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Tim Eyermann was a saxophonist and for many years was the led of the jazz fusion band called East Coast Offering from Washington. He was born in Philadelphia. Tim started studying piano at the age of six and continued until he was eleven. At the age of 14 his godmother bought an album by saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. Also his great-uncle was sax player in Downey, California. For this reason he decided to study saxophone. He graduated with a B.S. in Music from Duquesne University, he also completed his Master's degree from the Peabody Conservatory in woodwinds. He worked with Count Basie, Maynard Ferguson, Julie Andrews, The Spinners and Anita Baker. In 1974, he formed a band the East Coast Offering. Tim Eyermann appeared at local clubs for years, toured the East Coast with his group, made about 10 albums and was nominated for two Grammy Awards, but he never made any success. In 1984 Tim released a self-titled album with his group on MCA Records. Tim has had three previous alb...

The Invitations were Herman Colefield, Gary Grant, Bill Morris and Bobby Rivers. They started to record in the mid 60's. Later in 1972, Lew Kirton joined in the Invitations. They recorded some songs between 1973 and 1974. These songs were released on Silver Blue Records. One of them called " Living Together Is Keeping Us Apart ". It was written by Clarence Reid and Willie James Clarke. First recording by Clarence Reid on the album " Running Water " in 1973 on Alstom Records. My copy is a promo 7 inch. Arranged by the great Bobby Martin. Produced by Bobby Martin & Joel Diamond. Joel Diamond was the owner of the label. Amazing arrangement. Enjoy it. Note: The above posted single is not played in full

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One day before Christmas I decided to present a Christmas song by Rodney Friend. This is the super rare gospel album entitled " Call Him Jesus " that I presented eight months ago. It was released on Pandora Records in 1980. It was recorded at Sound Off Studio Compton, California.  Also this album includes some Christmas songs. One of them called " The Greatest Gift ". Composed by himself. Arranged by himself. Produced by J.E.Lauderdale. Note: The above posted track is not played in full

I tried to find info about this group, but it was very difficult. The McPhersons was a family female group. They released a single entitled " Makin Music / If Forever Could Be " on Farja Records in 1981. Both of the songs were produced by George Bohanon.  Both of the songs were written by Roxanne McPherson in 1979. Roxanne McPherson (born in 1958) is the niece of Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo. She is an experienced and talented singer who has toured all around the world performing in such places as Las Vegas and in the USO tours. However on the songs the music or the lyrics must have been changed, so for this reason when it was released this 7 inch by Farja Records, on the labels mention that " Makin Music " was written by Roxanne McPherson and George Tavy. And the other song " If Forever Could Be " was written by Roxanne McPherson and George Bohanon.  Rhythm & horn arranged by George Tavy. Arranged by George Bohanon. I found that a...

Wow!!! Ladies and gentlemen, today I'm presenting one of the best albums in 2010. I decided to present this album because in a few days the year will finish. In this way I want to honour this artist and his great album. Ceasar Elloie is the "Caesar" of soul and jazz music with a great deep-voice. He was born in 1953 and raised in the city of New Orleans. As a young kid his favorite toy was his voice. Later around at the age of 14, he discovered that his mother was a clone of Aretha Franklin as she kept music playing at all times in their home. They mostly listened to Johnny Mathis, Lou Rawls, Nancy Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Otis Redding, James Brown and just everybody whose music was out there. He began to sing Mardi Grass Indian songs on street corners with the fellows. These were known as chants. As he entered High School, he was invited to sing with his first Band. This was the beginning of his love to perform in public. Later he entered Southern University at New Orle...

Joe Stubbs was the younger brother of Levi Stubbs , lead singer of The Four Tops . Joe had been lead singer with four famous soul groups. The first of these was The Falcons . Then secondly came The Contours . Thirdly with The Originals , and fourthly with Detroit legend Steve Mancha , the wonderful group on Hot Wax, One Hundred Proof Aged In Soul . After such a legendary career, he had a terrible accident with his car and he was slightly brain damaged, but still able to talk, sing, and perform, but left somewhat childlike, and innocent. He tried to return on stage and released a single in 1981 on Atkins All-Star Recording. This single called " Got to make a move " was written in 1980 as " Let's make a move " by himself, William Lanier and Claude Wilson . Claude Wilson or Clyde Wilson probably is the legendary on Northern soul scene Steve Mancha member of the groups Two Friends , The Hollidays , One Hundred Proof Aged In Soul. Produced by Curtis ...

