Music Addikts

This is one of my favorite songs by Lalah because it tells a story about life, love, & relationships. It comes from the jazz album she recorded with Joe Sample entitled The Song Lives On(1999).  The lyrics are enchanting!

I think, “Pretty Boy” would be the first word that comes to mind when you see a picture of Richard “Dimples” Fields.  Pretty though he was, he talent was worth noting.  He was famous for his songs, “If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another,” and “She’s Got Papers On Me.”  So, what’s up with the name, “Dimples.” According to sources, Fields was nicknamed that by a female “admirer” who said he was always smiling.

In the early 70s, Fields purchase his own cabaret in San Fran, the Cold Duck Music Lounge, and frequently headlined there, becoming a popular act in the area.

Fields would record for several more years, various albums and songs with clever titles, definitely catching some interest. Unfortunately, in 2000 at the age of 58, Richard “Dimples” Fields died of a massive stroke.  His music may not have made the record books, but he is a character to remember. And as life sometimes goes, “If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another…”

This was Mint Condition’s first smash hit in 1991 and it hit number three on the Billboard’s R&B charts. 

They say the great one start early and for Lyn Collins, this was certainly the case. At the age of 14, this soul singer was rockin’ the mic, hailing from Ailene, Texas via Lexington, Kentucky.  Ms. Collins had the skills to back-up the great James Brown and toured with him, as part of his James Brown Revues.  These revues were some of the most extravagant productions in American pop music.

So, popular in fact that Lyn was able to build her own career, releasing her most popular song Think (About It) in 1972, a hit from her album of the same name. The song has since been sampled by several artists, with a large majority of the song used in Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s club hit “It Takes Two.”

Later in her life, Lyn made a comeback and generated enough interest in her work to re-release her albums, Think (About It) and Check Me Out, If You Don’t Know Me by Now overseas.

At the age of 56, Lyn Collins passed away from a cardia arrhythmia. Get a glimpse of Lyn’s beautiful voice in the video below, “Never Gonna Give You Up.”