Soundtrack of Loss: How John Amos’ Iconic Role as James Evans, Sr. Was Immortalized Through Music
(December 31, 2024). We lost one of our greatest actors — John Amos — in 2024. It was in October that we learned of his passing two months earlier (of…
Tribute to Ja’net DuBois: Thanks for your part in two of the greatest black TV sitcoms of a generation!
(February 20, 2020). Who among us folks of a certain age can ever forget Willona Woods, the nosy, single, but always fly neighbor of the Evans family in TV’s Good…
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40 Years Ago: With Chic’s ‘Good Times’ ended, here are ten acts who began to have all the fun…
(September 27, 2019). After dominating the summer of 1979 with their inescapable No. 1 pop and soul smash “Good Times,” the New York disco collective known as Chic began to…
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Chic’s “Good Times” – the classic that bridged disco and hip-hop – turns 40!
(June 14, 2019). “Leave. your. cares. behind!” These. are. the. Good. Times!” Few tunes have shifted the landscape in popular music as much as the one released by the R&B/disco…
Nile & ‘Nard – Too Chic For The Rock Hall?
(Editor’s Note: There’s a special countdown of the 40 Greatest Songs of the Chic Organization at the end of this article.) What took me so long to do this? Better…