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Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest is an American funk rock band founded in Atlanta, Georgia, by the vocal duo of Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy and Glenn "Doc" Murdock in 1970 when the pair met up with guitarist Gary "Moses Mo" Moore and bassist Jerry "Wyzard" Seay. Their music is a blend of funky rhythms, heavy rock guitars and expressive soul/R&B-style vocals. The group charted with the singles "Fire" (No. 93 Pop Singles), "Baby Love" (No. 79 Black Singles, No. 58 Pop Singles), "Don't Wanna Come Back" (No. 54 Black Singles), "Love Changes" (No. 26 Black Singles), and "Piece of the Rock" in the mid- to late 1970s. History Mother's Finest issued its debut album '' Mother's Finest'' in 1972 on RCA; a second album for RCA remained unreleased until it surfaced as bonus tracks on the 2010 Wounded Bird re-issue of ''Mother's Finest.'' The group signed a new contract with Epic Records and released its sophomore effort, also titled ''Mother's Finest'', in 1976, stirring up controversy with the iron ...
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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ...
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The Marshall Tucker Band
The Marshall Tucker Band is an American rock band from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Noted for incorporating blues, country and jazz into an eclectic sound, the Marshall Tucker Band helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s. While the band had reached the height of its commercial success by the end of the decade, it has recorded and performed continuously under various line-ups for 50 years.Colin Larkin (ed.), "Marshall Tucker Band". ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Vol. 5 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 521–522. Lead vocalist Doug Gray remains the only original member still active with the band. The original line-up of the Marshall Tucker Band, formed in 1972, included lead guitarist, vocalist and primary songwriter Toy Caldwell (1947–1993), lead vocalist Doug Gray (born 1948), keyboard player, saxophone player and flautist Jerry Eubanks (born 1950), rhythm guitarist George McCorkle (1946–2007), drummer Paul Riddle (born 1953) a ...
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and Brad Whitford. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has also incorporated elements of pop rock, heavy metal music, heavy metal, glam metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. Aerosmith is sometimes referred to as "the Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band".Whatever there is to say now about Aerosmith, the long-lasting, hard-rocking quintet that has often been billed or hyped as America's greatest rock and roll band, it could have been said two decades ago. The primary songwriting team of Tyler and Perry is sometimes referred to as the "Toxic Twins". Perry and Hamilton were originally in a band together, the Jam Band, where they met up with Tyler, Kramer, guitari ...
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The Who
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band were previously named Earth, and before that the Polka Tulk Blues Band), they distinguished themselves through Occult, occult themes with horror-inspired lyrics and down-tuned guitars. Their first three albums, ''Black Sabbath (album), Black Sabbath'', ''Paranoid (album), Paranoid'' (both 1970), and ''Master of Reality'' (1971), were commercially successful, and are now cited as pioneering albums in the development of heavy metal music. Subsequent albums ''Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath album), Vol. 4'' (1972), ''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'' (1973), ''Sabotage (Black Sabbath album), Sabotage'' (1975), ''Technical Ecstasy'' (1976), and ''Never Say Die!'' (1978) saw the band explore more Experimental music, experimental and Progressive rock, progressive s ...
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Ted Nugent
Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and political activist. He goes by several nicknames, including Uncle Ted, the Nuge, and Motor City Madman. Nugent initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional vocalist of The Amboy Dukes (band), the Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock and hard rock. After dissolving the band, he embarked on a successful solo career. His first three solo albums, ''Ted Nugent (album), Ted Nugent'' (1975), ''Free-for-All (Ted Nugent album), Free-for-All'' (1976) and ''Cat Scratch Fever'' (1977), as well as the live album ''Double Live Gonzo!'' (1978), were certified Platinum sales, multi-platinum in the United States. His latest album, ''Detroit Muscle'', was released in 2022. In 2023, he embarked on a farewell tour known as the "Adios Mofo Tour". Nugent is known for his use of the Gibson Byrdland, his bluesy and frenzied guitar playing, and his energetic live ...