Recenty I renewed my article about Lady Bianca. You can see here below. http://souldennis.blogspot.com/2009/01/lady-bianca-thornton.html

I remember that I bought this album some years ago for a ballad song called " I belong to you ". This song peaked  at #30 on the R&B chart in 1978 and also it was included on the album " Straight from the heart ". The Rance Allen Group is a gospel music group formed in Monroe, Michigan and based in Toledo, Ohio. The Rance Allen Group was formed in the late 60's by vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter Rance Allen with his brothers Tom Allen and Stephen Allen. They recorded many albums from 1972 until today. They signed to the Stax imprint Gospel Truth and they recorded for the Stax organization throughout the 1970s. In 1978 they released an album on Stax Records called " Straight from the heart ". It was recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley. The musicians were Gregory Levias on keyboards, Gregory Crockett and David Pruitt on guitars, Romeo Williams on bass, Kenneth Elliott on drums, Robert Zimmitti on percussion. Background vocals by ...

November 28, 2010 Yvonne Depatis-Kupka , wife of Stephen "Doc" Kupka of the Legendary Tower of Power needs a liver transplant. By Dr. Al Carlos Hernandez Herald De Paris Steve Kupka is one of the founding members of the soul band Tower of Power. TOP, The Kings of East Bay Soul have been touring the world for over 42 years bringing their brand of horn fueled furious funk and sweet soulful ballads. "Yvonne is on the California liver transplant list, seriously ill and urgently in need of this surgery. Simply put, the cost for this major surgery and post-operative care substantially exceeds her health insurance coverage and the family's resources. Major surgery shouldn't bankrupt a family or threaten to financially ruin their lives. So the Friends of Yvonne and Doc Kupka have organized this medical fund to help cover the uninsured portion of these extreme medical expenses. How You Can Help (1) Please make a PayPal donation to the medical fund: For More Inf...

Melvin Davis in studio First of all, I want to thank John "AJ"Carter for all his info . For several years many collectors and radio producers thought that Melvin Davis was the lead singer of the group called Charisma . One reason was that the voice of singer seemed with the voice of Melvin Davis. The second reason was that the record was released on Rock Mill Records, label of  Melvin Davis. In fact Charisma was a soul/funk group which was formed by Ray Green the brother of Jerry Green of the Contours who had his own version of the Contours touring Detroit from 1976-1981. The members of the group were Ray Green , Louis Carter Jr , Al Chisholm (former Contours), a gospel singer named Chris and Chris' brother named Doug .  John "AJ" Carter was collaborator and manager. Melvin Davis recorded the song " Let love in your life " in 1978 for himself, but the song didn't take off and Melvin shopped around for someone to produce it on. This song ...

Its with Lee Ritenour and Don Grusin Its  was an obscure soul jazz group from Japan.  Its  were Izumi Kimoto , Teruhisa Tohgoh and Sumie Shima . They released an album entitled " Rainbow " on JVC Records in 1980. It was recorded at Victor Studio, Sound Inn Studio, Tokyo. In this album participated some great Japanese musicians such as Masahiko Satoh on piano, Kazumi Watanabe on electric guitar. Also Kenji Ohmura on guitar, Yasuaki Shimizu on tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, Akira Okazawa on bass, Shuichi Murakami and Yuhichi Togashiki on drums and Tadaomi Anai on percussion. Kohji Hadori , Tokikazu Suyama , Takehisa Suzuki and Tetsuo Fushimi on trumpet, Eiji Arai , Yasuo Hirauchi , Sumio Okada , Tadao Taniyama , Akira Fujimoto , Katsuyuki Sugimoto on trombone, Yukihiko Nishizawa , Akira Fujiyawa , Takeshi Shinohara on flute. Strings by Ohno group. Arranged and conducted by Masahiko Satoh. Produced by Akira Taguchi. Most of the songs are c...