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You Might Be From Chicago If..

You know where Aladdin's Castle was…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on March 21, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Let America be America again

by Langston Hughes

Let America be America again.

Let it be the dream it used to be.

Let it be the pioneer on the plain

Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--

Let it be that great strong land of love

Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme

That any man be… Continue

Added by saraphen on February 24, 2008 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

Black History Series

A Look At Chicago's Cabrini Green

Before I get down to the nitty gritty, I want to start off with a reference to my favorite movie, Cooley High the 1975 feature film produced and released by…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on February 20, 2008 at 8:30pm — 3 Comments

The Awesome Foursome....LOL

United we stand, divided we fall, we are tighter than panty hose two sizes small...Leroy, Skillet, Melvin, Fred, we are the Awesome Foursome until we are dead.....LOL

Just look at em...Lucky Leroy, Slick Skillet, Pretty Boy Melvin, and Ready Freddy....ROFLMBO

Shady Grady and Big Boy Bubba could not be here for the photo shoot, which was probably good because there is no six in foursome....LOL

Here is the original… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on February 16, 2008 at 4:19pm — 10 Comments

My Grandfather, The Cotton Club, and Billy Eckstein

As the sunsets on another sweltering hot day

in Manhatten, 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

alone with The Jazz Swing Bands of that Era.

It was 1944 and… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on February 14, 2008 at 8:42pm — 3 Comments

Propaganda By Evan Christian

My son is phenomenal. He wrote this piece and is playing all instruments, besides singing.

CHRISTIAN PLAYS A BLAZING GUITAR

By Matt Bellehumeur

All I could think, during last Saturdays show at The Social (434 S. 2nd St.), was where did they find this kid? Evan Christian, the leader of a great…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on February 13, 2008 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

The Force Md's Tribute

The Force M.D.s (M.D. being an initialism for "Musical Diversity") is a doo wop group that was formed in 1981 in Staten Island, New York. Though they weren't quite always as recognizable as other New York R&B acts when they first started out, the Force M.D.s were among the first R&B vocal groups to intermix doo wop-affected consonances with hip-hop beats.

Once known as the L.D.s, they began performing on… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on February 11, 2008 at 5:14pm — 4 Comments

Black History Series

A History of Soul Food
Every ethnic group has what it calls "soul food" - soothing, comfort food that brings back warm memories of family dinners. Today, in America, the term "soul food" simply means…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on February 6, 2008 at 7:30pm — 6 Comments

Otis Williams

Though he is the last surviving original member of The Temptations, Big "O", at least to me, has always been somewhat in the background. That's why I'm delighted to feature him now, in the lead..and indeed, that's where he belongs.

Briefly,

Williams was born Otis Miles in Texarkana,…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on February 5, 2008 at 11:00pm — 16 Comments

Black History Series

Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community

An introduction to the exhibition…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on February 5, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Smokey Robinson Molested By U

Thought ya'll might get a kick out of this....ROFLMBO. I had to take my own pictures. I put the video on full screen, paused it and snapped 20 pics....LOLOLOL. Pretty good huh....LOL. Be honest what was your first thought on seeing the title of thisBlog...ROFLMBO…

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Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 27, 2008 at 1:43am — 3 Comments

Have You Wondered-Where Are They Now?

Jerome Benton is a performer, backup dancer and lender of comedic antics to various musical acts. He is the inspiration for today's "hype man." He can be seen in music videos by Janet Jackson and Prince, but he is mostly known for his association with The Time.

Benton is the half brother to Time bassist, Terry Lewis and worked closely with the band behind the scenes in its initial stages.

During one performance, lead singer Morris…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on January 25, 2008 at 7:30pm — 16 Comments

The Stylistics Times 3

"Who is that Girl?" a question i asked my Mother at a Family Gathering during the summer of 1974, but as i soon found out, there was no question that this was no girl, but The Stylistics singing You Make Me Feel Brand New and this began love affair with The Group thats has lasted 33 years.

In the fall of 1992 The Stylistics were coming…

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Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 24, 2008 at 11:03pm — 16 Comments

The Velvelettes

The Velvettes were a 60's femal vocal group founded in 1961 by sisters Carolyn and Millie Gill with cousins Bertha Barbee-McNeal and Norma Barbee (both from Flint, Michigan) on the Western Michigan University campus, where they were students.

The group signed to Motown Records, but weren't given top priority, as other female vocal groups were attracting audiences and recording hits. While the group awaited their chance at stardom, they recorded… Continue

Added by Edie Antoinette on January 24, 2008 at 3:55pm — 3 Comments

Cotton Comes To Harlem

Cotton Comes to Harlem was Emanuel Gerard's third feature film released in 1970. Ossie Davis made his directorial debut with this action packed crime comedy set in Harlem, N.Y. This film, based upon the novel by Chester…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on January 24, 2008 at 3:00pm — 6 Comments

Stoned-A Look At Sly & The Family

Sly Stone vanished into rumor in the 1980s, remembered only by the great songs ("I Want to Take You Higher," "Dance to the Music") he left behind. What's become of the funky leader of the Family Stone since he forsook his Woodstock-era utopianism for darkness, drugs, and isolation? After a few sightings—most notoriously at the 2006 Grammys—the author tracked the last of the rock recluses to…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on January 21, 2008 at 11:00pm — 9 Comments

Your Smile-The Rene' & Angela Story

I took my walk

around the square today

feeling a sense of renewal...and ease

I noticed the children as they ran and played

as I strolled holding hands with the breeze.

My thoughts sauntered lazily…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on January 21, 2008 at 11:00am — 9 Comments

SoleMannKing...The Smokey Robinson Collection

Here is a collection of some of the Smokey Robinson Albums i have purchased over the years. This is not all of them, i just wanted to post enough so that the Blog could look real interesting....LOL

WARM THOUGHTS...1980

On his follow-up to… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 19, 2008 at 4:56pm — 7 Comments

Moanin' For Love-A Look At Al Green

..around 4 a.m., October 17, 1974, when the last, great, sweet falsetto soul singer of the South eased into a bath after a long night of recording, he got a pan of boiling-hot grits poured on him by a spurned lover. The woman who chose grits as her revenge was 29-year-old Mary Woodson, just another notch in a long line of ladies, and not even the one who occupied the greater portion of Al Green's erotic…

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Added by Edie Antoinette on January 18, 2008 at 9:30am — 13 Comments

Black Ivory

BLACK IVORY were one of New York's best loved soul groups. The trio - Leroy Burgess III, Stuart Bascombe and Russell Patterson - were discovered by producer/arranger Patrick Adams when hey were known as the Mellow Sounds, and although he amended the name, the type of music suggested by their original moniker was spot on. Adams cut them on a series of delicate harmony ballads for Today records - scoring notable successes in the… Continue

Added by Shelley "SoleMann" King on January 17, 2008 at 4:52pm — 3 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.