Saturday, March 30, 2024
Everybody Needs Somebody (To Love In The End)
The powerhouse Northern Soul sound of British group The Flirtations again!
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Nothing But A Heartache
Here are the Flirtations I featured earlier, showcasing those great gowns. Great Soul sound and now they are about to release a new album!
Koko Taylor - South Side Lady - 1973 - Full Album
15 tracks from Koko Taylor! Isn't the search engine a great concept! Henk Voorwinde the poster has included the titles if you scroll down. All well known Blues material!
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Koko Taylor - Something Strange Is Going On
Koko Taylor Born 1928 was Known as the Queen of the Blues for her distinctive rough style. She won 29 W.C. Handley awards and was nominated 11 times for a Grammy. During the later years of her life she gave on average 70 concerts a year. Sadly she died shortly after her last concert at age 81 from complications following surgery. Rest in Peace Koko.
Friday, March 15, 2024
Tight Connection to My Heart - Girl From the North Country
Another take on this incredibly beautiful song. Kimber Elayne Sprawl here with the cast of Girl From The North Country.
Sheila Atim performs Bob Dylan's 'Tight Connection to My Heart' | GIRL F...
One of my favourite Bob Dylan tunes! A completely different take by this charming young lady!
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Bettye Lavette - Piece Of My Heart.
Bettye Lavette with a song done by Erma Franklin. I've posted Erma's version and also other songs by Bettye.
Amy Winehouse - Will you still love me tomorrow (with lyrics)
Just received my birthday present from Eileen! Back to Black on cd . Here's a track off another album. Been done by many artists but Amy's is one of the best.
Honey Cone - Take Me With You
We celebrated the posthumous birthday of Edna Wright on 2nd February (1945). She was the leader of this group, Honeycone, which was active from 1968 t0 1973 . They recorded for Hot Wax Records which was one of the companies started by the Holland/ Dozier/ Holland trio. The other group members were Carolynn Willis and Shelley Clark. Edna was also the sister of Darlene Love. Sadly she passed away in 2020. Rest in Peace Edna.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Who's It Gonna Be
Honey Cone with another Holland /Dozier /Holland production! Seems everything HDH touched turned to gold!
THELMA HOUSTON - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
Thelma Houston, giving a great live performance of a big hit for the Stones.Always wonderful to see her live!
"Countin' On You, Babe" by Barbara McNair
I've featured Barbara McNair before but came across some stuff I hadn't seen before . She was a multi talented artist starting out with recording for Motown and then becoming an A list actress and she was also the first African American woman with her own show on TV. she sadly passed away from throat cancer at 72 in 2006. Rest in Peace Barbara. Here's one from the Motown days. Great voice.
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