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1961 The Oldest Boomer is 15 years old. Median Family Income $5,700 Minimum Wage: $1.15/hr. Average hourly Wage: $2.32 Dozen Eggs: 30 cents New Car: Austin Mini Cooper: $1,950 Gallon of Gasoline: 31 cents From the book BOOMERS How We Changed The World by Richard A. Jordan

Lloy Price – Stagger Lee

Aretha Franklin

Until you come back to me.

Thank you so very much for all that you have given us. We love you so very much. You helped make us who we are. You spoke to us and for us. Thank you, thank, thank you from all of the baby boomers. You made us feel like a natural person…….! Love forever.

The best soul / R & B songs of the 60s

Thank you: Percy Sledge, Ben E. King and B.B. King

CHICAGO – SATURDAY IN THE PARK (1973)

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The Bee Gees. Though remembered as the kings of disco, particularly for their association with the enormously popular soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever, the Bee Gees began as a soulful rock act, with most of their critical success coming in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their early albums, however, did not hold a candle in terms of commercial success to their late-1970s disco hits on 1977’s Saturday Night Fever, 1979’s Spirits Having Flown, and 1979’s Greatest Hits, which spent a combined thirty-one weeks at No. 1 and produced several No. 1 hits, including “How Deep Is Your Love,” “You Should Be Dancing,” “Tragedy,” “Too Much Heaven,” “Night Fever,” and what is perhaps disco’s signature song, “Stayin’ Alive.” From the book THE GREENWOOD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROCK HISTORY

The Three Degrees When Will I see you again

Chuck Jackson :Any Day Now 1965

Motown Love Songs

Marvin Gaye

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Great Sound Nils Lofgreen

1961 – Music: Stand By Me and Spanish Harlem, Ben E. King; The Writing on The Wall, Adam Wade; You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby; You Can Depend On Me, Brenda Lee; Think Twice, Brook Benton; Let’s Twist Again, and the Fly,Chubby Checker; Breakin’ In A Brand New Broken Heart, Connie Francis; Pretty Little Angel Eyes, Curtis Lee; Take Five,Dave Brubeck Quartet;

His Latest Flame and Surrender, Elvis Presley;

Let The Four Winds Blow, Fats Domino;

Mama Said, Shirelles;

Shop Around, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles; Some Day Baby, B.B. King

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When some think of old School music they think of Casey Kasem America’s Top 10 September 14, 1980 Casey Kasem

;A spin-off of Casey Kasem’s longstanding radio program, America’s Top 10 is another series collecting radio favorites into easily-digestible packages. This particular installment focuses on the singer/songwriter craze of the 1970s. While it doesn’t dig very deep, it’s packed with hits, making it suitable for the casual fan. Highlights include “It’s Too Late” from Carole King (“you were light and breezy and I knew just what to do…”); Rickie Lee Jones’ fun “Chuck E.’s in Love”; the fluttery soul of Boz Scaggs’ “Lowdown”; and Al Stewart’s odd, engulfing classic “Year of the Cat.” There are a few deep cuts, notably Phoebe Snow’s “Poetry Man,” and the slightly ragged folk of Dave Loggins’ longing “Please Come to Boston.” The booklet includes liner notes and artist photos. ~ Johnny Loftus WE LOVE OLD SCHOOL MUSIC Please enjoy Al Green being Al Green (Let’s Stay Together) 1972Al Green

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Carlos Santana The 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Dionne Warwick and Friends (Gladys Knight, Elton John, Stevie Wonder)

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Dobie Gray -Drift Away

Editorial Reviews

Just a one-disc sampling of Bacharach’s definitive three-CD box The Look of Love, this collection nonetheless captures some of the most essential of his writing collaborations with lyricist Hal David. Among them are a half-dozen of the greatest singles the two conjured for Dionne Warwick in the ’60s; from the sorrowful “Anyone Who Had a Heart” to the bittersweet “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and the savvy “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” they’re among the best examples of postwar pop. The A-1 quality only flags on the final three lugubrious tracks. The Very Best is a mostly appealing selection, but it’s hard not to feel that the title should instead appear on a full platter of Warwick classics. –Rickey Wright