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Another Mother Further
''Another Mother Further'' is the third full-length studio album by Atlanta funk-rock group Mother's Finest. It was released in 1977 on Epic Records and co-produced by Tom Werman. It managed to chart one single, "Piece of the Rock". "Truth'll Set You Free" was covered by R&B group Labelle on their 2008 album, ''Back to Now'', after Nona Hendryx and Joyce Kennedy performed it on the international ''Daughters of Soul'' tour in 2004. Critical reception The ''Bay State Banner'' wrote that "their guitar riffs are fresh and economical, their keyboard excitingly percussive, and lead voice Joyce Kennedy, accepting her limitations, has made her shouting style into a stinging and irresistible voice." Track listing *All songs written by Mother's Finest, except where noted. #"Mickey's Monkey" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland) – 4:42 #"Baby Love" – 4:23 #"Thank You for the Love" – 5:04 #"Piece of the Rock" – 3:23 #"Truth'll Set You Free" – 4:23 #"Burning Love" (Dennis ...
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Wounded Bird Records
Wounded Bird Records is an American compact disc only re-issue record label that was founded in 1998 in Guilderland, New York. They re-release lesser known albums from popular and lesser known artists. Most of the Wounded Bird catalogue is licensed from Warner Music Group (including Atlantic Records) and Sony Music Entertainment. Notable artists released * Ace Spectrum * A Foot in Coldwater * Agent Orange * Toshiko Akiyoshi * Jan Akkerman * Joe Albany * Alessi Brothers * Steve Allen * Phil Alvin * Amazing Rhythm Aces * Ambrosia * David Amram * Jon Anderson * Apollonia * April Wine * Argent * Horacee Arnold * Ashford & Simpson * Tony Ashton and Jon Lord * The Assembled Multitude * Brian Auger * Patti Austin * Axe * Aztec Camera * Randy Bachman * Back Street Crawler * Bad Company * Badfinger * Badger * Ginger Baker * John Baldry * The Bangles * Barnaby Bye * Barrabás * Bobby Barth * Count Basie * Baton Rouge * Bay City Rollers * Beggars & Thieves * Harry Bel ...
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Mother's Finest (album)
''Mother's Finest'' is the official debut album by Atlanta group Mother's Finest. It was released in 1972 on RCA Records, followed by a single, "You Move Me" b/w "Dear Sir And Brother Mann," but neither the album or single made the Billboard charts. The band was disappointed with the album, claiming that RCA added "instrumental sweetening" without their consent. Despite sessions for a second album, they were later dropped by RCA. The album was released on CD by Wounded Bird Records in 2010 as part of a two-disc package that also included the band's 1973 unreleased second RCA album, their 1976 Epic Records debut, also titled ''Mother's Finest'', and the single edit of "Thank You for the Love" from their 1977 Epic release, ''Another Mother Further''. Both the vinyl and CD editions are out-of-print. British label SoulMusic Records included "You Move Me" and "Dear Sir and Brother Mann" from the 1972 debut and "Monster People", "Bone Song", "Living Hero", "Middle of the Night", "Funky ...
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Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ...
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Funk Rock
Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and Rock music, rock. James Brown and others declared that Little Richard and his mid-1950s road band, The Upsetters (American band), the Upsetters, were the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat, with a biographer stating that their music "spark[ed] the musical transition from fifties rock and roll to sixties funk". Funk rock's earliest incarnation on record was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as Sly and the Family Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Isley Brothers, Redbone (band), Redbone, Rick Derringer, David Bowie, Defunkt, The Chambers Brothers, Cold Blood (band), Cold Blood, Shuggie Otis, James Gang, Rare Earth (band), Graham Central Station, Wild Cherry (band), Wild Cherry, the Average White Band, James Blood Ulmer, Gary Wright, Black Merda, Bar-Kays, Edwin Birdsong, Betty Davis, and Mother's Finest. During the 1980s and 1990s funk rock music experienced a surge in popularity, wit ...
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Joyce Kennedy (singer)
Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy (born 1948) is an American singer raised in Chicago. Early life and career Joyce Kennedy was born in Anguilla, Mississippi, in 1948. Growing up as a young African American woman in Mississippi had little to no effect on young Joyce. This was due to the fact her grandparents were Masons, which allowed the family to own their own property, grow their own produce, and keep away from the racial tensions of the time. Her stay in Mississippi allowed her to enjoy the company of her family. In an interview done by the Jungle Room, Kennedy recalled how her grandmother would play the piano and sing throughout their home and while cousins would play their instruments by ear. Music was a recurring theme in the Kennedy household. After the death of her grandfather when she was 7, Kennedy moved to Chicago with her mother. It was there she began her singing career. In 1963, Joyce released her first single. With the help of Andre Williams, she recorded her first ...
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