SWEETLOCS (BRICYLN ENTERTAINMENT)

Although I'm young and was born many, many years after Sam Cooke passed away, some people are shocked when I say I was raised on his music. My grandmother and mother both love them some Sam Cooke. From his gospel songs to his soul ballads - I love them all!!! To this day in my collection I have his original albums that have been thankfully preserved by my family, along with some other gems. Many of my friends lau

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Sure that some will be surprised to know the ethnicity of the hit song "What You Won't Do For Love." For those of you who have sworn that it was a black man that sung it, you are sadly mistaken. Allow me to educate you on the original singer of this R&B classic that many still hold dear to their hearts. His name is Bobby Caldwell and yes ladies and gents he's white.

I don't let race place an issue in my musicial selections as you will see in future b

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First, I would like to say many thanks to those who have responded to my first entry into the "They Don't Want Music" series. However, I am surprised by the fact that there wasn't a huge response but as I stated in my previous blog, my priority is to pay tribute to those who paved the way musically. So for those who don't comment it's no problem, I'm doing this also in part for myself so that I shall never forget the originators of this game.

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Are you scratching your head wondering what I'm talking about with my title? I'm sure some of you are thinking about the song that Black Eyed Peas did with that same title. In ways the "series" is dedicated to the way music has taken such a drastic turn. Sweets is truly a lover of all music, please don't get me wrong. But I'm 100% old school in my choices of listening material. Algebra, The Fuzz Band, Frank McComb, Eric Roberson, Choklate, Selan, Myoshi, Rahsaan Patterson, Rahbi, Brig Feltus and… Continue