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The O’Jays‘ first album on Philadelphia International Records, Backstabbers, was a masterpiece, highlighted by McFadden & Whitehead’s master composition, ‘Backstabbers’. The haunting song with the great intro became a monster hit, and was followed by the even bigger ‘Love Train’. Songs like ‘For The Love of Money’, ‘Livin’ For the Weekend’, and the classic ‘Use [...]
Once one of the most visible and winning jazz vibraphonists of the 1960s, then an R&B bandleader in the 1970s and ’80s, Roy Ayers‘ reputation is now that of one of the prophets of acid jazz, a man decades ahead of his time. In 1970 he formed the Roy Ayers Ubiquity, which featured [...]
One of the few white groups to cross the color line and achieve success and credibility playing funk, with their tight, fiery sound also belying their Scottish heritage, evoking American R&B hotbeds like Detroit, Memphis, and Philadelphia instead. In 1974 The Average White Band topped the American pop charts with the Arif Mardin-produced instrumental “Pick [...]
Born in Chicago on November 8, 1947. Stevie Wonder agreed to co-produce Minnie Riperton’s 1974 album Perfect Angel, which contained the international blockbuster “Lovin’ You”.
“Loving you“, probably one of the most romantic songs ever, with little birds tweeting and Minnie’s etheric voice
The Orb: A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of [...]
Born on September 30, 1954, in Los Angeles, keyboardist-singer-songwriter-arranger-musical director Patrice Rushen has had an outstanding career with several Top Ten R&B hits, including “Haven’t You Heard,” “Forget Me Nots,” “Feels So Real,” and “Watch Out”.
“Forget Me Nots” - probably her best known hit single, with the funky synth bass and the high pizzicato strings
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