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Photo :   Drew de F Fawkes Usage: CC BY 2.0  https://flic.kr/p/24Fr2uK Keyboardist : Gail Nobles Hello, I’m Gail Nobles and Jalen Ngonda is here to take you on a soulful journey with his hit “Anyone In Love.” This vibrant tune is a dazzling blend of doo-wop and modern R&B that’ll take you back to those smooth ballad days. Those days when you first heard the Chilites,  Blue Magic, and Enchantme...

Photo: asterix611 - Flickr Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Story by: Gail Nobles Hello, I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to the Whitney Soul Podcast. Whitney was our music. She was The Voice. I’ve learned something important through her every note, every lyric, and her every performance. I learned from Whitney that life is a journey. In the beginning of her career, for me, it come was just all...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Ending music by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Today's topic The Lost Generation. Got to bring back the music. The music of love. A time when music was great with soul and had the sound of smooth harmonies. And I'm thinking of a fabulous group known as the lost generation.  With their silky vocals and that sweet R&B groove, they brought us tunes that made the world sm...

Hello groovy podcast listeners. It's your host Gail Nobles on the Cat Bear. I've got something that got folks scratching their heads - records and podcast. Now let me break it down for you.  Picture this: You hear the music from your radio. That's the vibe my friends, but here's the kicker - when it comes to podcasts, we’re  throwing those vinyl grooves right out the window. Why? Let me tell you....

Story by: Gail Nobles Cover art by: Gail Nobles We celebrate the sensational sound of a truly captivating Queen of Urban Pop. The one and only Aaliyah. Princes of R&B with a voice that flows like velvet and moves that could mesmerize the hardest of hearts. That's what her song Death of a Playa is all about. Hmm! Hm!  Aaliyah was the epitome of cool that brought that sultry blend of R&B and...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia Public Domain So many of Selena's fans are missing her. Her songs still play in the minds and hearts of many.  Selena Quintanilla is a beloved icon whose music continues to resonate with fans around the world. Her Tejano, pop, and regional music not only showcase her incredible talent, but also her vibrant spirit and culture songs like “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” Com...

EXPLANAE MOMENT Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 How Patti LaBelle Got her Stage Name is today's topic. I'm Gail Nobles Patti LaBelle's real name is Patricia. She said in an interview it was a car dealership in Philadelphia that decided to give her the name Patti LaBelle. It means The Beautiful, and he didn't see the beauty in Pattie. She said he was a lying man.  Patti sa...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia Public Domain   Hello I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the show. I Have Learned To Respect the Power of Love is a song that was written by Angela Winbush and Renée Moore, of the singing duo Renée and Angela.  It is a  song recorded and performed by Stephanie Mills and was the second single released from her 1985 self-titled album. The song peaked at number one on...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo : Canadian Film Centre Usage : Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Ai No Corrida" is a song by the English singer and multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, written by Jankel and Kenny Young. It was first recorded in 1980 and featured on Chaz Jankel's debut album Chas Jankel for A&M Records. Quincy Jones's 1981 recording of the song was a top 30 hit in the United...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo:   Lynda Marrokal Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Shotgun Tom Kelly is a radio and television personality, and I like his style. I like how I heard him talk while playing the 60s. I like his voice. He is a radio and television personality. He is a two-time Emmy award winner, Billboard Air Personality of the Year winner, an inductee into the California Music Hall of Fame (...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 Berry Gordy is multiple things. He's a retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades. As a songwriter, Gordy composed or co-composed a number of...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikimedia   Usage: Public Domain There was Vietnam and there was a civil rights movement and protest. Marvin Gaye recorded What's Going On and was released in 1971. Stevie Wonder recorded Loves in Need of Love Today, and It was released in 1976. Music and it's power. Motown was more than music and celebration. I say Motown is the sound of people telling millions of sto...

Story by: Gail Nobles Art by: Gail Nobles In the music business people can become lost and go in the wrong direction. My mom used to tell me: God didn't put them in that spotlight. They put themselves in there or they forget God. I agree but we don’t know what's in a person's heart.  Whitney knew she needed God. She was always singing the Gospel. She was brought up in church, and she never stopped...

