Amazing Grace is the third live album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on June 1, 1972 by Atlantic Records earning a double platinum certification. As of 2015, it stands as the biggest selling disc of Franklin's entire fifty-plus year recording career as well as the highest selling live gospel music album of all time. It later went on to win Franklin the 1973 Grammy … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: Get Your Shout And Your Sway On With Aretha
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Wednesday Open Thread: Nasty Women Week
Good Post-election Morning POU! We could NOT let this week go by without featuring Aunt Esther! LaWanda Page was born on October 19, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, but was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She began her show business career working small nightclubs billed as "The Bronze Goddess of Fire," an act which included Page eating fire and lighting cigarettes with her … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Nasty Women Week
Saturday Afternoon Thread: Andrae Crouch Week
I've Got Confidence (I forgot Andrae composed this!) … [Read more...] about Saturday Afternoon Thread: Andrae Crouch Week
Friday Afternoon Thread: Andrae Crouch Week
God's Trying To Tell You Something (co-written with Quincy Jones, Bill Maxwell and David Del Sesto, lead vocals Tata Vega) … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: Andrae Crouch Week
Wednesday Afternoon Thread: Andrae Crouch Week
Andrae Crouch's influence is so incredible. The choir's performance with Michael Jackson in this video, wow. If this doesn't move you, see a doctor quickly, you're dying inside. Man In The Mirror (features the Andrae Crouch Choir) … [Read more...] about Wednesday Afternoon Thread: Andrae Crouch Week