R&B

Major Harris: 5 Little-Known Facts About the ‘Philly Soul’ Great

Posted on 11/15/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyIf you grew up in the 1960s, when you think of R&B, you probably think of classic Motown — the earnest, energetic sound of Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations, among others — or else the harder, funkier Stax/Volt Records sound from Memphis, exemplified by the Staple Singers and Isaac Hayes. But if you were a teenager a decade later in the mid-1970s, you probably got down at high school dances to what people called the Philadelphia Sound or …

A Special Birthday: Marvin Gaye

Posted on 04/2/2009 by | General News | Comments

EntertainmentWhile this R&B icon isn’t with us anymore, we felt the need to acknowledge that today is the great Marvin Gaye’s birthday. For those of us who grew up listening to the sounds of his glorious hits, this one is for you: