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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. ...
Kool and the Gang: Kool & The Gang
Interview by William Shaw, Smash Hits, 19 November 1986
They're one of the most successful disco bands ever! They make pots and pots of money! They used to beat up paint cans! They're useless ...
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 ...
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: ****
Interview by Cliff White, Rock's Backpages Audio, Summer 1976
Howard E. Scott and Harold Ray Brown of the funk formation War on their two-year recording hiatus; collaboration with harmonica player Lee Oskar; commercial success versus be-your-natural-self approach; the American economic ethos: investment versus bank savings, capitalist society and its effect on War, and the dreams and myths it triggers; the necessity of cooling your mind on tour, and Baptism and salvation.
File format: mp3; file size: 79.5mb, interview length: 1h 22' 47" sound quality: ***
Natalie Cole, Nat King Cole: Natalie Cole: Why Natalie cries on stage
Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 4 February 1978
NATALIE COLE is still talking about her last visit to Britain — how she nearly picked up an English accent, how she went into the ...
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. ...
Junior Walker & the All Stars: Top Tunes: Junior Walker's 'Shotgun' Is His First Big Hit
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 27 February 1965
JUNIOR WALKER and the All Stars can thank a couple of teenagers from Benton Harbor, Mich., for the inspiration that's led to their first major ...
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Temptations, The: The Temptations: Hit Was Written in a Car
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 6 March 1964
IT TOOK the help of a "miracle" for the Temptations to come up with their first big hit, 'The Way You Do the Things You ...
Impressions, The: Top Tunes: The Impressions
Interview by Ronnie Oberman, Evening Star, The (Washington DC), 7 November 1964
WHOEVER CAME up with the advertising slogan, "often imitated but never duplicated," must have been thinking about the Impressions. ...
Interview by Ian Gittins, Q, August 2001
He was discovered at 14 by Puff Daddy, wants to move like Fred Astaire, sing like Michael Jackson and talk like the Fonz. He sold ...
Gloria Gaynor: The First Lady of Disco
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 7 November 1978
Although she may not have been scoring as consistently on the charts in recent times, Ms. Gloria gaynor — the acknowledged "Queen of Disco" — ...
Gene Pitney, Supremes, The: Gene Pitney's 72 Days With The Supremes
Interview by Ian Dove, NME, 2 October 1964
GENE PITNEY recently took a bus journey with the Supremes. They shared front seat views — FOR 72 DAYS AND OVER 30,000 MILES. Gene, who ...
Holland, Dozier, Holland: This Song Team Wrote 7 Million-Sellers On The Trot!
Interview by Ritchie Yorke, New Musical Express, 15 November 1969
No. 2 IN THE LP CHART THIS WEEK IS MOTOWN CHART BUSTERS, VOL 3. THREE HITS ON THIS ALBUM WERE BY HOLLAND DOZIER HOLLAND ...
Jackie Wilson: "I'm a singer not a writer," says Jackie Wilson
Interview by Robin Katz, Sounds, 7 June 1975
'JACKIE Wilson Said' is a song by Van Morrison from the St. Dominic's Preview album. Jackie Wilson said he hasn't met Van Morrison yet to ...
Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 9 August 1980
PAUL SEXTON gets worn out by ODYSSEY. ...
Etta James: Her Voice Can Get A Hold On You
Interview by Don Waller, Los Angeles Times, 26 October 1985
"WHAT'S HAPPENING now is that all the kids who grew up listening to me on their transistor radios in the '50s and '60s are now ...
Interview by Stuart Bailie, Record Mirror, 12 September 1987
Hot House are only on their second single, yet they already possess a soulful maturity and an "emotionally intense" singer who's been compared to Aretha ...
Mary J. Blige: Mary J Blige: From the Bronx to the Big Time
Interview by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 18 November 1997
Caroline Sullivan has an audience with Mary J Blige, queen of hip hop soul ...
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