Nothing Can Come Between Us is by English band Sade from their third studio album, Stronger Than Pride. Continue reading
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11/7/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Quincy Jones feat. Tamia – You Put A Move On My Heart
Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill, a R&B artist and songwriter. was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario. In 1994, after signing a development deal with Warner Bros. Records, she was asked by producer Quincy Jones to appear on his album Q’s Jook Joint, earning her Grammy Award nominations for their collaboration on You Put Move On My Heart and Slow Jam. O&A NYC continues its weeklong homage to music legend Quincy Jones. Continue reading
11/5/24 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Sam Cooke- A Change Is Gonna Come
A Change Is Gonna Come is a song by Sam Cooke, released on December 22, 1964 by RCA Victor. Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, A Change Is Gonna Come became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement. The song is widely considered Cooke’s best composition and has been voted among the best songs ever released by various publications. In 2007, the song was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress, with the National Recording Registry deeming the song “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important.” Continue reading
9/26/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Michael McDonald – I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)
Michael McDonald was born in St Louis, Missouri. As soon as he realized his musical abilities he sought out to play in local bands in the St Louis area until he was convinced to move. Continue reading
5/16/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Donny Hathaway – The Ghetto Live 1970
The Ghetto is a socially conscious, mostly instrumental jazz-flavored anthem, released as the first single off Soul artist Donny Hathaway’s debut album,Eveything Is Everything, released as a single in 1969 on Atlantic Records. Continue reading
5/9/24 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Deniece Williams – Free • TopPop
June Deniece Williams has been described as “one of the great soul voices” by the BBC. Free was her first music video. Continue reading
3/1/24 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly
Killing Me Softly is by Roberta Flack, released on August 1, 1973, by Atlantic Records. She recorded the album with producer Joel Dorn for eighteen months.The album was dedicated to Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Continue reading
2/29/24 O&A NYC BLACK HISTORY THROWBACK THURSDAY: James Brown- Say it Loud I’m Black and Proud
Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud performed by James Brown and written with his bandleader Alfred Pee Wee Ellis was released as a two-part single in 1968. The single held the number-one spot on the R&B singles chart for six weeks, and peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.
2/22/24 O&A NYC BLACK HISTORY MONTH THROWBACK THURSDAY: If Lovin You Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right
Luther Thomas Ingram was R&B and Soul artist. His most successful record,If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don’t Want To Be Right, reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B Chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100 in 1972. Continue reading
10/19/23 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: James Brown – It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World is a song written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its title is a word play on the 1963 comedy film It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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