Cool Music Variety Online Radio by Neale Sourna

01/21/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_the_World

"Change the World" is a song written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, and Wayne Kirkpatrick and recorded by country music artist Wynonna Judd. A later version was recorded by English singer Eric Clapton for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon. Clapton's version was produced by R&B record produc...

01/14/2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_a_Little_Tenderness

It was first recorded on December 8, 1932, by the Ray Noble Orchestra, with vocals by Val Rosing. Another version, also recorded in 1932, was made by Charlie Palloy & his Orchestra.[2] Ted Lewis (Columbia 2748 D) and Ruth Etting (Melotone 12625) had hits with it in 1933.[3] Bing Crosby also recorded...

01/07/2025

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/peter-yarrow-peter-paul-mary-dead-1236268691/ =85672a7dc45ea4787b965edaed4edbd890ca90948708ad2505c0e9511a7fdcef&recipient_salt=59423b6e118c5f4f49b7bcd9f58508ab3589a3ff9ffd276f5683d8002a2d1dc3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=577611_01-07-2025&utm_term=11709309

Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-writer of 'Puff,the Magic Dragon' has died.

01/03/2025

You know his hits from SILHOUETTES to LADY MARMALADE

Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. Crewe co-wrote and produced a string of Top 10 singles with Bob Gaudio for the Four Seasons.

12/30/2024

Rock drumming king, an original and never a jazz drummer, just rock.

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles. Starr occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "Yellow Submarin...

12/30/2024

Rock drumming king, an original and never a jazz drummer, just rock: funk, r&b.

Clyde Austin Stubblefield (April 18, 1943 – February 18, 2017) was an American drummer best known for his work with James Brown, with whom he recorded and toured for six years (1965-70). His syncopated drum patterns on Brown's recordings are considered funk standards. Samples of his drum performan...

12/08/2024

Sullivan Ballou Letter and Background
The following is a letter written by Maj. Sullivan Ballou to his wife Sarah (née Shumway) at home in Rhode Island. Ballou died a week later, at the First Battle of Bull Run. He was 32.

July 14, 1861
Maj. Sullivan Ballou
Camp Clark, Washington

My very dear Sarah:

The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days – perhaps tomorrow.

Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.

11/29/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar_(Delaney_and_Bonnie_song)

"Superstar" is a 1969 song written by Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell, that has been a hit for many artists in different genres in the years since. The best-known versions are by the Carpenters in 1971, Luther Vandross in 1983, and Sonic Youth in 1994.

11/19/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damita_Jo_DeBlanc

Damita Jo DeBlanc (August 5, 1930 – December 25, 1998),[1] known professionally as Damita Jo, was an American actress, comedian, and singer. Her second marriage was to her manager James "Biddy" Wood in 1961.[2]

11/19/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Last_Dance_for_Me

"Save the Last Dance for Me" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by American musical group the Drifters with Ben E. King on lead vocals. It has since been covered by several artists, including the DeFranco Family, Dolly Parton, and Michael Bublé.

11/19/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_E._King

Benjamin Earl King[1] (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, notably singing the lead vocals on three of their biggest hit singles "Th...

11/19/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_McPhatter

Clyde Lensley McPhatter (November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) was an American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and early 1960s[2] and was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B.

11/19/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drifters

The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, formed in 1959 and led by Ben E. King, were originally an up-and-coming group n...

11/19/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ward_and_his_Dominoes

Billy Ward and his Dominoes were an American R&B vocal group. One of the most successful R&B groups of the early 1950s, the Dominoes helped launch the singing careers of two notable members, Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson.[1]

11/16/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_No_Business_Like_Show_Business_(film)

Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business is a 1954 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Walter Lang. It stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray, and Mitzi Gaynor.

11/16/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(musical)

Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music by Irving Berlin and a book by Dorothy Fields and her brother Herbert Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley (1860–1926), a sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West, and her romance with sharpshoote...

11/13/2024

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/songwriters-hall-of-fame-2025-nominees-eminem-nwa-janet-jackson-1236207137/ =85672a7dc45ea4787b965edaed4edbd890ca90948708ad2505c0e9511a7fdcef&recipient_salt=59423b6e118c5f4f49b7bcd9f58508ab3589a3ff9ffd276f5683d8002a2d1dc3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=565471_11-12-2024&utm_term=11709309

Eminem, N.W.A, George Clinton, Janet Jackson, Bryan Adams, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and more are among the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2025 nominees.

11/09/2024

https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/10/31/e-m-forster-sensitive/?mc_cid=b0b4f19d41&mc_eid=8926ca7277

“I believe in… an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate and the plucky. Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret u…