Guitarist/songwriter/maker Ray Parker Jr. experienced strikes mainly because Raydio (the million-selling “Jack port and Jill,” “You Can’t Switch That”), Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio (“Two Locations at exactly the same time,” “A FEMALE Needs Like [Just AS IF YOU Perform]”), and Ray Parker Jr. (the main R&B and pop platinum …

It took Burbank, CA-based songwriter Justin Wilde five years and a lot more than 375 submissions before Barbara Mandrell decided to record his Xmas tune, “It WILL NEED TO HAVE Been the Mistletoe,” co-written with Doug Konecky in 1984. Within the nearly 2 decades since, the tune has turned into …

Dennis Coffey remains to be an unsung hero in the halcyon period of Detroit spirit, contributing electric guitar to landmark information issued over the Motown, Ric-Tic, and Revilot brands furthermore to cutting some initiatives under his own name, especially the cult common blaxploitation soundtrack Dark Belt Jones. Blessed and raised …

Vivian Reed a.k.a. “Ms. Bubblin’ Dark brown Sugar,” hardly ever produced the splash within the record sector that she do being a Broadway celebrity. The talented NY native may be the little girl of Lucille, as well as the past due Clyde Reed. She starred in Bubbling Dark brown Glucose …

Gregory Abbott’s origins stem from Venezuela, his mother’s homeland, as well as the isle of Antigua, his father’s homeland; producing him a dual resident of the tiny tropical isle as well as the U.S., where he was created. His profession as an award-winning vocalist, composer, maker, and musician started in …

Most widely known for the stuttering number 3 single “Provide Me Slightly ADDITIONAL TIME,” the Chairmen from the Plank were among the smoothest & most popular spirit serves to emerge from Detroit in the first ’70s. Although their period near the top of the R&B graphs was short — their …

Songwriter/maker/vocalist Greg Perry was an integral participant in Holland-Dozier-Holland’s Invictus/Hot Polish Information whose roster included the Honey Cone, Freda Payne, Chairman from the Table, 8th Day time, and 100 Evidence Aged in Spirit. His sibling Jeffree Perry documented “Love’s Gonna Last” which became referred to as “the steppers nationwide anthem,” …

Vincent Brantley co-wrote, co-produced, and played all of the instruments with Rick Timas about “Awesome It Now,” a million-selling number 1 R&B/number 4 pop hit for Fresh Edition. Brantley and Timas have been looking to get “Great It Right now” to after that recent MCA Information signee New Release. The …

A member from the Songwriters Hall of Popularity and the Rock and roll & Move Hall of Popularity, Eddie Holland — given birth to Edward Holland, Jr. in Detroit, Michigan on Oct 30, 1939 — released about 20 single singles, alongside one album, through the past due ’50s and early …

As being a miner who comes straggling from the hills is really a survivor from the Silver Rush, this musician is really a survivor from the glitzy later-’70s disco period. Adam was mainly a songwriter and studio room artist, focusing on that decade’s sensation of musical technology — the synthesizer …