quarta-feira, abril 02, 2025
Serge Gainsbourg nasceu há 97 anos...
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Marcadores: Chanson française, França, funk, Jane Birkin, jazz, Je T'aime...Moi Non Plus, judeus, pop, reggae, Rock, Serge Gainsbourg
Marvin Gaye nasceu há 86 anos...
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Edwin Starr morreu há vinte e dois anos...
Born in Nashville and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he later lived in Detroit while singing for Ric-Tic and Motown Records. He was backed by the band that became known as "Black Merda". Hawkins and Veasey of the group played on most of his early hits on the Ric Tic Label. Starr's songs "Twenty-Five Miles" and "Stop the War Now" were also major successes, in 1969 and 1971 respectively. In the 1970s Starr moved to England, where he continued to produce music and resided until his death.
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00:22
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Marcadores: Contact, disco, Edwin Starr, funk, música, Rhythm and Blues, soul, soul psicadélico
terça-feira, abril 01, 2025
Marvin Gaye foi assassinado há 41 anos...
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Marcadores: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Doo-Wop, funk, Marvin Gaye, Motown, música, pop, reggae, rythm and blues, Tammi Terrell
segunda-feira, março 31, 2025
Herb Alpert celebra hoje noventa anos...!
Herb Alpert (Los Angeles, March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the Billboard 200 chart, five of which became No. 1 albums; he has had 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).
Alpert has reportedly sold 72 million records worldwide. He has received many accolades, including a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2013.
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Marcadores: funk, Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, jazz, música, pop, Rise, trompete
domingo, março 30, 2025
Saudades de Bill Withers...
Hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs
That you won't let show
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
(Call me) If you need a friend
(Call me) Call me, uhuh uhuh
(Call me) If you need a friend
(Call me) If you ever need a friend
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) If you need a friend
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me) Call me
(Call me)
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Marcadores: Bill Withers, blues, funk, Lean On Me, música, rythm and blues contemporâneo, smooth soul, soul
Música para recordar um Músico...
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Marcadores: Bill Withers, blues, funk, Let Me In Your Life, música, rythm and blues contemporâneo, smooth soul, soul
O álbum Sign o' the Times foi lançado há 38 anos...
Sign o' the Times (often stylized as Sign "☮︎" the Times) is the ninth studio album by American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. It was first released on March 30, 1987 as a double album by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album is the follow-up to Parade and is Prince's first solo album following his disbanding of the Revolution. The album's songs were largely recorded during 1986 to 1987 in sessions for releases Prince ultimately aborted: Dream Factory, the pseudonymous Camille, and finally the triple album Crystal Ball. Prince eventually compromised with label executives and shortened the length of the release to a double album.
Many of the drum sounds on Sign o' the Times came from the Linn LM-1 drum machine, and Prince used the Fairlight CMI synthesizer to replace other instruments. Minimal instrumentation is heard on the stripped-down "Sign o’ the Times", the lead single. Four songs contain higher-pitched vocals to represent Prince's alter ego "Camille". The album's music touches on a varied range of styles, including funk, soul, psychedelic pop, electro, and rock.
Sign o' the Times' release was supported by several singles, among them the socially conscious "Sign o' the Times" and "If I Was Your Girlfriend"; in addition to a well-received concert film of the same name. The album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) four months after its release. It also reached the top 10 in Austria, France, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the UK and number one in Switzerland. "Sign o' the Times", "U Got the Look" and "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" were all top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Following Prince's death in 2016, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 20.
Though not as commercially successful as Purple Rain, Sign o' the Times was Prince's most acclaimed album, being voted 1987's best album in the Pazz & Jop critics poll. Included in many lists of the greatest albums of all time, it has been appraised by many critics as Prince's best album, ahead of Purple Rain. Writing for The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Michaelangelo Matos regarded it as "the most complete example of [Prince's] artistry's breadth, and arguably the finest album of the 1980s". In 2017, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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Sign O’ the Times - Prince
Oh yeah
In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At
home there are seventeen-year-old boys and their idea of fun Is being
in a gang called The Disciples, high on crack, totin' a machine gun
Time
Time
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling off a church and killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody died
Sister killed her baby 'cause she couldn't afford to feed it
And we're sending people to the moon
In September my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he's doing horse; it's June
Time
Time
It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes
And everybody still wants to fly
Some say a man ain't happy
Unless a man truly dies
Oh, why?
Time
Time
Baby make a speech, star wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see the dawn
Time
Time
Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows up
And everybody still wants to fly
Some say man ain't happy, truly
Until a man truly dies
Oh, why?
Oh, why?
Sign o' the Times
Time
Time
Sign o' the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's too late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate, if it's a boy
Time
Time
Bill Withers morreu há cinco anos...
