Sitemap - 2024 - Jointz Of The Day
Cecil Hunt (July 27, 1940 – April 12, 2015) – Just Don't Mean A Thing (1973)
Eddie Daye (July 26, 1930 – August 6, 2009) – Don't Give Up (1969)
Bobby Powell (born July 25, 1943) – Question (1971)
William Brown (1946 – July 24, 2015) – Do You See What I See? (1972)
Michael Hughes (July 23, 1958 – October 13, 2008) – You Are The One (1981)
Jimmy Dockett (February 1, 1941 – July 22, 2013) – Count Your Blessings And Move On (1973)
Gwen Oliver (July 21, 1949 – November 27, 2020) – People Need Each Other (1971)
Johnny Johnson (July 20, 1942 – March 2, 2023) – Soul Sahara (1971)
Carolyn Crawford (born July 19, 1949) – I'll Come Running (1964)
Lou Ragland (July 18, 1942 – August 19, 2020) – The Next World (1972)
Godoy Colbert (March 18, 1940 – July 17, 2002) – I Wanna Thank You (1969)
William Bell (born July 16, 1939) – Save Us (1972)
Dee D. Jackson (born July 15, 1944) – Galaxy Of Love (1978)
Moses Dillard (September 30, 1946 – July 14, 1993) – We Gotta Come Together (1972)
Sam E. Solo (born July 13, 1942) – Love Is Not A Game (1966)
Eddie Fisher (1943 – July 12, 2007) – Cosmic Blues (1976)
O.C. Tolbert (July 11, 1944 – 1997) – Pisces Pace (1971)
Eddie Campbell (December 23, 1940 – July 10, 1994) – Contagious Love (1966)
Stephanie Spruill (born July 9, 1949) – Can You Feel It? (1980)
Charles Kynard (February 20, 1933 – July 8, 1979) – Zebra Walk (1971)
Willie Wright (July 7, 1939 – June 29, 2020) – I’m So Happy Now (1977)
Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) – You Know How To Love Me (1979)
Jesse Green (born July 5, 1948) – For Your Love (1978)
Pervis Lee (November 8, 1933 – July 4, 2015) – You Don’t Care (1967)
Lavelle White (born July 3, 1929) – Stop These Teardrops (1959)
Bob Tate (July 2, 1932 – August 3, 1993) – Don't Worry Bout Me (1961)
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (July 1, 1952 – February 3, 2018) – Suite Chocolate (1979)
Walter Ponder (January 14, 1942 – June 30, 2010) – If And When (1962)
Mitch McDowell (June 29, 1954 – January 21, 1992) – L.R.J. Pop (1980)
Eric Mercury (June 28, 1944 – March 14, 2022) – It's Time For Me To Love You (1972)
Louis Jones (April 28, 1931 – June 27, 1984) – Come On Home (1964)
Tami Lynn (January 25, 1939 – June 26, 2020) – The Boy Next Door (1965)
Louis A. McCall (December 28, 1951 – June 25, 1997) – Welcome Back To Love (1980)
Harold Jackson (March 31, 1924 – June 24, 2005) – The Freedom Riders (1961)
Reggie Andrews (January 2, 1948 – June 23, 2022) – Yolon (1977)
Jimmy Lee (R.I.P. June 22, 2021) – Put Your Feet To The Beat (1979)
Charles Collins (born June 21, 1954) – Song To Sing (1977)
Walter Jackson (March 19, 1938 – June 20, 1983) – When I See You (1981)
Jackey Beavers (June 19, 1937 – October 28, 2008) – Lover Come Back (1968)
Debbie Wright (June 18, 1951 – October 12, 2017) – Misunderstanding (1978)
Nicky Marrero (born June 17, 1950) – Desafio (Challenge) (1976)
Jerome Teasley (August 13, 1948 – June 16, 2016) – Let's Do It Today (Procrastination) (1970)
Rhetta Hughes (June 15, 1939 – June 3, 2019) – You're Doing With Her - When It Should Be Me (1968)
Garland Green (born June 14, 1942) – I Can't Believe You Quit Me (1969)
James Carr (June 13, 1942 – January 7, 2001) – That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me (1968)
Bert DeCoteaux (June 12, 1929 – July 6, 2005) – Hold On To It (1973)
Clifton Dyson (1949 – June 11, 2003) – Workin My Way To Something Better (1977)
Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) – Heaven Help Us All (1972)
Joe Hinton (July 7, 1937 – June 9, 2022) – I Won't Be Your Fool (1961)
Jimmie King (June 8, 1949 – December 10, 1967) – Bar-Kays Boogaloo (1967)
George Bussey (June 7, 1958 – August 19, 2023) – Yours For The Taking (1979)
