Take a look back at dozens of photos from the beloved show's decades-long run
British Vogue speaks to Celeste, the newly-crowned winner of BBC’s Sound of 2020, about her influences, including Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and Edith Piaf.
Lisa Robinson profiles the British chanteuse and asks her about singing soul, wearing stilettos, and carrying an Olympic torch.
Take a look back at dozens of photos from the beloved show's decades-long run
Thirty years since he passed, Vintage Style remember the revolutionary style and sound of Marvin Gaye
This post is gonna give you the lowdown on everything you need to know about Soul Music that's like a warm hug to your spirit.
The queen of soul for six decades, Aretha Franklin, has died aged 76. Take a look at some of her greatest moments, from her first ever recording session at Columbia to her final live performance
From Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of the award–winning hip-hop group the Roots, comes this vibrant book commemorating the legacy of television’s Soul Train. Foreword by Gladys Knight Preface by Nick Cannon Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation celebrates the television show that was a two-decade cultural phenomenon from the ’70s through the ’90s, launching the careers of artists such as Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, Whitney Houston, Lenny Kravitz, LL Cool J, and Aretha Franklin. Questlove reveals the remarkable story of the captivating program, and his text is paired with more than 350 photographs of the show's most memorable episodes and the larger-than-life characters who defined it: the great host Don Cornelius, the extraordinary musicians, and the people who lived the phenomenon from dance floor.
A look back at the career of the gospel-R&B vocalist who Rolling Stone called the greatest singer of the rock era
No one could shake it like Claudia Lennear. Or sing, for that matter. The 1960s-70s vocalist backed some of the music industry’s greatest talents, from Ike and Tina Turner to Joe Cocker; George Harrison to Stephen Still, but emerged as a powerhouse performer in her own right. “A tour de force from start to finish,”…
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Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Stevie Wonder – Bruce W Talamon photographed them all. His images, collected in a new book, capture an era before publicists controlled their stars
September 21, 1968: Jimi Hendrix releases "All Along The Watchtower." It becomes his only top 40 hit, peaking at Number 20. In 1968, Jimi Hendrix and his band The Experience began recording what would become one of their most iconic releases, ‘All Along the Watchtower’. (sign up to follow by email) Written by the legendary pen of the freewheelin’ troubadour Bob Dylan, the real showstopping version of ‘All Along The Watchtower’ belongs to Hendrix and his utterly mesmeric solos. Read more: Far Out Magazine September 21, 1968: The Bee Gees had the hottest song within the Top 10 as they went up from 23-9 with "I've Gotta' Get A Message To You." While the Bee Gees rose to rarefied heights in the disco era, those 60’s singles still exemplify their rare combination of pop songwriting smarts and gilded harmonies better than any of the other music they released. The Bee Gees “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You” just might be the high-water mark of that period. Like so many of their songs from those early stages, “I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You” conjures a staggering amount of drama in a minimum amount of time. Read more: American Songwriter September 21, 1974: Canada's Bachman-Turner Overdrive release "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" which becomes their only Number 1 hit. "I was rehearsing and producing BTO’s third album. We needed an FM Top 40 hit," Randy Bachman says. "I was inspired by Traffic’s Dave Mason and his song "Only You Know And I Know" and the Doobie Brothers’ "Listen To The Music." Read more: Louder Sound September 21, 1978: Shout out to this date in a song by Earth, Wind and Fire. "Do you remember the 21st night of September?" The story of the song "September" begins in 1978. Allee Willis was a struggling songwriter in LA until the night she got a call from Maurice White, the leader of Earth, Wind & Fire. Earth, Wind, and Fire White offered her the chance of a lifetime: to co-write the band's next album. Willis arrived at the studio the next day hoping it wasn't some kind of cosmic joke. Read more: NPR September 21, 1979: Bruce Springsteen debuts his song "The River" at a show in Madison Square Garden. Many of the tragic characters in Springsteen’s songs are fictional. But the teenage couple in “The River” were drawn from his own real-life experience. Springsteen’s sister Ginny became pregnant at age 18 and quickly married her child’s father, Mickey Shave, who took a construction job to support his family. Read more: Rolling Stone All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
Can we please bring back minidresses, cat eyeliner, and big hair?! These looks are on. point.
the ronettes
The Ronettes were an American girl group. They were based in New York City and were popular in the 1960s. The girls began singing as adolescents around Spanish Harlem in 1959.
This will be a collection of all Slave lineup pictures I can currently find/get my hands on. I can name most people in the pictures, but some of them, I cannot. If you can tell me who any of the people are that I can't, please leave a comment. Thank you! Click all for full size. 1977 original lineup on the back of the debut Slave album. 1977 lineup on the back of The Hardness Of The World. This particular photo was found in the book, Funk by Dave Thompson. From left to right: Raye Turner, Tom Lockett, Danny Webster, Orion Wilhoite, Steve Washington, Floyd Miller, Tim Dozier, Mark "Drac" Hicks and Mark Adams. Photo in 1978 on the back of the album, The Concept. In the foreground, left to right, is Orion Wilhoite, Mark "Drac" Hicks and Tim Dozier. Behind, from left to right, is Mark Adams, Raye Turner, Danny Webster, Tom Lockett, Floyd Miller, Carter Bradley and Steve Washington. For some reason, Arrington, despite being present at this time, was not in this photoshoot. A photo of the same lineup from the same year of 1978. Starlena Young is also in this photo, but still no Arrington! The 1981 lineup from the back of the album, Showtime. Left to right: Charles Carter, Danny Webster, Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Delbert Taylor, Floyd Miller. Same 1981 lineup from a source I haven't tracked down yet. Left to right: Floyd Miller, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Delbert Taylor, Danny Webster, Mark Adams 1982 lineup, on the back of Visions Of The Lite. Left to right: Danny Webster, Delbert Taylor, Floyd Miller, ???, ???, Mark Adams 1983 lineup, on the front of Bad Enuff. From left to right: Floyd Miller, ???, Wayne Foote, Aubrey Rivers, Mark Adams, Eugene Jackson, Danny Webster, ??? And the photoshoot below is from the same time, with the same members, and is to be found in the Blues & Soul magazine, Issue No.405 1984 photoshoot on the back of New Plateau. Only contains Floyd Miller, Danny Webster and Mark Adams (left to right), despite other members being present at this point. Four pictures on the back of the 1987 album, Make Believe, of Keith Nash, Danny Webster, Mark Adams and Floyd Miller. None of Charles Carter, despite being present in the band at the time. Here is a complete lineup picture of the 1987 lineup, which was a promo photoshoot found on the back of a Blues & Soul magazine. (Issue No.494) Also, this picture from the same time, but weirdly, on the Rebirth album, three years later, despite the band not containing Floyd Miller and now containing Mark "Drac" Hicks again. 1992 lineup. From left to right: Mark Adams, Keith Nash, ???**, Mark "Drac" Hicks **A name was attributed to a fourth member in the album as Steve. The said Steve could be this individual. 1996 lineup. All completely different people, aside from Mark Adams, Floyd Miller, Tom Lockett and Mark "Drac" Hicks. Hicks is on the second left at the top, Floyd Miller is to the right of Hicks, in the middle of the top row, and Adams is second left on the bottom. The rest, I'm unsure. Tremendous thanks to Lee for this photo of Slave!!! Any more contributions will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
"I got sunshine on a cloudy day..." These gentlemen are SMOOTH!! From their pure voices, stylish clothes, all the way down to their choreography. Motown hit the scene in the 1960s and was a new genre of music that was an immediate hit. This new sound combined incredible voices, lyrics, and rhythm which was unique
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The Supremes unused, bought in 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco.
