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James Brown, B.B. King, Lloyd Price: Eyewitness: The Black Woodstock — 22-23 September 1974

Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Q, June 2000

As Muhammad Ali and George Foreman waited to go toe-to-toe in Zaire, Don King persuaded James Brown and BB King to headline a music festival. ...

Teddy Riley, Guy: Teddy Riley: Swingin'

Interview by Steven Daly, Blitz, September 1989

A meteoric rise has seen Teddy Riley, at the age of 22, become one of theworld's most sought-after producers. ...

Brenda Lee, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs: On the Pop Scene in Detroit: Brenda Lee

Report and Interview by Loraine Alterman, Detroit Free Press, 24 March 1967

BRENDA LEE, who at age 22 has been in show business for a dozen years, is in town at the Roostertail where there'll be a ...

Ruby & the Romantics: New to the Charts: Ruby, Romantics Make It At Last!

Profile by uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 12 April 1963

'OUR DAY Will Come' couldn't be a more appropriate disc title for Ruby and the Romantics, who enter the NME Chart this week. Their record ...

Sam Cooke: Keep Movin' On (ABKCO)

Review by Ted Drozdowski, The Boston Phoenix, 14 March 2002

THE TRAGIC DEATH of Sam Cooke remains one of rock and roll's great mysteries. Cooke was shot in the wee hours of December 10, 1964, ...

Georgie Fame: After many years Georgie realises an ambition...

Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 14 August 1965

GEORGIE FAME'S latest hit ('Like We Used To Be') represents an important step forward in the career of this 22-year-old singer-bandleader-pianist-organist. It's his first composition. ...

Teddy Riley, Guy: Teddy Riley: The Life of Riley

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 10 June 1989

At 22 TEDDY RILEY is the most sought-after producer in America. His mixture of R&B and rap has created a new sound, dubbed New Jack ...

Drake, The Weeknd: Drake/The Weeknd: Manchester Arena

Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 12 March 2014

ABEL TESFAYE, aka the Weeknd, is receiving the kind of cheers you rarely hear for what is technically a support act. The fast-rising 22-year-old Toronto ...

Johnnie Taylor (1989)

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages Audio, 8 July 1989

Soul legend Johnnie Taylor tells Barney Hoskyns about his background in gospel with the Highway QCs and the Soul Stirrers, Sam Cooke, Stax Records, having hits in the disco era, and finding a new home at Malaco.

File format: mp3 File size: 20.8mb Interview length: 22 minutes 45 seconds Sound quality: ****

Chocolate Syrup: Introducing Chocolate Syrup

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 7 January 1972

1971 HAS been a remarkable year for group's names and none has been more imaginative than Chocolate Syrup, five young men who are currently enjoying ...

Billy Preston: Billy's a Natural

Profile by Richard Green, NME, 12 July 1969

IF EVER there was a "natural" for the charts, Billy Preston's 'That's The Way God Planned It' — which enters this week at No. 19 ...

Four Tops, The, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Supremes, The: Tamla's Miracles Break Through At Last!

Report by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 20 January 1968

THE FIRST of the Tamla Motown groups, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, have finally made it big in the British charts with their runaway transatlantic ...

Nile Rodgers: B-Movie Matinee (Warner Bros.)

Review by Don Waller, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 1985

RODGERS: SLY, SLICK AND WICKED ...

Alabama Shakes: Boys & Girls

Review by Martin Aston, bbc.co.uk, 10 April 2012

This Alabama outfit might be the feel-good hit of the summer festival circuit. ...

Aaliyah: The Highest, Most Exalted One: Aaliyah, 1979-2001

Obituary by Miles Marshall Lewis, The Village Voice, August 2001

THREE WEEKS BACK, I lay in a sea-salted bathtub with candles, bubbles, and headphones, listening to Aaliyah. Lamenting the state of my love life during ...

Floaters, The: The Floaters: "We're Floating along on the crest of a wave…"

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 19 July 1977

'Float On', the Floaters' disco monster was planned as an instrumental. But James Mitchell of the Detroit Emeralds dreamed the guys should ad-lib some vocals. ...

Bobby Womack: Bobby Sox It To Ya

Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 26 February 1977

"HELLO LONDON, it's Bobby Womack on the line." Hello Bobby, you friendly soul. How good to hear your voice again. ...

Four Tops, The, Supremes, The: No Mo' Motown?

Comment by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 10 August 1968

CHRIS WELCH records the demise of a chart influence ...

Hot House: Staying Power

Profile and Interview by Kathryn Flett, i-D, April 1987

IN THE TWO weeks between i-D's attempt to organise an interview with Hot House and actually getting to do it they became – such is ...

Chiffons, The, Ruby & the Romantics: Romantics and Chiffons Make Their Marks

Profile by June Harris, Disc, 4 May 1963

Five girls, four boys, two hit groups ...


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