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Here’s another 30 classic Soul albums for you to consider for your collection. All records are one off’s so please order early to avoid disappointment. Records can be ordered on-line , over the phone of 020 8875 1018 or collected in person from our shop open Mon-Sat 10 -7 sun 11-5. Visit Soulbrother.com

You can now register at The Ultimate Black Music Database to become a member.

As a member of The Ultimate Black Music Database you have the availability of creating a adobe PDF file of your favorit artist. Each PDF page can consist of eight albums of the artist including album, year, track and writer information.

To create a PDF file, login into the website and find the artist. On the artist page you see on the right upper corner a PDF icon.

As a member you have more features in the future such as a webstream, samples etc.

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H-Town - Knockin' Your Heels H-Town featuring K-Ci & Jojo released a brand new single Knockin' Your Heals. Official video for “Knockin’ Your Heels” by H-Town featuring Jodeci, K-CI, Devante Swing and Mr. Dalvin. It’s that baby makin’ music right here.

Just Added 1800 tracks/songs for about 100 Albums of the Bar-Kays, Brick, Breakwater, Narada, Ebonee Webb, Heat, Cameo, Chocolat Milk, Color Blind, Crown Heights Affair, Dazz Band, Delegation, Deodato, Glass George duke, Bill Summers & Summerheat, Bionic Boogie, Dennis Edwards and many more. Ebonee Webb - Too Hot


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I just updated the database with about 4000 soul funk albums, 400 old school artists from 1970 till now. At this moment the database constist of  2625 artists, 7219 songs, 18092 albums and 1383 producers. Also some rare albums from Smoke City, Future Flight, Orlando Johnson, Human Body, Antilles.are provided by tracks.

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Levi Stubbs Four Tops

Levi Stubbs, the legendary lead singer of the Four Tops, and one of the greatest soul vocalists of all time, has died in Detroit after a long illness. Stubbs' death leaves only one remaining Tops founding member, Abdul "Duke" Fakir. As the distinctive lead of the Four Tops, Stubbs was best known for his deep, passionate vocal style that turned Holland-Dozier-Holland compositions like "Bernadette" and "Reach Out" and later, upon the group's move from Motown to ABC Records, on adult soul songs such as "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)" and "Keeper of the Castle."

A heart attack and stroke permanently sidelined Stubbs a half decade ago, and he was wheelchair-bound as he took the stage for the group's 50th anniversary celebration in 2005. But Levi Stubbs will long be remembered as a staple of Motown's greatest years and as one of the most distinctive and revered vocalists of all time. He will be greatly missed.

Vesta Williams

New York, NY  March 20, 2013

Vesta’s New Single, “Better Days” is the #1 Most Added Song On The National Urban Adult Music Charts This Week! Adds included: WDAS Philly, WBAV Charlotte, WTTH Atlantic City, WTUG Birmingham, WAGH Columbus-Ga, KOKY Little Rock, WMPZ Chattanooga, WKXI Jackson and WAKB Augusta.

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Soulfinger Singer Jayanti I want to introduce to you the soulful sounds of Jayanti, an independent singer-songwriter from Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Jayanti was 1 of 4 fresh faces of July on YouTube’s Music Tuesdays channel.  Along with this feature on YouTube’s home page, Jayanti’s no-budget video “Girl from Mars” earned over 200,000 views!
In addition, I also wanted to share with you Jayanti’s beautiful rendition of “Inside My Love” - a tribute to songbird Minnie Riperton? More info can be found on Bandcamp and www.jayanti.me. Jayanti’s single “Girl from Mars” is now available for purchase on iTunes.

Nick Ashford of the famous songwriter/producer duo Ashford and Simpson died in New York on August 22, 2011.

Nick Ashford Together with Valerie Simpson started their career in the mid-1960s, writing for artists such as The 5th Dimension, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles. Their work with Ray Charles brought them to the attention of Motown chief Berry Gordy. They joined Motown and started writing songs for Marvin Gaye. Later on they produces three albums for the Diana Ross and the Supremes. Gladys Knight and the pips song some Ashford & Simpson penned songs.

