Tribute: Thom Bell in the Rock Hall of Fame—Ranking His 25 Greatest Songs
(May 2, 2025). For more than half a century, the elegant, orchestral soul of Thom Bell has wafted through radios, from turntables, and into hearts — but it’s only now,…
Spinning Through Time: Ranking the 25 Greatest Songs of the Spinners’ Classic Period
(February 14, 2024). Few groups moved the needle as well as the Spinners did during their heyday. From 1970-80, they racked up 17 top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop…
R.I.P. to Henry Fambrough and the Spinners; Motown put them on the map, Atlantic put them in the Hall of Fame
(February 9, 2024). With Henry Fambrough’s passing at his home in Sterling, Virginia on Wednesday (Feb. 7) from natural causes, the legendary Detroit-based soul and pop group The Spinners has…
The Back Story Behind The ONLY Song Included in 2018’s Highest-Grossing Film, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’…
…It’s a ‘70s pop/soul classic whose subject is the antithesis of your average superhero: a “short fat guy” with some amazing skills of his own. Anyone who’s already been blown…
Black History: 100 Greatest Black Musicians of All Time – Part I
June is African-American Music Appreciation Month (previously known as Black Music Month). Ever since 1977, when then-President Jimmy Carter declared that each June would be recognized as such, the month…