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Post by razorbacker on Jun 7, 2023 10:39:26 GMT
The Tragically Hip were a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker, bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay. Gord Downie died in 2017 after a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer in 2015. He was 53.
They have released 13 studio albums, 1 live album, 1 EP, and over 50 singles over a 33-year career. Nine of their albums have reached No. 1 on the Canadian charts. They released their most recent album in 2021.
The band has received numerous Canadian music awards, including 17 Juno Awards. Between 1996 and 2016, they were the best-selling Canadian band in Canada and the 4th best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada.
This song was included on their 9th studio album. It was called In Between Evolution & was released in 2004. The album debuted at number one in Canada, however, it got kicked off Canada's number one spot to Avril Lavigne's debut album.
Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park by The Tragically Hip
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 7, 2023 17:55:41 GMT
Galactic is a jam band from New Orleans formed in 1994. They originally called themselves Galactic Prophylactic.
They have had a few members roll through including singer Chris Lane and guitarist Rob Gowen, guitarist Jeff Raines, bassist Robert Mercurio, drummer Stanton Moore, Hammond organist Rich Vogel, Theryl DeClouet on vocals, and later adding saxophonist Ben Ellman.
They have long considered the legendary New Orleans music venue Tipitina's an unofficial home base, & even recorded a live album in the venue. The band has performed there regularly since the beginning of their career, including annual performances on Halloween, New Year's Eve, during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and a yearly "sunrise set" on Lundi Gras (the day preceding Mardi Gras), playing until the sun rises on Mardi Gras day. In 2018, the members of the band made their association with the venue official, purchasing the club from the previous ownersi.
During their career they have released 13 studio albums with the most recent one coming in 2019. Even though that was 4 years ago, the band is still active & are currently on tour. This song comes from Late for the Future. It was their 3rd studio album & was released in 2000. It got to #4 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and # 5 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Century City is a neighborhood and business district in LA, located on the Westside of Santa Monica Boulevard around 10 miles west of Downtown LA. The land originally belonged to cowboy actor Tom Mix who used it as a ranch. It later became a backlot of 20th Century Fox, which still has its headquarters just to the southwest. The area is named for the 20th Century Fox's Property.
Century City by Galactic
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 8, 2023 11:13:42 GMT
Lobo is a singer-songwriter from Tallahassee. His real name is Roland Kent LaVoie. He is another artist that is still with us, he is now 79.
Sometimes these historical musical connections are surprising to say the least. He began his musical career in 1961 as a member of a local band, The Rumours. The band included Gram Parsons and Jim Stafford.
Lobo was successful in the 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me", and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". These three songs, along with "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love", gave him four chart toppers on the Easy Listening/Hot Adult Contemporary chart.
He just released his 17th album in late 2022.
This song was released as a single in 1969. It was the last of 3 consecutive singles to begin his career that failed to chart. His next release in 1971 will be the #5 hit, You & Me & A Dog Named Boo. His 1st album doesn’t come out until 1971 & I see no evidence that this song was put onto any album. He will continue to hit the pop charts until 1979 & then he takes off on the Country charts in 1981.
Happy Days In New York City by Lobo
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 8, 2023 17:02:13 GMT
At some point between March and June 1967, Bob Dylan and the four Hawks (the guys that would eventually become The Band) began a series of informal recording sessions, initially at the so-called Red Room of Dylan's house in the Byrdcliffe area of Woodstock. In June, the recording sessions moved to the basement of Big Pink. Garth Hudson set up a recording unit, using two stereo mixers and a borrowed tape recorder, as well as a set of microphones on loan from Peter, Paul and Mary. Dylan would later tell Jann Wenner, "That's really the way to do a recording—in a peaceful, relaxed setting—in somebody's basement. With the windows open ... and a dog lying on the floor."
This was the year after he had his motorcycle wreck. The year remains his most prolific year as a songwriter." In a 1969 Rolling Stone interview with Jann Wenner, Dylan said, "I had a dreadful motorcycle accident which put me away for a while, and I still didn't sense the importance of that accident till at least a year after that. I realized that it was a real accident. I mean I thought that I was just gonna get up and go back to doing what I was doing before ... but I couldn't do it anymore."
