Pop Top 40: Hot Soul Singles For The Week Ending February 28, 1981
40 years ago, post-disco R&B was on fire
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Smokey Robinson
Swamp Dogg: Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick and Me
Soul great also known as Jerry Williams tells all: “Ask me anything you want. I had a good night sleep.”
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Five Lessons from Bass Culture and Warm Leatherette
As these two Island Records essentials turn 40, let us remind you why they both remain career pinnacles for Linton Kwesi Johnson and Grace Jones
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Pop Top 40: Hot Soul Singles for Week Ending September 28, 1974
45 years ago these were the hottest songs in the land…of any genre
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Great Songwriter and Just Plain Great Writer Jim Vallance
Master craftsman Jim Vallance. (Kaitlyn Flannagan) We have entered a political season in which just about everything seems to divide us from one another. Friends, here is a photo that depicts something upon which EVERYONE can agree. And that something is that Summer of ’69 is one of the greatest songs ever. And this guy’s the one who wrote it! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Jim Vallance! Vallance visited New York
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