isaac hayes - Google Search"Theme from Shaft"
Enterprise 9038
Writer: Isaac Hayes
Producer: Isaac Hayes
Billboard Pop singles number one position
on the 20th November 1971
(2 weeks)
Friday, 9 January 2009
isaac hayes - Google Search
isaac hayes - Google Search"Theme from Shaft"
Enterprise 9038
Writer: Isaac Hayes
Producer: Isaac Hayes
Billboard Pop singles number one position
on the 20th November 1971
(2 weeks)
al green - Google Video
al green - Google Video
"Let's Stay Together"
HI 2202
Writers Willie Mitchell,
Al Green,Al Jackson
Producer Willie Mitchell
Billboard R&B Singles chart listings
at number one on the 8th January 1972 (9 Weeks)
Billboard Pop singles chart listings, peaks at number one
on the 12th February 1972
(1 week)
"Let's Stay Together"
HI 2202
Writers Willie Mitchell,
Al Green,Al Jackson
Producer Willie Mitchell
Billboard R&B Singles chart listings
at number one on the 8th January 1972 (9 Weeks)
Billboard Pop singles chart listings, peaks at number one
on the 12th February 1972
(1 week)
Did You Know
Isaac Hayes and Al Green are the only two artists of the Memphis soul music era to have achieved gold and platinum albums according to RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) during the 1970s.
Isaac Hayes first studio gold and platinum album was "Hot Buttered Soul", recorded and released in 1969. The album was number one on both the Billboard Jazz and R&B album chart listings.
Personnel on album:
- Isaac Hayes - vocals, keyboards
- Marvell Thomas - Producer, keyboards
- The Bar-Kays - Willie Hall, drums; James Alexander, bass; Michael Toles, guitar
- Al Bell - Producer, Supervising Producer
- Bill Dahl - Liner Notes
- Kate Hoddinott - Package Redesign
- Allen Jones - Producer
- Terry Manning - Engineer
- Bob Smith - Photography
- Joe Tarantino - Mastering
- Russ Terrana - Remixing
- Honeya Thompson - Art Direction
- Christopher Whorf - Cover Design
- Ed Wolfrum - Engineer, Mixing
Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" album was the first studio recording of his career to achieve gold and platinum certifications. Recorded in 1971 and released on the 31st January 1972
Personnel on album:
Rhythm Section
- Howard Grimes - drums
- Al Jackson, Jr. - drums
- Leroy Hodges - bass
- Charles Hodges - organ, piano
- Teenie Hodges - guitar
Horn Section
- Wayne Jackson - trumpet
- Andrew Love - horn, tenor saxophone
- Ed Logan - horn, tenor saxophone
- James Mitchell - bass, baritone saxophone, arrangements
- Jack Hale - trombone
Vocals
- Al Green - vocals
- Rhodes, Chalmers & Rhodes - background vocals, arrangements
Additional personnel
- Willie Mitchell - producer, engineer
- Peter Rynston - mastering engineer
- Jools DeVere - artwork
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Teddy Pendergrass multi-platinum album.
The R&B number one album featured the gold single "Close The Door" which achieved the number one position on 8th July 1978 on the Billboard R&B Single Chart listings for two weeks.
This was Pendergrass second multi-platinum album of his career.
YouTube - teddy pendergrass close the door 1979
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The Burnin' album recorded by Patti LaBelle
The gold certified album ( half million sold in America according to Record Industry Association of America) for Patti LaBelle, featuring the R&B number 2 hit single "Somebody Loves You Baby"
Listen to the Grammy Award winning track below. I personally think it is one of the best Post Philadelphia Sound recording of 1990s.
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YouTube - Patti LaBelle - Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)
YouTube - Patti LaBelle - Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)
Co-produced by Bunny Sigler and Eugene"Lampchop" Curry
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia in 1991.
It won the category of "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" at the Grammy Awards of 1992 jointly with an album by Lisa Fischer, an unusual event in the history of the Grammies.
©2008RCM Music Ltd
Co-produced by Bunny Sigler and Eugene"Lampchop" Curry
Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia in 1991.
It won the category of "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" at the Grammy Awards of 1992 jointly with an album by Lisa Fischer, an unusual event in the history of the Grammies.
©2008RCM Music Ltd
YouTube - Shirley Jones - Do You Get Enough Love
YouTube - Shirley Jones - Do You Get Enough Love
Was R&B number one for two weeks, starting 16th August 1986 on Billboard R&B Singles Chart listings.
Producers: Kenny Gamble and Bunny Sigler.
©2008RCM Music Ltd
Was R&B number one for two weeks, starting 16th August 1986 on Billboard R&B Singles Chart listings.
Producers: Kenny Gamble and Bunny Sigler.
©2008RCM Music Ltd
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- Kevin Tomlin has over 34 years of teaching experience in Jamaica, England and America, including 15 years teaching music history of black origin and visual art in South Florida, U.S.A., through Arts in Education. Tomlin created special training programmes and workshops for music teachers in South Florida schools, using music history as the foundation, to build exciting programmes of study and support materials for education professionals. Since 2000, he’s taught music history, geography, religious education, history, visual arts and performing arts at schools in Hertfordshire and Essex, at both primary and secondary levels. He conducts research and provides consultancy services for multi-media organisations, schools, recording artists, cultural and faith-based groups and entertainment professionals.