Category: Black music artists
“AT LAST” ETTA JAMES
at-last-etta-james-with-lyrics-on-screenflv.mp3 https://youtu.be/bwzDxp2TC7I Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer. Her style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as “The Wallflower”, “At Last”, “Tell Mama”, “Something’s […]
Read More “AT LAST” ETTA JAMES“Stevie Wonder “Master Blaster”
“Master Blaster (Jammin)” is a 1980 single by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder from his 1980 album Hotter than July. The song, built on a heavy reggae feel, is an ode to reggae legend Bob Marley; Wonder had been performing live with Marley (billing him as an opening act) on his US tour in the fall […]
Read More “Stevie Wonder “Master Blaster”Brook Benton “Rainy Night in Georgia”
“Rainy Night in Georgia” is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. In a January 17, 2014 interview with music journalist Ray Shasho, Tony Joe White explained the thought process behind the making of ” Rainy Night in Georgia ” and “Polk Salad Annie”. […]
Read More Brook Benton “Rainy Night in Georgia”“STEVIE WONDER – I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER”
“I Was Made to Love Her” is a hit single recorded by American soul musician Stevie Wonder for Motown’s Tamla label in 1967 (see 1967 in music). The song was written by Wonder, his mother Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy and producer Henry Cosby; and included on Wonder’s 1967 album I Was Made to Love […]
Read More “STEVIE WONDER – I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER”Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill”
Antoine “Fats” Domino, Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. Domino released five gold (million-copy-selling) records before 1955. He also had 35 Top 40 American hits and has a music style based on traditional rhythm and blues ensembles of bass, piano, electric guitar, drums, and saxophone. Source
Read More Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill”“The Spinners – Love Don’t Love Nobody (It Takes A Fool)”
The Spinners are an American rhythm and blues vocal group that formed in 1954 and are still active. They enjoyed a string of hit singles and albums during the 1960s and 1970s. Formed in Detroit, Michigan, the group still tours regularly as of 2015, although Henry Fambrough is the only remaining original member. The group […]
Read More “The Spinners – Love Don’t Love Nobody (It Takes A Fool)”“Bob Marley No Woman, No Cry”
“No Woman, No Cry” is a reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 1975 album Live! was released as a single and is the best known version — it was included on the greatest hits compilation Legend and was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London […]
Read More “Bob Marley No Woman, No Cry”“REGINA BELLE – THIS IS LOVE”
Regina Belle emerged as a prolific, consistently engaging vocalist on the urban contemporary scene. Born in New Jersey, Belle’s early experience was in gospel, though she was also attracted to R&B during her childhood. She studied trombone, tuba, and steel drums, and at 12 won a school contest singing the Emotions’ “Don’t Ask My […]
Read More “REGINA BELLE – THIS IS LOVE”The Young Hearts “I’ve Got Love For My Baby”
The Young Hearts singing group is known as an R&B vocal group from Los Angeles, California, USA. Original members were Ronald Preyer, Charles Ingersoll, Earl Carter, and James Moore. The Young Hearts were typical of the falsetto-lead stand-up vocal groups that populated the R&B scene of the late 60s and early 70s. Their impact was […]
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