I am a huge Madonna fan from when she first came out. I cannot pick favorite songs of hers, I loved everything she recorded.
Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan. She moved to New York at 20 in 1978 to pursue a career in modern dance. She performed in a couple of music groups and released her debut album in 1983.
She did not set out to be a singer, but made a dance demo tape and impressed an influential DJ and as they say, the rest was history!!!
Ray Charles Robinson Sr. was born September 23, 1930 in Albany, Georgia and dies June 10, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California.
He was a singer, songwriter and pianist and was regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history and referred to as The Genius.
Ray Charles had 12 children with 10 different women.
His father died when he was 10 and his mother died when he was 14, after which he left school to play professionally
R.I.P. "Brother Ray"
An African American spiritual that captures the determined human spirit and its resilience n any situation. It speaks of the struggle for freedom, equality and justice in many social and civil rights movements throughout history. It sings to the spirit each individual that helps them survive, and strive for a better tomorrow.
It is not a matter of any record of who composed the anthem originally...
Sounds like an anthem for our country right about now.
But, we have issues we need to get under control first with immigration, violence in our streets, illegals, homelessness, police forces under staffed to handle it all...
They wrote this in 2003 for the 9/11 attack. They have revised a couple of times since then for violence in our communities.
Donny Hathaway and Edward Howard wrote this song which was released June 18, 1973. It has become like an anthem and has been covered by many artists.
Edward Howard wrote the lyrics as a personal message to Donny abut his mental health issues including paranoid schizophrenia. He hoped the song would help Donny in his journey to be released from his struggles. Donny Edward Pitts was born October 1, 1945 in Chicago and died January 13, 1979 in New York. He was raised in St. Louis by his grandmother
Alan Jackson wrote this song as a tribute to his wife Denise who he met in 1976 at a Dairy Queen. It was released in October of 2003.It was at the top of U.S. Billboard for 2 weeks and then moved to #29 on the Hot 100 list.
The video features family memories and he is dancing with his wife in the video.
It describes how love shifts and changes and not all of them are pleasant or easy. He finishes up saying there is still a lot to come for them as a couple and they will have more to cherish.
The Undisputed Truth was a group formed in 1970 by Bobby Taylor. (Motown artist)
They had 6 albums under Berry Gordy's label. Their most successful song was this one which reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. It was originally recorded by The Temptations as was these other hits of theirs:
You make your own heaven & hell right here on earth,
Papa was a rolling stone.
I loved this song as a teenager and it is still beautiful!!
Stevie Wonder is one of the best artd...one of my personal favorites!
He did amazing on this Bob Dylan classic....
In the 60s it was sung for civil rights and war in Vietnam...In the 70s it was suffering in South Africa and Watergate in the White House...In the 80s still fighting over suffering/starvation in South Africa...In the 90s it was still relevant...
He speaks of choosing who you will vote for, like today in 2024...
Vote for the one who opens his heart to bring unity to ALL people...
Green Onions was written by Booker T. Jones in 1962 at 17 years old in Memphis, Tn. It was mostly improvised inside the STAX studio and was only intended to be a jingle for a health tonic.
After release in August of 1962 the song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the soul singles chart.
This video was done in 2008 so the musicians were all older by about 50 years.
The Foundations were a British soul band, mostly active between 1967 and 1970.
Their 1967 debut single "Baby, now that I've found you" reached #1 in UK and Canada and #11 in the US.
"Build me up buttercup" reached #2 in the UK and #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
They were the first multi-racial group to have a #1 hit in the UK in the 1960ss
The Beatles began with Paul McCartney and John Lennon in 1956, George Harrison joined in 1957 with Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe.
In 1960 they became The Beatles.... Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best in 1962 and they signed a recording contract in 1962.
The Beatles first performed February of 1964 on the Ed Sullivan Show.
73 million watched which was 45.3% of households who had televisions.
Their first song "I wanna hold your hand" went to the top of Billboard Hot 100and stayed at #1 for seven weeks.
Patsy, was born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932 in Winchester, VA. and died March 5, 1963 in Camden, TN.
I really like Leann's version of Patsy Cline's hit "Crazy"
The Zombies originated from St. Albans, United Kingdom in 1961.
They had 2 hits that I liked:
1964 - She's not there
1968- Time of the season
Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr. (Junior Walker) was born June 14, 1931 and died November 23, 1995. He was a multi instrumentalist / saxophonist that led his group The All Stars...they became one of the signature Motown groups in the 1960s.
Their hit Shotgun was released in 1965, they enjoyed more hits and disbanded in 1979.
The Mamas & the Papas were an American folk rock group in the 1960s.
Their music celebrated the hippie movement, optimism and the whole make love, not war philosophy.
Their time together was scarred by drama, affairs, heartbreak, breakups, reunions and substance abuse.
They broke up in 1968, reunited to fulfill a contract obligation in 1971 by recording People Like Us then went their separate ways after that record for solo careers.
I Got you Babe was in the early stage of their career...Sonny was 35 and Cher was 19, being together since Cher was 16.
This song written by Sonny was a hit in 1965 when it sold 1 million copies in the U.S. and was #1 on the HOT 100 for 3 weeks., and was a #1 in the UK.
This live performance was in 1967 when it was released. It reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 list in January of 1967.
Baby don't Go was recorded and originally released in 1964 but after the popularity of I Got You Babe it was re-released in 1965 where it rose to #8 on U.S. pop singles hart in 1965, #11 in the UK, and #1 in Canada.
One of my favorite all time songs, hands down!
Written in 1988 by Siedah Garrett & Glen Ballard, it resonated with Michael Jackson according to his own feelings about the world.
The song centers around making a change and knowing it has to come from within each of us first.
Also, those in need and how other people are able to neglect that human need to put themselves second to help someone!
There will never be a better worl until we each take a look at ourselves in the mirror and SEE who is l
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