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Some Tuesday Love: “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” from the Album, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: Live at ‘The Club’,” Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and His Quintet, Featuring Joe Zawinul, 1966

• July 9, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, African American History, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, History, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Love, Miles Davis, Music, Ray Charles, Stroke, Weather Report
Tags: "Mercy Mercy Mercy", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Buckinghams, Cannonball Adderley, Club DeLisa, Electric Piano, Fusion, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Joe Zawinul, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Julian Edwin Adderley, Mercy, Miles Davis, New York, Ray Charles, Roy McCurdy, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Wayne Shorter, Wurlitzer Electric Piano

Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month

• February 18, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Gwen Ifill, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Valerie Simpson, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Ashford, Ashford and Simpson, Berry Gordy, Black History Month, Black Women, Blacks, Brother Ray, Celebrity Deaths, Death, Gwen Ifill, Interview, Love, Love Songs, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Nickolas Ashford, Passing, Public Television, Ray Charles, Simpson, Tammi Terrell, Teddy Pendergrass, The Eighties, The Seventies, Tivos, Valerie Simpson, W, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television

Christmas Songs: Ray Charles and Betty Carter, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” 1961

• December 1, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Betty Carter, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Japan, Love, Ray Charles, Women
Tags: "Baby It's Cold Outside", "Neptune's Daughter", Academy Award for Best Original Song, African Americans, Betty Carter, Betty Garrett, Billboard Top 100, Black Women, Blacks, Christmas Songs, Cold, Comic Relief, Cult Appeal, Cult Status, Duets, Esther Williams, Excuses, Frank Loesser, Golden Age of Warner Bros. Cartoons, Holiday, Japan, Jazz, Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Mouse, New York, Ray Charles, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Sex, Snow, Synchronized Swimming, Temptation, United States, Wolf, Wolf Call, Wolf Whistle

The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)

• August 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Ashford and Simpson, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, Asia Ashford, Associated Press, Baptists, Berry Gordy, Bryant Park, Cancer, Dance, Dancer, Facebook, Gospel, Marvin Gaye, Motown, New York City, New York Times, Nickolas Ashford, Nicole Ashford, Park Benches, Pop Music, R&B, Ray Charles, Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand), Scepter Records, Singers, Songwriters, Soul Music, Tammi Terrell, The Black Church, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Sugar Bar, Theatre District, Throat Cancer, Twitter, Valerie Simpson, White Rock Baptist Church, Whitney Houston, Your Precious Love

No Big Whoop: Oprah Has a Half Sister, But What Does It Really Mean?

• January 24, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drug Overdoses, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Oprah Winfrey, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "It's a Hard Knock Life", "Katherine the Great", "The National Enquirer", "Tricky Dick", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Beauty Queen, Black Women, Blacks, Brand, Brand Name, Branding, Celebrities, Child Out of Wedlock, Children, Deborah Davis, DNA Analysis, DNA profiling, Drama, Drugs, Gayle King, Harcourt, Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, Health, John Tesh, Katherine Graham, Kitty Kelley, Middle-Class, Milwaukee WI, Narrative, National Enquirer, Non-Disclosure Statements, Oprah Winfrey, Outside Child, Pancreatic Cancer, Patricia, Ray Charles, Rich, Richard M. Nixon, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Grio, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rich, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Vernita Lee, Vernon Winfrey, WaPo, Washington Post, Watergate, Wisconsin, Woodward and Bernstein

Mitrice Richardson: Mother, Aunt, Mentor and Filmmaker Told by L.A. County Sheriff: Your Daughter is Dead, Get Over It; Captain Lied About the Existence of Videotapes

• February 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", Anne Soble, Attorney General Eric Holder, Blame, Cal State Fullerton, Captain Martin, Captain Tom Martin, Commander, Cover Up, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Geoffrey's, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Hiding Evidence, Jailer, Latrice Sutton, Lauren Sutton, Lies, Lieutenant Joseph Stephen, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Ray Charles, Search, Sharon Cummings, Sheriff Lee Baca, Steve Whitmore, Videotapes

Friday Night Music, October 9: Little Jimmy Scott, “Someone To Watch Over Me,” 1955

• October 9, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, History, Love
Tags: "Falling in Love is Wonderful", "Fire Walk With Me", "Magic and Loss", "Power and Glory", "Sycamore Trees", "The Cosby Show", "The Source", Charlie Parker, Cleveland OH, David Lynch, Decca Records, Doc Pomus, Jazz, Kallmann's Syndrome, Las Vegas NV, Lionel Hampton, Little Jimmy Scott, Lou Reed, Pink Martini, Ray Charles, Reissue, Savoy Records

Saturday Night Music, July 4: Jimi Hendrix, “The Star Spangled Banner,” Woodstock, August 1969

• July 4, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, History, Jimi Hendrix, Music, People of Color, The Rest of the World
Tags: "The Star Spangled Banner", Brer Rabbit, Brother Ray, James Marshall Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix, Jones Generation, National Anthem, Ray Charles, Stratocaster, The Flag, Vietnam, Woodstock

Youssou N’Dour Documentary, “I Bring What I Love,” at 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival

• April 1, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Film, Music, Youssou N'Dour
Tags: I Bring What I Love, Islam, Marabouts, Mbalax, Muezzin, Neneh Cherry, Peter Gabriel, Ray Charles, Senegal, The Black Church, The Mouridiya, Wisconsin Film Festival

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This Black Sista's Memorial Page

Some Tuesday Love: “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy,” from the Album, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: Live at ‘The Club’,” Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and His Quintet, Featuring Joe Zawinul, 1966

Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month

Christmas Songs: Ray Charles and Betty Carter, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” 1961

The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)

No Big Whoop: Oprah Has a Half Sister, But What Does It Really Mean?

Mitrice Richardson: Mother, Aunt, Mentor and Filmmaker Told by L.A. County Sheriff: Your Daughter is Dead, Get Over It; Captain Lied About the Existence of Videotapes

Friday Night Music, October 9: Little Jimmy Scott, “Someone To Watch Over Me,” 1955

Saturday Night Music, July 4: Jimi Hendrix, “The Star Spangled Banner,” Woodstock, August 1969

Youssou N’Dour Documentary, “I Bring What I Love,” at 2009 Wisconsin Film Festival

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