Kimberley Briggs (June 21, 1937 – June 6, 2007) – What In This World's Happening To Love (1971)
Floyd Butler (June 5, 1937 – April 29, 1990) – Down I Go (1971)
Ray Shanklin (June 4, 1947 – March 6, 2015) – What You Sow (1973)
John Blair (November 8, 1943 – June 3, 2006) – I'm A Wizard (1977)
Janie Bradford (born June 2, 1939) – Why You Wanna See My Bad Side (1978)
Jeanette Williams (June 1, 1948 – March 25, 2022) – Something's Got A Hold On Me (1967)
Richard Knight (born May 31, 1939) – Hurry, Don’t Linger (1968)
Ernest Baker (May 30, 1939 – March 5, 2000) – The Soul Stroke (Can You Handle It) (1970)
Waddell Falland (April 28, 1937 – May 29, 2018) – Stand Up And Be Counted (1971)
Ken Morris (May 28, 1941 – October 2, 2014) – Keep On Jumpin’ (1978)
Barbara Livsey (born May 27, 1946) – Right On (To The Street Called Love) (1970)
Carl Bean (May 26, 1944 – September 7, 2021) – Gotta Be Some Change (1974)
Nat Lee (May 25, 1954 – January 14, 2024) – Sexy Lady (1982)
Patti LaBelle (born May 24, 1944) – Music Is My Way of Life (1979)
Theresa Lindsey (May 23, 1944 – July 10, 2019) – I'll Bet You (1966)
Jimmy Scott (born May 22, 1951) – Do You Get The Message (1967)
What's Going On (released May 21, 1971) – Part Two of Jack Ashford (Funk Brothers) Interview
Roger Hawkins (October 16, 1945 – May 20, 2021) – I Can't Stop (No, No, No) (1966)
Morris Stewart (January 13, 1953, – May 19, 2017) – What's the Name of This Funk (Spider Man) (1975)
Exclusive Interview with Jack Ashford of Motown's Funk Brothers (born May 18, 1934)
Fay Simmons (February 25, 1932 – May 17, 2000) – Don't Slam The Door On My Heart (1961)
Marv Johnson (October 15, 1938 – May 16, 1993) – Everybody's Gotta Pay Some Dues (1970)
Roy Thode (May 15, 1949 – May 21, 1982) – Come On And Do It (Special Disco Remix) (1979)
Sandra Richardson (May 14, 1947 – June 26, 2020) – Don't Let Me Down (1974)
Rob Raindorf (born May 13, 1949) – More (1977)
Billie Calvin (May 12, 1949 – June 23, 2007) – Wishing on a Star (1978)
R. Dean Taylor (May 11, 1939 – January 7, 2022) – Back Street (1970)
Ron Banks (May 10, 1951 – March 4, 2010) – Why Leave Us Alone (1979)
Otha Nash (May 9, 1948 – January 15, 2003) – Do It Right Now (1976)
Hal and Harold Degraffenreid (born May 8, 1944) – Everybody Get Some (Love) (1970)
Carolyn Johnson (1944 – May 7, 2007) – You Don't Know What You're Missing (Til It's Gone!) (1969)
Cory Wade (born May 6, 1936) – Disco Magic (1976)
Marva Hicks (May 5, 1956 – September 16, 2022) – Ladies Of The Eighties (1980)
Bobby Martin (May 4, 1930 – September 6, 2013) – Love Is The Message (1973)
Charlie Fite (April 10, 1940 – May 3, 2016) – I'm So Glad (1965)
Eddie Green (May 2, 1933 – July 5, 2004) – New-Found Truths (1972)
Sharon Redd (October 19, 1945 – May 1, 1992) – Can You Handle It (1980)
Roger Ridley (April 30, 1948 – November 16, 2005) – Morning, Noon, I Cry (1966)
Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) – Together (1969)
Emma Pought (born April 28, 1942) – Happy Go Lucky, Me (1966)
Lenny LaCour (born April 27, 1932) – Bump Your Thang (1975)
Tom Savarese (born April 26, 1944) – Bumpsie's Whipping Cream (1978)
Billy Emerson (December 21, 1925 – April 25, 2023) – Zulu (1966)
Freddie Scott (April 24, 1933 – June 4, 2007) – Am I Grooving You (1967)
Maurice McAlister (April 23, 1934 – November 11, 2017) – Baby You've Got It (1966)
Cándido Camero (April 22, 1921 – November 7, 2020) – Thousand Finger Man (1979)
Rick Holmes (April 21, 1936 – August 21, 2015) – Remember to Remember (1981)
Donald Baldwin (April 20, 1953 – April 4?, 2010) – Mary Ann (1976)
Ruby Johnson (April 19, 1936 – July 4, 1999) – Why You Want To Leave Me (1968)
Deon Jackson (January 26, 1946 – April 18, 2014) – I've Got So Much Love (1966?)
