Gone too soon.

Michael Joseph Jackson.

August 29, 1958-June 25, 2009

 

Groove on in heaven Michael, your music will be missed.

PYT

Man in the Mirror

Baby Be Mine

You Rock My World

Human Nature

Off The Wall

Leave Me Alone

Girlfriend

Farewell My Summer Love

MJ Megamix

Thinking About You- Avant

Sight For Sore Eyes- Ohio Players

When I Close my Eyes- Shanice

It's Not A Love Thing- Geoffrey Williams

Sitting Home- Total

Wishing You Were Here- Chicago

I Apologize- Ginuwine

Cupid- 112

Groove Me- Guy

Let's Groove- Archie Bell and The Drells

If I Could Have That Day Back- Howard Hewett

I'm Not Soupped- Troop

Today was part of the 1990's New Jack Swing movement. The group formed in 1988 by Frederick Lee "Bubba" Drakeford, Larry Singletary, Wesley Adams, and Larry McCain, childhood friends from Engelwood, New Jersey. They met Teddy Riley at an anti-drug benefit and it took off from there. He introduced them to Jheryl Busby (RIP), who was on his way out at MCA and brought them to Motown. Today was promoted at the new Four Tops. Why You Gettin' Funky On Me was released in 1991 and was featured in the movie House Party. It reached #2 on the R&B charts.

 

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Switch is truly a classic R&B band. Formed in Mansfield, Ohio in 1974 under the name First Class, it featured brothers Bobby and Tommy DeBarge and Greg Williams, all of whom hailed from Grand Rapids, Michigan along with Akron, Ohio natives Phillip Ingram (brother of James Ingram), Eddie Fluellen and Jody Sims. As First Class they joined Barry White's group 'White Heat' as background musicians but were let go shortly thereafter. After that, they changed their name to Switch and were discovered by Jermaine Jackson who brought them to Motown Records. I Call Your Name was released in 1979 and peaked at #8 on the R&B chart. I love this song!

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The song Infatuation by Jamie Foxx is probably obscure to most r&b music lovers. The single was on his debut album, Peep This, released in 1994. Jamie Foxx was at the height of his television comedic career with In Living Color and I think that people had a hard time taking him seriously as a musician even though he was classically trained. Peep This was a sales flop but eleven years later he released the chart topping album, Unpredictable.

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Los Angeles Quartet Ambrosia is fused with symphonic art rock and slicky produced pop. They were discovered in 1971 by LA Philharmonic Conductor Zubin Mehta. I really like David Pack's voice and how he hits the high notes at the end of this song. Michael McDonald and James Ingram add the soul. Groove on!

I Can't Stand The Pain by Jason Weaver 1995. I'm not quite sure why this guy fell off the face of the earth because he had an amazing voice with heavy emotion. I am especially fond of this song because of the strong background vocals sung by Keith Crouch & Rahsaan Patterson. The good ole Motown 90's.

 

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Groove On in 2009! Stay tuned for new format.

You Called And Told Me- Jeff Redd

Still A Thrill- Jody Watley

Just My Luck- The Deele

Girl, Cut It Out (Remix)- Roger & Zapp

Ms. Philadelphia- Musiq Soulchild

I Don't Need It- Faith Evans

Summer Breeze (Tsuper Tsunami Mix)- Seals & Crofts

All Season- Levert

No Scrubs- Destiny's Child & TLC

Blackberry Molasses- Mista

Can You Stand The Rain- New Edition

Silently- Maxwell

According to Rolling Stone Magazine, these are all artists and or songs that are on Barack Obama's iPod.

Groove On and Vote On November 4th!

Let's Groove- Earth, Wind & Fire

Spirit In The Night- Bruce Springsteen

Overjoyed- Stevie Wonder

Impressions- John Coltrane

Dirt Off Your Shoulder- Jay-Z

Maggie's Farm- Bob Dylan

Blue In Green- Miles Davis

Money Maker- Ludacris

Gimme Shelter- The Rolling Stones

Appalachia Waltz- Yo-Yo Ma

Harmony- Elton John

Now's the Time- Charlie Parker