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Song: Special Lady Song by: Ray, Goodman, & Brown Keyboardist & Drummer: Gail Nobles Podcast Vocals: Gail Nobles Photo credit: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Before we get started, I’d like to say check out “Keep Our Music Alive” Facebook page by Star Carr. You’ll see a post in loving memory of Harry Ray of Ray, Goodman, & Brown. And toda...

Song: Sweet Baby Song by: George Duke & Stanley Clarke Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Photo credit: Chris Hakkens - https://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_hakkens/4636428012/in/photostream/ Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 ….. Check out The Soul Survivors Magazine for this month Dec. 22. You’ll see news reviews & interviews of Reg Hudson of the Hudson People, Blue Lab Beats...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: U.S. Department of the Interior - 3407 Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer Ne-Yo has released nine studio albums. •In My Own Words (2006) •Because of You (2007) •Year of the Gentleman (2008) •Libra Scale (2010) •R.E.D. (2012) •Non-Fiction (2015) •Good Man (2018) •Another Kind of Christmas (2019) •Self Explanatory...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: Stephen Luff Usage: CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/2jej86K I remember when Michael Jackson went solo. He became a solo star with his 1979 album Off The Wall, and with his 1982 album Thriller. The best selling album of all time. He is the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music and is recognized as the “most successful Entertainer of All Time”...

Story by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: Alfred Marroquin Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 3.0 Yes, this is another podcast about Aaliyah. But today, not only about Aaliyah, but about another young female artist of today in which they call her the Aaliyah of our time. Is she the Aaliyah of our time? Well, she could be. I’m talking about Chloe Bailey. According to Wikipedia, she’s 24 years old today. I have liste...

Song: All At Once Song by: Whitney Houston Song Written by: Jeffrey Osborne & Michael Masser Photo credit Joel https://flic.kr/p/bRmeN Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 Podcast intro by: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Podcast Vocals: Gail Nobles Whitney Houston sang All At Once twice at Sanremo music festival in 1986. Her live performance of All At Once got a huge standing ovation and Whitney gave the aud...

Photo credit: Mikamote - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Detroit is the place. The place where Aaliyah was raised. I know she’ll never be forgotten there. But she was born in Brooklyn, New York. Aaliyah’s been gone for a long time, & nobody seems to want to forget her. How can you? Everyday you constantly see conversations online and pictures & videos being posted. Well, that’s a good thing...

Song: Great Big Gap Song by: Noel McKoy Photo credit: Iquo E Usage: CC BY-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/G6ZGN Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Today’s topic is Noel McKoy. I got an email from Fitz Roy of Soul Survivors Magazine that the Fitzroy’s Soul Survivors Show was giving a 2 hour homage to Noel McKoy who sadly passed away last week. Noel McKoy was. British Soul Music singer. H...

Song: Aaliyah-Princess of R&B Song by: Gail Nobles © 2022 Music by: Gail Nobles Vocals: Gail Nobles Nobody lied to the press when they said Aaliyah was the best. Lyrics: Aaliyah knew She led the way She couldn’t stay (The Princess Changed R&B) She didn’t rap She knew the rhyme And right on time (The Princess Changed R&B) When Aaliyah was alive, Class was in session. She was changing R&B And giving...

Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles 1 Photo credit: Salt N Pepa - David Burke Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 2 Photo credit: Spinderella - DrivingtheNortheast https://flic.kr/p/ar2dWW Usage: (CC BY 2.0) Today’s topic: Salt n Pepa n Spin The Hollywood Walk of Fame. Salt n Pepa n Spinderella we’re honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I’m happy that they received the star. They r...

Song: Made My Blood Run Cold Song by: Ike Turner Photo credit: Edge4life42 - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Ike Turner said: She made my blood run cold, Sent cold chills all through my soul .. You know Halloween is coming up. I always think of Michael Jackson’s song, Thriller. But there are other songs you can listen to for Halloween lik...

Music: Horns & Trumpets Brass - 70's Soul Retro Loop https://samplefocus.com/samples/horns-trumpets-brass-70-s-soul-retro-loop Usage: Standard license Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Ending Brass, Horn, & Strings Song by: Gail Nobles © 2022 Photo credit: Kevin https://flic.kr/p/6dHQJG Usage: CC BY 2.0 Aaliyah Quotes Voice actor: Gail Nobles Aaliyah Haughton She said: I stay home a lot. I’m a homebody. Bl...

Music by: SampleFocus.com https://samplefocus.com/samples/soul-violin-sample-vintage-chop Usage: Standard License Today’s Topic: The National R&B Music Day What is National R&B Music Day? National R&B Music Day is a national day of recognition and celebration for R&B music declared by the U.S. National Day Archives organization. What is R&B Music? Rhythm and Blues (or just R&B) is a genre of music...

