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Ann Peebles "How Strong Is A Woman" (1971)
- Length: 2:57
- Posted by: rovingeye2
From her 1971 album "Straight From The Heart" Ann Peebles (born April 27, 1947) is a singer and songwriter, best known for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s on the Hi Records label. Two of her better known songs are "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" and "I Can't Stand the Rain
Ruby And The Romantics "Our Day Will Come" (1963)
- Length: 2:30
- Posted by: rovingeye2
Ruby & The Romantics was an American early 1960s R'n'B group, frequently considered a one-hit wonder, which topped the charts once with 1963's "Our Day Will Come", written by Mort Garson and Bob Hilliard. Ruby Nash Curtis (born November 12, 1939, Akron, Ohio), the female lead of the group,...
Mulatu Astatke "Yekatit" (February) (1974)
- Length: 3:52
- Posted by: rovingeye2
Mulatu Astatke (also written Astatqé on French releases) is arguably one of the most influential and legendary musicians from Ethiopia. During the 1960s, he studied music abroad in London, Boston, and New York. He then returned home to Ethiopia armed with a love for jazz and Latin music. There...
Sergei Rachmaninoff "Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano Op 19 No.3 Andante" (1901)
- Length: 6:48
- Posted by: rovingeye2
Proformed by Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax . Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, 1 April 1873 [OS 20 March] 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical...
Mulatu Astatke "Nètsanèt" (1974)
- Length: 5:31
- Posted by: rovingeye2
Mulatu Astatke (also written Astatqé on French releases) is arguably one of the most influential and legendary musicians from Ethiopia. During the 1960s, he studied music abroad in London, Boston, and New York. He then returned home to Ethiopia armed with a love for jazz and Latin music. There...
Penny Goodwin "Too Soon you're Old" (1974)
- Length: 2:47
- Posted by: rovingeye2
From her 1974 album "Porait Of A Gemini"
Lou Rawls "Tobacco Road"
- Length: 4:13
- Posted by: rovingeye2
Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 January 6, 2006) was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game". Rawls released more than 70 albums, sold more than 40...
Cannonball Adderley "Corcovado" (Quiet Nights 1962)
- Length: 6:41
- Posted by: rovingeye2
Cannonball Adderley And The Bossa Rio Sextet. From the album Cannonball's Bossa Nova (1962) Cannonball Adderley - Alto saxophone; Sérgio Mendes - Piano; Durval Ferreira - Guitar; Octavio Bailly, Jr. - Bass Dom Um Romão - drums; Pedro Paulo - Trumpet; Paulo Moura - Alto saxophone.
Muddy Waters "Champagne & Reefer"
- Length: 4:38
- Posted by: rovingeye2
McKinley Morganfield (born April 4, 1913, Issaquena County, Mississippi; died April 30, 1983, Westmont, Illinois), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues". He is also the actual father of blues musicians Big Bill...
The Dramatics "In The Rain"
- Length: 5:10
- Posted by: rovingeye2
The Dramatics (formerly The Dynamics) were a American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1967. They are best known for their 1970s million- selling hit songs, "In the Rain" and "Whatcha See is What You Get" Ron Banks died early Thursday morning, March 4, 2010. Banks was born...