, Joan Rivers speculated the same.

This is a nice one.

In J. Randy's last book, he wrote that she wasn't happy with ROSS [1983] and was working to make her next album [SWEPT AWAY] a really good one. I do know that when I saw her in 1984, SWEPT AWAY was...

I don't think Diana has control over what is released from her Motown days as she doesn't own the masters. Surely she has been made aware of the various reissues but she hasn't really contributed to...

Other than Central Park and a TONIGHT SHOW appearance, I don't recall Diana doing much promotion for ROSS [[1983).

But that was how her solo career had gone for the most part, at least in the...

A few years back, I went to see Freda do a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. It was a really good show.

https://www.soultracks.com/story-nina-simone-etta-james-montreux

I do think the host called her "Mary Wells." Mary was probably used to it by that point. When she appeared on Geraldo, an audience member stood up and wished her well because she had heard she was...

I recall her very briefly mentioning the Arlen project on a tv interview in the early 90s, possibly during some OUT OF DARKNESS promo. That's why I was surprised when I found out that the album was...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njEgktiIE3s

I have to admit that I didn't like the single on first listen and little has changed since. I think Diana sounds quite fine on it but the song itself, IMO, is no great shakes. It sounds like a...

Ode to Billie Joe
Johnny One Note
Sadie Sadie
Till Johnny Comes
Hey Jude
Big Mable Murphy

They did some tracks with Ian Levine for Motorcity Records. NEWSY NEIGHBOURS was one of them. I don't know if it is the version posted in the photo above but it could be.

There was a really nice full-paged article in yesterday's NY Times re Merry and the new album. I'm not sure everyone will be able to access it but I will post the link anyway.
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I think there was one interview where she talked about what she listened to while hiking and she said something like "Sade on the way up and [another artist] on the way down." But I can't remember if...

Looks like Joni to me. There's a clip of her singing it with the guys on THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL as well.

1977, produced by Hal Davis.

I think it would have come off better if they didn't edit it down to 60 minutes. The HBO show actually aired two weeks after I saw her in person so I knew that there was so much that was cut out of...

When she brought the tour to the US, she called me onstage to dance during WORKIN' OVERTIME. I still can't believe it.