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YouTuber Adam Emond has carved out a precise little niche for himself on the channel.  He takes popular songs and re-edits the track – so that the second and fourth beats in each song are swapped. You may need to go to your medicine cabinet and break out the Excedrin.  This may hurt. In doing…

I don’t know what caused it – rock and roll / gospel musicals on Broadway, or the blending of R&B and gospel on the radio – but for a decent period of time, we had plenty of rock and roll / R&B gospel songs preaching the word of the Lord on our Top 40 radio…

You would have to be a really dedicated fan of early 1980’s club music to know about Garfield Fleming.  Fleming was a former member of the legendary soul group The Delfonics, joining the group after their early 1970’s hits – but taking part in some successful tours with the group. In 1981, Fleming recorded a…

Every so often, I’ll come across an online streaming radio station that will have plenty of classic oldies on it.  And then, all of a sudden, there will be a track that I’ve never heard before – but it sounds totally awesome.  Now if the streaming radio station doesn’t announce the title or the artist,…

I want to share this little track with you.  It’s a 1961 doo-wop track by a Chicago-based group, the Dukays, with lead singer Eugene Dixon. “The Girl’s a Devil” earned the Dukays a contract with the tiny Nat record label, and eventually the Dukays went back in the studio to record sides for future singles. …

You might hear this song once in a while on your oldies radio station, or maybe it’ll sneak in on your Pandora stream if the settings are just right.  But for nearly sixty years, this track has evolved and grown, its influence has spread around the world, and even today the song is referenced by…

A while back, I did a K-Chuck Radio segment on artists who had NO BUSINESS WHATSOEVER trying to cover Motown songs. So let’s go back to that well… And see who would DARE attempt to try to cover songs from the Beatles catalog. First off, it’s difficult enough to cover the Beatles and to do…

At one point in time, he was lauded as a major star by David Bowie and by John Lennon.  His voice was part of major movie themes.  Even today, his songs are used in commercials. But as the old saying goes, he’s so famous you don’t even remember him. I’m talking about Harry Nilsson.  The…

Last night, I enjoyed a date night where we watched a Lifetime movie.  The movie was a two-hour recap of singer Olivia Newton-John’s life and career, starring Australian singer Delta Goodrem as Olivia.  And although parts of the movie were quite interesting, there were times when the story seemed rushed – character introduced in Olivia’s…