Story By: Gail NoblesFirst, 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 become

Photo credit: https://iconspng.com/image/144428/whitney-houston-face#Usage: FreeStory by: Gail NoblesHello! 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 Wife,The 1997 film

Music Intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto credit: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY-SA 3.0Lisa 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 Andy Morris

Intro by: Gail NoblesMusic: Samplefocus.comUsage: Standard LicensePhoto: Mika-photographyUsage: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 UnportedHello! 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 showing their

Intro: Gail NoblesPhoto: Bill Ebbesen - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.Usage: CC BY 3.0Bobby 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 album titled

Intro by: Gail NoblesWelcome 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 Billboard R&B

Story by: Gail NoblesKeyboard intro by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Kingbout - Own workUsage: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0Today's topic: Sunshine AndersonYou'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 billboard hot

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Inside your sweet little house cat beats the heart of a mass murderer, scientists say. While it's no secret that cats are predators, a new study published this week shows just how deadly they can be in the wild.

Story by: Gail NoblesPhoto: GuillemMedina - Own workUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0According 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 our side if

Story by: Gail NoblesIntro by: Gail Nobles©️2023Vocals: Gail NoblesKeyboardist: Gail NoblesFeatures music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991Hello! 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 the rise and fall

Photo: Mikamote - Own workUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0Hello! 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 that there

Background music by: Gail NoblesPhoto: Wikipedia/public domainRiverman 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 after his

Photo1: Diana RossRaph_PH - DRossLongleat010722 (9 of 43)Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0Photo 2: Lionel Richie Raph_PH - SWonderBSTHyde060719-2Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0Acapella: Gail NoblesIntro music: SampleFocus.comhttps://samplefocus.com/samples/soul-violin-sample-vintage-chopUsage: Standard LicenseLast 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 declared by the US

Music Intro By: Gail NoblesPhoto: chriswegerUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0Madonna 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 glad she's

Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. I've got some sad news today. According to the headlines, Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers has passed away at age 84. He was one of the founding members of the Isley Brothers. According to the news, Rudolph died from a heart attack at his home. He wrote and recorded and released the significant recording "Shout" with his brothers landing a deal with RCA records in 1959. "Shout" was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.Rudolph & his brothers also had other hits

Story by: Gail NoblesHello I'm Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to the Cat Bear. I just wanna tell you about a song that's out now titled A Better Woman by singer named Cole Williams. Her sound for this song reminds me of music from the 1960s or 1970s for 2023. That’s what we need because back then music was real and Cole Williams has it. According to her bio, she is described by the Huffington Post as having the heart a Bob Marley, soul of Sam Cooke, and grit of Etta James. She’s The Empress of

Photo: MikaV - Own workUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0Story by: Gail Nobleskeyboardist: Gail NoblesFeatures music using Remixlive available on the App Store.People are still talking about Aaliyah. A lot of people feel that she was murdered. We were told that Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash. There is a lot of speculation and things being added to how she died. If Aaliyah was murdered, the truth will come out after a while.For nothing is secret that will not be revealed or anything hidden that will

Photo: slgckgc https://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/37320928332/Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 4.0It was quite a scare. At first, when I saw the name Bruno Mars, and the headlines with the city name Tel Aviv, (a city on Israel's Mediterranean coast). According to the headlines, Bruno Mars canceled the sold out Tel Aviv concert and flees Israel following the Hamas attacks. The country is at war. I'm glad that Bruno Mars has fled. I'm glad that he's all right. I don't think traveling too far away is a good idea

Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo image: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY 3.0Ciara is moving on to “Better Thangs”. She’s moving on to a better way of life. Ciara has a single out titled Better Thangs (Remix) ft. Sumner Walker & GoRilla. It’s available everywhere now. Ciara is not only a singer & dancer. She is also an actress, having appeared in All You've Got (2006), Mama, I Want to Sing! (2012), That’s My Boy (2012), and The Game (2013). In March 2022, it was announced that Ciara had joined the