Displaying items by tag: Soul
Wednesday, 15 February 2017 17:56
A Close Encounter with Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen 'Nina Simone' Waymon (Born: February 21, 1933, Tryon, North Carolina, United States - Died: April 21, 2003, Carry-le-Rouet, France), was one of the most original and unique singers of any race to come out of the USA.
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Sunday, 08 January 2017 14:26
Marvin Gaye Remembered (1939 – 1984)
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. was born in 1939, in Washington, D.C., to church minister Marvin Gay Sr., and domestic worker Alberta Gay (née Cooper).
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Thursday, 13 October 2016 16:18
A Short History of Holland, Dozier and Holland (1962-67) on ZANI
Lamont Dozier and brothers, Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. were a song writing and production partnership who wrote and arranged many of the Motown hits from 1962–1967.
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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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