Sure, the Man Who Would Be Babyface — Kenneth Edmonds — was born in 1959, but the singer, songwriter, producer, and all-around hit maker extraordinaire began taking baby steps up the Billboard charts the year Michael Jackson's Thriller dominated every chart.
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Sky Road Songs , Elliott Sharp's latest record by his outfit Terraplane, is outwardly blues, but there's enough eccentric, wild stuff going on to make me wonder if blues as rendered here is merely a delivery system for a freak show.
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Danny O'Keefe, you're one of my favorite singer-songwriters ever.
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You could make the case that "Groovin is the greatest single ever released, and you would get no argument from me. It is one of those songs that comes on the radio and puts a smile on your face as your body enters the relaxation zone. It's a great tonic for an otherwise gray day.
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Proof that every one's guilty pleasure is their own: We reached almost no consensus on this particular version of Desert Island Discs, with only the Carpenters, the Electric Light Orchestra, Hall and Oates and Olivia Newton-John garnering more than one mention.
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That also means it's the final year of our look at the AM Gold series.
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1978 is, "seriously, the Mellow Goldiest list of all."
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Nearly thirty years later, I bet that Chaka Khan is confronted by someone trying to be cool by quoting Grandmaster Melle Mel's intro from her biggest solo hit, a cover of Prince's 1979 album track "I Feel For You."
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I grew up in the Seventies -- an era that I still consider a golden age for music and film thanks to so much truly classic Rock, Funk, Soul Punk and New Waves, and yes -- damn -- it Disco too.
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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 62.
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It's been 10 years since Norah Jones released her debut, Come Away With Me, and naturally, plenty has changed for the singer songwriter.
Read MoreHaving weathered the rocky start, Jones attributes her continued endurance to having 'taken control', drawing a clear line between being a musician and being public property – or, as she puts it, 'it's learning about how to live normally and make music normally and not get too caught up in the game.'
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Your latest release, Playlist: The Very Best of Melissa Manchester , isn't a typical Greatest Hits or Very Best Of collection of your songs.
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Welcome back to our weekly rundown of notable new music projects — both new and reissue.
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Let's talk about your involvement with the movie Joyful Noise starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah.
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The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998.
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Here's a run down — with a few of our thoughts — on some notable music projects, both new and reissue, slated for release for the week of Dec. 6, 2011.
Read MoreSpeaking of his new mix CD for Defected, Defected in the House Brazil '11 , it's obvious that several decades of accolades haven't dampened his passion—Meme obviously brings an infectious enthusiasm and a rare degree of humility to his work.
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By 1968, Dusty Springfield was dissatisfied with her career.
Read MoreOn 28th February Virgin Records will release the first-ever career-spanning collection by one of the truly original and creative pop talents to emerge from the ashes of the post-punk era, Scritti Politti.
Read MoreI'd planned on having this done last week.
Read More"Ratty", by the way, was a New Orleans equivalent of the term "funky" back in the day.
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