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I will be away on holidays. Next post on August 20.

I opened this blog three years ago. Today it's the third anniversary. All the posts on my blog come from my personal collection . Yes, believe it or not all my articles come from my personal collection . First of all, I wanna thank especially all the visitors from my blog. I would like to thank some special people and friends who helped me last year. Ron Henderson Jr. on stage Special thanks goes to Ron Henderson Jr. (guitarist, producer, songwriter, the son of Ron Henderson Sr. who became known in the 70s with the group Ron Henderson & Choice of Colour) for his help to me on my article about Barry Duke . Alan Kaufman I would like to thank Alan Kaufman for his info about Barry Duke  and Terri Gore's album . I want to mention that Alan Kaufman was also producer on the albums, The Fabulous Kays' entitled " Deep in the night " in 1983 and Terri Gore's entitled " Movin on " in 1984. Also special thanks goes to Ceasar Elloie for all...

Freddie Gorman was born in Detroit in 1939 and in my opinion was one of the best singers of his time. Of course he was a great composer who wrote songs for The Beatles, The Carpenters, Marvin Gaye, The Marvellettes, The Supremes, Diana Ross and others. He was part of the original Holland/Dozier/Gorman writing team and also sang on numerous songs for Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr and many others. He was also a longtime member of the group The Originals.  In 1977 he left the group to pursue a solo career. In 1980 he released a single " Love has seen us through  / Alive again " on Rene Records. As I remember when I heard the song " Love has seen us through " on the forum " soul-source " some years ago, I said oh my god and I started listening to it non stop. Composed by L.Harrington, P.Harrington, Freddie Gorman. Arranged by Hense Powell. Produced by himself. Composed by E.Croom, L.Harrington and Freddie Gorman. Arran...

Reverend T.L.Devlin in fact is no other than Thomas L.Devlin who released a vinyl 45 " The love in me " in 1978 under the name of Shae' Devlin on Sha' Fue Records. I presented this single one year ago on this blog. This black gospel album called " The Unique " was recorded live at Divine Shepherd Baptiste Church of Philadelphia. It was released on Sha' Fue Records in 1978. Produced by Mike Bennett and Dave Wilson. Note: The above posted track is not played in full

Jerry Butler is a famous American singer. He is also the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group called The Impressions. He did many duets in his career with Brenda Lee Eager, Betty Everett, Dee Dee Sharp, Thelma Houston, Debra Henry, Patti Austin and others. Today I'm presenting another duet alongside Theresa Davis . Theresa Davis did her first studio backup recording at the age of 15 at Paul Sarano's first studio in Chicago. Theresa was a member of the famous group The Emotions. Theresa replaced the eldest sister of the group. She was with that group for four years, and recorded three albums with them. When the sister decided she wanted to return to the group, Theresa left to pursue solo career. She has done vocals for Otis Clay, Tyrone Davis, Billy Price, Gene Chandler, Syl Johnson, Walter Jackson, Corky McClerkin, Ramsey Lewis, Gregory Bibb, Brian Culbertson, and many others. Theresa Davis alongside Jerry Butler released a single entitled "...

One month ago I presented the group called The Longo Brothers and the single entitled " Looking for love ". Today I'm presenting one more single entitled " Manhattan / Nightwalk " on People City Music in 1983. Both of these tracks are instrumental. Composed by Frank and Larry Longo. Produced by The Longo Brothers. Composed by Frank and Larry Longo. Produced by The Longo Brothers. Note: The above posted tracks are not played in full

Together featuring Jeff Morrow was an obscure group which released a single entitled " It's you / You're the one for me " on Together Records in 1983. Jeff has been one of the top studio vocalists and voice-over artists in Chicago for the past 20 years. He is a graduate of Valparaiso University, with a degree in vocal music. He spent 6 years as a music teacher in Hammond, Indiana, while playing in various local bands. As a session singer, arranger and contractor, Jeff has worked on numerous gold and platinum albums with artists such as: Ramsey Lewis, Brian Culbertson, Peter Cetera, Mavis Staples, R Kelly, Céline Dion, Richard Marx, Jay-Z, Ruben Studdard, Dennis De Young, Michael Bolton, LaShell Griffin and many more. Today, Jeff works as a singer, arranger, producer, voice-over artist and vocal contractor. He has sung on over 5,000 TV and radio commercials, and has done voice-overs on over 2,000 commercials. Composed and produced by Jeff Morrow. Vocals by Jeff Mo...

“ Little Darlin ” was written by Maurice Williams, lead singer of the Gladiolas. Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs were an American doo-wop/R&B vocal group, active during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Originally The (Royal) Charms, the band changed its name to The Gladiolas in 1957 and The Excellos in 1958, before finally settling on "The Zodiacs" in 1959. The song " Little Darlin '" was a #11 hit on the R&B chart in 1957, but did not break the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. However, when the song was covered by the Canadian group The Diamonds, it moved up to #2. Phil Copeland Today I'm presenting one more version from this famous song by Phil Copeland. Phil Copeland is a singer, producer and composer who has composed over 400 cues. Phil won consecutive Emmy awards in 2001 and 2002 for work he produced for ESPN Classic’s “ SportsCentury ”. He also won an Emmy Award for composing the theme song for “ The Guiding Light ”. He first achieved ...

Cheryl Ingram is a singer of Christian Contemporary Music. She is also a teacher, pastor and preacher. She and her husband, Steve Ingram founded and pastored the Word of Faith Family Church in Daytona Beach, Florida for several years. She released three albums entitled " Living in your love " in 1983 on Sozo Records, " Follow the light " in 1987 on Int'l Recording Corp and " Stir it up " in 1988 on IMI Records respectively. She started her professional career in the late 70s with the group Alpenglow. In the early 80s, she participated as a backing vocalist on the  Bob Thompson  album entitled " Each one reach one " in 1982 on Rainbow Sound. In the same year, she and her husband Steve Ingram formed the gospel group Sonrise . They released an album on Sozo Records. The album was entitled " Worship Hip ". I want to underline that they collaborated with the bassist and singer of gospel music, Ira Watson . He wrote and co-wrote two ...

Six months ago, I presented Tim Eyermann and his band called East Coast Offering. I had the pleasure to present the masterpiece entitled " Don't take your love away " from the self-titled album which was released in 1984. Today I'm presenting you an album called " Walkin' with you " which was released in 1985 on MCA Records. It was recorded at Bias Studio, Springfield, Virginia. It was a surprise when I noticed the participation of the great Al Johnson on the album. Al Johnson helped Tim Eyermann on the album as an arranger. Not for all but for only the songs entitled " Hell to heaven " and " Catherine ". Strings for these tracks by Kim Miller, Peter Tramontana, Jane Stewart, David Hardy, Keith Fleming, Carol Hayes, Malcolm Russ, Cynthia Mauney, Steve Romer and Bruce Myers. Clint Holmes " Hell to heaven " is a great classic ballad which was written by Clint Holmes and Peter McCann. Tim Eyermann with his sax accomp...