My reader (maybe the only one!) Private Beech suggested that I add a Great Duos to the recent blogs listing Great Female Singers and Great Girl Groups. Sounds like a good idea to me, so here is a list of the great duos of the 1950s and 1960s. I've included some duet pairings by established singers, but only where they made a real impact via one or two albums, not just one offs. To kick off, here are...
Duets include Eddie Floyd and Mavis Staples, William Bell and Carla Thomas, Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, and a rare one from Dusty Springfield and Spencer Davis LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Stax Records through Concord Music Group will reissue its 1969 compilation Boy Meets Girl, which paired Stax male and female artists for a set of classic duets. Featured are many of the greatest names in soul...
The Soul Men soundtrack is full of great artists: Meshell Ndegeocello, John Legend, Anthony Hamilton, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, to name a few. Additionally, Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson make multiple appearances on the album, the contents...
Funky16Corners Radio v.56 - Solar Heat Playlist Little Richard – Land of 1000 Dances (Okeh) OV Wright – I Love the Way You Love (Backbeat) Ovations – Dance Party (Goldwax) Five Dutones – Shake a Tailfeather (One-Derful!) Benny Spellman – I Feel Good (Atlantic) Performers – I Can’t Stop You (Mirwood) Aretha Franklin – See Saw (Atlantic) Willie Mitchell...
Rhino Handmade is celebrating the 60th anniversary of Atlantic Records with a series of 4-CD boxsets devoted to the label's different musical styles, including this new Atlantic Soul 1959-1975 CD boxset. Opening with Ray Charles' Come Rain Or Come Shine...
Greetings all. A combination of a full schedule, the exhaustion I referred to in Wednesday's post, and the ongoing effort to restock the Funky16Corners Radio cabinet, I bring you volume 18 of the Funky16Corners Radio podcast which originally ran back in January of this year. Entitled ‘Blues, Tears & Sorrows’ it ties in nicely with the previous [...]
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