tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63140207490001488392024-03-05T21:36:39.291-05:00The ORIGINAL SOUL4LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-87216563197298451062009-08-26T18:08:00.021-04:002012-01-30T17:37:02.037-05:00Pointer Sisters - Having A Party .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }.table-br tr td br { display: inline } Hello 2 all!!This is becoming way too often an occurance around here, yet another huge lapse in time between posts. Despite my best efforts, it just couldn't be avoided. I mentioned it some weeks back, Baby Slay'd touched down on April 24, 2009 and since his homecoming 3 days later, Mama & Papa are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-74140256954631095422009-06-25T19:26:00.003-04:002009-06-25T19:31:04.114-04:00R.I.P. Michael JacksonThere are no words.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-85218142592926741142009-04-23T08:00:00.005-04:002012-01-30T17:38:23.991-05:00Gichy Dan's Beechwood #9 - s/t .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }.table-br tr td br { display: inline } I've had this thing (pics & audio) ready to go for quite some time now but just couldn't get the write-up done. Well, I found a few free moments today and tried to knock it out. N-joi!Have you ever had a song stuck in your head, yet you didn’t know the artist, didn't know the title, didn't know the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-43407027669483905392009-04-18T00:37:00.001-04:002009-04-18T00:40:06.869-04:00UPDATE COMING SOON!!!I know I've said it before, but I'm really sorry it's taken me so long to get a new post up. I've been juggling a lot lately while gettin' ready for a new arrival at the Slay'd household. That's right folks, I'm happy to announce that "Lil' Slay'd" is expected to touch down any day now. To the visitors who've stopped thru and were kind enough to leave comments, I thank you all and promise new Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-36051452616133972472009-03-02T10:41:00.003-05:002009-04-18T00:37:51.600-04:00WE ARE EXPERIENCING TECHINCAL DIFFICULTIES....PLEASE STAND BYUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-5173232725352503472009-02-17T00:00:00.005-05:002012-01-30T17:40:08.415-05:00Ms Sharon Ridley - Full Moon .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
.table-br tr td br { display: inline } I wish I had more to tell y'all about the artist featured in today's post. Sadly, there's no bio information or anything of the sort floating around anywhere where I could find it.
All I was able to drum up was a very generic-sounding blurb from her booking agency.
Observe...
"Sharon Ridley has Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-49243246476357288422009-02-07T23:59:00.007-05:002012-01-30T17:40:21.934-05:00Marlena Shaw - Just A Matter Of Time .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline }
Born Marlina Burgess in 1942, Valhalla, New York. Marlena Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music crossed genre boundaries and was enjoyed by people of all races. Her strongest fan base was in the African American community. Her music has reached out and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-10281404561370546392009-01-31T21:00:00.019-05:002012-01-30T17:40:37.332-05:00The Stovall Sisters - s/t .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
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Sorry it's been so long since my last post, my 2K9 got off to a hectic start, but I'm not gonna bore you good people with the details. Let's just get into this post.
For a brief moment in 1971, Warner Bros.Records' Reprise imprint took sometime out from promoting Frank Sinatra,Sammy Davis, Jr., and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-56944082022466754662009-01-08T00:00:00.006-05:002012-01-30T17:40:53.526-05:00Jose Feliciano - And The Feeling's Good .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
.table-br tr td br { display: inline } Happy 2009 everybody, here's hoping the new is a damn sight better than the old.
Lemme kick off the new year with a new post. Read, listen and enjoy!!!
One of the most prominent Latin-born performers of the pop era, singer/guitarist Jose Feliciano, was born September 10, 1945, in Lares, Puerto Rico.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-29327385337198487952008-12-30T05:37:00.011-05:002012-01-30T17:41:13.001-05:00R.I.P. Freddie Hubbard .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } I really wasn't planning on putting up another post for 2008 but in this case, I felt duty-bound to make this exception so that I could acknowledge the loss of another legendary artist.Jazz luminary Freddie Hubbard has passed away.According to spokesman Don Lucoff, the 70 year old musician died at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-44845378373221634272008-12-08T07:16:00.003-05:002012-01-30T17:41:46.032-05:00Quickie: Ohio Players - Happy HolidaysYou know how sometimes you feel a little tickle in your throat, and in the back of your mind you know it's probably a warning sign that you're about to be sick? Well I had that feelin' this past Friday morning and stupidly let it go, unchecked and untreated, all weekend long. As a result, I submit this Monday morning post from a sick bed as I shove copious amounts of over-the-counter cure-alls Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-56585794497483973632008-12-01T20:51:00.013-05:002012-01-30T17:41:59.371-05:00Dizzy Gillespie - Soul & Salvation .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
.table-br tr td br { display: inline } Okay, now that Thanksgiving '08 is out of the way I've got a small window to get a few posts in before I get knee deep in prep for Dec. 25th. I pulled this one from the crates a few weeks ago but didn't get around to ripping & cleaning it up until tonight. Dizzy Gillespie's 1969 Soul & Salvation albumUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-76731948194689641892008-11-13T06:30:00.005-05:002012-01-30T17:42:13.550-05:00Silk - Midnight Dancer .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
.table-br tr td br { display: inline } What's good people? This week, as promised, I bring you part 2 of last week's Anglo Saxon Brown/Silk post. Not gonna get too wordy on this one since I covered the bulk of the info on this band in Part 1.
