Let Me In Your Life is the twentieth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on February 25, 1974 by Atlantic Records. This was one of Aretha’s top-selling Atlantic Records albums. The album hit #1 on Billboard’s R&B albums chart and reached #14 on Billboard’s main album chart, missing the Gold standard by a […]
“Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing” is a 1968 single released by American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, on the Tamla label in 1968. Aretha Franklin remade “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing” for her 1974 album Let Me in Your Life. It was issued as the album’s third hit single that August. […]
“I’m In Love” is a 1968 song written by Bobby Womack. The song was first recorded by Wilson Pickett which gave him a top-ten R&B hit on Billboard’s chart in 1968. The version to achieve the most success came in 1974, when Aretha Franklin released it as a single. Her version hit #1 on Billboard’s […]
The Look is the seventh album by American R&B group Shalamar, released in 1983 on the SOLAR label. It is the last Shalamar album to feature the classic line-up of Jeffrey Daniel, Howard Hewett and Jody Watley, as both Daniel and Watley would leave the group shortly before its release. The album features the Grammy […]
If This Bass Could Only Talk is a 1988 album by American bass player Stanley Clarke. Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He […]
In The Dark is an album by Roy Ayers, released in 1984. Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the […]
The Clarke/Duke Project is the first collaborative album by American musicians Stanley Clarke and George Duke. It was released in 1981 through Epic Records. The main recording sessions took place at Studio D of Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California with additional recording at Le Gonks West, Westlake Studios and A&M Studios in Hollywood, California. The […]
Dianne Reeves is the third solo album by Dianne Reeves, released in 1987 Dianne Reeves (Detroit, October 23, 1956) is a GRAMMY-winning jazz singer. Commentator Scott Yanow said of her, “A logical successor to Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae. Reeves is a superior interpreter of lyrics and a skilled scat singer.” Tracks 1Â Sky Islands […]
Let Me Know You is the eighth album by Stanley Clarke. It was released in 1982. Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. He has composed music for films and television and has worked with musicians in many genres. […]
Bobby Lyle is a jazz, soul jazz, and smooth jazz pianist born March 11, 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee. However, he grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a home near the corner of Park Avenue and 32nd Street. His father, reportedly, was a sports writer for the Star Tribune newspaper. He had his first gig at […]