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Singer Gwen McCrae has died at age 81. McCrae came to be known to the public in the ’70s when her single “Rockin’ Chair’ topped the soul charts. She started her career as a teenager singing in clubs around her native Pensacola, Florida. The singing partnership she formed with herContinue Reading

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[youtube id=”NLTAn6ltUi0″] Gwen McCrae’s 1981 “Funky Sensation” was the result of her brief stay involvement in dance music and a two-album contract with Atlantic Records. Songwriter/producer Kenton Nix was already having success in dance music with Taana Gardner when he wrote “Funky Sensation.” McCrae’s first time with national success happenedContinue Reading

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