The song was eventually released on the Basement Tapes in 1975. It was his 16th album. Musicians heard on the song are Dylan – vocal, guitar; Robbie Robertson – electric guitar, backing vocal; Garth Hudson – organ; Richard Manuel – backing vocal; & Rick Danko – bass, backing vocal.
This song may be the 1st of the original compositions that Dylan and the Band recorded in Big Pink, having warmed up on a wide range of traditional material. He calls it "the prototype for a number of standout songs in a new-found style" that employs uninhibited, nonsensical lyrics: "Scratch your dad/Do that bird/Suck that pig/And bring it on home". He suggests that "this kind of wordplay would have had Edward Lear reaching for the smelling salts", as all pretense of sense is abandoned.
By 1975, Bob showed scant interest in the minutiae of the recordings. Interviewed on the radio by Mary Travers, he recalled, "We were all up there sorta drying out ... making music and watching time go by. So, in the meantime, we made this record. Actually, it wasn't a record, it was just songs which we'd come to this basement and recorded. Out in the woods ..." The album peaked at number seven in the US & #8 in the UK.
Tiny Montgomery by Bob Dylan
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 9, 2023 10:28:15 GMT
I reckon sometimes a fellow feels the need to disappear into the character of someone else. Andy Kim chose to become Baron Longfellow. But, even Andy Kim was a character, his real name is Andy Youakim.
He has recorded under the stage name Baron Longfellow since 1978 or just as Longfellow in the early 1990s. He continues to perform under his original recording name of Andy Kim.
As Andy Kim he had 7 top 40 hits including the #1 Rock Me Gently in 1974.
During his career he has released 10 albums with the most recent one coming in 2015. This song comes from his 6th album. It was released in 1980 & was called Baron Longfellow. The album did not chart & it appears as though there were no charting singles.
Other musicians playing on this song include Michael Porcaro on bass & Steve Lukather on guitar. Both of them were founding members of Toto.
Harlem by Baron Longfellow
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 9, 2023 17:10:12 GMT
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were a rock band formed in 1976 in Gainesville, Florida.
Their music was characterized as both southern rock and heartland rock, & has been cited alongside artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, and John Mellencamp as progenitors of that genre that arose in the late 1970s and 1980s.
In 1979 they released Damn The Torpedoes. It was their 3rd album, it got to #2 & has been certified as a platinum album. It included the hit singles "Don't Do Me Like That" (#10 U.S., the group's first Top Ten single) and "Refugee" #15. They were the breakthrough singles for the band. They released a 3rd single called Here Comes My Girl which stalled out at 59. Then came Even The Losers which was released as a single only in Australia where it got to #11.
Century City by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 10, 2023 11:25:40 GMT
Bill Withers was a singer and songwriter from Slab Fork, West Virginia. He died from heart complications in 2020, at age 81.
He won three Grammy Awards, all for Best Rhythm & Blues Song and was nominated for six more. He won in 1971 for Ain’t No Sunshine, 1981 for Just The Two Of Us & 1987 for Lean On Me.
Bill was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.
During his career he released 8 studio albums, 1 live album, 10 compilation albums and 34 singles. This song comes from his 1971 debut album, Just As I Am. The album includes "Ain't No Sunshine", which was ranked at number 280 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The album got to 39 on the top 200 Pop Albums & #5 on The Black Albums Charts.
The album was produced by Booker T. Jones. Duck Dunn & Al Jackson also from The MG’s add assistance & Stephen Stills plays guitar.
Harlem by Bill Withers
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 10, 2023 17:42:48 GMT
The Spill Canvas is an alternative rock band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The band began in 2001 & are still at it today. Don’t remember seeing very many artists appear around here from South Dakota.
Group members include Nick Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, keyboard, production, Landon Heil – bass, Bryce Job – drums, percussion, tracking, backing vocals, & Evan Pharmakis - lead guitar, backing vocals.
During their career they have released 8 albums with the most recent one coming in 2021 after a 9 year hiatus. This song comes from their 2012 album called Getsalt. The album just before the 9 year layoff.