Chris Bartley (April 17, 1947 – October 26, 2009) – Gotta Tell Somebody (About My Baby) (1967)
Bobby Robinson (April 16, 1917 – January 7, 2011) – At The Party (1980)
Lea Roberts (born April 15, 1946) – Find A Place (1973)
George Jackson (March 12, 1945 – April 14, 2013) – Get Involved (1973)
Tony Clarke (April 13, 1940 – August 28, 1971) – (They Call Me) A Wrong Man (1968)
Ron Louis Smith (April 12, 1952 – January 21, 2012) – Make Me Know It (1978)
Freddie Gorman (April 11, 1939 – June 13, 2006) – Don't Put Me On (1978)
Jimmy Ross (April 10, 1936 – March 21, 2000) – Funky Bebop (1981)
Dorothy Love Coates (January 30, 1928 – April 9, 2002) – Holding On And Won't Let Go (1969)
Brenda Russell (born April 8, 1949) – You're Free (1979)
Don Julian (April 7, 1937 – November 6, 1998) – Super Slick (1974)
Leroy Kirkland (February 10, 1906 – April 6, 1988) – Good Things (1967)
Leon Haywood (February 11, 1942 – April 5, 2016) – B.M.F. Beautiful (1974)
Hugh Masekela (April 4, 1939 – January 23, 2018) – The Boy's Doin' It (1975)
Alice Rozier (February 24, 1942 – April 3, 1994) – I'm Gonna Hold On To You (1965)
Charles Williams (born April 2, 1952) – Your Life (1975)
Russell Patterson (born April 1, 1954) – What Goes Around (Comes Around) (1974)
Al Goodman (March 31, 1943 – July 26, 2010) – What's Your Name (1974)
James Epps (March 30, 1947 – September 11, 2000) – Night People / Lies Divided by Jive (1976)
Ray Davis (March 29, 1940 – July 5, 2005) – I Wanna Know If It's Good to You? (1970)
Paul Jackson (March 28, 1947 – March 18, 2021) – Spank-A-Lee (1974)
Bunny Sigler (March 27, 1941 – October 6, 2017) – Things Are Gonna Get Better (1974)
Charles Stepney (March 26, 1931 – May 17, 1976) – Vine Of Happiness (1971)
Tom Wilson (March 25, 1931 – September 6, 1978) – And You Call That Love (1975)
Reginald Haynes (March 24, 1949 – July 11, 2020) – Disrespect Can Wreck (1974)
Ripley Ingram (January 21, 1930 – March 23, 1995) – Stop (What Your Doing To Me) (1973)
Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957) – Starlight (1979)
Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) – Now Is The Time (1974)
Eddie Harris – Sham Time (1968) (recorded March 20, 1967)
Gene Ammons – Geru’s Blues (recorded March 19, 1974)
Charles Drain (May 31, 1939 – March 18, 1995) – Don't Change Me (1976)
Lorraine Ellison (March 17, 1931 – January 31, 1983) – Run To Me (1974)
Bobby Smith (April 10, 1936 – March 16, 2013) – Once You Fall In Love (1979)
Jean Carne (born March 15, 1947) – Don't You Know Love When You See It (1976)
Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) – You (1970)
Bobby Patterson (born March 13, 1944) – This Whole Funky World Is A Ghetto (1972)
Ruby Andrews (born March 12, 1947) – You Made A Believer Out Of Me (1969)
Cheryl Lynn (born March 11, 1957) – Don’t Let It Fade Away (1979)
LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) – Born To Lose (1967)
Laura Lee (born March 9, 1945) – Love And Liberty (1972)
St. Clair Lee (April 24, 1944 – March 8, 2011) – Freedom For The Stallion (1973)
Ernie Isley (born March 7, 1952) – Harvest for the World (1976)
Mary Wilson (March 6, 1944 – February 8, 2021) – Early Morning Love (1975)
Eddy Grant (born March 5, 1948) – Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys (1970)
Bobby Womack (March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) – Everything's Gonna Be Alright (1975)
Willie Chambers (born March 3, 1938) – Love, Peace and Happiness (1969)
Bobby Eli (March 2, 1946 – August 17, 2023) – Telling It Like It Is (1975)
Oliver Sain (March 1, 1932 – October 28, 2003) – Who You Gonna Blame (1972)
Horace Parlan – Bags' Groove (recorded February 29, 1960)
Barbara Acklin (February 28, 1943 – November 27, 1998 – Just Ain't No Love (1968)
Richard Street (October 5, 1942 – February 27, 2013) – Why Can't You And Me Get Together (1976)
Gloria Scott (born February 26, 1946) – I've Got To Have All Of You (1975)
Reggie Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018) – Kiss Away (1977)
Oliver Cheatham (February 24, 1948 – November 29, 2013) – Don't Take Your Love Away (1982)
Eddie Amoo (May 5, 1944 – February 23, 2018) – Love Is A Playground (1977)
Flo Ballard (June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) – Love Ain't Love (1968)
