‘Music For The Dancers’ N°541 – Vintage 80s Music Videos
‘Music For The Dancers’ N°363 – Vintage 80s Music Videos
Motown publish Boyz II Men’s debut album : ‘Cooleyhighharmony’ featuring ‘Motownphilly’ and ‘It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday’ (1991)
Boyz II Men's 'Cooleyhighharmony' is their debut album produced by Michael Bivins of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe and released on February 14, 1991 by Motown.
Bad Boy publish Puff Daddy’s debut album : ‘No Way Out’ featuring ‘I’ll Be Missing You’ (1997)
Puff Daddy's 'No Way Out' is his debut studio album released on July 1, 1997, by his Bad Boy record label.
Happy Birthday Janet Jackson. ‘Sister Jay’
Tracklist :
1 . First TV Debute
2 . Young Love (Soul Train, 1982)
3 . Say You Do (Solid Gold, 1983)
4 . Japanese VCR commercial (1985)
5 . Control (American Music Award, 1987)
6 . Miss You Much (1989)
7 . Come Back To Me
8 . Best Things In Life (w/ Luther Vandross)
9 . That’s the Way Love Goes / If (MTV Video Music Awards, 1993 )
10 . Again (1994)
11 . Scream (w/ Michael Jackson)
12 . Twenty Foreplay
13 . Rhythm Nation
14 . Got Til It’s Gone (w/ Q tip & Joni Mitchell, 1997)
15 . Together Again (American Music Awards, 1998 )
16 . What’s It Gonna Be (w/ Busta Rhymes, 1999)
17 . All For You
18 . Superbowl (w/ Justin Timberlake, 2004)
19 . Strawberry Bounce
Hip-Hop & Soul N°366 – Vintage 90s Music Videos
Happy Birthday Sir Elton John. ‘Rocket John (It Still Is A Long Long Time)’
Tracklist :
1 . Your Song (BBC, 1970)
2 . Levon (BBC, 11971)
3 . Rocket Man (Royal Festival Hall, 1972)
4 . Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (TOTP, 1973)
5 . Daniel (Watford, 1974)
6 . Pinball Wizard (Dodger Stadium, 1975)
7 . Don't Go Breaking My Heart (w/ Kiki Dee)
8 . Shine On Through (1977)
9 . Song For Guy (1978)
10 . In A Soviet Restaurant (w/ Ray Cooper, 1979)
11 . Elton's Song (w/ Jean-Claude Petit, 1981)
12 . I'm Still Standing
13 . Nikita (1985)
14 . Candle in the Wind (1986)
15 . I Guess Thats Why They Call It The Blues (Wembley, 1987)
16 . Sacrifice
17 . The One
18 . Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (w/ George Michael)
19 . Can
Bad Boy / Arista Record publish Notorious B.I.G.’s second and final album : ‘Life After Death’ (1997)
Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Life After Death' is his second and final studio album released on March 25, 1997 by Bad Boy / Arista Records, sixteen days after his death
Woody Herman and the First Herd record ‘Ebony Concerto’ from Igor Stravinsky (1946)
Woody Herman's 'Ebony Concerto' is a live recording of an opus by Igor Stravinsky done with his 'First Herd' on March 25, 1946, at New York's Carnegie Hall.
This week In Jazz Legends 12/52
Elvis Presley records ‘Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis’ at the at Mid-South Coliseum in … Memphis (1974)
Elvis Presley's 'Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis' is his fifth live album recorded on March 20, 1974 at Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee and released in July 1974 by RCA Records.
We remember Lester Young. ‘Prez Resigned’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds release their tenth album : ‘The Boatman’s Call.’ ‘Their best so far’ some will say
'The Boatman's Call' by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is their tenth studio album released on March 3, 1997 by Mute / Reprise.
Elektra publish Metallica’s third album : ‘Master of Puppets,’ a musical landmark (1986)
Metallica's 'Master of Puppets' is their third studio (six times platinum) album produced by Flemming Rasmussen and released on March 3, 1986 by Elektra Records.