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Marcadores: Ain't No Sunshine, Ain't No Sunshine when She's Gone, Bill Withers, blues, funk, música, rythm and blues contemporâneo, smooth soul, soul
domingo, março 23, 2025
Chaka Khan celebra hoje setenta e dois anos
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Marcadores: blues, Chaka Khan, disco, funk, hip hop, I'm Every Woman, jazz, músico, pop, Rhythm and Blues
sábado, março 15, 2025
Sly Stone faz hoje oitenta e um anos
Sly Stone, nascido Sylvester Stewart (Dallas, 15 de março de 1944) é um dos mais importantes artistas afro-americanos. Músico, compositor e produtor, é mais conhecido pelo seu trabalho como líder dos Sly & the Family Stone, banda crucial na formação da sonoridade do soul, funk e música psicadélica das décadas de 60 e 70. O projeto Sly & the Family Stone foi iniciado em San Francisco, Califórnia.
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Marcadores: Everyday People, funk, música psicadélica, Sly and the Family Stone, Sly Stone, soul
Tim Maia morreu há vinte e sete anos...
Tim Maia, nome artístico de Sebastião Rodrigues Maia (Rio de Janeiro, 28 de setembro de 1942 - Niterói, 15 de março de 1998), foi um cantor, compositor, maestro, produtor musical, instrumentista e empresário brasileiro, responsável pela introdução do estilo soul na música popular brasileira e reconhecido mundialmente como um dos maiores ícones da música no Brasil. As suas músicas eram marcadas pela rouquidão da sua voz, sempre grave e carregada, conquistando o público e consagrando muitos sucessos.
(...)
Em 8 março de 1998, enquanto gravava um show para a televisão no Teatro Municipal de Niterói, Tim Maia se sentiu mal e foi internado com crise hipertensiva e edema pulmonar. Um quadro grave de infeção desenvolveu-se nos dias seguintes e acabou morrendo, com 55 anos, em 15 de março daquele ano, causando grande comoção no Rio de Janeiro e em todo o Brasil.
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Marcadores: baião, Bossa nova, disco, funk, MPB, música, Que Beleza, rythm and blues contemporâneo, Samba Funk, soul, Tim Maia
quarta-feira, março 12, 2025
Saudades de Lyn Collins...
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Al Jarreau nasceu há 85 anos...
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Marcadores: Al Jarreau, funk, Grammy, jazz, música, pop, Rhythm and Blues, Smooth Jazz, Take Five
Lyn Collins morreu há vinte anos...
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Saudades da voz de Al Jarreau...
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Marcadores: Al Jarreau, funk, jazz, música, pop, rythm and blues contemporâneo, Smooth Jazz, Your song
terça-feira, março 04, 2025
Glenn Hughes, o motard dos Village People, morreu há 24 anos...
He graduated in 1968 from Chaminade High School, and then attended Manhattan College, where he was initiated as a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1969. He was interested in motorcycles, and was working as a toll collector at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel when he responded to an advertisement by composer Jacques Morali seeking "macho" singers and dancers. Hughes and other members of the band were given a crash course in the synchronized dance choreography that later typified the group's live performances.
Hughes sported an extravagant horseshoe moustache and wore his trademark leather outfit on and off stage and became one of the iconic figures of the disco era. According to Jack Fritscher, Jacques Morali drew his inspiration for the character from the gay BDSM leather bar and sex club the Mineshaft's dress code. Hughes frequented the club. He was a bike fanatic in real life and kept his motorcycle parked inside his house.
In 1996, Hughes retired from the group and launched a successful New York cabaret act until he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He had been a heavy smoker since he was a teenager. He was replaced by Eric Anzalone; however, Hughes continued with management of the band. Hughes was named on People Magazine's 1979 list of 'Most Beautiful People' and appeared in the television special The Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner.
Hughes died on March 4, 2001 at his Manhattan apartment from lung cancer, aged 50. He was subsequently interred wearing his leatherman outfit at Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.
A partir da esquerda: Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Victor Willis, David Hodo e Alex Briley (foto de 1978)
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Marcadores: contemporary rhythm and blues, disco, funk, Glenn Hughes, In the Navy, música, soul, Village People
sexta-feira, fevereiro 14, 2025
Maceo Parker celebra hoje oitenta e dois anos
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08:20
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Marcadores: funk, jazz, Maceo Parker, música, Parliament, Saxofone, Shake everything you've got, soul, soul jazz
quarta-feira, fevereiro 12, 2025
Saudades de Ray Manzarek...
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Marcadores: acid rock, blues, blues-rock, funk, hard rock, jazz, música, Ray Manzarek, Riders on the storm, rock psicadélico, teclas, The Doors
Ray Manzarek, teclista dos The Doors, nasceu há 86 anos...
Raymond Daniel Manzarek (Chicago, 12 de fevereiro de 1939 - Rosenheim, 20 de maio de 2013) foi um músico dos Estados Unidos. Foi o teclista da banda de rock The Doors, de 1965 a 1973, e também a partir de 2001 (por motivos legais, chamada de Manzarek-Krieger, desde 2009).
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Marcadores: acid rock, blues, blues-rock, funk, hard rock, jazz, música, People are Strange, Ray Manzarek, rock psicadélico, teclas, The Doors