Pat Stallworth – Questions (recorded February 21, 1974)
Nancy Wilson (February 20, 1937 – December 13, 2018) – Life, Love and Harmony (1979)
Smokey Robinson (born February 19, 1940) – Just My Soul Responding (1973)
Randy Crawford (born February 18, 1952) – I Let You Walk Away (1976)
Bruce Hawes (July 26, 1953 – February 17, 2021) – Love Is Everywhere (1975)
Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 – February 23, 2017) – Let It Out, Let It In (1970)
Brian Holland (born February 15, 1941) – Where There Is Faith, There Is Hope (1970)
TaharQa and Tunde' Ra Aleem (born February 14, 1946) – Hooked On Your Love (1979)
Reebop Kwaku Baah (February 13, 1944 – January 12, 1983) – Stand Up and Fight Back (1978)
Vince Montana (February 12, 1928 – April 13, 2013) – It Looks Like Love (1978)
Rochelle Fleming (born February 11, 1950) – Love Thang (1979)
Martha and the Vandellas – Nowhere To Run (released February 10, 1965)
Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas (February 9, 1951 – August 7, 2021) – Rhyme Tyme People (1974)
Hubert Laws – Gymnopedie #1 (recorded February 6-8, 1974)
Stony Browder Jr. (February 7, 1949 – October 6, 2001) – Sour & Sweet/Lemon In The Honey (1976)
Victor Carstarphen (December 24, 1952 – February 6, 2015) – Music’s Takin’ Over (1977)
Lillian Walker (March 5, 1944 – February 5, 2023) – Life, Love & Peace (1971)
Barbara McNair (March 4, 1934 – February 4, 2007) – Baby A-Go-Go (1966)
Gwen Guthrie (July 9, 1950 – February 3, 1999) – Miss Gigi (1973)
Sonny Stitt (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) – A Crazy Mixed Up World (1974)
Rick James (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) – Bustin' Out (On Funk) (1979)
Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) – Bedouin (1964)
Jody Watley (born January 30, 1959) – Talk To Me (1981)
Bettye LaVette (born January 29, 1946) – All The Black And White Children (1972)
Gene McFadden (January 28, 1949 – January 27, 2006) – Wake Up Everybody (1975)
L.J. Reynolds (born January 27, 1952) – Never Let You Go (1975)
Thom Bell (January 26, 1943 – December 22, 2022) – Moses Theme (1979)
Etta James (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) – All The Way Down (1973)
Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941) – Hercules (1973)
Jimmy Castor (January 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) – Space Age (1976)
Billie Holiday – Good Morning Heartache (recorded January 22, 1946)
James "D-Train" Williams (born January 21, 1962) – Keep On (1982)
William Powell (January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977) – Crossroads Of Life (1971)
Harvey Hinsley (born January 19, 1948) – Let Them Be The Judge (1977)
David Ruffin (January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) – Let Somebody Love Me (1971)
Muhammad Ali (January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) – We Crown The King (1980)
Richard Thompson (born January 16, 1951) – I Want You With Me (1978)
George Brown (January 15, 1949 – November 16, 2023) – Mother Earth (1975)
Clarence Carter (born January 14, 1936) – What Was I Suppose To Do (1977)
Fred White (January 13, 1955 – January 1, 2023) – Hey Brother (1972)
Ronnie Spector (August 10, 1943 – January 12, 2022) – You'd Be Good For Me (1975)
Chuck Barksdale (January 11, 1935 – May 15, 2019) – Freedom Means (1971)
Fayette Pinkney (January 10, 1948 – June 27, 2009) – If And When (1973)
The Future of Jointz Of The Day at our One Year Anniversary
Preston Glass (born January 9, 1960) – Your Lovin' Is Magic (1981)
"Little Anthony" Gourdine (born January 8, 1941) and the Imperials – Father, Father (1971)
Clarence Oliver (born January 7, 1954) – Leavin' Me (1976)
Kathy Sledge (born January 6, 1959) – If You Really Want Me (1981)
Gordy Harmon (June 1, 1943 – January 5, 2023) – You Can't Fight What's Right (1967)
Arthur Conley (January 4, 1946 – November 17, 2003) – Otis Sleep On (1968)
Glenn Goins (January 2, 1954 – July 29, 1978) – Beautiful Birds (1972)
Arthur Prysock (January 1, 1924 – June 14, 1997) - All I Need Is You Tonight (1976)
Donna Summer (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012) – Queen for a Day (1977)