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- VRCA June 8, 2021Your Donation to the VRCA Memorial Weekend is Appreciated! Your donation will benefit various VRCA charities and scholarships. A minimum donation of $30 entitles you to receive the Souvenir Book (Special Limited Edition). Please provide your address for mailing in the notes section of your payment donation type, or send information via email to VinylRCA@gmail.com. Various ways to Donate to VRCA: PayPal. PayPal account not needed. Click on PayPal logo or use QR Code ...Read More
- Merritone At 70: ‘Things Of Quality Have No Fear Of Time’ April 18, 2020Merritone Disco is in celebration mode, having reached the biblical milestone of three score and ten, and for them, their mantra accurately sums up their modus operandi: ‘Things of quality have no fear of time.’ Or, as owner Monte Blake puts it, while exhibiting the cheekiness and bravado that is essential to any soundman worth his salt, “Great sound systems come, and great sound systems go. They are now resting in ...Read More
- Wynton Marsalis Facebook post on his father’s (Ellis Marsalis) passing April 5, 2020Facebook Post by Wynton Marsalis on the death of his father Ellis Marsalis My daddy passed away last night. We now join the worldwide family who are mourning grandfathers and grandmothers, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers— kinfolk, friends, neighbors, colleagues, acquaintances and others. What can one possibly say about loss in a time when there are many people losing folks that mean so much to them? One of my friends lost ...Read More
- Bill Withers, Hall of Fame Soul Singer dead at 81 April 3, 2020Grammy-winning mellifluous vocalist behind “Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day,” and “Ain’t No Sunshine” succumbs to heart complications By ANDY GREENE Bill Withers, the soul legend who penned timeless songs like “Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day,” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died Monday from heart complications in Los Angeles. He was 81. “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved, devoted husband and father,” his family said in a statement. “A solitary man with ...Read More
- Reggae Singer and Song Writer Bob Andy Dies at 75 March 27, 2020Bob Andy, the reggae vocalist who performed a hit version of Young, Gifted and Black as part of the duo Bob and Marcia, has died aged 75 after a short illness. His death was confirmed by his collaborator on that song, Marcia Griffiths, who told the Jamaica Observer he died at 8am on Friday 27 March. Bob & Marcia reached No 5 in the UK in 1970 with Young, Gifted and Black, ...Read More
- 9/22/2019 Junior and Georgie January 24, 2020ARTISTS TITLES COMMENTS JUNIOR DEAN FRAZIER IN MY TIME JOHNNY TAYLOR PLAY SOMETHIN’ PRETTY LOU RAWLS I GO CRAZY LAKESIDE IF I DID’NT HAVE YOU WATERS I JUST WANT TO BE THE ONE IN YOUR LIFE BREAK DEBBIE GORDON I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU * LEGEND RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA GRADY TATE FREEDOM FOR THE STALLION GERALD ALSTON SEND FOR ME * CISSY HOUSTON BE MY BABY KATIE WEBSTER NEVER LET ME GO CD GEORGIE JAY ABBOTT LA TANYA STAN GETZ BLOWING IN THE WIND CELENE DION YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN JEAN PLUM YOU ASK ME ROZETTA JOHNSON WHO ARE YOU GONNA LOVE MARVIN ...Read More
- 9/15/2019 Clayton and Greg January 24, 2020ARTISTS TITLES COMMENTS CLAYTON BERT KEYES PEACE OF MIND CHARLIE MCKOY COLD COLD WORLD FREDDY ANISFIELD PRINCESS OF THE PALACE OF ICE THE DELLS DOES ANYBODY KNOW I’M HERE IVA ZANNICHI SENZA CATENE (UNCHAINED MELODY) THE CONCEPTS BLUE SEAS STEVE ROSSI MR JONES I LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER BOB CONRAD LOVE YOU JOHNNY NASH OL MAN RIVER JOHNNY NASH KISSES SARAH VAUGHAN THE ENCHANTED WALL * RANDY LEE YOUNG DAYS AL MACARTHUR HIS TRUE LOVE FOR YOU COSMO SOFT AND PRETTY TONY MIDDLETON DRIFTING * KYLO TURNER I KEEP THINKING OF YOU JIMMY BREEDLOVE MY GUARDIAN ANGEL RICHARD ROUNDTREE THIS MAGIC MOMENT RONNY DOUGLAS YOU’LL COME BACK TONY WILLIAMS WHEN I HAD YOU DURAND JONES PUT A ...Read More
- SPECIAL NEW YEARS DAY 2020 SHOW : – Live Video Show – Hosted By Aubrey Stumpy Grant – Guest DJ: – *** Stumpy *** – Elmont, Long Island New York December 31, 2018SPECIAL NEW YEARS DAY 2020 SHOW : – Live Video Show – Hosted By Aubrey Stumpy Grant – Guest DJ: – *** Stumpy *** – Elmont, Long Island New YorkRead More