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Dance with My Father, by Luther Vandross

Posted by on Mar 6, 2013 in Featured, Songs | Comments Off on Dance with My Father, by Luther Vandross

I have to admit, I didn’t appreciate Luther Vandross enough while he was alive. What a smooth, pure, R&B voice he had....

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Singer: Sam Cooke

Posted by on Jul 21, 2010 in Singer | 1 comment

Smooth, distinctive, soulful. Words just don’t exist to explain the sound that Sam Cooke brought to rhythm and blues in America....

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Singer: Elvis Presley

Posted by on Jul 29, 2009 in Music, Singer | 1 comment

There’s a great line in a Paul Simon song: “Every generation throws a hero up the pop chart.” The postwar generation...

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