The Music Of Burt Bacharach 4 CD Box Set Rare Promo 84 Tracks With Booklet 1957-1993 Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, BJ Thomas, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton, Bomb The Bass, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Chaka Khan, Changing Times, Christopher Cross, Chuck Jackson, Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, El DeBarge, Elvis Costello, Ethyl Meatplow, Gene McDaniels, Gene Pitney, Gladys Knight, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Jackie DeShannon, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne , Jerry Butler, Johnny Mathis, Lani Hall, Luther Vandross, Marty Robbins, Maureen McGovern, Melissa Manchester, Michael McDonald, Naked Eyes, Neil Diamond, Patti LaBelle, Peabo Bryson, Perry Como, Roberta Flack, Ronnie Mislap, Sally Stevens, Sandie Shaw, Sybil, The 5th Dimension, The Beatles, The Carpenters, The Drifters, The Pretenders, The Stranglers, The Stylistics, The Walker Brothers, Tom Jones

Motown Record Corp. was incorporated on April 14, 1960. Berry Gordy Jr. had founded Tamla Records on Jan. 12,1959, when he got an $800 family loan. The name came from a Debbie Reynolds movie he liked “Tammy and the Bachelor,: according to Coraleen Rawls of the Motown Museum. Motown was a combination of Motor and Town. Records were made in a studio in a house on West Grand Boulevard called Hitsville U.S.A. Today, it’s home to the Motown Museum. In 1972, Gordy moved the record company to Los Angeles. At the Michigan Chronicle’s annual Legacy in Motion gala last year, Gordy, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award, said, “Motown could not have happened anywhere but here in Detroit. There’s talent everywhere, but Detroit is special. No matter where they go, Detroiters stand out.” Among Motown’s biggest stars are Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, the Supremes, Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Marvin gay, the Temptations and the Four tops. “Motown: The Musical” opened on Broadway 53 years to the day after the record label was incorporated.

Laura Branigan – The Power of Love

OLD SCHOOL MUSIC – OH WHAT MUSIC! Hitsville USA Collection: Motown 1960S; Vol. 1 WAR –All Day Music .……………..The World Is A Ghetto………………..

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Love Makes The World Go Round OLDIES BUT GOODIES

Celine Dion – The Power Of Love (live in Memphis 1997)

SOULSVILLE USA

Frankie Lymon TV Appearances (1956-1958)

Luther Vandross

Janis Joplin – Summertime (Live -1969)

The Music THE FUNK BROTHERS -STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF MOTOWN The Funk Brothers The Funk Brothers was the nickname of Detroit, Michigan, session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972.

Check out The Funk Brothers on this Temptations’ hit “Runaway Child, Running Wild” (long version) Listen and grove.

Standing In The Shadows Of Motown: Deluxe Edition By the beginning of 1963, Gordy (Barry) had begun to see the Supremes as more than just a second-tier act on his star-studded roster. Eddie and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, Motown’s best songwriting team, were put to work making hits for the Supremes, as they had for the Marvelettes and Martha and the Vandellas. In October 1963, the Supremes had some success with the single “When the Lovelight Starts shining Through His eyes,” which made the top 100 on the rhythm and blues charts. Gordy also decided that Ross should sing all of the leads for the group. Her voice was the most unconventional and distinctive of the three; its earnest, nasal quality would make the group instantly identifiable. Although Florence and Mary still hoped to sing some leads, they were willing to go along with Gordy’s decision if it would make them famous. They were all too aware of Gordy’s formidable instinct for making hits, and if he thought Diana’s voice should stand out, then they were ready to fade into the background. Soon after Gordy made his crucial decision, the Holland-Dozier-Holland team came up with the song that would propel the Supremes into the big time once and for all. Originally written with the already popular Marvelettes, proclaimed that the song was “the most pitiful tune we’d ever heard.” The Supremes recorded the song reluctantly at first because they were not about being stuck with someone else’s leftovers. In a moment of inspiration, the Holland-Dozier-Holland production team dropped the key of the song by slowing down the tape, giving Ross’s voice a sultrier, more mature edge. When the record was actually released in June 1964, the Supremes were already on their second national tour, along with Dick Clark’s “Cavalcade of Stars,” which featured Gene Pitney, the Shirelles, and other successful acts. Before the record hit the airwaves, they were near the bottom of the bill. But around the middle of June, “Where Did Our Love Go?” shot to the top of the charts with dizzying speed. A month into the tour, the song had gone to number one and was receiving more radio airplay than any other record. From the book DIANA ROSS – ENTERTAINER by John Wyeth, Jr. Great stuff, great stuff, this little book is full of great stuff.

