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Game Was Her Middle Name: Remembering Betty Davis

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 James Porter 0 Comments American Bandstand, Aretha Franklin, Betty Davis, Bettye LaVette, Candi Staton, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Soul Train, the Buddy Miles Express, The Chambers Brothers

If anybody ever embodied the term “Black Girls Rock!,” the dearly departed funk-rock innovator was it

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Music Journalism

LISTEN: What Juneteenth Means To Me

June 19, 2021June 20, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Bad Brains, Black Lives Matter, Clarence Clemons, Frank Ocean, Jimi Hendrix, Juneteenth, Lil Nas X, Living Colour, Stevie Wonder

59 songs that define my love and appreciation for Black Culture

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Swamp Dogg: Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick and Me

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Williams, Joyful Noise, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Patti LaBelle, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Sly Stone, Smokey Robinson, Sorry You Couldn't Make It, Sorry You Couldn’t Make It Demos, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg

Soul great also known as Jerry Williams tells all: “Ask me anything you want. I had a good night sleep.”

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Dig the Slowness: Roberta Flack’s Chapter Two at 50

September 11, 2020September 13, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 3 Comments 1970, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, Bernard Purdie, Brothers Four, Chad Mitchell Trio, Chapter Two, Chuck Rainey, Donny Hathaway, Eumir Deodato, Harry Belafonte, Hugh McCracken, King Curtis, Kingston Trio, LaVern Baker, Marianne Faithfull, Peter Paul & Mary, Quiet Fire, Richard Tee, Roberta Flack, The Smothers Brothers

The portrait of an artist looking for an audience at the intersection of enlightened soul and contemporary singer-songwriter pop

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Pop Top 40: Hot Soul Singles for Week Ending September 28, 1974

September 27, 2019October 3, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Ace Spectrum, Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Billy Preston, Blackbyrds, Bobbie Gentry, Bobby Blue BLand, Brother to Brother, BT Express, Chi-Lites, Dionne Warwick, Eddie Kendricks, First Choice, Four Tops, Funkadelic, Independents, James Brown, John Edwards, Johnny Bristol, Kool and the Gang, Little Beaver, Marion Jarvis, Parliament, Paul Kelly, Roberta Flack, Rufus, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Stylistics, The Dramatics, The Miracles, The Ohio Players, The Persuaders, The Spinners, The Tymes, Tower of Power, Tyrone Davis, Undisputed Truth, William DeVaughn

45 years ago these were the hottest songs in the land…of any genre

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Country and/or Western jazz Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores

Pop Top 40 – Top LPs Plus: Week Ending August 30, 1969

August 30, 2019September 4, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Age of Aquarius, Aretha Franklin, Aretha's gold, Billboard, Blind Faith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Herbie Mann, HOT COUNTRY LPS, IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA, Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul, JAZZ LPS, Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, Romeo & Juliet, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Soul LPs, Tammy Wynette, The Bee Gees, THis is Tom JOnes

It’s the Summer of ‘69 Special, Part II: The Albums Edition

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Pop Top 40 – Hot 100 Singles: Week Ending August 30, 1969

August 28, 2019September 4, 2019 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments A Boy Named Sue, Aretha Franklin, Billboard, Bob Dylan, Choice of Colors, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Easy to Be Hard, Get Together, Green River, In the Year 2525, John Lennon, Lay Lady Lay, Mama Cass, Neil Diamond, Polk Salad Annie, The Archies, The Rolling Stones, The Youngbloods, Tom Jones, Tommy James and the Shondells

A look back at the pop charts as the Summer of ’69 drew to a close

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Soul ’69 at 50

January 29, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records

Aretha swings the blues

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Soul Men

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Ray Charles, Steve Cropper, The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers’ Briefcase Full of Blues at 40

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Remembrance Soul

RNRG Memorial Playlist No. 2

August 19, 2018August 19, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aretha, Aretha Franklin, In Memoriam, Playlist, Queen of Soul

In loving memory of Aretha

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Remembrance Soul

Aretha, 1942-2018

August 17, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1963, Aretha Franklin, Columbia Records, Gospel, Queen of Soul

“In your lonely flight, haven’t you heard the music of the night.”

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Remembrance Soul

Long Live the Queen

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Ron Hart 1 Comment Aretha Franklin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Queen of Soul, R&B, RIP, The Blues Brothers

Remembering Aretha Franklin, gone at 76

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