Info from: Star Carr Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/4633793426632062 Old School Male Soul Oohs Sound: Samplefocus.com https://samplefocus.com/samples/oldschool-male-soul-oohs Usage: Standard License Today’s Topic: Keep Our Music Alive. Hi! I’m Gail Nobles. I mentioned in one of the last episodes about the Facebook page, “ Keep Our Music Alive”. Star Carr has created the online entertainmen...

Disco Music: Samplefocus.com Song: Selena, She Was The Star Song by: Gail Nobles © 2022 Photo: hellboy_93 https://flic.kr/p/5Eq8K7 Usage: (CC BY-ND 2.0) Selena Quintanilla - Queen of Tejano. She was a star. She was known as Selena. She was great in music, dance, and fashion. In 2020, Billboard magazine put her in third place on their list of “Greatest Latino Artist of All Time.” I believe Selena c...

Beginning jingle by: Gail Nobles © 2022 Jingle: Soul Generation Ending jingle by: Gail Nobles © 2019-2022 Jingle: Got To Bring Back the Music Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Song: Million Dollars Song by: Soul Generation Hi I’m Gail Nobles. Today’s topic is Soul Generation, an American R&B vocal group from Jersey City, New Jersey, which had a number of hits in the 1970’s, including Body and Soul ( That t...

Photo: Pexels.com There’s a new issue out in Oct. for the Soul Survivors Magazine. It’s paying homage to the late Lamont Dozier and Ramsey Lewis, and it has a main feature artist TarharQa Aleem. Him & his twin Tunde Ra once had close links with rock & soul guitar icon Jimi Hendrix. They were known as the Ghetto Fighters. They have done three albums with Jimi. Both TarharQa and Tunde were m...

Photo credit: slgckgc - https://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/37320928332/ Usage: CC BY 4.0 Music intro & Music: by Gail Nobles WHO’S HOT Look out for Bruno Mars Dec. 30 & 31. According to the news, he will headline two shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas. Both shows are scheduled to begin 9:PM Visit Ticketmaster.com to learn more and to purchase tickets. Bruno Mars is a great dancer, musici...

Photo credit: Rustyleigh - Own work/Wikipedia Usage: CC BY-SA 4.0 Crowd cheering: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/crowd-cheer-ii-6263/ WHO’S HOT There’s a British girl group called Little Mix that I’ve been seeing in the news lately. There are three girls Leigh - Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, and Perrie Edwards. It is said they were the first group to win the British version of The X Factor. The...

Song: Back and Forth Song by: Aaliyah Song written by: R Kelly Photo credit: MikaV - Own work Usage: CC BY-SA 4.0 Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Aaliyah sang the song Back & Forth. I heard Aaliyah say: Don’t get in my way.” Aaliyah was in a spiritual move. She said she had a recurring dream that she was flying away from her troubles. You see the reason h...

Song: Because I Love You Song by: Brighter Side of Darkness Intro by: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Vocals: Gail Nobles Brighter Side of Darkness was an American R&B/soul group. They were formed in 1971 at Calumet High School in Chicago, Illinois. Their lead singer was 12-year-old Darryl Lamont; the other members were Ralph Eskridge, Randolph Murph and Larry Washington. They released the si...

Song: We Should Be In Love Song by: The Five Stairsteps Produced by: Curtis Mayfield Podcast Intro: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Podcast Vocals: Gail Nobles We Must Be In Love. A song arranged by Donny Hathaway and produced by Curtis Mayfield. It was performed by the Five Stairsteps and Cubie Burke. The Five Stairsteps are known for the 1970 song “O-o-h Child”, listed at number 402 on Roll...

Music: Samplefocus.com Usage: Standard license Photo credit: photo by Alan Light Usage: CC BY 2.0 Hi, Im Gail Nobles. Have you checked out The Soul Survivors Magazine? It’s a Bi-Monthly magazine. Check out the current issue and some of the past issues. The magazine is about 16 years old Today. Issue one was distributed in July/Aug 2006. Today I’m looking at a past issue. Issue 41 Aug/Sept publishe...

Song: You’re Still My Man Song by: Whitney Houston Song written by: Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Acapella vocals: Gail Nobles Photo credit: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen - DefenseImagery Usage: Public Domain You’re Still My Man is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. It came from the Album “Whitney” released in 1987. I remember hearing it maybe once or twice on the r...

Aaliyah Acapella: https://samplefocus.com/samples/aaliyah-acappela Usage: Standard license - Royalty Free Headlines - Chill RnB: https://samplefocus.com/samples/headlines-chill-rnb Usage: Standard license - Royalty Free Keyboardist on Tempo Massimo and Piano: Gail Nobles Poem: Cause You Aaliyah Poem by: Gail Nobles © 2022 Photo credit: k.jacykow Usage: https://flic.kr/p/4qhNs6 I can only imagine w...