This is a fun and informative book. Real cool.

Gladys Knight and The Pips -Midnight Train to Georgia

Motown Gospel: In Loving Memory The O’JAYS I Love Music

BEN E. KING Stand by Me; 200

Carlos Santana

RUTH BROWN Oh What A Dream

Chuck Willis wrote “Oh, What a Dream” especially for me, and it was my favorite song, but it was Patti Page, with an identical arrangement, who got to sing it on national television. Even topical stuff like my “Mambo Baby” had a Georgia Gibbs duplicate rushed out. My label mate and good friend LaVern Baker, who joined Atlantic in ’53, suffered the same fate on her original of ” Dee”- another note-for- copy by Her Nibs Miss Gibbs. There was no pretense, either, but duplicates. Mercury actually called up Tommy Dowd on the day they were cutting “Tweedle Dee” and said, “Look,we’ve got the same arrangement, musicians and tempo, we might as well have the same sound engineer too. It was tough enough coming up with hit sounds, therefore doubly galling to see them stolen from under our noses. Few seemed to stop and question the morality of this, least of all the publishers, to whom it was a case of the more the merrier. LaVern for one did, protesting to her congressmen over her treatment at Mercury’s hands, but then as now, there was no copyright protection on arrangements. From the book: Miss Rhythm by Ruth Brown and Andrew Yule. She will talks to you. Her book will get your attention and not give it back. Real cool. Record Row Part 1 Documentary of major Chicago Soul Labels

Cool man! Record Row Part 2

The Rhythm Of My Soul: Kentucky Roots Music The sound the Beat Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich Famous Drum Battle Interstate Music, Cascio Interstate Music, Interstate Music Supply, Cascio’s Interstate Music, interstatemusic, drums, percussion instruments, guitars, keyboards, musical instruments, musician, music store, dj equipment, bass guitars, music gear, drum sets, amplifiers, microphones, speakers, recording studio, dj lighting, iPod accessories, piano keyboards, music instruments, software, drumsets, re nterstate Music, Cascio Interstate Music, Interstate Music Supply, Cascio’s Interstate Music, interstatemusic, drums, percussion instruments, guitars, keyboards, musical instruments, musician, music store, dj equipment, bass guitars, music gear, drum sets, amplifiers, microphones, speakers, recording studio, dj lighting, iPod accessories, piano keyboards, music instruments, software, drum sets

They had some spectacular stage shows and a great sound.Earth, Wind & Fire

Michael Jackson Live From the 1988 Grammy Awards

Lola Falana the exotic entertainer and actress of the 1960s and 1970s

JACKIE WILSON –Lonely Teardrops……….. THE SPINNERS Rubberband Man Stephainie Mills with Teddy Pendrgrass Feel The Fire………. Michael Jackson the 1st Annual Gold Black Award 1984 with Patti Labelle, Jeffrey Osborne, Byron Allen, Levar Burton, Linda Cotton, Andrae Crouch, Larry Graham, Al Green, Linda Green, Arsenio Hall, Herbie Hancock, Thelma Houston, Janet Jackson, Kashif, Cheryl Lynn, Ray Parker, Jr. Freda Payne, The Pips, Shalamar, Joni Sledge, Charlie Wilson, The Weathergirls, Yarbrough & Peoples, Quincy Jones, Donna Summer.

Real Cool …CHUCK BROWN and the SOUL SEARCHERS Bustin’ Loose

Chuck Brown

Ross’s live performances continued to draw massive crowds. In 1982, she did a sold-0ut show at Giants Stadium in the New Jersey Meadow lands, accompanied by jazz legend Miles Davis. Her two benefit performances in New York’s Central Park in 1983 drew close to a million fans and kicked off an extensive 45-city concert tour. Ross’s 11 shows at Radio City Music Hall the following year broke box office records, taking in $1.7 million. From the book DIANA ROSS – ENTERTAINER by John Wyeth, Jr. Great stuff, great stuff, this little book is full of great stuff. This is a fun and informative book. Real cool.

