Last year singer extraordinaire Lindsey Webster released the hit album Music In Me, which featured a tasty duet remake of the Teddy Pendergrass/Stephanie Mills classic “Two Hearts” with help from Mint ...

Summer 2026: The official global release of The 5th Dimension’s “Let the Sunshine In: The Soul City & Bell Albums 1967-1974” 6-CD, first-ever box set on Cherry Red Records and now available at Amazon ...

Happy Birthday to Airrion Love, co-founder of the Stylistics, born October 8, 1949. Love has been with the Stylistics since the beginning, his rich baritone gracing such songs as “You Make Me Feel ...

“There comes a time in everybody’s life when you got to stand face to face with the truth,” Valerie Simpson testified on “Can’t It Wait Until Tomorrow,” a single from her Motown debut Exposed (1971).

Happy Birthday to Kenny Gamble, the architect of the Sound of Philadelphia, born August 11, 1943. When it comes to soul music legends, they don’t get much bigger or more important than Kenneth “Kenny” ...

Happy birthday to Larry Blackmon of the group Cameo, born May 24, 1956. Cameo has a permanent place in R&B history as one of the great funk groups, with both decades of great hits and sense of fun ...

Today we commemorate the birthday of the late great Al Wilson, born June 19th, 1939. Smooth soul singer Al Wilson will forever be best known for his across-the-board smash hit, “Show and Tell,” but ...

Happy birthday to Archie Bell, leader of the group Archie Bell and the Drells, born September 1, 1944. Archie Bell & the Drells was one of the most enjoyable (but often overlooked) dance groups of the ...

Happy birthday to the great Norman Connors, born March 1, 1947. If there is a Kevin Bacon (six degrees of separation) of music in the last 50 years it may be Norman Connors. He is a man who was a ...

(March 12) Today we take a moment to celebrate the life of the late, great jazz singer Al Jarreau. It is impossible to speak of the emergence of contemporary jazz in the 1980s without pausing a long ...

Happy birthday to the always-spicy R&B singer Millie Jackson, born July 15, 1944. The Georgia-born singer is known for her powerful voice, bold lyrics, and candid stage presence. Jackson’s journey to ...

While never achieving supergroup status, Atlantic Starr was one of the most consistently successful – and underrated – soul bands of the 80s, with a basketful of memorable songs that still sound good ...