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Patti LaBelle, Supremes, The: Supreme CINDY-ella!

Profile by Nancy Lewis, Disc and Music Echo, 23 September 1967

Reflections on the new girl in the Supremes, Cindy Birdsong, who feels so much like Cinderella... ...

Jermaine Jackson, Jackson 5, The: Let's Hear a Scream For the Jackson Five

Profile by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 17 June 1973

"Hey, Jackson Five fan! Look at all this outasight J-5 groovy good stuff you can order! Hurry! Send away today! Fast delivery! Money-back guarantee" ...

Jimmy Jones: Timin' Is The Thing

Retrospective by Penny Reel, Let It Rock, May 1975

What would have happened if you and IHadn't just happened to meet?We might have spent the rest of our livesWalking down misery street. ...

Sister Sledge: We Are Family (Entertainment)

Report by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 5 April 1980

Greatest dancer: DANNY BAKER ...

Brian McKnight: The Life of Brian

Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 25 August 1992

He sings, he writes, he plays, he's just released his debut solo album and he's only twenty-two. Wow! ...

Morris Day, Time, The: Morris Day: Purple Rain rival who almost stole Prince's thunder

Profile by Simon Price, The Independent, 26 April 2016

On screen, the lead singer of The Time played a scene-stealing version of himself as the Purple One's nemesis. But off screen, their love-hate relationship ...

Frederick Knight: Success From Out Of Left Field

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 2 June 1972

REGULAR READERS of B&S will already be more than aware of how we occasionally jump on a record right from when it becomes available in ...

Al Green: Higher Ground: Al Green Blends His Sacred and Secular Instincts When He Steps Onstage

Retrospective by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper, 17 July 2002

ALBUMS ARE NOT the only means of making great music any more than movies are the only means of doing great acting. Every time a ...

Ziggy Marley, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club: Clubbing It with the Tom Tom Club

Interview by Alan di Perna, Musician, July 1989

Chris and Tina are now in "a real band." And it's not Talking Heads. ...

Amp Fiddler, Pete Doherty, Cazals, Simon Bookish: Amp Fiddler: Jazz Café, London; Pete Doherty, Cazalz, Simon Bookish: Stunners International, Great Eastern Hotel, London

Live Review by Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 9 January 2005

I'd rather be funky than a junkie ...

Undisputed Truth, The: The Undisputed Truth: Undisputed Talent; That's The Truth!

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 28 April 1972

CERTAINLY ONE of the most impressive of 1971's many noteworthy new talents is Motown's trio, the Undisputed Truth. Though not initially discovered by him, Norman ...

Byrds, The, Marvin Gaye, Gerry & The Pacemakers, John Lee Hooker, Roy Orbison, Prince Buster, Jimmy Ruffin, Supremes, The, Jackie Trent, Olympics, The, Mantovani, Modern Jazz Quartet, The: Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston, John Lee Hooker, Byrds, Prince Buster et al Album Reviews

Review by Norman Jopling, Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 6 May 1967

Some sophisticated new Motown albums ...

Chubby Checker, Joey Dee & the Starliters: As Twist Hits the Chart Top Chubby Checker and Joey Dee Reveal How They Started To Do It — And Why!

Interview by uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 23 February 1962

C'MON EVERYBODY, let's do the twist! Did I hear someone say they don't know how to do it? That's ridiculous. Anyone can do it, I ...

Janelle Monáe, Gotye, Kimbra: Right on the Monáe: Janelle Monáe, Gotye, Kimbra

Report by Kate Mossman, New Statesman, 18 July 2012

THE FIRST RULE for writers – apply seat of pants to chair – works for musicians, too. Thirty years ago, the hairbrush and the bedroom mirror ...

Marvin Gaye: Star in the Remaking

Interview by Mick Brown, The Guardian, 21 February 1981

Marvin Gaye was Motown's blue-eyed boy of the '60s. Then, he fell dramatically. Mick Brown describes a soul man's self-searching. ...