From San Francisco by The Spill Canvas
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 11, 2023 11:15:45 GMT
Grand Slam is a Irish rock band originally formed in 1984 by Phil Lynott (lead vocals and bass guitar), after the breakup of Thin Lizzy. The band was active for a year, and Philt died in 1986 from liver, heart and kidney failure, due to years of drug abuse and alcohol excess, he was 36.
Even though the original lineup was viable for just a short time, some of the remaining members got back together & have been a unit since 2016.
The name Grand Slam was chosen after other names had been considered, including Reactor Factor, Catastrophe, Hell Bent On Havoc, Slam Anthem and Slam, the name of a song Lynott had in mind.
It looks as if the band was never signed to a recording contract & the song linked to here was a part of a 2 record album of studio demos & recordings meant to help them get a recording contract, but it didn’t work out for them. The album was called The Studio Sessions & released in 2002. All the recordings actually happened in 1984.
Harlem by Grand Slam
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 11, 2023 17:25:11 GMT
The Generators are a punk rock band formed in 1997 in Los Angeles.
After more than twenty years of constant touring the band took a hiatus in 2019, but the original lineup got back together in 2022 & are now touring.
During their career they have released 20 albums. This song comes from their 1998 debut album called Welcome To The End.
They are another band that have seen many members coming & going throughout their history.
The members at the time & playing on this record were Doosky guitar & backing vocals, Doug Dagger lead vocals, Rich Richards bass, Mike Snow guitar, Rich Mouser organ, Dirty Ernie drums, & Carl Martin on horns.
City of Angels by The Generators
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 12, 2023 11:04:08 GMT
The Mills Blue Rhythm Band was a big band that was formed in New York City in 1930 by drummer Willie Lynch as the Blue Rhythm Band. They were active during the 1930s.
They were for a time the house band at the Coconut Grove. Irving Mills became its manager in 1931 and it subsequently assumed the name Mills Blue Rhythm Band.
The group worked steadily through the 1930s as the opening act for the orchestra of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. As a backing orchestra instead of a headliner, it prevented them from becoming more successful than they were.
They also had issues finding a steady leader. Edgar Hayes, Eddie Mallory and Dave Nelson all had temporary stints as band leader, until Lucky Millinder permanently took over the role in 1934. By 1937, the group was billed as Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra. But even then, they were short lived & disbanded in 1938. Lucky Millinder went on to become a member of Bill Doggett's band.
This song was released as the “B” side to a single called Love’s Serenade. It was recorded & released in 1933.
Harlem After Midnight by Mills Blue Rhythm Band
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 12, 2023 17:26:59 GMT
Jackie Payne is a blues singer from Athens, Georgia.
He was nominated in both 2007 and 2008 for the Blues Music Award for Best Male Soul Blues Artist; an album he recorded with Johnny Otis was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993.
Steve Edmonson is a blues guitarist from San Rafael, California. His dad Travis was a member of the traveling & supporting band for Peter, Paul & Mary in the late 50’s.
In 2001, they joined forces, with Jackie as the frontman and singer and Steve as guitarist and bandleader. They share songwriting duties, with Payne responsible for the lyrics and Edmonson for the music and arrangements.
“I wish I could sing like an old black guy, but I can’t,” Edmonson conceded, laughing. “But my partner is truly one of the last great soul and blues singers.”
The band, which is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has recorded three albums.This song comes from their 2nd album called Master Of The Game. It came out in 2006. The album won the Contemporary Blues Award for Best Soul Blues Album of 2006.
Wake Me Up in San Francisco by Jackie Payne Steve Edmonson Band
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 13, 2023 10:55:39 GMT
This song comes to us from The Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1940, but it has been recorded almost 40 times since then. This version was released as a single on 78 rpm with the other side being a song called Sepia Panorama.
Frankly, as with so much of this early big band music, I have never heard of it, but it seems to have been a pretty big deal.
“The idea that the content of the music is programmatic, or entirely a product of the everyday 1940s New York City experience, is almost always associated with the piece. According to a 1940 interview with Ellington, it was inspired by everyday noises heard in New York City, specifically the namesake, air shaft, found between housing units”.
