Displaying items by tag: Soul
Tuesday, 27 September 2016 17:14
Otis Ray Redding, Jr (1941 - 1967)
Otis Redding Jr was born in 1941 in Dawson, Georgia. When he was three the family moved to Macon where his father was a minister.
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Tuesday, 16 August 2016 14:24
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames Part Three of Three
Fame released three singles and an EP that year, kicking off with his second number 1 single 'Getaway', and once again produced by Denny Cordell.
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Monday, 08 August 2016 15:22
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames Part Two of Three
After an aborted attempt to release a single, it was decided to record a live album at The Flamingo. Ian Samwell would produce the record and Glyn Johns would engineer the session.
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Wednesday, 03 August 2016 13:19
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames Part One of Three
Of all the groups and artists that I have listened to, and worked with over the past five decades, the one that influenced me the most was Georgie Fame.
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Monday, 01 August 2016 19:17
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic – O2 Academy Liverpool – 29th July 2016 – Live Review
George Clinton is one of our greatest living musical innovators.
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Monday, 11 July 2016 17:30
Sideways On – the Geno Washington interview (writewyattuk)
I should give prior warning here that this interview involves lots of exclamation marks. But believe me, there could have been many more. Let’s just say that the septuagenarian soul legend on the other end of the line lives life with a permanent exclamation mark.
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Tuesday, 24 May 2016 13:15
A Short Biog of William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr (The Miracles)
William Robinson, Jr was born in 1940 in Detroit. He grew up in a poor neighborhood, and was brought up by his elder sister after his mother died when William was young.
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Monday, 02 May 2016 15:21
Dreams and Schemes and Circus crowds, I've Looked at Life that Way
"The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last And the small birds, they sing on ev'ry tree"
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Sunday, 10 January 2016 15:46
A Potted History of Chess (& Checker) Records on ZANI
Leonard (1917-1969) and Phil Chess (1921- ) were two young Jewish immigrants from Poland. In the late 20s they started in the liquor business and soon owned a night club and several bars in Chicago's Southside.
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Monday, 14 December 2015 15:35
A Brief Biography of Georgie Fame on ZANI
Clive Powel was born in 1943 in Leigh, Lancashire. His interests in music grew from entertaining the family then participating in musical evenings across the street in the church hall.
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