Donna Summer Passed Away Yesterday
We lost another one yesterday. In case you didn’t hear, Donna Summer passed away yesterday after fighting lung cancer for several years. She was known as the Queen of Disco and had a great career in the late Seventies. She had four number one songs, “MacArthur Park” in 78, “Hot Stuff” in 79, “Bad Girls” […]
Disco Has Begun: “Car Wash”
Disco was alive and well in 1977. I am probably in the minority but I loved Disco. Truth be told, I still do. There are many number one Disco songs that we will talk about, but I am sitting here watching the Olympics on TV and they played a snippet from the 1977 number one […]
RIP Isaac Hayes and “Shaft”
As you probably already know, Issac Hayes died today. This was really a shock, especially after hearing about Bernie Mac. They say tragedy comes in threes. Who’s next? Hearing about Hayes made me think about my own life. He and I were the same age, almost exactly. Puts your life in perspective. Since I’m […]
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