Story: Jimmy Red Panda Story written by: Gail Nobles ©️2024 Lyrics by: Gail Nobles Art by: Gail Nobles Background music: Samplefocus.com Usage: Standard License There was a man whose name was Jimmy Panda. He was a tall and big man who people called the Cat Bear. Some called him the Red Panda. He sat down on a bar stool to shorten his height and smoked a cherry cigar to talk to women. The women felt that they needed a ladder to hug him when he stood.  Jimmy lived in the days of Music’s...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wxkat - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Tonight on American Idol, I saw an interesting musical artist named Iam Tongi. He has a beautiful voice and beautiful song titled Why Kiki. It was released in 2023 of September. He has a music video out for the song. You can see it on YouTube. You can also hear his music on Spotify.  Iam Tongi won season 21 of American Idol. He is the first person from Hawaii. The first Pacific Islander and the...

Music and Vocals by: Gail Nobles Cover art by: Gail Nobles Interlude written by: Gail Nobles Interlude: Aaliyah Stayed In Her Own Lane Aaliyah stayed in her own lane. She was hot like fire in full speed. Aaliyah was in the lead. She seems timeless without end. Whisper: Ya'll hear that?

Story by: Gail Nobles Podcast intro: Gail Nobles Photo: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Wikipedia  Today's topic: Aaliyah:Turn The Page. The song Turn The Page by Aaliyah is track three on Music of the Heart (The Album) produced by  Guy Roche. It was released in 1999. The song brings old memories to my mind. Aaliyah sung these words in the lyrics: What would I do if some strange morning I opened up my eyes to find you...

Song by: Sam Smith Song written by: Sam Smith Intro by: Gail Nobles  Photo: pitpony.photography - Own  Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0  “Diamonds" is a song by English singer Sam Smith, released through Capitol Records on the 18th of September 2020 as the second single from their third studio album, Love Goes. The song was written by Sam Smith with its producers Shellback and Oscar Görres. A remix of the song by English DJ Joel Corry and an acoustic version were released on the 9th of October...

CB NEWS Story by: Gail Nobles Voice actor: Gail Nobles Photo: -MaDMAn- Usage: Flickr CC BY 4.0 DEED https://flic.kr/p/a15hRa I was scrolling on social media, and I just happen to see a young woman in red with a Monique attitude telling the crowd that they were just standing but not grooving. She said Whoa Whoa ... wait!  Y'all ain't grooving into this groove the way y'all need to be grooving into this groove.  I asked out loud: Is that Janet Jackson? And it was. When I got the question out...

Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Ryan Arrowsmith Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.5 Today's topic: Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By. There are several notable cover versions of the song. Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and some others have cover versions of the song You're All I Need To Get By. It was originally recorded by R&B soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell and released on Motown records Tamia label in 1968. The song was...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Vannessajg - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Today's topic: Shirley Jones: Baby Don't Go Yet from her 2024 album Reflections Shirley Jones or the Jones Girls has released her 45th anniversary tribute album and memory of her sisters titled Reflections in Loving Memory. It's a tribute album honoring her late sister Brenda and Valorie of the Jones Girls. The album has 10 songs, and the first track on the album is Baby Don't Go Yet. You’ll Love It. The Jones...

Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fáìlì:Aaliyah_Haughton.jpg Fast Drawing: Soundbible.com Aaliyah called her sound street but sweet. It's a fact Aaliyah showed us a little more than that. We heard some R&B like One in a Million, The One I Gave My Heart To, At Your Best, and Rock the Boat. If you paid attention, you know that Aaliyah wasn't just hip-hop and beat. Aaliyah gave us variety. In my opinion, Aaliyah was like a little...

Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Zoran Veselinovic - Flickr Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 When I heard Michael Jackson the singer, I never really recognize the changes in his voice. When I listen to him growing up, I noticed that he had a very high voice range. I could not tell when he sounded a little raspy. All I was hearing was a child's voice. When he was a boy, to me his singing was perfect. And when I would try to sing with his records, I didn't feel comfortable singing in high range with...

Story By: Gail Nobles First, let's talk about rap music and the music industry. Today rap music is a more complex thing to me than it was when it first started. Rap music became like a street thing with violence. It crushed my dreams from wanting to become a rapper. When rap first started, it was simply all about having fun and entertainment. It started in the early 70s. It was a good thing in the 80s. It kept some people off the street where I'm from. Some of us had dreams and wanted to...