U2 release ‘No Line on the Horizon’ produced mostly by Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois (2009)
U2's 'No Line on the Horizon' is their twelfth studio album produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois & Steve Lillywhite and released on February 27, 2009 by Mercury / Island / Interscope
Keith Jarrett records ‘Fort Yawuh’ with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian & Danny Johnson (1973)
Keith Jarrett's 'Fort Yawuh' is an album recorded on February 24, 1973 at the Village Vanguard, with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian and Danny Johnson and released the same year In 1973 by Impulse!.
John Coltrane records ‘Interstellar Space’ with just one drummer (1974)
John Coltrane's 'Interstellar Space' is a studio album recorded on February 22, 1967 and released on September 1974 by Impulse!.
Art Blakey records ‘A Night at Birdland Vol. 1’ with Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver et al (1954)
Art Blakey's 'A Night at Birdland Vol. 1' is an album recorded on February 21, 1954, with Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver and Curly Russell and released in July 1954 By Blue Note.
Sub Pop publish The Postal Service’s first and last studio album : ‘Give Up’ (2003)
The Postal Service's 'Give Up' is their first and last studio album released on February 18, 2003 by Sub Pop Records
Columbia publish The Stooges’ third album : ‘Raw Power’ co-produced by Iggy Pop and David Bowie (1973)
The Stooges' 'Raw Power' is their third studio album co-produced by Iggy Pop and David Bowie and released on February 7, 1973, by Columbia Records.
Atlantic publish Tori Amos’ second album : ‘Under the Pink’ featuring ‘Cornflake Girl’ (1994)
Tori Amos' 'Under the Pink' feat. 'Cornflake Girl' is her second album released on January 31, 1994 by Atlantic.
Simon & Garfunkel release their fifth studio album : ‘Bridge over Troubled Water’ featuring ‘The Boxer,’ ‘Bridge over Troubled Water,’ ‘Cecilia’…
'Bridge over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel is their fifth and final studio album released on January 26, 1970 by Columbia.
Warp Records publish Brian Eno’s album : ‘Reflection’ (2017)
Brian Eno's 'Reflection' is a studio album released on January 1, 2017 on Warp Records and featuring just one 54 minutes long piece of music.
Dinah Washington records ‘Dinah Sings Bessie Smith,’ an album for Emarcy (1957)
Dinah Washington's 'Dinah Sings Bessie Smith' is an album recorded on December 30, 1957 and January 20, 1958.
Artists United Against Apartheid release a collective album ‘Sun City’ produced by Steven Van Zandt (1985)
Artists United Against Apartheid's 'Sun City' is an album featuring Miles Davis, Bono and Bob Dylan among other guests produced by Steven Van Zandt and released on December 7, 1985 by EMI / Manhattan Records
Mahavishnu Orchestra records the album ‘Visions of the Emerald Beyond’ for Columbia (1975)
Mahavishnu Orchestra's 'Visions of the Emerald Beyond' is an album recorded in December 1974 and released in February 1975 by Columbia.
This week In Jazz Legends 48/52
Miles Davis records ‘Sketches of Spain’ for Columbia (1959)
Miles Davis' 'Sketches of Spain' is an album (including an extended version of the second movement of Joaquin Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez') recorded on November 20, 1959 & March 10, 1960 and released on July 18, 1960 by Columbia.
Freddie Hubbard records ‘Straight Life’ with Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, George Benson , Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette et al (1970)
Freddie Hubbard's 'Straight Life' is a soul/funk influenced jazz album recorded on November 16, 1970 with Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, George Benson , Ron Carter, Jack Dejohnette and more and released in January 1971 By Cti.
Wu-Tang Clan release their debut album : ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan 's 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' is their debut studio album produced by group's leader RZA released on November 9, 1993, by Loud