America's Got Soul : Famous female Soul and RnB artists of the 20th Century
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Marsha Hunt - 'Desdemona' (1969)
Marsha hunt with a song based on Shakespeare's Willow Song sung by Desdemona as she laments rejection by Orthello. Dramatic! Nice pictures of Marsha in action too.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
If You Leave Me Now
Lorraine Johnson born 1949 in Huntsville Alabama is a gospel singer of note still active today .She also did some R7B and Disco work. Beautiful voice.
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Friday, May 23, 2025
Joséphine Baker - "The Times They Are a-Changin". Live, 1973
When a heroine of the Free French in WW2 does Dylan this is the result!
Linda Clifford - "If My Friends Could See Me Now" 1978
Linda Clifford from the heady days of Disco! Disco at it's best here!Band and backup singers are great too.
Going Back to Mississippi
Nora Jean Bruso is a hard rocking Blues singer about whom Koko Taylor said " she sounds like me when I was that age. That's a great compliment coming from Koko who was regarded as the Queen of the blues in her time.
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Robbie Montgomery, Venetta Fields and Jessie Smith were initially members of the Ikettes who backed Ike and Tina Turner, but left after Ike ...
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Shirley Brown with a self penned song. A sad story but that the way it goes with Soul.