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Musical Performances I Like – ‘Jimmy’s Walk’ Barbara Dennerlein on Hammond B3

James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1925 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician. He helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music. Jazz organ may not be to your musical taste but I wanted to show you the skill of Dennerlein in coordinating playing bass notes on the foot pedals with her hands onContinue reading “Musical Performances I Like – ‘Jimmy’s Walk’ Barbara Dennerlein on Hammond B3”

Flashback – ‘Love Hangover’ Dianna Ross/Soul Train Dancers (1976)

Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, she rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who became Motown‘s most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. The first video features Dianna Ross. The second featuresContinue reading “Flashback – ‘Love Hangover’ Dianna Ross/Soul Train Dancers (1976)”