Duke tells of his inspiration in a 1944 interview published in The New Yorker:
So much goes on in a Harlem air shaft. You get the full essence of Harlem in an air shaft. You hear fights, you smell dinner, you hear people making love. You hear intimate gossip floating down. You hear the radio. An air shaft is one great big loudspeaker. You see your neighbor’s laundry. You hear the janitor’s dogs. The man upstairs’ aerial falls down and breaks your window. You smell coffee. A wonderful thing is that smell. An air shaft has got every contrast. One guy is cooking dried fish with rice and another guy’s got a great big turkey. Guy-with-fish’s wife is a terrific cooker but the guy’s wife with the turkey is doing a sad job. You hear people praying, fighting, snoring. Jitterbugs are jumping up and down always over you, never below you. That’s a funny thing about jitterbugs. They’re always over you. I tried to put all that in "Harlem Air Shaft.
Harlem Air Shaft by Duke Ellington
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 13, 2023 17:56:09 GMT
Jay Ferguson is a singer, songwriter, keyboard player from beautiful downtown Burbank. He just celebrated his 79th birthday in May.
He was a member of the band Spirit and then he & bass player Mark Andes departed Spirit to form JoJo Gunne.
His later career has been as a composer of music for television programs and films. He composed the theme song for the American version of The Office on NBC. He is the composer of "Pictures of You" from the soundtrack to The Terminator, and the entire score to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child and Bad Dreams, the Tales From The Crypt episode "Forever Ambergris", as well as Tremors 2: Aftershocks, and Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. He is also the current soundtrack composer for NCIS: Los Angeles, having replaced original composer James S. Levine halfway through season one with Ferguson's music debuting in the season 1 episode, "Chinatown". This song comes from his Real Life Ain't This Way album that came out in 1979. It was his 4th solo album. It landed at #86 on the top 200 & included the hit single Shakedown Cruise which got to #31 & was his last top 40 hit.
City of Angels by Jay Ferguson
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 14, 2023 11:03:24 GMT
Nat King Cole, was a singer, jazz pianist, and actor from Montgomery, Alabama. His real name was Nathaniel Adams Coles.
He collapsed after performing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in December 1964. He was working in San Francisco when he was finally persuaded by friends to seek medical help. A malignant tumor in an advanced state of growth on his left lung was observed on a chest X-ray. Cole, who was a heavy cigarette smoker, had lung cancer and was expected to have only months to live. He died in February 1965 at the age of 45.
Nat started his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s, when he formed The King Cole Trio which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on Capitol Records in the 1940s.
He was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. In 1992, he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007. Nat was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, and the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013.
This song was included on Songs From St. Louis Blues released in 1958 with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. It was the soundtrack to the movie St. Louis Blues. The album charted at 18. It was also 1 of 4 albums he released that year.
Harlem Blues by Nat 'King' Cole
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 14, 2023 18:29:20 GMT
Boy in Static was an indie rock band from San Francisco, California,composed of Alexander Chen and Kenji Ross.
They released 3 albums between 2004 & 2009. This song comes from their final album. It was called Candy Cigarette. The song was released as a single, but I see no evidence that it charted.
Young San Francisco by Boy in Static
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 22, 2023 13:42:17 GMT
I am in the middle of moving, so I do these when I have a chance. Teena Marie, was a R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and producer from Santa Monica, California. Her real name was Mary Christine Brockert. She was known by her childhood nickname Tina before taking the stage name Teena Marie and later acquired the nickname Lady T, given to her by her collaborator and friend, Rick James. In 2004, while sleeping in a hotel room, a large picture frame fell and struck her on the head. The blow caused a serious concussion that resulted in momentary seizures for the rest of her life. She was found dead by her daughter, Alia Rose, in her Pasadena home. On December 30, 2010, an autopsy was performed by the Los Angeles County coroner, who found no signs of apparent trauma or a discernible cause of death, and concluded she had died from natural causes. She had suffered a generalized tonic–clonic seizure a month before. During her career she released 14 studio albums, 13 compilation albums, and 35 singles. This song comes from her 13th studio album, Congo Square. It came out in 2009. The album got to #20 on the Top 200 & #4 on the R&B albums charts. Harlem Blues by Teena Marie
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 22, 2023 17:32:29 GMT
Marvin Rainwater was a country and rockabilly singer and songwriter from Wichita, Kansas. He died of heart failure in 2013 at the age of 88.
