SoulMusic.com founder David Nathan offers personal reflections on 2020, with music as an antidote to lockdown, loneliness and turbulent times and essential for lifting the spirit... Talkin' Esther Phillips, Aretha, Dionne...as well as three films that truly moved me....
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(Ollie and Jerry)
2 months ago
The duo never recorded a studio album, but had a top 10 hit in 1984.

(Soul Train via Getty Images)
2 months ago
The "Soul Train" dance legend starred in both "Breakin'" movies and toured with Madonna.

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2 months ago
The Starchild recalls seeing Otis live in concert.

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With Yuletide musical nods to The Temptations, our Motown columnist Sharon Davis continues a review of the label's 1977 album output and shares about a new collection of performances by longtime Motown champion, Dusty Springfield and more...

David Redfern/Redferns
2 months 2 weeks ago
A salute to The Temptations' high-voiced hero.

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A 1980 reworking of the legendary Doris Troy's original 1963 classic, "What'cha Gonna Do About It" featuring the popular funk band Mystic Merlin eemained unreleased for almost forty years until 2018 when SuperDiscoEdits licensed the track for release as a limited edition vinyl 12" single (now out of print). Making its digital debut via Warners/X5 with a bonus track...

(Gems/Redferns)
2 months 2 weeks ago
The classic peaked at #2 behind Pink Floyd.
