Shelley "SoleMann" King's Blog – December 2009 Archive (9)

My Grandfather, The Cotton Club, And Billy Eckstine

As The Sunsets On Another Sweltering Hot Day

In Manhattan, New York. My Grandfather, 24

Year Old Ira Davis Gets Off The Bus After A Long

Ride From Chattanooga, Tennessee.

His Destination The World Famous Cotton

Club In Harlem, The Black Mecca Of

Entertainment Back In Those Days, Where

Many African American Jazz Stars Performed

Along With The Jazz Swing Bands Of That Era.

It Was 1944 And… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 23, 2009 at 6:23am — 3 Comments

Ghetto City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)

This Is My First Poem In Nearly 3 Years, Inspired By Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues

Hopefully This Will Be My Comeback Of Sorts. Can't Say That I Will Keep On Writing

Because Right Now I'm Just Not Feeling It Like I Use To, But When I Heard The Song And

Saw The Visuals In The Video, I Knew I Had To Do Something....LOL

GHETTO CITY BLUES (MAKES ME WANNA… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 17, 2009 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

Chrome And Hot Leather Featuring Marvin Gaye

(Thanks to Mama Edie for finding out about this movie featuring Marvin Gaye, i tell you, you learn something new everyday....LOL)

Yesterday he was a hero. Today he s an outlaw! "Action is the prime ingredient" in this "novel twist" on a biker flick starring William Smith Tony Young Marvin Gaye and Cheryl Ladd!

When a gang of low-down low-riders kills his fiance (Ladd) Mitch (Young) a Green Beret declares his own personal… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 14, 2009 at 11:21am — 7 Comments

Billy Griffin

Billy Griffin , is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United States for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles.

Like Robinson before him, Griffin co-wrote many of the Miracles' songs, in addition to singing lead. Griffin and original Miracles member Pete Moore wrote all of the Miracles' 1975 platinum selling[1] album, City of Angels). During his tenure with the group, they recorded three hits:… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 13, 2009 at 4:56pm — 11 Comments

The Marquees Feauturing Marvin Gaye

The Marquees were a short-term Washington, D.C., group who evolved from the Rainbows. Chester Simmons, Reese Palmer, James Nolan, and Marvin Gaye sang with the Rainbows at various times; Simmons was a founding member and the latter three filled in for missing Rainbows when needed. The group was part of a group of district singers who congregated in Bo Diddley's basement studio. Diddley's place overran with talent, including Billy Stewart and the… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 10, 2009 at 2:23pm — 5 Comments

Harvey Fuqua & The New Moonglows

In 1958, shortly after the Moonglows recorded their final hit, "The Ten Commandments of Love", Harvey Fuqua re-asserted himself as the group's lead singer, putting Bobby Lester further in the background and causing friction among group members.

The biggest blow came when Fuqua spotted a young vocal group, the Marquees from Washington, D.C., and took the talented quartet of Reese Palmer, Chester Simmons, James Knowland and… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 10, 2009 at 2:22pm — 7 Comments

Charlie Chan In Black Magic (Original Title "Meeting at Midnight")

I just love me some Charlie Chan Movies and this one is my all time favorite, i especially love Mantan Moreland, he cracks me up....LOL. I know a lot of people hate these type of movies because of the way blacks were portrayed in them, but that was mostly all they could do at that time.

I decided to put the whole movie here in case anyone wants to see it....ENJOY

Meeting at Midnight 1/10… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 9, 2009 at 11:31pm — 10 Comments

Dennis Coffey

Dennis Coffey (born November 1940, Detroit, Michigan) is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings.

Coffey learned to play guitar when he was thirteen in Copper City in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. At the age of fifteen he played on his first record, session backing Vic Gallon on "I'm Gone" on the Gondola record label. In the early 1960s he joined The Royaltones who had had hits with "Poor… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 6, 2009 at 12:27am — 2 Comments

Soul! Journey To The Sun...November 29, 1972

This entertainment-variety-talk show was not only a vehicle to promote African-American artistry, community and culture, but also a platform for political expression and the fight for social justice. It showcased classic live musical performances from funk, soul, jazz, and world musicians, and had in-depth, extraordinary interviews with political, sports, literary figures and more. It was the first program on WNET to be recorded with the… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on December 1, 2009 at 1:05pm — 8 Comments

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