He was the 73rd inductee into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
His biggest hit single came in 1957 when he hit #3 on the Country chart & #18 on the Hot 100 with Gonna Find Me A Bluebird.
This song was released as a “B” side to a single called Henryetta. I don’t see any evidence that either side charted. His final charting single had been way back in 1959, so he was well beyond his popularity at the time.
City of Angels by Marvin Rainwater
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 23, 2023 13:23:01 GMT
Memphis Slim, was a blues pianist, singer, and composer from Memphis. His real name was John Len Chatman. He died of renal failure in 1988 at the age of 72.
After World War II, he began leading bands that generally included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. During his career he recorded over 500 songs.
He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989 & the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
This song was released as a single in 1948 with a B side called Life Is Like That. Other players on the song include Alto Saxophone – Alex Atkins, Bass – C. Jenkins, Piano, Vocals – Memphis Slim & Tenor Saxophone – Ernest Cotton.
Harlem Bound by Memphis Slim
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 23, 2023 17:59:59 GMT
The Miracles were the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and one of the most important and most influential groups in pop, rock and roll, soul and R&B music history. The have been referred to as Motown's "soul supergroup".
In 1997, they were honored by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation with the Pioneer Award for their contributions to music. In 2001, the group was inducted to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Three years later, they were included in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time at No. 32.
In 1987, lead singer Smokey Robinson was inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, without his fellow Miracles, which Robinson expressed deep regret and disappointment that his group-mates weren't inducted with him. This also happened when Dion was inducted without The Belmonts, & Curtis Mayfield without The Impressions among others.
The Miracles were eventually inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2012 along with five other groups whose leader had been inducted as a solo artist.
I don’t see any evidence that they ever won a Grammy Award, but they have 4 songs that have been inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame, that is the most of any other group. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me was inducted n 1998, The Tracks Of My Tears in 2007, The Tears of A Clown in 2002 & Shop Around in 2006.
This was the title song to their 1975 album. It was the 4th album they recorded after replacing Smokey Robinson with Billy Griffin in 1972. City of Angels is a concept album. It is the story of a man from "Anytown, U.S.A." who follows his estranged girlfriend Charlotte to Los Angeles, where she has gone in hopes of becoming a star. The album got to #33 on the top 200 & #29 on the R&B albums charts. It included the #1 hit single Love Machine.
City of Angels by The Miracles
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 25, 2023 13:50:25 GMT
Cab Calloway was a jazz singer and bandleader from Rochester, New York.
He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocalist of the swing era. His ability to mix jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 years.
He was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the most popular dance bands in the United States from the early 1930s to the late 1940s. His band included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, guitarist Danny Barker, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Cozy Cole.
Cab was Inducted into Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1987 & the International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1995.
In 1999 he was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award for "Minnie the Moocher". In 2008, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award & in 2019: "Minnie the Moocher" was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.
This song was released as a single in 1933 as a “B side with Zaz Zuh Zaz being the “A” side.
Harlem Camp Meeting by Cab Calloway
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 25, 2023 18:45:56 GMT
The Red Elvises (AKA Igor and Red Elvises, after founding member and bandleader Igor Yuzov) are a Russian-American band that performs funk rock, surf, rockabilly, reggae, folk rock, disco and traditional Russian styles of music. They were founded in California in the mid-1990s and are based in Los Angeles.
In the summer of 1999, FX hired the group to play in Malibu on the beach for their Beverly Hills, 90210 Swimsuit Beach Party highlighting a marathon airing of syndicated episodes of the hit series. The channel held a contest and flew the winners and ten of their friends to the beach party to appear on TV and dance to the band's music. Later, the band provided the theme, score, and songs for the Cartoon Network animated series Mike, Lu & Og.
During their career they have released 14 studio albums, 2 Live albums & a soundtrack album for a movie called Six String Samurai. This song comes from their 7th studio album. It was called Shake Your Pelvis & was released in 2000. I don’t see any evidence of the album ever charting, nor do I see any singles that were released. But they recorded in on a label called Shoobah-Doobah Records, which I have also never heard of.
