To celebrate Black History Month, I am going to feature great Black singers, dancers, actors who have stood the tests of time and the civil rights struggles they endured.
PS - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (February 22) to Spo & Someone!
Because Jimmy asked so nicely for Cleo Laine.
I hope your weekend is off to a good start, and thanks for posting all of these wonderful videos.
ReplyDeleteuneventful weekend, but WE SAW THE SUN 2 DAYS IN A ROW!
DeleteGreat music. Thanks for Cleo Laine. I adore her!
ReplyDeleteHow about all the white kids (and only white kids) dancing to the Orlons on American Bandstand!
ReplyDeleteyeah, I know. segregation was wrong, is wrong, and will always be wrong.
DeleteCleo Laine, still with us at 93. She's been around for much longer than my entire life, and has always been uniquely herself with no compromises. A true star.
ReplyDeleteSaw her live only once, some 30 years when she appeared as narrator in a performance at the Royal Albert Hall of Ben Britten's 'Noyes' Flood' - a jolly piece.
And you too have a jolly w/e, W.Q.
wow, cool story! we are hanging in there, raybeard.
DeleteYes, happy anniversary! 👏🏻
ReplyDeleteAnd some nice tunes in here! 🎵
There was a 'nightclub' in Lebanon, PA called Pushnik's that supposedly had mob connections, and it was not unusual for Count Basie to so play there.
ReplyDeleteDAMN! cool story!
DeleteDella Reese was sooooo underrated,
ReplyDeleteHave a faboosh weekend AM!
and she had a VERY distinctive song phrasing.
DeleteThanks, AM. Smooch!
ReplyDeleteanything for my friends!
DeleteCleo Laine was always a fave of mine too!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely. Agree with Bob re: Della. Thank you for the excellent tunes. Hope you are feeling well and surviving all this weather! Kizzes.
ReplyDeletesun 2 days in a row! we are supposed to hit 50F on wednesday! still plenty of snow out there to melt away.
DeleteHappy Saturday!
ReplyDeleteExcellent choices, anne marie in philly. I was inspired by you when I chose the GIF for my blog post today.
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! :)
DeleteMy father listened to many of these talented people!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a good weekend!!
we have radio station WRTI-FM, plays classical 1/2 the day, and jazz the other 1/2. I have learned about many of these artists by listening to the jazz section. if ya wanna stream the station, https://www.wrti.org
Deletekeeping you in my thoughts, dear.
OMG Anne Marie! Such a fantastic playlist! So many I didn't even know were the original singers! Funny how some of these tunes got literally whitewashed.
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of course. listen to the tune "tutti fruity" by little richard, and then by pat boone. little richard got fucked over by (white) music establishment.
DeleteGeez! I feel almost human after listening to all these wonderful songs.
ReplyDeletethat's good news indeed!
DeleteA great dance rarely happens without some Earth Wind and Fire. Thanks Anne Marie. Happy Saturday 💗
ReplyDeleteright you are, linda!
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