As 1969 wore on, it became clear that Ross was destined to leave the Supremes and carve out her career as a solo artist. ………………………..The show closed with the new hit, “Someday We’ll Be Together,” and finally, “The Impossible Dream.” But what may have seemed impossible in 1959 was now a reality. The audience gave the group three standing ovations, and telegrams from Ed Sullivan and the mayor of Las Vegas were read aloud. There were many tearful good-byes, as Berry Gordy mounted the stage to bid farewell to the trio that had helped to put Motown on the map. Finally, Jean Terrell, the new lead singer for the Supremes, was introduced. And then it was all over. Just three months shy ofher 26^th birthday, Diana Ross was on her own. From the book Diana Ross Entertainer by John Wyeth, Jr. This book is a great read, real page turner. Real cool.

B.B.King & Friends – Night Of Blistering Blues (1987) Editorial Reviews NTSC/Region 0. Limited edition DVD/CD combo! Blues legend B.B. King is joined by some of his musical friends in this 1987 live performance. Joining the guitarist on stage during the course of this electrifying 11 song show are Gladys Knight, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Etta James, Dr. John, Billie Ocean, Chaka Khan, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert King, Paul Butterfield and more. Both the DVD and bonus CD feature the same tracks. Immortal. B.B. KING

John Lee Hooker

THE BLUES“I got a history long here to London, England, and back again. I got so much to tell, and so much to write about.” The voice is that of John Lee Hooker, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper and sometime preacher, the Delta bluesman who made his music he ministry to the world. Hooker’s odyssey from Mississippi to San Francisco, from the 1948 blues anthem “Boogie Chillen” to the chart-busting, Grammy-winning album The Healer nearly a half-century later, is the record of an American journey. “I was born with the blues,” explains Hooker. He means this in every way possible; he was born the year the first blues record was commercially released. “When I die, they’ll bury the blues with me. But the blues will never die.”Acclaimed writer Charles Shaar Murray’s Boogie Man is the authorized and authoritative biography of an extraordinary musician. Murray was given unparalleled access to Hooker, and he lets the man from Clarksdale, Mississippi, tell his own story. “Everything you read on the album covers is not true, and every album cover reads different,” he told Murray. Murray helps Hooker set the record straight, disentangling the myths and legends from truths so rock-ribbed that we understand, as if for the first time, why they have provided the source for a lifetime of unforgettable sound. Murray weaves together Hooker’s life and music to reveal their indissoluble bonds, Yet Boogie Man is far more than merely an accomplished and brilliant biography of one man; it gives an account of an entire art form. Though grounded in a time and place in American culture, the blues are universal, and in the hands of the greatest practitioners its power resides in the miracle of using despair to transcend it “The preacher’s mantle,” Murray tells us, “passes to the bluesman.” This bluesman traveled a hard road out of the American south, from obscurity to adulation and back—and back again. John Lee Hooker has seen it all and sung it all, and his music is both a living legacy and an American treasure. Here is the book that does him and his music full justice. From the book BOOGIE MAN by Charles Shaar Murray A great story, great read, great writing; about a great artist, this is a great book, real cool.

Blues Documentary Red, White and Blue Patti LaBelle & Luther & Luther Vandross

THE JACKSON 5 Dancing Machine…THE TEMPTATIONS The Way You Do The Things You Do; Papa Was A Rolling Stone …Janis Joplin Down On Me; Summertime…Al GREEN Let’s Get Married; Here I Am Come and Take Me…Barry White You’re The First, The Last My Everything….Barry Manilow…Mandy….Marvin Gaye What’s Going On…Joe Cocker You Are So Beautiful…GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS…..Midnight Train To Georgia

Average White Band – Pick Up The Pieces The OHIO PLAYERS-Fire OH THAT MUSIC

STEVIE WONDER AND DIANNA ROSS

Judy Garland and Lena Horne

The remarkable beauty and talent of Lena Horne made her an immediate star in the 1940. She was a pinup girl for Black GIs during World War II. In 1944, the star of Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather made history, becoming the first Black actress to grace the cover of a movie magazine…..Ebony Magazine Lena Horne appeared in (1978) the movie The Wiz and sang the song “If You Believe”.

“If I arrive at the pearly gates and St. Peter said, what did you do to deserve entry? I’d just say, did you see my Lena Horne story?” ..Ed Bradley

THE COMMODORES WITH LIONEL RICHIE Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Marvin Gaye The Temptations – My Girl (1965)

That Sound That Performer

Roger Williams EVA CASSIDY AUTUMN

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

“Happiness is a matter of your own doing. You can be happy or you can be unhappy It’s just according to the way you look at things”. Walt Disney

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