We’ve nearly made the full circle of the Astrological year, and nearly have as many mixes covering the sun signs as well. For your latest installment we have the Air Sign depicting the water bearer. There you have Aquarius in a nutshell. A Fixed flow of non-sense? No (I think). More like the constant flow…
Tag: Sam Cooke
Man Crushes and Masturbatory Materials: 36 + Faces of Sixties Soul
I do realize when I pull together these mixes that aren’t themed around Astrology, CIS-gendered vintage men kinda get the short end of the stick. It comes from my place that in the terms of music history, women in general don’t get anywhere near the equal coverage in their monumental role in shaping our pop…
Sam Cooke “Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha” (Keen 3-2018, R&B #2, Pop #31, 1959)
Sam Cooke “Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha” (Keen 3-2018, R&B #2, Pop #31, 1959) It’s weird, as a non-baby boomer to think some of our legends have more than a half century old legacy. Sam Cooke crossed from Gospel to Secular Music 59 years ago this Spring, and by 1959, the handsome Crooner at…
Mel Carter “When A Boy Falls In Love” (Derby 1003, R&B#30 Pop #44, 1963)
Mel Carter “When A Boy Falls In Love” (Derby 1003, R&B#30 Pop #44, 1963) The dewy eyed freshness of this Sam Cooke composition perhaps may have not been what Sam himself was after in the middle of 1963. Pushing towards more aggressive tones in his music as he pushed, unknowingly, towards the end of his…
