Aretha Franklin’s “Rock Steady” was built around a groove she created at the piano.
Recorded in 1971 with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, the song captured Aretha at her funkiest and became one of the defining grooves of her career.
Maxi Priest - Close To You (1990)
Lead single from the British reggae singer's fifth album, Bonafide. Blending pop/R&B styles with a reggae slant, the song was an international hit: Reached #7 in the UK, #2 Australia & topped the US Hot 100. Video directed by Geoffrey Barish.
Nearly a year after being fired from The Washington Post, @KarenAttiah has been reinstated with back pay and benefits, a win that carries weight for Black journalists fighting to speak boldly and still belong. 🖤
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16 years ago today, Fabolous dropped his
4th mixtape “There Is No Competition 2”
Fab never slacked on mixtapes and this would be no different especially on ���Im Raw”, “Oh Let’s Do It” and “Exhibit F” making this one or best tapes in 2010
Do you remember when this released? 🤔
Michael Jackson’s “Bad” was a 17-minute short film directed by Martin Scorsese.
Jackson played a young man returning from an elite school to his old neighborhood, exploring identity, pressure and street credibility.
The world has lost a songwriter whose music refused to stay inside one genre.
Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose career spanned more than six decades, has passed at 80.
Parton became one of country music’s most celebrated figures. But her influence reached far beyond Nashville.
In 1992, Whitney Houston took Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” and turned it into a record-breaking global phenomenon, spending 14 weeks at No. 1 and creating one of the most unforgettable vocal performances of all time.
More than three decades later, on Beyoncé’s history-making COWBOY CARTER, Parton introduced “Jolene�� before Beyoncé completely reimagined the country classic on her own terms.
Today, we remember the woman behind the rhinestones, the songwriter behind the standards and a catalog that will keep finding new voices for generations to come.
We will always love you, Dolly Parton.
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At a time when fewer people are able to sit down with a book, it’s important to remember the joy and power that can come from reading. And some books don’t just tell a story – they change the way we see the world. That’s why I’m excited to share my latest podcast from @Audible_com and @HGMedia, A Great Book with Barack Obama.
Legendary reader @LeVarBurton helped us open the Obama Presidential Center branch of the Chicago Public Library during opening weekend by sharing a favorite book with some of our very first library visitors.
While he was here, he reflected on this moment in America—during this summer of the 250th anniversary of our founding—and what the next 250 years might look like.