R&B Radio Station

[CellarDweller]

For their 4tk CD, "Rock The World", Five Star tried to 'toughen up' their image and sound. After this CD, the hits dried up.

[East]

Some more R&B favorites....

Sheila E ...I follow her on Facebook...she still performs a lot....




BT Express ...Peace Pipe




Kool and the Gang .... Open Sesame

[East]

Sly and the Family Stone..brilliant local group...never get tired of hearing them....

MY favorite song for the past couple of years from Sly...but....all of them have been my favorites over the years....

Family Affair




Everybody Is A Star




Dance To The Music




...and this Tribute to Sly from Merry Clayton...love it....




..OK...as long as I am on Merry Clayton....

Emotion




Yes

[East]

Marvin Gaye...I will always stop and listen to any station if I hear him...

Ain't No Mountain High Enough w/Tammi Terrell ....so sad that she collapsed in his arms and then died...




What's Goin' On




Sexual Healing

[East]

Some random favorites I never hear on the radio anymore..not for years....

Yvonne Fair - It Should Have Been Me




Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman




R.B Greaves - Take A Letter Maria




Millie Jackson - Summer The First Time




...and one I NEVER heard on the radio from Millie (she did a lot of nasty songs)

FUCK YOU Symphony

[CellarDweller]

How about Dhar Braxton

[East]

Marlena Shaw - Go AwayLittle Boy




Marlena Shaw - Touch Me In The Morning

[East]

WAR - Galaxy




WAR - The World Is A Ghetto

[CellarDweller]

R & B/ Dance Star Vanity Dies at 57




Born Denise Matthews, she rose to fame in the 80s when she was discovered by Prince, and he selected her to lead the new "girl group" he founded, Vanity 6. While the group didn't cross over to the pop charts in a big way, they did place a few singles in the R&B and Dance Music charts. Their most successful was their debut single, "Nasty Girl".


Vanity then left Vanity 6, and recorded two solo CDs. Each one managed to put hits onto the R&B and Dance charts, most notoriously "Pretty Mess", which was a song about her lover leaving a "pretty mess" on her dress.










A few months ago she set up a GoFundMe page, and said she'd been diagnosed with sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis -- an inflammation of the small intestines. She also battled crack addiction in the '90s, and after a 1994 OD her kidneys were shot. She had to undergo nearly daily dialysis treatments.