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/ The Chairmen of the Board

August 9, 2022 By Mike Duquette 5 Comments

HDH

We at The Second Disc are not musicians. Well - I don't want to speak for Joe, but outside of an enthusiastic karaoke night every now and again, I am not a musician. But I obviously think of what it takes to mix brain power and artistic expression so brilliantly in the creation of a song, as well as the struggles that every artist faces when trying to "make it." Earning a living is one thing, sure, but so is the magic of connecting with a friend or a stranger through a song of your own creation.

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Categories: News Genre: Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Diana Ross and The Supremes, Freda Payne, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins, The Chairmen of the Board, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Supremes

August 5, 2014 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

stephanie mills for the first time

Elvis Presley, That's the Way It Is: Deluxe Editions (RCA/Legacy) The King regained his crown with a 1970 stint at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, as depicted in the acclaimed documentary of the same name. A new box set features the original album on CD along with seven recorded live shows plus that documentary in two separate cuts on DVD; the documentary bows on Blu-ray next week. 8CD/2DVD box set: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. 2CD Legacy Edition: Amazon U.S. / Amazon

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Categories: News, Release Round-Up Formats: Box Sets, CD Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, R&B/Soul Tags: Elvis Presley, Herbie Hancock, Nils Lofgren, Stephanie Mills, The Chairmen of the Board

May 14, 2014 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

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The legacy of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland is filled with some of the most popular songs ever written:  “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You),” “Baby, I Need Your Loving,” “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” among them.  All of those songs, and so many other indelible hit records, were written under the aegis of Hitsville, USA, a.k.a. Berry Gordy’s Motown empire.  But by 1967, the relationship between the label chief and his star

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Categories: News Formats: Box Sets Tags: Parliament-Funkadelic, The Chairmen of the Board, The Honey Cone

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