Intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Wikipedia Public DomainSo many of Selena's fans are missing her. Her songs still play in the minds and hearts of many. Selena Quintanilla is a beloved icon whose music continues to resonate with fans around the world. Her Tejano, pop, and regional music not only showcase her incredible talent, but also her vibrant spirit and culture songs like “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” Como La Flor” and Amor Prohibido remain timeless-timeless classics that evoke nostalgia and emotion. Her

EXPLANAE MOMENTMusic Intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0How Patti LaBelle Got her Stage Name is today's topic. I'm Gail NoblesPatti LaBelle's real name is Patricia. She said in an interview it was a car dealership in Philadelphia that decided to give her the name Patti LaBelle. It means The Beautiful, and he didn't see the beauty in Pattie. She said he was a lying man. Patti said that he had a record label, and his name was Harold B Robinso. He had a studio in the basement of the car

The Democratic party is now the party of socialism. Bernie Sanders, a self-declared socialist, once let the cat out of the bag when he remarked that “bread lines are a good thing.”  This from a man who honeymooned in the Soviet Union.  He couldn’t visit Alexander Solzhenitsyn for his views on the Soviet Union when Solzhenitsyn lived in Vermont, but Sanders could travel over 5,000 miles to see and praise the Soviet Union. Tim Walz, the week before he was selected as Vice Presidential nominee, said

Intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Wikipedia Public Domain  Hello I'm Gail Nobles.Welcome to the show. I Have Learned To Respect the Power of Love is a song that was written by Angela Winbush and Renée Moore, of the singing duo Renée and Angela.  It is a  song recorded and performed by Stephanie Mills and was the second single released from her 1985 self-titled album. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, and remained number one for two weeks in May 1986. I Have Learned to

//The Wire//2230Z July 2, 2024////ROUTINE////BLUF: DPRK TESTS NEW MISSILE. HURRICANE BERYL REACHES CAT 5. ACID ATTACK STRIKES GERMANY. VIOLENT RHETORIC INCREASES IN US BEFORE ELECTION.// -----BEGIN TEARLINE------International Events-Far East: North Korea has tested their newest ballistic missile, the Hwasongpho-11 Da-4.5. Two missiles were launched during the test, one of which appears to have suffered a failure at one of its early stages, according to South Korea. AC: Though the success...

It’s pretty much open season on Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance. Criticism has focused on caustic remarks he made in 2021 about “childless cat ladies.” But as Vance stated then and has explained now, he isn’t making personal attacks on those who find themselves childless through circumstances or choice. His critique is instead aimed at a party whose policies reflect growing indifference or even hostility to childbearing and family life. The fact that Kamala Harris never had children

Intro by: Gail NoblesStory by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Canadian Film CentreUsage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0Ai No Corrida" is a song by the English singer and multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, written by Jankel and Kenny Young. It was first recorded in 1980 and featured on Chaz Jankel's debut album Chas Jankel for A&M Records.Quincy Jones's 1981 recording of the song was a top 30 hit in the United States, and won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals in 1982.When they say Ai No

Intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto:  Lynda MarrokalUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0Shotgun Tom Kelly is a radio and television personality, and I like his style. I like how I heard him talk while playing the 60s. I like his voice. He is a radio and television personality. He is a two-time Emmy award winner, Billboard Air Personality of the Year winner, an inductee into the California Music Hall of Fame (2023),and recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Born in San Diego, Kelly worked at KDEO, KPRI,

Cats really do have nine lives. My daughter had a pet cat she called Como. It was a mixed Siamese that she was very attached to. She had moved to a town house with her two cats. She had never let them out in the yard. One day she decided to try it. She let them out. The cat that was her daughter’s special pet, Ariel, came right back. Como did not return. She went out looking for him and calling him. After several days, he did not return. The other cat, Ari, just cried and cried. She was reall...

Intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto: WikipediaUsage: CC BY-SA 2.0Berry Gordy is multiple things. He's a retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades.As a songwriter, Gordy composed or co-composed a number of hits including "Lonely Teardrops" and "That's Why" (Jackie Wilson), "Shop Around" (the Miracles), and "Do

Intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Wikimedia Usage: Public DomainThere was Vietnam and there was a civil rights movement and protest. Marvin Gaye recorded What's Going On and was released in 1971. Stevie Wonder recorded Loves in Need of Love Today, and It was released in 1976. Music and it's power. Motown was more than music and celebration. I say Motown is the sound of people telling millions of stories about love. I think Motown had an affect on all of America. Motown was popular in the US and the UK

Story by: Gail NoblesArt by: Gail NoblesIn the music business people can become lost and go in the wrong direction. My mom used to tell me: God didn't put them in that spotlight. They put themselves in there or they forget God. I agree but we don’t know what's in a person's heart. Whitney knew she needed God. She was always singing the Gospel. She was brought up in church, and she never stopped going to church. Like any other human being, she had some troubles. Whatever was troubling Whitney, I

Story by: Gail NoblesArt by: Gail NoblesFrom what we are told, Aaliyah is not alive. Though dead, she's certainly hard to kill. When she was alive, she told the world she was mysterious. Well, I didn't know her, but I believe her words because it seems to me she still speaks in dreams and works on the conscience. Fans are still talking about her, and she's been dead since 2001. It has nothing to do with an autopsy, a heartbeat, or a body. If you know anything about Christ, you know mystery. I didn't

Keyboardist: Gail NoblesThe New Radical sent us a positive message.The New Radicals was an American alternative rock band formed in 1997 in Los Angeles.  They recorded a song entitled You Get What You Give.  It was the first and most successful single from their only studio album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998). Released on November 3, 1998, it reached number 36 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.In 2006, Ice-T was asked on Late Night

Keyboardist: Gail NoblesStory by: Gail NoblesPhoto: John Mathew SmithUsage: Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0MC Hammer believed in feeding people positive things through his music to help souls. He once said in an interview with Revolt: ‘that he grew up in a very negative and violent environment. He viewed music as a way to escape. He did not need to take his music and the same tension that was already happening around the house and in the street. So when he created songs, he wanted it to be a way to escape to

As billions around the world head to the polls this year, the journalist, editor and Nobel Peace Prize winner analyzes the impact of AI on democracies and the information ecosystem. Interviewed by Cat Zakrzewski

Announcement The Bill Withers birthday party is coming. An all star celebration of the music and Legacy of the Bill Withers featuring Grandma's Band and the voice of Noel McCalla.  They'll be singing Grandma's Hands and more live hits and fan favorites. In 2024, this year, The Bill Withers would have been turning 86 years of age for information about the Bill Withers birthday party tickets go to seetickets.com. The show will take place in London 229 Thursday, July 4, 2024.TSSMAlso support DJ Fitzroy

CB NEWSMusic Intro: Gail NoblesStory by: Gail NoblesPhoto credit: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.comUsage: CC BY-SA 2.0Angela Bofill was a singer songwriter of Cuban Puerto Rican origins. A New York native, she began her professional career in the mid-1970s and is most known for singles such as “This Time I'll Be Sweeter” Angel Of The  Night” and I Try.I know her from singing the song Tonight I Give In.  It was number 12 on the US R&B chart in 1983. When I heard Angela Bofill sing

Intro by: Gail NoblesChaka’s song “Ain’t Nobody” was released in 1983. quickly gathered popularity, and reached number one on the US Billboard R&B chart and number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1984 at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, "Ain't Nobody" won for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It has become one of Khan's signature songs.Rufus keyboardist David "Hawk" Wolinski wrote the song around a repeating synthesizer loop backed by a Linn LM-1 drum computer; however,

Story by: Gail NoblesPodcast cover art by: Gail NoblesToday I want to talk to you about Kool and the Gang and their album “Spirit of the Boogie”, and the album cover. Spirit of the Boogie is a six studio album by Kool and the Gang released in 1975. The sound of the music single reminds me of Jungle Boogie. You can hear Donald Boyce who was rapping on Jungle Boogie. I'm checking out the artwork on the album cover of Spirit of the Boogie. Its done by Frank Daniel (3). He is an art director and graphic