Along with Al Green, Ann Peebles 1974 hit “I Can’t Stand The Rain” defined the 70’s Memphis sound. A couple of decades later, it would launch rapper Missy Elliot’s career.
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Throwback Video of the Week: Ann Peebles – “I Can’t Stand The Rain”
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Ann Peebles on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throwback Video of the Week: Teddy Pendergrass Performs “Love T.K.O” On Soul Train
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Teddy Pendergrass on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throwback Video of the Week: Horace Brown – “Taste Your Love”
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Horace Brown on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Horace Brown’s first single from his self-titled debut LP, an ode to oral sex, probably wasn’t quite what a Baptist congregation would expect from the son of their minister. “Taste Your Love,” released in 1994, was banned in parts of the South and it drew inevitable comparisons to Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual [...]
Throwback Video of the Week: Rebbie Jackson – “Centipede”
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Michael Jackson, Rebbie Jackson on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Jackson sibling that gets by far the least attention, Rebbie scored a major hit in 1984 with “Centipede”, written, arranged and produced by late brother Michael.
Throwback Video of the Week: Jody Watley feat. Eric B. & Rakim – “Friends’
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Jody Watley, Eric B., Rakim on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throwback Interview: Kanye West Talks Sampling With Kenny Gamble
Posted in Interviews, Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Kanye West, Kenny Gamble on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kenny Gamble produced several hits in the 70’s and is sampled on songs such as, “Can’t Be Life,” “What More Can I Say,” etc. This interview took place in February of 2004 prior to Kanye’s College Dropout release.
Throwback Video of the Week: Billy Ocean – “Caribbean Queen”
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Billy Ocean on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throwback Video of the Week: Dionne Warwick – “Don’t Make Me Over”
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Dionne Warwick on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Too many young’uns recall Dionne Warwick as “the Psychic Lady” instead of the great, highly successful (second only to Aretha Franklin as the female vocalist with the most Billboard Hot 100 chart hits during the rock era) vocalist she was. Here is Ms. Warwick singing one of her earliest hit records, [...]
Throwback Video of the Week: Soul II Soul – “Keep On Moving”
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Soul II Soul on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Throwback Video of the Week: Sade – “No Ordinary Love” LIVE
Posted in Throwback Video of the Week, tagged Sade on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