In 1974, Ashford & Simpson married and resumed their career as a duo with the Warner Bros. album, Gimme Something Real. This was followed by the hit singles, "Don't Cost You Nothin'" (1977), "It Seems To Hang On" (1978), "Is It Still Good to Ya" (1978), "Found a Cure" (1979), "Street Corner" (1982), and their biggest hit, "Solid", released in 1984.

Nick Ashford died of complications from throat cancer. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Nick Ashford RIP

 

New release Keith Sweat Album - Just me 
New release Keith Sweat Album - Just me 
New release Keith Sweat Album - Just me 
 Set for release May 13, JUST ME is Keith's first studio record in six years, and his debut for Atco. Loaded with the classic smooth and sexy grooves and soulful vocals that first minted him a superstar two decades ago with Make It Last Forever, JUST ME is signature Sweat. Highlights include duets with Keyshia Cole, Paisley Bettis and Athena. Cage plus the scorching Sweat jam "Just Wanna Sex You." J&R is located at 23 Park Row, New York, NY (212.238.9191).

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 Set for release May 13, JUST ME is Keith's first studio record in six years, and his debut for Atco. Loaded with the classic smooth and sexy grooves and soulful vocals that first minted him a superstar two decades ago with Make It Last Forever, JUST ME is signature Sweat. Highlights include duets with Keyshia Cole, Paisley Bettis and Athena. Cage plus the scorching Sweat jam "Just Wanna Sex You." J&R is located at 23 Park Row, New York, NY (212.238.9191).

See for tracklisting CD Just Me
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Entertainer, Music Producer Ernesto Phillips Dies at 50

Thursday, April 1, 2004; Page B06

Ernesto McKenzie Phillips, 50, a Columbia resident who was a musician in pop rhythm-and-blues groups and then produced a series of local entertainers, including singers Toni Braxton and Kimberly Scott, died March 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a stroke. He had hypertension.

Mr. Phillips, a native Washingtonian, was raised in Crownsville and graduated from Arundel High School in Gambrills. He was a self-taught guitarist, and during high school he attended the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore to study trumpet.

He was a graduate of Anne Arundel Community College and attended Howard University, where he intended to study medicine as his father -- a psychiatrist -- had. He decided instead to make music his career.

With his four brothers -- George, Lloyd, Orlando and Gregory -- Mr. Phillips formed Licyndiana, an R&B group named after his mother and his sisters. Ernesto Phillips sang and played guitar. He also wrote songs and did production work.

Singer Renee Diggs, who was Mr. Phillips's longtime companion, and musician-songwriter Kayode "Ky" Adeyemo later joined Licyndiana.

Mr. Phillips had greater success as leader, co-producer and primary songwriter of a successor pop R&B band called Starpoint, which included the same members except for Lloyd.

The band toured nationally, opening for such performers as Luther Vandross, and appeared on "Soul Train," "Solid Gold" and other television programs. Its album "Restless" (1986) sold more than 500,000 copies, according to news reports, and included the hit song "Object of My Desire."

At the 1990 Washington Area Music Awards, Starpoint was named best R&B/urban group. Mr. Phillips, on guitar, was named best instrumentalist.

The group disbanded about 1990 as members went in different directions professionally. Until his death, Mr. Phillips worked as a producer. He owned and operated Longevity Records and Pearl Studios, both in Columbia.

"I pledged that once we made it, I was going to prove there is a lot of talent in this area," he told The Washington Post in 1995.

His best-known find is Braxton, the Grammy Award-winning singer whom he met through a friend.

In recent months, he worked as a counselor for teenagers at Sheppard Pratt psychiatric clinic in Ellicott City.

Survivors include his mother, Ana Phillips, of Columbia; four brothers, George Phillips and Lloyd Phillips, both of Columbia, and Orlando Phillips and Gregory Phillips, both of Annapolis; and two sisters, Diane Laguerre of Elk Ridge, Md., and Lisa Phillips of Columbia.

© 2004 The Washington Post Company

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