I’m currently working on a post to bring this blog back up to date. In the meantime, enjoy this blast from the past. Minnie Riperton released her third solo album […]
“I Used to Love H.E.R.” is a hip hop classic from rapper Common’s (then CommonSense) 1994 Resurrection album. Producer No I.D. looped very small samples from George Benson’s “The Changing […]
A few weeks ago I was listening to The Shiznit Show podcast and they posed the question “What’s your favorite song by Prince from another artist?” They’re fans of Prince […]
In 1972, Canadian band Skylark released their recording of one of the most widely covered power ballad from that era. Famed singer/songwriter and producer had put together the band Skylark […]
Before The Moments made “Love on a Two Way Street” a Billboard number one Soul Single in 1970, Lezli Valentine recorded it as the B-side to her single “The Cowards […]
I don’t know if you can really put Joy Denalane in the “Be On the LookOut” category considering she’s been recording music in English since 2006. German Soul singer Joy […]
Minnie Riperton released her third solo album in 1975, Adventures in Paradise. “Inside My Love” written by Riperton, her husband Richard Rudolph, and Leon Ware, was the first single off […]
In 1965 the British group The Animals had a top 40 hit in the US with “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, and Sol Marcus. According to […]
In 1966 Chicago native Marshall Chess set out to form a band different from the R&B, soul and gospel groups his father and uncle had on their Chess Record label. […]
In 1959 Bobby “Blue” Bland recorded a tune penned by Brook Benton that would become a blues classic. “I’ll Take Care of You” has been recorded over a dozen times by everyone […]
In the late 90s and early 2000s the musical collective Soulquarians made a big mark on hip-hop and neo-soul. In 2000 they created Common’s Like Water for Chocolate album which […]
It’s no secret that a lot of Luther Vandross’ songs are cover tunes. I (Who Have Nothing) has an interesting past and has been remade far more time then I […]
