November 2008 Blog Posts (6)

Terence Trent Darby as Jackie Wilson

Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story was a mini-series that shown on CBS in the summer of 1999. I remember when i first saw the previews and just knew i was going to enjoy this. It has been so long since i have seen this, that i have pretty much forgotten what the movie was about..

I remember K-Ci and Jo Jo from Jodeci singing in a street corner group, somebody was playing Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Fats Dominos, Neil… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on November 19, 2008 at 9:07pm — 4 Comments

The Snake Pit

by Robert Dennis

In the 1960's an independent record company in Detroit, Michigan began creating and marketing hit records better and in larger volume than any record company in the world. The name of this record company was Motown. The recording techniques that were developed by Motown in the mid 60's were part of the formula for the company's success. Even today, many of the recording techniques used find…

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Added by Funk Brothers on November 13, 2008 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Redbone

The first part of this blog is based on a song i liked when i was 7 years old titled Come and Get your Love...I called the song The Dead Hey Song (Don't asked Long Story....LOL) I had completely forgot about this song over the years until one day me and my mother was talking and she looked at me and said "You know what your Grandmother asked me? do Tadd (my nickname...LOL) still listen to The Dead Hey Song?"......LOL. Now keep in mind my… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on November 10, 2008 at 10:50pm — 2 Comments

The Ronettes

Be My Baby...Ahhhh words forever instilled in my

mind from a beautiful saturday night way back in 1977.

As i sat down and prepared to look at Sha Na Na.

I was excited because days earlier i had heard

the 1960's hit Be My Baby and was blown away

by the sound of Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes

(she was known as Veronica Bennett at that time)

Then the moment came and my 10 year old mind

was in awe… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on November 9, 2008 at 9:04pm — 37 Comments

Jay Lamont Takes Us Back To The Old School

Added by Old School C on November 7, 2008 at 3:45pm — 5 Comments

My Musical Tribute To THE "Q" and "STUFF LIKE THAT"

This Quincy Jones retrospective is NOT going to begin in the 1950s!...Instead we start in 1990!Thats the year he decided to marry "All American Black Music" and announce RAP IS HERE TO STAY!!!Places You find Love… Continue

Added by Ronn Nichols on November 4, 2008 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

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Quincy Jones is thoroughly entwined in the musical background of my young adulthood. A genius of unique quality. I have been posting blogs and music throughout the years and decided to embark on the arduous but satisfying task of gathering some of it to remember the excellent legacy that he left.