Timed to celebrated the June 3rd birthday of Deniece Williams, one of our 2021 SoulMusic Hall Of Fame Lifetime Achievement Awardees, SoulMusic Records presents "Free - The Columbia / Arc Recordings 1976-1988," an 8CD box set due for release at the end of this month...
2021 Introduction: Inducted into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame in May, veteran soul man William Bell created classic recordings during his years with Stax in the ‘60s and early ‘70s including international pop/R&B hit duets with the late Judy Clay. David Nathan met up with him in 1977 for an in person conversation as the single “Trying To Love Two” headed for No. 1 on the US R&B charts and gold record status…
2021 Introduction: Gloria Gaynor’s May 2021 induction into The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame in the category ‘Dance Music Artist’ provides an opportunity to go back in time to one of the first interviews the now-iconic-then-newcomer gave in 1974 to David Nathan as the genre known as disco began to take hold globally…
Our Motown resident expert Sharon Davis takes a look at "Soul In Print," a new UK book that traces the history of the many fanzines and publications run by ardent British R&B enthusiasts starting in the '60s that proved invaluable in providing info about Motown and other soul music artists...
2021 Introduction: In celebration of the 77th birthday of the legendary Gladys Knight, a SoulMusic Hall Of Fame inductee and the inclusion of Gladys & The Pips (2013 Lifetime Achievement inductees) into the list of semi-finalists for the ‘Motown’ category in the May round of voting for The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame, we revisit this in-person interview by David Nathan with Gladys along with a show review from November 1971 at The London Palladium…
SoulMusic Records is proud to present a 3-CD deluxe box set consisting of the two albums the group cut for Warner Brothers, 1987’s ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE, the 1989 set WE’RE MOVIN’ ON and LOVE CRAZY, a third LP recorded for the Warners’ imprint, Reprise Records in 1991, all with primary production by David & Wayne Lewis, and co-production by Jonathan Lewis. Released May 28th, 2021
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…
The band's sixth album kicked off their hot streak.
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