Photo credit: https://iconspng.com/image/144428/whitney-houston-face# Usage: Free Story by: Gail Nobles Hello! I'm Gail Nobles! Welcome to the Whitney Soul Podcast. We know that Whitney Houston was a singer and actress. We know that she was one of the greatest singers in the history of music. We know that she is one of the best selling music artist of all time with over 220 million record sold worldwide. Whitney starred and films like: The Bodyguard, Waiting To Exhale, The Preachers...

Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY-SA 3.0 Lisa Stansfield has been around the world. “All Around the World" became a very successful single peeking at number one in many countries. Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the show and welcome to a brand new year 2024. Today's topic is Lisa Stansfield an English singer songwriter and actress. Her song All Around the World came from her debut studio album Affection (1989). It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Music: Samplefocus.com Usage: Standard License Photo: Mika-photography Usage: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Aaliyah recorded a song titled one in One In A Million for her second studio album of the same name. One In A Million was nominated for best R&B/Soul Single-Female at the 1998 Soul Train Music Awards. Aaliyah sang One In A Million but was one in a million and still one in a million because she's admired and fans are still...

Hip-Hop Legend Kool Herc Usage: CC0 1.0 Universal And Permission to use by BronxNet Owned by: BronxNet Television https://archive.org/details/Hip-hopLegendKoolHerc Coming up next: DJ Herc a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip-hop music in the Bronx, New York City in 1973. Nicknamed the father of hip-hop DJ Kool Herc began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown. HipHop legend Kool Herc joins Bob Lee to share more about the mark...

Intro: Gail Nobles Photo: Bill Ebbesen - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Usage: CC BY 3.0 Bobby Womack was an American singer, musician and songwriter. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, jazz, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel. Do you know that Bobby Womack made a Christmas album? He made a Christmas...

Intro by: Gail Nobles Welcome to the show everyone. Today's topic is Klique. Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. How many of you remember the R&B Trio group Klique? Howard Huntsberry, Isaac Suthers, and his sister Deborah Hunter. Maybe you remember their video Stop Doggin’ Me Around. The single was released in 1983. It made the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was a cover version of Jackie Wilson's 1960 hit Stop Doggin’ Me Around which reached number 50 on the Hot 100 and number two on the US...

Story by: Gail Nobles Keyboard intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Kingbout - Own work Usage: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0 Today's topic: Sunshine Anderson You've heard her lead single "Heard It All Before" released May 21, 2001. Peaked at number 18 on the billboard hot 100 and at number three on the R&B charts. I was hearing Anderson single a lot. It seems like everywhere I went I heard that song. It came from her album titled Your Woman released in April 2001. The album debuted at number eight on...

Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: GuillemMedina - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 According to headlines, Melissa Barrera and Susan Sarandon and others in Hollywood lose jobs because of Israel-Hamas war. Susan was dropped by a talent agency after comments about the war. Well, if she has comments and opinions about it, she has a right to speak. Everyone has a right to their own opinion to say what they believe, and we all have a right to stand up for what we believe is right with God on...

Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles©️2023 Vocals: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Features music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991 Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Thank God for music. It may not be like the days of old, but we still have music, and we still have time. And we can always go back and listen to our 60s times when we had social, political. and cultural change. And our 70s times when we had political changes like...

Photo: Mikamote - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Do you ever go back to stop and listen to how Aaliyah sang The National Anthem at age 16? I listened to her sing it and heard a much bigger voice. She sang The National Anthem with no music. She sang the song so well without music that I could sense it with her voice. She was really singing out strong to the crowd. When Aaliyah was singing the songs she sang on all of her albums, I knew she had a voice. I knew...

Background music by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia/public domain Riverman a song from Nick Drake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left. In 2004 the song was remastered and released as a 7" vinyl and as enhanced CD single including a video to the song by Tim Pope. Nick Drake was an English singer-songwriter known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He did not find a wide audience during his lifetime, but posthumously his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognition. I suppose that means...

Photo1: Diana Ross Raph_PH - DRossLongleat010722 (9 of 43) Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Photo 2: Lionel Richie Raph_PH - SWonderBSTHyde060719-2 Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Acapella: Gail Nobles Intro music: SampleFocus.com https://samplefocus.com/samples/soul-violin-sample-vintage-chop Usage: Standard License Last year I mentioned the National R&B Music Day which is observed on the first Saturday of March each year. It is a national day of recognition and celebration for R&B music...

Music Intro By: Gail Nobles Photo: chrisweger Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Madonna Celebration Tour has finally begun. It had been postponed for several months because she had something going on concerning her health this year. According to the news it was a health scare. Madonna is back and on her new tour. She has recovered. I have been hearing a while that Madonna wasn't feeling so well. I was concerned, but I'm just glad she's back and able to go on to her celebration tour. And I'm...