Marvin Gaye – Eight for 80: His 8 Most Iconic Hits!
Had he lived, legendary Motown crooner Marvin Gaye would have turned 80 on Tuesday, April 2. Sadly, on April 1, 1984, Gaye was tragically gunned down by his father Marvin,…
R.I.P. Lonnie Simmons – A tribute to the music pioneer behind the Gap Band who put the “Fun” in Funk
For those of us who grew up listening to the Gap Band in the 1980s, there was usually one name we’d see on all of their records. Lonnie Simmons, a…
R.I.P. James Ingram (1952 – 2019); Here’s a Tribute – His Greatest Musical Contributions
No one could belt out a love song quite like he could. James Ingram, the incredible soul and pop balladeer who was born in Akron, Oh, and who graced us…
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“Cancer! And my name is Larry.” R.I.P. Larry Cunningham of the Floaters (1951 – 2019)
We all remember “Float On” by the Floaters, that four- (and sometimes five)-man group out of Northeast Detroit who wowed us with one of the smoothest songs in soul music…
Remembering the Legendary Nancy Wilson (1937 – 2018); Music’s Most Unsung Voice… Silenced, But Not Forgotten.
Unless you owned a piece of her tremendous music catalog, or went out of your way to stream her songs, Nancy Wilson’s was a voice you seldom heard. She rarely…