2021 Introduction: Among the semi-finalists for induction into the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ category is Freda Payne, whose recording and performing career spans close to six decades, starting out in 1963 with a jazz album! In the early ‘70s, Freda achieved global success with hits like the timeless “Band Of Gold” and “Bring The Boys Home” and in 1976, she shared with David Nathan that it was time for a new beginning…
2021 Introduction: In celebration of Ron Isley’s 80th birthday (May 21) and The Isley Brothers’ groundbreaking album, ‘3+3’ in the running for induction into the ‘Classic Soul Album’ category in The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame, we revisit a 1977 interview by David Nathan with Ernie Isley…
2021 Introduction: Among the semi-finalists for induction into the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ category are the iconic group Shalamar. We look back to 1979, when the original line-up of Jody Watley, Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniel were experiencing a new wave of success through work with Leon Sylvers as they shared with David Nathan…
2021 Introduction: Inducted into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame in the category “Dance Music Group/Artist,” Philadelphia-based team The Trammps were riding high in August 1977 when David Nathan caught up with Harold ‘Doc’ Wade, one of the founding members of the ‘Disco Inferno’ hitmakers…
2021 Introduction: With his much-deserved induction into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in the Musical Excellence” category, the multi-talented music man Billy Preston was charting new terrain when David Nathan witnessed a live show in front of an industry audience that included Dionne Warwick and Doris Troy in London in 1972…
2021 Introduction: Legendary supergroup Earth, Wind & Fire celebrate three recent inductions into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame via popular vote online with the group’s “September” (Classic Soul Single), renowned keyboardist Larry Dunn in the “Instrumentalist/Musician” category and the group’s creator Maurice White in the ‘Producer’ category. We look back at EW&F’s journey in this 1977 in person interview with Verdine White…
2021 Introduction: With the recent induction of his classic soul album “Let’s Stay Together” into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame by popular vote online, we focus back on a 1976 in person interview conducted by David Nathan that started with an unexpected suggestion…
2021 introduction: In celebration of the anniversary of his 70th birthday, we revisit this interview, the first of what would be many that (then-future SoulMusic.com founder) David Nathan conduced over almost thirty years with Luther Vandross, emerging as an in-demand jingle and background session singer and coincidentally a neighbor of David's on W. 56th St. in Manhattan at the time the quintet known as Luther which he had created released their 1st single for Cotillion Records…
2021 Introduction: A semi-finalist up for induction into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame ‘Dance Music Artist’ category, the iconic Grace Jones literally burst onto the music scene in 1975, initially in France before captivating audiences worldwide with her unique sound and style. SoulMusic.com founder David Nathan vividly recalls his in-person encounter with her in 1977…
2021 Introduction: The iconic George Benson, inducted into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame in the category ‘Classic Soul Album’ for his international best-seller “Give Me The Night,” was a few years away from the kind of across-the-board recognition that LP brought him when he spoke with SoulMusic.com founder David Nathan in 1977 about “In Flight,” the follow-up to his breakthrough album “Breezin’”….
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