A Blind Date and the Unexpected Police Chase. Yes…

This Ill-Fated Blind Date Escalated Into a Police Chase It wasn’t quite a fairy-tale ending for the couple. RAISA BRUNER Blind dates are always a gamble. But when one Alabama woman rolled her dice with her romantic fate on Saturday night. You really never know what you’re in for the second you agree to go […]

The Temptations | You’re My Everything

This song was written by Roger Penzabene as a testament to his love for his wife. After learning of her cheating he was heartbroken. He then wrote “I Wish It Would Rain’ describing his pain, then finally “I Could Never Love Another” to finish the trilogy of how he felt. Unable to handle the extreme […]

Teena Marie – IRONS IN THE FIRE

Irons in the Fire is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Teena Marie, released on August 14, 1980 by Motown. Her first self produced effort, it was dedicated to her father, Thomas Leslie Brockert (1919-1976). It received positive reviews on its release. In a 2009 interview she named it as her personal favourite of […]

Gloria Tells – Out Of Control

Gloria Tells is a singer-songwriter and lead singer in the duo @houseofsay. When it comes to experimenting with the perks of anonymity, soul music has the right prerequisites. This is something that underground band, Gloria Tells, takes advantage of. Not much is known about this freshman incognito band — neither the number of members nor faces. […]

“Dire Straits – Sultans Of Swing”

This article is about the Dire Straits song. For the greatest hits album, see Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits. “Sultans of Swing” is a song by British rock band Dire Straits from their eponymous debut album, which band frontman Mark Knopfler wrote and composed. Although it was first released in 1978, […]

THE MAD LADS – I DON’T HAVE TO SHOP AROUND

The Mad Lads was an American rhythm and blues vocal group, who recorded on the Stax subsidiary label Volt in the 1960s. Their biggest hits were “Don’t Have To Shop Around” (1965) and “I Want Someone” (1966). The group was formed at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The original line-up comprised John […]

Baby I Love Your Way” Will to Power (band)

Will to Power is an American dance-pop group that originated in South Florida in the mid-1980s founded by Miami’s Producer Bob Rosenberg. The group recorded a number of hit singles on the Billboard dance and pop charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley”, a medley of […]

Chandelier | Sia

Chandelier | Sia In the mid-1990s, Sia started a career as a singer in the local acid jazz band Crisp. Sia collaborated with the band and contributed vocals to their album Word and the Deal (1996) and EP Delirium (1997). In 1997 Crisp disbanded, and Sia released her debut studio album, OnlySee, on Flavoured Records, […]

“The Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter 23”

The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George (“Lightnin’ Licks”) and Louis E. Johnson (“Thunder Thumbs”). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early ’80s, with three singles topping the R&B charts (“I’ll Be Good to You”, “Strawberry Letter 23”, and “Stomp!”). Guitarist/vocalist George […]

Make It Summer – Niina Soleil

“‘Make it Summer’ is ultimately about escape. [And, *Singer/Songwriter Niina Soleil makes her premier.] Maybe your escape takes the form of a car, or a weekend getaway; maybe it’s a vivid daydream, or fantasy. But my song celebrates all summer escapes, the spirit of adventure, the impulse to break free from whatever holds you back. […]