Tell Me Something Good by Rufus and Chaka Khan was written by Stevie Wonder and released in 1974. The hit single peaking at number three in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100. It was among the earliest hits to use the guitar talk box. Continue reading
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. The group’s repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco. Bad Luck (1975) the disco/R&B/pop single was a number one Disco/Dance hit for eleven weeks. The song also help establish Teddy Pendergrass as the break out artist. Richard Pryor conducted the Soul Train interview. Continue reading
Tina Turner released The Best as a highly successful single on her 1989 hit album Foreign Affair. Edgar Winter plays the saxophone solo. Continue reading
Heat Wave is a 1963 single penned by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team and made popular by the Motown group Martha and the Vandellas. It was released as a single on July 9, 1963. Continue reading
All Around the World recorded by British R&B/new jack swing recording artist Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album Affection. It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. Songwriters Stansfield, Devaney and Morris received the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The song remains Stansfield’s her biggest hit. Continue reading
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough was written in 1966 by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson prior to joining Motown. Simpson recalls “We felt like that could be our entry to Motown. Nick called it the ‘golden egg’.”The care-free, danceable, and romantic love song that became the signature duet between Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The song set the tone for a string of Ashford and Simpson hits, which many consider the crown jewels of the Motown discography. Continue reading
Reasons is a love ballad by Earth, Wind & Fire from their sixth album, That’s the Way of the World (1975). The album was the group’s most successful and contained the falsetto singing of Philip Bailey. Although it never charted Reasons has endured. The song, which was written by Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White has appeared on dozens of albums, including almost all of Earth, Wind & Fire’s greatest hits and compilation albums. Continue reading
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe is a song written, recorded, and produced by Barry White. Released as the first single from his album Can’t Get Enough in 1974. The song is a pop-soul track with lush string arrangements and a disco-influenced beat behind it. Continue reading
Summertime is a song by hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. It was released in May 1991 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Homebase. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 1992 Grammy Awards. It spent a week at number #1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart as well as reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Continue reading
My Heart Will Go On, also called the “Love Theme from Titanic”, is the main theme song to the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. The song became Celine Dion’s biggest hit, and one of the best-selling singles of all time, and was the world’s best-selling single of 1998. Due to the song’s widespread popularity it has become Dion’s signature song. Continue reading
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 