Story by: Gail Nobles Art by: Gail Nobles From what we are told, Aaliyah is not alive. Though dead, she's certainly hard to kill. When she was alive, she told the world she was mysterious. Well, I didn't know her, but I believe her words because it seems to me she still speaks in dreams and works on the conscience. Fans are still talking about her, and she's been dead since 2001. It has nothing to...

Keyboardist: Gail Nobles The New Radical sent us a positive message. The New Radicals was an American alternative rock band formed in 1997 in Los Angeles.  They recorded a song entitled You Get What You Give.  It was the first and most successful single from their only studio album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998). Released on November 3, 1998, it reached number 36 on the US Billboard Hot...

Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: John Mathew Smith Usage: Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0 MC Hammer believed in feeding people positive things through his music to help souls. He once said in an interview with Revolt: ‘that he grew up in a very negative and violent environment. He viewed music as a way to escape. He did not need to take his music and the same tension that was already h...

Announcement  The Bill Withers birthday party is coming. An all star celebration of the music and Legacy of the Bill Withers featuring Grandma's Band and the voice of Noel McCalla.  They'll be singing Grandma's Hands and more live hits and fan favorites. In 2024, this year, The Bill Withers would have been turning 86 years of age for information about the Bill Withers birthday party tickets go to...

CB NEWS Music Intro: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 Angela Bofill was a singer songwriter of Cuban Puerto Rican origins. A New York native, she began her professional career in the mid-1970s and is most known for singles such as “ This Time I'll Be Sweeter” Angel Of The  Night” and I Try. I know her from singing...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Chaka’s song “Ain’t Nobody” was released in 1983. quickly gathered popularity, and reached number one on the US Billboard R&B chart and number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1984 at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, "Ain't Nobody" won for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It has become one of Khan's signature songs. Rufus keyboardist David "Hawk" Wol...

Story by: Gail Nobles Podcast cover art by: Gail Nobles Today I want to talk to you about Kool and the Gang and their album “Spirit of the Boogie”, and the album cover.   Spirit of the Boogie is a six studio album by Kool and the Gang released in 1975. The sound of the music single reminds me of Jungle Boogie. You can hear Donald Boyce who was rapping on Jungle Boogie.  I'm checking out the artwor...

Story by: Gail Nobles Intro music and vocals by: Gail Nobles Photo: tm_10001 Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/4waN1U Usage: CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Until You Come Back is a single from Whitney Houston's 1998 studio album. It was written and produced by Babyface . I loved hearing Whitney sing that song. It's a beautiful ballad. I love the music put to it. The song is a great sound for R&B. I've seen comment...

Photo: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0  "Caught Up in the Rapture" is a 1986 ballad song by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was released as the follow-up single after "Sweet Love" from her album Rapture. "Caught Up in the Rapture" was Baker's third top ten R&B single, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, and num...

Podcast vocals: By Gail Nobles Aaliyah wasn't the only one that died in a plane crash in 2001. I remember another singer being pronounced dead in a plane crash in 2001 named Melanie Thornton. She sang the song titled Love How You Love Me. On the night of November 24, 2001. Thornton was one of the 24 people who died in the plane crash of Crossair Flight 3597 near Zürich Switzerland at the age of 34...

Story: Jimmy Red Panda Story written by: Gail Nobles ©️2024 Lyrics by: Gail Nobles Art by: Gail Nobles Background music: Samplefocus.com Usage: Standard License There was a man whose name was Jimmy Panda. He was a tall and big man who people called the Cat Bear. Some called him the Red Panda. He sat down on a bar stool to shorten his height and smoked a cherry cigar to talk to women. The women fel...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo:  Wxkat - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Tonight on American Idol, I saw an interesting musical artist named Iam Tongi. He has a beautiful voice and beautiful song titled Why Kiki. It was released in 2023 of September. He has a music video out for the song. You can see it on YouTube. You can also hear his music on Spotify.  Iam Tongi won se...