Old School Friday "The Spinners"

Happy Friday Everyone! It has been a very long week so I need some classic OLD SCHOOL to relax me!
Who better to relax with than the SPINNERS!

Love Don't Love Nobody


Could It Be I'm Falling In Love


Mighty Love


It's A Shame


Working My Way back To You


Have an AWESOME weekend!
**Smooches**

Old School Friday "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHEF!"

Happy Old School Friday!!!!! Today is a special day... My oldest daughter is a quarter of a century old!!! I put it that way because she keeps saying she is old because she's almost 30!! SMDH! That Girl is CRAZY!!!!!
With today being the one year anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson I may be the ONLY ONE who feels this way BUT I AM SICK of all the MJ videos and songs! The radio station is playing ALL MICHAEL, ALL DAY and they started at midnight! Every video on facebook is a MJ video...I am about to barf. He is being played more now than when he was alive. SMDH!
So anyway I wanted to play some other good music! A few songs from that fabulous year 1985!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHEF!!!!! 25 is a very good year!!

Happy Birthday


I Feel For You - Chaka Khan


The Rhythm Of The Night - Debarge


You're The Inspiration - Chicago

Old School Friday "1966 - My Birth Year"

Good Morning friends! Happy Old School Friday! Today I decided to feature music from the year I was born! The songs below were among the Top 100 for 1966! Yes, indeed 1966 was a FABULOUS year! ENJOY!

Don't Mess With Bill - The Marvelettes


Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations


Wild Thing - The Troggs


I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify


These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra


So you see, the year I was born was full of awesome music and I have a very DIVERSE love for music!

Happy Old School Friday &
Keep Rocking!!

Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder

I would be remiss if I did not give a shout out to Stevland Hardaway Judkins (AKA) Stevland Hardaway Morris (AKA) Little Stevie Wonder (AKA) STEVIE WONDER!
Yes today Stevie Wonder is 60 years old! Born May 13, 1950 in Detroit Michigan and blind almost from birth who would have ever guessed the he would become the musical GENIUS we all know and love today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stevie Wonder! You are the spotlight artist for today's Old School Friday!

Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie Wonder


Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder


Living For The City - Stevie Wonder


Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder &
Happy Old School Friday Everyone!!

RIP Lena Horne, an Icon

Over this past weekend a LEGEND passed away. On Sunday 5/9/10, Lena Horn died at the age of 92. Born, Lena Mary Calhoun Horne on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York she was an Entertainer, A Singer, a Dancer and an Activist in the Civil Rights Movement.



Ms Horne had parts in films such as "Stormy Weather", "Cabin In The Sky" and "The Wiz" as well as starring in her own Broadway show "Lena Horne: The Lady & Her Music".
Ms Horne was an Emmy Nominee and a Tony Award Nominee and she was the winner of an NAACP Award.

At a time in history when Black people were not aloud simple basic freedoms Ms Horne was helping to clear the way for black entertainers who would come after her.
Rest In Peace Lena Horne! We appreciate what you did and you will not be forgotten!

Lena Horne 1917-2010

Lena Horne - Stormy Weather


Lena Horne - If You Believe


We are not promised tomorrow, so make today count!

Where Is Today's Musical Talent?

Listening to the radio is such a big disappointment! Most of the stuff you hear on "urban" stations is garbage! But then the stations that supposedly play the best in old and new R&B are peddling the same stuff over and over. There are so many artist from the past that I NEVER hear on the radio.
so I decided to take a minute and spotlight a few of the female artist who I think are VERY UNDERRATED in the music industry.

MELBA MOORE - Lean On Me


MINNIE RIPPERTON - Loving You


BRENDA HOLLOWAY - Every Little Bit Hurts


STEPHANIE MILLS - Never Knew Love Like This Before


PATRICE RUSHEN - Remind Me


VESTA - Congratulations


MIKI HOWARD - Live Under New Management


Wow!!! Can you believe this list?? And these women NEVER really got the Acclaim, Notoriety, Fame, or Respect that they deserved! A SIN & A SHAME!!!

The list can go on for days! Where is the talent of today's generation? There is nothing out there on this level! People we are in a sad, sad, state of affairs when it comes to music!
What do you think?

Stormy Weather & Trouble Man's Marvin Gaye

Happy Friday All!
It is a rainy and dreary day here in Texas. The weather mirrors my mood musically today. My music mood is dark and stormy today. Today is the birthday of one my favorite musical artist, Mr. Marvin Gay"e" (He added the "e" to his name in his teen years). Being a lover of Old School Music means not just loving the music but understanding the artists of those times. For the black community the 60's & 70's were troubling times politically, racially and economically but one of the few places where black people excelled was musically. The 60's & 70's brought forth some of the BEST musical artists and hits of not only that time but for ALL time.
Marvin Gaye was one of those UNFORGETTABLE artists. He was an African - American singer, songwriter with a 3 octave vocal range! Unfortunately Marvin Gaye Jr was fatally shot by his father Marvin Gay Sr on April 1, 1984, one day before his 45th Birthday. Marvin had a voice that oozed sexuality and sensuality as evident in musical hits like "Come Get To This" & "Lets Get It On". He also lent his voice to the ongoing struggle of black people of that era as evident in hits like "Mercy, Mercy Me" & "Inner City Blues". But his voice was also an outlet that was more personal. Music was his escape from a troubling, hurtful and hateful life as evident in hits like "If I Should Die Tonight", "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" & "Here My Dear". Marvin Gaye was a product of child abuse, Religious Zealousness, and hatred from his father.
According to trutv.com:

"Living with father was something like living with a king, a very peculiar, changeable, cruel and all-powerful king," Marvin Gaye told biographer Ritz. "You were supposed to tip-toe around his moods. You were supposed to do anything to win his favor. I never did. Even though winning his love was the ultimate goal of my childhood, I defied him. I hated his attitude... If it wasn't for mother, who was always there to console me and praise my singing, I think I would have been one of those child suicides you read about in the papers."
Marvin Gaye had the love of his mother but his father and he had a terrible, volatile and hateful relationship.

According to Alberta Gay (mother of Marvin jr.) & Jeanne Gay (sister of Marvin jr) (via trutv.com):

Alberta Gay said, "My husband never wanted Marvin, and he never liked him. He used to say that he didn't think he was really his child. I told him that was nonsense. He knew Marvin was his. But for some reason he didn't love Marvin and, what worse, he didn't want me to love Marvin either. Marvin wasn't very old before he understood that."

Jeanne Gay said, "From the time he was 7 until he became a teenager, Marvin's life at home consisted of a series of brutal whippings."

His personal demons were further metastasized by drug addiction, porn addiction and paranoia. This formed Marvin Gaye into the troubled soul that we knew and loved. I just finished reading "the Life and Tragic Death of Motown's Marvin Gaye" on trutv.com. I had read most of this story before but it was still a very interesting read. Marvin Gaye is on my phone, mp3 and computer play-list and nothing that I read about his personal life and trials will change that. He would have been 71 years old today had he lived. He was indeed a very troubled soul, a prolific and very talented artist. He is sorely missed...

Rest In Peace, Marvin Pentz Gay Jr (Marvin Gaye) April 2, 1939 - April 1, 1984

Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye

Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye

If I Should Die Tonight - Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye Jr & Marvin Gay Sr - Interview

Still Missed Today...