Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 233
'60s R&B-soul singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brenda Holloway grew up in the storied Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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'60s R&B-soul singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brenda Holloway grew up in the storied Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Simply Red, from its late-1960s sense of pop-soul style to its keening, R&B-soaked countertenor, sounded old from the start.
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This week's selection is another one of those songs that has an interesting provenance.
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If you were a British pop act in the mid-Eighties, then most likely you drew from Motown and '60s/'70s R&B as an influence.
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This week in rock history, Johnny Cash performed at San Quentin, John and Yoko's album was seized by police, the Supremes recorded one of their biggest hits, Nirvana signed a fateful record deal and Pink got married in Costa Rica.
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This week in rock history, Johnny Cash performed at San Quentin, John and Yoko's album was seized by police, the Supremes recorded one of their biggest hits, Nirvana signed a fateful record deal and Pink got married in Costa Rica.
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Let's check the legacy of the Four Tops , million-seller category.
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By the time the Four Tops reached the studio to record "I Can' t Help Myself," they were on the way to a successful career with three Top 40 R&B hits (including two Top 10′s, "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "Ask the Lonely").
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Though they were considered members of the Motown "B" Team, the Originals nonetheless delivered some quality sides to the R&B public, a few of which also became pop hits.
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Lamont Dozier 's status as a Founding Father comes in two flavors: as a member of the Motown songwriting and production team known as Holland/Dozier /Holland and as a performer and record label operator.
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Within recent years, the modern soul revival has seen faces like Adele , Erykah Badu and Raphael Saadiq spearheading the effort.
Read MoreThe latest teaser leaked from production duo The Knocks' forthcoming all-covers EP Same Old Songs finds buzzed-about indie-pop singer-songwriter Alex Winston getting her R&B diva on on a playful, modern updating of The Supremes' Holland-Dozier-Holland-crafted classic "You Can't Hurry Love" .
Read MoreEngland's Sir Cliff Richard has made it official that he will be traveling to Memphis to record a new album of duets with a number of soul music legends.
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BACHELOR Boy CLIFF RICHARDs is plotting a radical change in direction - by turning his hand to hip-hop.
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Many people lament the Simon Cowell X Factor pop factory and the stranglehold it has on the charts.
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General Johnson, who has died of lung cancer aged 67, was a Grammy-winning songwriter and lead singer for the soul band Chairmen of the Board.
Read MoreAs Liam Gallagher is also about to discover, maintaining your swagger is tough when you're estranged from the musicians who gave it to you in the first place.
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