Song Of The Day – Remembering Belita Woods

 

 

Belita Wood (Photo credit: snabby)

 

May 14 saw the passing of 70’s soul singer Belita Woods.  She was 63.  She was with the group Brainstorm and recorded “Lovin’ Is Really My Game”, a disco hit in the late 70’s.

 

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She spent time in the 90’s and 2000’s with Parliament – Funkadelic.  I think most will enjoy this one.

 

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• Former Brainstorm Singer Belita Woods Dies At 63 (detroit.cbslocal.com)

 

Song Of The Day – Sly and The Family Stone – “If You Want Me To Stay”

The Original Family Stone live, 2006. Jerry Martini, Rose Stone, and Cynthia Robinson (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Cleaning out my tags on Shazam and came across this one. Sly and The Family Stone is one great band with a super bass player.

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If You Want Me To Stay

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Trivia Question of the Day

Who was the first British musician to have a #1 single in the USA.

The last Question answered

Q. Who was the first African-American recording artist?

A: Willie “The Lion” Smith. He played piano on Mamie Smith’s “Crazy Blues” in 1920

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• Sly and the Family Stone (greatamericanthings.net)
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