Carol Blackmon’s Cold Cuts Artist Of The Day: Musiq Soulchild Taalib Johnson Listen to Musiq Soulchild’s “Love” below:
Carol Blackmon’s Cold Cuts Artist Of The Day: Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack Listen to the original version of “Killing Me Softly” by Roberta Flack below:
Carol Blackmon’s Cold Cuts Artist Of The Day: Patrice Louise Rushen Check out Patrice Rushen perform “Forget Me Nots” (Live on Soul Train in the 80s) below:
Via AllMusic.com A Michigan funk band with slight rock leanings, Ready for the World parlayed Melvin Riley‘s whining vocals and some trendy production into a pair of number one R&B hits in the mid-’80s for MCA. Riley, Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts,Willie Triplett, John Eaton, and Gerald Valentine began on their own Blue Lake label before signing with MCA. The label reissued the […]
Via: Allmusic First formed in the early ’50s, the Isley Brothers enjoyed one of the longest, most influential, and most diverse careers in the pantheon of popular music — over the course of nearly a half century of performing, the group’s distinguished history spanned not only two generations of Isley siblings but also […]
Via: Allmusic.com After Usher Raymond was spotted by a LaFace record executive at a talent show in his hometown of Atlanta, it took no time for his career to take off. The 14-year-old auditioned for LaFace co-founder L.A. Reid, who signed the gospel choir boy to a recording contract. Raymond was introduced to the world […]
Via: Allmusic.com Crossover contemporary R&B singer Karyn White was born in Los Angeles, California, where her father played trumpet and her mother was a church choir director. White gained experience singing in choir and also in local talent shows and beauty pageants. She sang with local band Legacy and then toured with R&B vocalist O’Bryan […]
Via: AllMusic.com A singer, MC, self-taught keyboardist, and prolific songwriter, Angie Stone’s first claim to fame was her membership in the Sequence, an all-female trio that recorded for pioneering hip-hop label Sugar Hill, beginning with the 1979 single “Funk You Up.” Several years later, she re-emerged as the lead vocalist for Vertical Hold, where she […]
Via: AllMusic.com There had been hit rap singles and albums before him, but MC Hammer was the man who truly brought rap music to a mass pop audience. Armed with a flamboyant wardrobe (particularly his trademark baggy parachute pants) and a raft of sampled hooks lifted straight from their sources, Hammer’s talents as a dancer […]
BIO: Allmusic.com A Michigan funk band with slight rock leanings, Ready for the World parlayed Melvin Riley’s whining vocals and some trendy production into a pair of number one R&B hits in the mid-’80s for MCA. Riley, Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts, Willie Triplett, John Eaton, and Gerald Valentine began on their own Blue Lake label […]
Check out a video of Carol’s cold cuts artirt of the day Al B. Sure Bio: Allmusic.com During the late ’80s, Al B. Sure! enjoyed a brief run as one of new jack swing’s most popular romantic singers. Born Al Brown in Boston, he grew up in Mount Vernon, NY, listening to smooth crooners like […]
