Archive for June 7th, 2009

Happy Birthday Prince!

June 7, 2009

It’s been 31 years since Prince let us know that he is the heir apparent to James, Little Richard, Sly, Jimi and George. The son of jazz musicians Prince grew-up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He started playing at a young age and by the time he was a teen he was living in Andre Cymone’s basement [...]

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Throwback:Bobby Womack-You’re Welcome, Stop On By

June 7, 2009

Bobby Womack is from Cleveland, Ohio and he started his career in the early ’60′s singing with his siblings in their gospel group The Womack Brothers. When Sam Cooke discovered them he convinced them to do secular music something he also encouraged Aretha Franklin to do as well. The band was renamed The Valentinos and [...]

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