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ArtsBeat: What the Grammys Mean for the Numero Group Label
Ken Shipley has hunted down some of the rarest records in existence as one of the founders of the Numero Group , a Chicago record label that specializes in painstakingly researched reissues of music from the obscure margins of pop.
In the Mix: POTUS likes Wilco, Raphael Saadiq and Sugarland: Barack Obama's Spotify Playlist
We know about President Obama and his Al Green falsetto . Now comes news that POTUS is a closet country fan and REO Speedwagon enthusiast.
What Are Your Favorite Love Songs? Help Us Make a Playlist
To me, love songs don't get much better than Al Green's Let's Stay Together . It's got soul, rhythm, emotion and the guy immediately tells the woman he loves her.
Obama campaign releases playlist
President Obama's reelection campaign released its official soundtrack for the trail.
Obama's Changing His Tune for 2012 Campaign's Mood Music
When President Barack Obama crooned the first line of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" at a fundraiser last month, it turned out to be the prelude for the new soundtrack of his re-election campaign.
Black Ensemble Theater and Jackie Taylor Present for Lover's Only Valentine's Day Concert, 214
Black Ensemble Theater, under the direction of founder & CEO Jackie Taylor, will host a special one night-only Valentine's Day event featuring some of the most famous love songs of all time performed by Black Ensemble performers Rick Stone, Dawn Bless, RaShawn Thompson, Lyle Miller, Melanie McCullough, David Simmons, Theo Huff, Katrina Miller, ... (more)
Robert Rector: When presidents break into song
AMERICANS in the past have chosen their presidents based on party, on stature, on appearance, on rhetoric, on popularity, even on critical issues from time to time.
'Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Found Dead
Don Cornelius, the creator of the legendary television dance show Soul Train , is dead after officers responded to a 911 call to his Mulholland Drive, California home at 4 a.m. this morning, ET confirms.
Rachel Maddow Thinks Gingrich Calls Obama a Minstrel
Newt Gingrich has been accused of using coded racial language in talking about Barack Obama but when Rachel Maddow called Newt out for referring to the President as Entertainer-in-Chief after Obama's singing of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together", she stretched the meaning of minstrel.
President Obama Invited to Perform on Fox's American Idol
According to The Huffington Post , AMERICAN IDOL producer Nigel Lythgoe has invited President Obama and recording artist Al Green to perform on an upcoming episode of the Fox singing competition.
Seal Returns With Second Set of Soul Classics, Soul 2, Due for Release in U.S.
Grammy-winning vocalist and songwriter Seal will release his eighth studio album, Soul 2 in the U.S. on January 31st, 2012, on Warner Bros.
Al Green sales skyrocket after Obama's impromptu song
Singer Al Green's online sales received an unlikely stimulant by President Barack Obama following his surprise rendition of 'Lets Stay Together' at the Apollo Theater this month.
Super Soul Celebration a super hit with crowd
The Super Soul Celebration, an hours long set of mostly old-school R&B, funk and jazz,A got people on their feet Friday nightA at the Madame Walker Theatre.
Democrat U.S. House Members sing to Obama: 'Let's Stay Together'
Singer Al Green is in heaven on Earth these days. Not only did President Barack Obama sing a line from the song a week ago while at a campaign-fundraiser stop in New York City at Harlem's Apollo Theater, but now the Democratic lawmakers are singing it to him.
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Poll: Seal Performs "Let's Stay Together" On...
During his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday, Seal not only opened up about his split from Heidi Klum during the interview, but he also performed a song from his new album that has us questioningwas he trying to send Heidi a message that he wants to stay together? Seal chose to sing his rendition of Al Green's classic "Let's Stay ... (more)
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President Barack Obama crooned the classic soul tune "Let's Stay Together" to a packed crowd on Saturday at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem.
Al Green was the first great soul singer of the '70s and arguably the last great Southern soul singer.
CDs being released Tuesday, Jan. 24
Seal, "Soul 2" - The Grammy winner takes on romantic soul classics primarily from the '70s, including those by Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Al Green and Teddy Pendergrass.
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