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Jimmy Sommers

Jimmy Sommers was first smitten with the saxophone when he was still a grade school student in his native area of Chicago. "The sax just seemed so cool" says Sommers recollecting on those days. His affinity and aptitude for the sax…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on August 18, 2008 at 3:30am — No Comments

BOBBIE HUMPHREY

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Added by MadameDivaChocolate on August 18, 2008 at 12:58am — 2 Comments

THE MAIN INGREDIENT

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Added by MadameDivaChocolate on August 17, 2008 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

PLEASE CLICK ON AND GO SEE THIS WEBSITE BELOW. YOU WILL ENJOY IT. MY FRIEND VICKILYN REYNOLDS WILL BE STARRING AS HATTIE MACDANIELS IN THIS MUSICAL. IT WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE ON FIFTH …

PLEASE CLICK ON AND GO SEE THIS WEBSITE BELOW. YOU WILL ENJOY IT. MY FRIEND VICKILYN REYNOLDS WILL BE STARRING AS HATTIE MACDANIELS IN THIS MUSICAL. IT WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE ON FIFTH AVENUE NY,NY. YOU MAY REMEMBER I PUT HER UP IN THE HAIRPIECE CLIP OF THE TALKING WIGS SOME BLOGS AGO. HELP SUPPORT MY FRIEND AS SHE DOES HER THING SINGING, ACTING AND ENTERTAINING.

CLICK HERE--->>>>… Continue

Added by JACK-OF-HEARTS (AKA WIN) on August 12, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Remembering Isaac Hayes

and Bernie Mac…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on August 10, 2008 at 9:00pm — 17 Comments

My tribute to a legend - Isaac Hayes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65.

Hayes was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis an hour after he was found by a family member, the… Continue

Added by MadameDivaChocolate on August 10, 2008 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Tour Around The World

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Added by Edie Antoinette on August 6, 2008 at 10:30pm — 16 Comments

Prolifically Pure - Rex Rideout

Rex Rideout

producer l songwriter l arranger l musician…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on July 24, 2008 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

On Your Own :: From Donny To Lalah

...and Daddy to Me.

"On Your Own" touches me in the deepest part of my core. It's as though Donny is breathing on me through Lalah, and by extension--encouraging me through my own Daddy, who like Donny, left way too soon.

This young lady is her father, as I am...mine.…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on July 23, 2008 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Come Dance With Me

Sentimental recollections

like rainbows swirling

around big, fragile

floating bubbles

filled with our

dreams and ready to

~pop~

Kinetic, sultry

recommendations

like minds

wandering

and cozying up on

memories too hot

to

~stop~

Thoughts

dissipating into

'if onlys'

like surging

mirages

of what could

and should… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on July 22, 2008 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

I Remember Motown

Vintage Motown: A jam session from the 1960s features Kim Weston (microphone) Stevie Wonder(dark glasses), Berry Gordy Jr. at the piano, Smokey Robinson (center rear) and Marv Johnson, at Gordy's left.

The Golden Age of the Motown Sound

By Vivian M. Baulch / The Detroit…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on July 22, 2008 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

For Old Times Sake

Ramsey Lewis trio "TheInCrowd"

Because I hope we're still good friends

I'm scribbling these few lines

In hopes that just for old times sake

You'll answer me something.

It's funny how the time flies

When one is past the tender years

And yet old memories seem to cling

To things I once held dear.

Tell…

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Added by gmack on July 11, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

The Bitter And The Sweet

We were strangers when we met,

Only half alive, both trying to forget

The lonely nights that seem to have no end;

Afraid to love, or trust our hearts again.

And yet I knew

In the way your eyes searched mine,

You still had hopes,

That one day, some true love you'd find.

I bowed my head,

Not wanting you to see

The turmoil in my soul,

That you had stirred in… Continue

Added by gmack on July 3, 2008 at 1:18am — 2 Comments

HAPPINESS, IS A GIFT FROM GOD

Where oh where, is this road I seek

That leads a lonely heart,

to happiness peak?

Did the last one who passed that way

Remove the markers along the way?

Then I hard a voice from within me say

Was there a friendly smile,

you could have gave today

Was there a kindly word,

you could have spoke today

Was there a good deed,

you could have done today

Or a silent prayer,

you could have prayed… Continue

Added by gmack on June 29, 2008 at 3:30am — 2 Comments

CONFLICT

Tormented by a madness

So vaguely planed

That even I

Cannot understand

For seething deep

Within my soul

Are destructive forces

I must withhold

Fantastic dreams

That sear my mind

Like being God

And stopping time

Oh life

If there's no inward peace

For such as I

Who seek relief

Then beckon death

Whose silent wings

Will set me free

And erase all pain

By… Continue

Added by gmack on June 27, 2008 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

I FOUND US SOME OUT OF THE PAST, STILL IN TO THE FUTURE

Added by JACK-OF-HEARTS (AKA WIN) on June 26, 2008 at 10:56pm — 4 Comments

Traveling the LATE TRAIN!

John Whitehead Biography

Renowned singer songwriter, John Whitehead, wrote and performed many songs that gained national and international acclaim. "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is just one of John's many mega hits. John was nominated three times for Grammy Awards.

It was John Whitehead's love of music that kept him going in…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on June 25, 2008 at 2:00pm — 10 Comments

Happy Birthday Sweetie

We didn't make it to Vegas this year, but here are some favorite sights from Las Vegas for your birthday.

Fremont Street

And we always make it to the Fountains at Bellagio …

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Added by saraphen on June 25, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments

Lalah Hathaway-Grateful For Her Father's Gifts

Look at Lalah's cheeks! Awww!

Lalah Hathaway barely knew her father, who died in a fall from a New York City hotel room at age 33 in 1979. But the 36-year-old singer-songwriter shares Donny Hathaway's warm vocal tone, his extensive knowledge of music and his strong work ethic, which she has parlayed into a successful musical career of… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on June 20, 2008 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Angela Bofill

...has long been known and loved for her timeless interpretations of love and love’s despair through song. More than two decades after she settled into life as a successful recording artist, Angela Bofill continues to make the world her stage. From Japan to the Philippines to the Caribbean to Europe, Africa and here in the United States, all those who have witnessed this vocal…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on May 20, 2008 at 12:30am — 11 Comments

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