City of Angels by Red Elvises
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Post by Amy Lee on Jun 26, 2023 10:54:30 GMT
Idk why, but I've been listening to a lot of 90's R&B.
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Post by Amy Lee on Jun 27, 2023 11:34:52 GMT
And now, I'm back to my Dua Lipa station.
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 27, 2023 13:36:15 GMT
Bobby Womack was a singer, musician and songwriter from Cleveland. He died at the age of 70 on June 27, 2014.
He began his career in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist. His career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, jazz, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel.
He is another of those that was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame without the other members of his group The Valentinos. He was inducted in 2009, evidently The Valentinos, unlike other groups that suffered the same fate, were never inducted.
During his career he released 28 studio albums & 47 singles. This song comes from a compilation album released in 1997 called Harlem Shuffle. The album also included songs by Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Booker T. Jones, & The Blackbirds among others.
Harlem Clavinette by Bobby Womack
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 27, 2023 17:19:35 GMT
The Savage Rose is a Danish psychedelic rock group, formed in 1967 by Thomas Koppel, Anders Koppel, Alex Riel, Jens Rugsted, Flemming Ostermann, and singer Annisette Koppel.
During their career they have released 23 studio albums & had charting success in Denmark & Norway, but have not broken through here in the states. This song comes from their Tameless album. It was released in 1998. It was their 18th album & hit the top 20 in both countries mentioned.
They might have begun as psychedelic rock, but this is straight up blue eyed soul if you ask me.
City of Angels by The Savage Rose
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 28, 2023 12:08:22 GMT
Chick Webb was a jazz and swing drummer and band leader from Baltimore. The date of his birth is disputed, but he died in 1939 & was somewhere between the ages of 30 & 34.
As an infant he fell down some stairs in his family's home, crushing several vertebrae which required surgery & he never regained full mobility. The injury progressed to tuberculosis of the spine, leaving him with short stature and a badly deformed spine causing him to appear hunchbacked.
After his death, Ella Fitzgerald led the Chick Webb band until she left to focus on her solo career in 1942, causing the band to break up. This song was recorded & released as a single in 1937. It was the “B” side to a song called I Got A Guy.
Harlem Congo by Chick Webb
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 28, 2023 12:48:35 GMT
Bill Withers Jr., was the youngest of six children & was born in the small coal mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, on July 4, 1938.
He enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 17 and served for nine years, during which time he became interested in singing and writing songs. He left the Navy in 1965, relocating to Los Angeles in 1967 to start a music career.
During his lifetime he won 3 Grammy Awards from 9 nominations. He was also inducted into multiple Halls Of Fame. In 2005 the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2007: the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, & in 2015 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Naked & Warm was his 5th studio album & it came out in 1976. It landed at 169 on the top 200 & 41 on the top soul albums charts.
City of the Angels by Bill Withers
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 30, 2023 12:19:49 GMT
Olu Dara Jones is a cornetist, guitarist, and singer from Natchez, Mississippi. His real name is Charles Jones III, he is still with us & is now 82. He is the father of rapper Nas.
In 1964, he moved to New York City and changed his name to Olu Dara, which means "The Lord is good" in the Yoruba language.
He has played on multiple albums with other folks & it appears as though he has released 2 solo albums & 2 more as a member of a group called Material.
This song comes from his 1st solo album that came out in 1998, it was called In the World: From Natchez to New York. The album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart. One song called Jungle Jay features his son.
Harlem Country Girl by Olu Dara
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Post by razorbacker on Jun 30, 2023 18:49:18 GMT
Dave Dudley was a country music singer from Spencer Wisconsin. His real name was David Darwin Pedruska. You never know where the end might come, Dave died on December 22, 2003, aged 75, after suffering a heart attack in his car in a parking lot in Danbury, Wisconsin.
Dave is best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s , his signature song was "Six Days on the Road".
He released multiple albums between 1963 & 1985, but charted for the last time in 1975. On the singles front he had many chart hits on the country side including 13 top 10 hits. This song comes from his 1973 album called Keep On Truckin. The album got to #22 & the title song landed at 19 on the country chart.
City of the Angels by Dave Dudley
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