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Song and Music Stuff...Featured Artist: King FloydChart debut year: 1970 Best known songs include: Groove Me (1970); Baby Let Me Kiss You (1971); Woman Don't Go Astray (1972) Johnny Otis Passes Away Godfather of R&B Johnny Otis, famous for "Willie and the Hand Jive," passes away. Etta James Passes Away Soul legend Etta James of "At Last" fame passes away. The Beatles Songs: She's Leaving Home
The Beatles Songs: She's Leaving Home originally appeared on About.com Oldies Music on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 13:43:43. Permalink | Comment | Email this 5 Instrumental Hits That Were Supposed to Have Words
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When the hits dried up in the early 70s and tastes changed away from her earthy blues, the singer turned to drugs, but fortunately cleaned up and engineered a significant comeback in the mid-1980s, endearing herself to a whole new generation. This past November, a terminally ill James released her final album, the critically acclaimed "The Dreamer." Etta was a member of the Rock and Roll, Blues, and Grammy Halls of Fame, which is a testament to her broad appeal. James was set to turn 74 on Wednesday. Please leave your memories of Etta and your condolences in our forum. Etta James: 1938-2012 originally appeared on About.com Oldies Music on Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 14:14:45. Permalink | Comment | Email this The Top Ten Mardi Gras Songs
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The Top 10 Romantic Albums originally appeared on About.com Oldies Music on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 12:11:50. Permalink | Comment | Email this The Beatles Songs: Tomorrow Never Knows
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The "she" in this weepy Sgt. Pepper ballad was a real person, and the story behind her leaving home was much as Paul describes it (with some help from John). Not only did a newspaper article lead to one of the band's loveliest, saddest ballads, but the result helped define the emerging "generation gap." And, as it turns out, Paul himself played a small part in this 17-year-old's story! 
You probably know them as instrumentals, with few or no words, but these five top 40 hits were actually just skeletons of other songs, songs you could actually sing along with! As so often happened in rock's first golden age, however, the DJs stepped in to make themselves heard -- and silence a few lyricists in the process. 
They welded country-rock to biker boogie, gave it a polished pop sheen, and scored big with hits like "Black Water" and "Listen to the Music" before making a 180-degree turn and redefining blue-eyed soul with Michael McDonald. 
The Beatles left their original audience behind, possibly forever, in 1966, shocking and confounding it with one strange and offensive move after another. So it's only fitting that the record they made that year would be equally confounding -- a perfect picture of a band in the midst of morphing from pop superstars to true artists, in the process helping to create the zeitgeist that was about to change the very perception of popular music itself, also forever. Is this, not Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road, the band's true creative zenith? 
The sassy, sultry diva behind "At Last" and "Tell Mama" finally achieved the recognition due her over the past few years, with Beyonce starring as the troubled icon in the film Cadillac Records. But long before she had her signature hit, this gospel prodigy was already helping pave the way for rock, soul, and modern blues. 
Etta James, the sexy and sassy R&B belter who became known to millions for her wedding-day favorite (and Obama inauguration theme) "At Last," died Friday in Riverside, CA, succumbing to her year-long battle with leukemia. Etta, a pivotal figure in the success of Chess Records who was portrayed by Beyonce in the 2008 film Cadillac Records, first gained fame with a string of raw R&B hits on Modern and Chess including: "Dance With Me, Henry," "Good Rockin' Daddy," "Tell Mama," and "I'd Rather Go Blind," influencing generations of soul and rock vocalists.
In honor of the 2012 Carnival season (which begins February 10, more or less) I'm once again trotting out my list of the best Mardi Gras oldies, covering the 50s, 60s, and 70s in search of what I consider the classic Fat Tuesday hits of New Orleans. 
Spring may be far from in the air, but with Valentine's Day just around the corner, I'm taking a look at the greatest oldies romantic duets of the 50s, 60s, and 70s... not just the obvious pledges of love and devotion (although they're here, too), but also funny, sad, tragic, and otherwise unconventional duets that symbolize the perils of love as well as the joys. 
Is it too early to start thinking about Valentine's Day? Better not ask your significant other that. The discs in my Top Ten list can melt the hardest of hearts, whether you're trying to rekindle an old flame, start a new one burning, or merely hoping to make up for last year. Pop, R&B, doo-wop, soul, lounge, country, and more... 
John wanted a thousand monks on a hill, Paul wanted laughter that sounded like seagulls, and Ringo was just goofing around, but "Tomorrow Never Knows" ended up a clarion call to a new consciousness that took Timothy Leary and gave it a profoundly influential beat.