As of this writing, Midnight Dancer is loooong out of print, but If you want a copy to call your Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-1092641198223321762008-11-06T06:24:00.011-05:002012-01-30T17:42:27.718-05:00Anglo Saxon Brown - Songs For Evolution .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
.table-br tr td br { display: inline } Originally formed in Philadelphia, PA as Anglo Saxon Brown, the group released their first LP, Songs For Evolution on the Atlantic label in 1976.
After a few personnel changes, the outfit reinvented themselves as Silk releasing their 1979 follow-up album, Midnight Dancer, for Gamble & Huff's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-29807715306194905952008-11-04T23:41:00.009-05:002009-07-14T03:49:24.547-04:00EVERYBODY REJOICE !!! .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } "Everybody look around, 'cause there's a reason to rejoice you see..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-28797513594432354722008-11-04T00:00:00.002-05:002008-11-04T04:47:46.979-05:0011-04-08...America...Voice Your Choice!!! .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } Poster design: Josh Higgins, San Diego, CA Get out and VOTE!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-29512780685162004022008-10-31T10:11:00.003-04:002012-01-30T17:43:05.784-05:00Quickie: Sweet Thunder - Everybody's Singin' Love Songs (Disco12" Mix)Who said you can't get discovered by mailing out a tape? That's how Sweet Thunder, a four man band from Youngstown, OH landed their deal with Philadelphia's WMOT (We Men Of Talent) Productions in 1976. The members were Charles Buie (vocals/lead guitar), Rudell Alexander (bass), Booker Newberry (vocals/keyboards), and John Aaron (drums). They didn't have a name when they submitted their tape to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-57703881852203591162008-10-26T08:27:00.003-04:002012-01-30T17:43:15.815-05:00Quickie: Diana Ross - Muscles (Extended Version)After "Mirror Mirror" from her 1981 debut RCA LP, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, this is possibly my favorite RCA-era Diana Ross cut. Penned and produced by Michael Jackson, "Muscles" was the lead single from Ross' 1982 Silk Electric album. I yanked this one from a $2 bin a years back, I own the LP, cassette & 45 but never heard the 12" version. The vinyl was kinda beat up but after a few minutes Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-18990409962297069802008-10-22T20:12:00.009-04:002008-10-22T20:35:51.785-04:00R.I.P. Dee Dee Warwick .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline } *SIGH* More bad news to share, I was shocked and saddened to hear that we've lost one more soul legend. The phenomenal Dee Dee Warwick has passed away. Dee Dee Warwick, a soul singer who won recognition for both her solo work and her performances with her older sister Dionne Warwick, has died. She was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-15810906895710849982008-10-19T03:00:00.021-04:002011-08-12T18:21:48.212-04:00R.I.P. Levi Stubbs / Four Tops - Still Waters... .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top } .table-br tr td br { display: inline }
Sad news yet again, Levi Stubbs, former lead singer of the mighty Motown vocal group, The Four Tops has passed away.
Levi, born June 6, 1936 as "Levi Stubbles", began his professional singing career with friends Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton to form the Four Aims in 1954Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-73137970055872196742008-10-14T06:26:00.005-04:002012-01-30T17:43:40.199-05:00Milt Jackson with the Ray Brown Big Band - Memphis Jackson .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
.table-br tr td br { display: inline } It's been a while since my last offering, I've been bogged down with work and other trappings of life and haven't been had the time to work on any new posts. To add to that, the place where I used to do most of my updating / post & prep work has decided to block access to blogger.com making it that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-79637895590605365992008-09-17T20:30:00.024-04:002009-07-15T18:53:29.355-04:00Goodbye to Norman WhitfieldYet another tremendous talent has slipped away. The legendary Norman Whitfield passed away at the age of 68 due to complications with diabetes. RIP Norman, thank you for the gifts you've given. You will be missed.I'll leave you with this Whitfield treasure. The Temptations classic; "Masterpiece"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-53181830171508439332008-09-12T20:51:00.005-04:002012-01-30T17:44:41.925-05:00S4L Showdown III: "Tamiko Jones vs. Myrna Hague"For the third round of my "vs." series, I thought I'd shine the spotlight on a tune penned by Johnny Bristol, "Touch Me Baby (Reaching Out For Your Love)," and masterfully performed for you by two vocal heavyweights.
In the left corner, out of Kyle, West Virginia, with an uppercut from her Arista LP, Love Trip, it's the tantalizing temptress, Tamiko Jones!!!
In the right corner, hailing from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-31663430887608287292008-09-08T21:00:00.005-04:002012-01-30T17:44:56.536-05:00Stanley Turrentine - Always Something There .nobr br { display: none } td { vertical-align: top }
.table-br tr td br { display: inline } A legend of the tenor saxophone, Stanley Turrentine was renowned for his distinctively thick, rippling tone, an earthy grounding in the blues, and his ability to work a groove with soul and imagination. Turrentine recorded in a wide variety of settings, but was best-known for his Blue Note soul-jazz Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314020749000148839.post-46281439057837235712008-08-27T19:46:00.006-04:002008-08-27T20:02:56.394-04:00'puter problemsWe are Experiencing Technical Difficulties, please stand by.I'm goin' thru it with this confounded machine at the moment so bear with me while I get my rig back up and running. New posts are coming soon.--1,Slay'dUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0