Brian Jamal

Proud To Be Misundastood.
Being A Blessing Is All I Want To Do.
A Natural Born Creator
Forever A Free Spirit.
3rd Coast Born
Louisiana Raised
June 28, 1989

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Legends. Soul singers Lou Rawls and Sam Cooke.

Rawls and Cooke made enormous contribution to soul music internationally and had strange coincidences dominate their lives.

The month in which Cooke died (December) is the month in which Rawls was born, and conversely, the month in which Rawls died (January), is the month in which Cooke was born.

Rawls was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 1, 1933, while Cooke moved there from his birthplace in Mississippi, with his parents as a two-year old in the year that Rawls was born. Both men sang as children in churches and as a result, had very deep gospel backgrounds.

In high school, as classmates, they rehearsed gospel songs together and later performed at churches and auditoriums across the country with the Pilgrim Travelers and Soul Stirrers gospel groups. Their voices were, however, miles apart, with Rawls emitting a deep husky baritone and Cooke, a smooth crystalline high-tenor.

Cooke in particular, began to attract legions of female fans to his concerts, and in short order was becoming something like a sex symbol as he gave stirring renditions of Nearer To Thee, Be With Me Jesus, and Touch The Hem Of His Garment.

Rawls portrayed himself as a preacher of sorts in his early performances but was more of the philosophical type. His later recordings reflected this: One Life To Live; What's The Matter With The World, Has The World Gone Mad; If I Coulda Woulda Shoulda.

Both men got into secular music just about the same time in the late 1950s. But just before that, a serious motor vehicle accident nearly ended their careers and their lives. They were travelling in the same motor vehicle on a tour of the south with the Pilgrim Travellers when the incident occurred. One passenger was killed, Cooke was slightly injured, and Rawls was pronounced dead by a doctor on the way to the hospital but Luckily, Rawls had only slipped into a coma, which lasted five and a half days. He suffered memory loss and didn't completely recover for a year. Rawls' recording of One Life To Live, some years later, seems to echo his thoughts about the accident, while his first hit, Love Is A Hurting Thing, reveals the haunting side effects of a love affair. Similarly, Cooke's first hit, You Send Me, touched on the topic.

[Matt 🛒 @EastPointMadeMe]

Still a Top 5 Atlanta song. To this day...

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Let’s Get It Started! #TrustTheProcess

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech before he was assassinated the next day.

[Hits Junkie @hitsjunkie]

24 Hrs. to Live - Ma$e feat. The Lox, Black Rob, DMX (1998) 🔥🔥

Produced by Nashiem Myrick, Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie & Carlos “6 July” Broady

Classic joint 💯

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¡UN REGRESO INOLVIDABLE!

Un día como hoy hace 26 años, Andrés Galarraga fue al bate por primera vez tras librar una batalla contra el cáncer. ¡El jonrón aún lo celebran en Atlanta! ❤️

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For a solid decade, Andruw Jones was the best defensive player in the league while still putting up big numbers at the plate.

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Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, and Greg Maddux hold the 1995 World Series trophy.

[Brian Jamal @Brianjamal89]

A lifetime of emotions about his #mom and #grandma hit C.J. Anderson after he scored a touchdown in the #SuperBowl 🥲 Super Bowl LXI is on ESPN and ABC on Feb. 14, 2027. #Broncos #family https://t.co/W5M6dJOqE4
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Ron Simmon, Scott Steiner and Steve Austin walk into a room…

316.9 % chance that no beers survive.

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We miss you, Bad Guy 🙏

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25 years ago WWE dropped the iconic “My Way” video package for The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin at Wrestlemania

THE GREATEST VIDEO PACKAGE IN HISTORY NO QUESTIONS ASKED

(2001)

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

https://t.co/sRzSkAW5TX

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Wanna Be a Baller - Lil' Troy feat. Fat Pat, Yungstar, Big T, Lil' Will & Big Hawk (1998) 🔥🔥

Produced by Bruce “Grim Reaper” Rhodes

Classic 💯

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Ken Griffey Jr describes what Jay Buhner meant to him. A MUST LISTEN for baseball fans.

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Slippin' · DMX · 1998

[Dear God @TheRich_Gospel]

I can't lose.

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David Justice, Ron Gant and Deion Sanders at spring training. The three were teammates from 1992-94, winning the pennant in 1992.