Birthdays

1905- Ivie Anderson, Singer

Here's Duke Ellington with Ivie Ivy Anderson in I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good soundie. Some of the girls in the soundies were actresses and dancers on stage and screen. The lady standing by the piano is dancer/actress Louise Franklin, who appeared in over 30 Hollywood films, as a dancer and actress.

Cootie Williams and his Orchestra filmed in New York, mid June, 1943. From the Columbia Pictures film "Film Vodvil (series 1, release no. 2), According to Mark Cantor (via Tom Lord) the on-screen personnel is also the personnel to be heard on the soundtrack: Cootie Williams, Louis Bacon, Ermit V.

The Gigolo (1968) Personnel: Lee Morgan (Trumpet) Wayne Shorter (Tenor Saxophone) Harold Mabern Jr. (Piano) Bob Cranshaw (Bass) Billy Higgins (Drums) -- Alfred Lion (Producer) Rudy Van Gelder (Recording Engineer)

Mavis Staples performs I''ll Take You There on Night Music

FROM THE ALBUM "FUNHOUSE" (1990).

This song is a real classic of Soul II Soul.

Uploaded by Nikos St on 2014-06-15.

Album Releases

"Flesh and Blood" - Poison (1990)
“Hispanic Causing Panic” - Kid Frost (1990)
"Pandemonium" - The Time (1990)
“Bon Appetit” - O.C. (2001)
"King of da Ghetto" - Z-Ro (2001)
"Priesthood" - Killah Priest (2001)
"The Saga Continues..." - P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family (2001)
"Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey" - Kurupt (2001)
"X.O. Experience" - Tha Liks (2001)