"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" is a song written and performed by #VanMorrison and featured as the opening track on his sixth studio album, #SaintDominicsPreview. It was released by #WarnerBros in July 1972 as the first of three singles from the album and charted at number sixty-one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Both the music and lyrics are inspired by #rhythmAndBlues singer #JackieWilson and his song "#ReetPetite".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1vAQM4W02E
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"Cool Jerk" is a 1966 #rhythmAndBlues song written by Donald Storball and originally performed by #theCapitols. It became a hit song in the United States and Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9nOCOjukQ
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Smooth!
Don't think I'd heard of Ivory Joe Hunter, thanks!
Just looked him up: Rhythm and blues singer/songwriter (and, inevitably, pianist) ... lived 1914-1974 ... The Baron of Boogie ... wrote over 7,000 songs.
Maybe most memorable factoid: "Ivory Joe" was his real name; at birth, his parents said he "looked just like the baby on the outside of the Castoria Ivory bottle." (Apparently a children's laxative?)
"Here We Go Again" is a #countryMusic #standard written by #DonLanier and #RedSteagall that first became notable as a #rhythmAndBlues single by Ray Charles from his 1967 album #RayCharlesInvitesYouToListen. It was produced by Joe Adams for #ABCRecords/#TangerineRecords. To date, this version of the song has been the biggest commercial success, spending twelve consecutive weeks on the US #Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 15.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WAFOoebp-E
"The Seventh Son" (also listed as "Seventh Son") is a #rhythmAndBlues song written by #WillieDixon. The title refers to the #seventhSonOfASeventhSon of folklore, which Dixon referenced previously in his "#HoochieCoochieMan". The lyrics include:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc0ye-LJAdE
Song: Aint No Mountain High Enough
Artists: Tammi Terrel & Marvin Gaye
Album: United
Year: 1967
Country: USA
Fleetwood Mac - Mr. Wonderful
1968 UK Blue Horizon #vinyl #music
#RhythmAndBlues
Song: Controversy
Artist: Prince
Album: Controversy
Year: 1981
Country: USA
"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" is a song written and performed by #VanMorrison and featured as the opening track on his sixth studio album, #SaintDominicsPreview. It was released by #WarnerBros in July 1972 as the first of three singles from the album and charted at number sixty-one on the US Billboard Hot 100. Both the music and lyrics are inspired by #rhythmAndBlues singer #JackieWilson and his song "#ReetPetite".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY0_1VN7h8c
"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 song written by #ChuckBerry, originally released on #ChessRecords, with "Drifting Heart" as the #Bside. The lyrics of the song mention #rockAndRoll and the desire for #rhythmAndBlues to be as respected as #classicalMusic. The song has been #covered by many other artists, including the #RollingStones and #TheBeatles (both in 1963). Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 97 on its 2004 list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvcROx4cxng
"So Very Hard to Go" is a #torchSong performed by American #rhythmAndBlues band #TowerOfPower, issued as the second #single from their eponymous third album. It was produced by the band and written by band members Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka, with #LennyWilliams performing the vocals. The song is the band's biggest hit to date in the United States, peaking at No. 17 on the #Hot100 on 28 July 1973 and No. 4 on #KHJ on 31 July 1973.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9BRqGpppJw
"Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by #BobCrewe and #BobGaudio and originally recorded by #theFourSeasons. It hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 on November 17, 1962, and, like its predecessor "#Sherry", spent five weeks in the top position but never ranked in the Billboard year-end charts of 1962 or 1963. The song also made it to number one, for three weeks, on Billboard's #RhythmAndBlues survey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzpXuRCBgsM
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Professor Longhair combined musical influences in the 1940s, creating exciting music with his piano virtuosity while building the foundation of #funk music in #NewOrleans. Influenced many, like Dr. John. More of his songs and info later in this seasonal thread.
"Black or white, local or out-of-town, they all had Longhair's music in common. Just that mambo-rhumba boogie thing."
— Allen Toussaint
Flowing piano riffs over percussive horn section. You know how to whistle don't you?
BIG CHIEF
- Professor Longhair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wAMr3V5lN4
#MardiGras #NOLA #MardiGras2025 #Carnival #RhythmAndBlues #BoogieWoogie #BlackHistoryMonth
"Love Is Strange" is a #crossover hit by American #rhythmAndBlues duet #MickeyAndSylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the #Groove record label. The song was based on a guitar #riff by #JodyWilliams and was written by #BoDiddley under the name of his wife at the time, Ethel Smith; it was recorded by Bo and #BuddyHolly, among others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS_0ER1TAkY
From what I've heard, there's really nothing in this #Prince documentary that we didn't already know. Folks who've seen it say it's nothing like the "hatchet job" that the estate wants you to believe it is. But sounds like the estate just wants another bland hagiography. Meh! 
#Music #Funk #RhythmAndBlues #RockAndRoll #Minneapolis https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/07/prince-estate-blocks-release-of-netflix-documentary-by-oscar-winning-director-ezra-edelman
The Guardian · Prince estate blocks release of Netflix documentary by Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman
Song: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Artist: Nat King Cole
Year: 1946
Country: USA
"Walking in Rhythm" is a smooth #rhythmAndBlues and #jazz song by #theBlackbyrds. It tells the tale of a man who is passionate about getting back home to his female companion. The song charted in March 1975 and reached number six on the US #Billboard #Hot100 and number twenty three on the #UKSinglesChart in June. The tune was similarly well accepted by soft rock stations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxg-a8a2UuY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ar-fHMwm_A
The Crests "Trouble in Paradise"