Photo credit: tm_10001 https://flic.kr/p/4waN1U Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 Keyboard player: Gail Nobles Vocals by: Gail Nobles Podcast theme: Gail Nobles © 2001 Another Heartbreak (Another Hotel) Good evening. You’re listening to the Whitney Soul Podcast, and I’m your host, Gail Nobles. Today’s topic: Another Heartbreak (Another Hotel). First, it was MJ. Then it was Whitney, and this is a podcast intro. (Music) That was just an intro for the show but Whitney Houston had a heartbreak hotel song of her o...
Sep 26, 2021•5 min
THE NEW RETRO CC 4.0 BY-SHARE ALIKE -- Original artist: Taylor Casey -- Music available on tribeofnoise.com -- ID: 46939. https://www.tribeofnoise.com/taylorcasey Good afternoon! I’m Gail Nobles, and we have come to the New Retro. The song I’m about to play reminds me of the story of split personality. There’s a good side and there’s an evil side, and we don’t want the evil side. We don’t want our personalities split. The title of the next song is “ The Ballad of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Tayl...
Sep 16, 2021•5 min
Peter Pan Photo: Public Domain Michael Jackson Photo: By Alan Light - https://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/3678966687/ , Usage: CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78801966 Story by: Gail Nobles Song: He’s Peter Pan Song by: Gail Nobles © 2021 Voice Actor: Gail Nobles Today’s topic is Michael Jackson and Peter Pan. You know Michael Jackson said: Peter Pan represents something that is special in my heart. He represents youth, childhood, never growing up, magic, flying. ...
Sep 07, 2021•4 min
Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient - Stevie Wonder.webm : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_Recipient_-_Stevie_Wonder.webm Usage: Public Domain Hi! I’m Gail Nobles and this is an explanation moment. This is an explanation about singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder. It’s been a while since I’ve heard anything about him. (singing). … Remember that? “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder. It was a major international hit, and remains Wo...
Sep 05, 2021•4 min
THE NEW RETRO Song: In Peace (Reprise) Song by: Lasswell featuring Snowflake Usage: 2011 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) Downloaded from: http://ccmixter.org/files/lazztunes07/34273 Hi! I’m Gail Nobles on the New Retro. There’s a raging war out there, but we need to live as one in peace. … That was Lasswell featuring Snowflake “In Peace” on the New Retro. Music commentary news....
Sep 01, 2021•3 min
Movie: TNT Jackson by Cirio Santiago Usage Clips from movie: Public Domain https://archive.org/details/TNTJackson Photo credit: qthomasbower from flickr https://flic.kr/p/boZQtd Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 Song: I Learned From the Best Song by: Whitney Houston Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Today’s topic: Whitney Houston and the character TNT Jackson. Whitney could have played many female characters. She had personality. Whitney Houston was heading more for movies in her singing career. Her first movie was...
Aug 23, 2021•10 min
Get Christie Love by: William A. Graham Clips Usage: Public Domain Downloaded from: https://archive.org/details/GetChristieLove Teresa Graves Photo: Public Domain Whitney Houston Photo: Nisakorn Keanmepol https://flic.kr/p/bsdVq8 Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 Today’s topic: Whitney Houston - No Remake of Get Christy Love. We can only imagine. It was said back in 1997 that Whitney Houston reportedly signed up to star in and co-produce a remake of the 1974 TV movie “Get Christie Love”. It is a crime drama T...
Aug 19, 2021•5 min
Song: Urbana-Metronic (Woo-Yea Mix) Song by: Spinningmerkaba Usage: 2011 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) Downloaded: http://ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 This is Gail Nobles on The New Retro. How many of you still like funk music? It was a genre popular in the 70’s. We can never get enough of it. Today I’m going to play some funk by Spinningmerkaba. The instrumental song is called Urbana-Metronica ( Woo-Yea Mix). (Song) A great instrumental by Spinningmerkaba. I’m thinki...
Aug 12, 2021•4 min
Song: The Road Back Song by: Sleeperspaceborn Usage: 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) Downloaded from: http://ccmixter.org/files/sleeperspaceborn/61593 It’s time for New Retro! Here now is a song I’ve never heard before. It sounds as if it could fit right into the Top 20 charts of the 80s. It’s called “The Road Back” by Sleeperspaceborn. (Song) The Road Back. What a beautiful power balled that is by Sleeperspaceborn. It’s an editorial pick on ccmixter.org. Music commentar...
Aug 10, 2021•4 min
Song: I Have Nothing Song by: Whitney Houston Song written by: David Foster & Linda Thompson Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Keyboard player: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Whitney Elizabeth Houston is that everyday occasion. Fans are celebrating and singing her songs. Singing (Cause I’ll never change all my colours for you). Something said to me: Keep her in your memory. Aaah! It’s good to feel heaven. God knows what we have need of, and someday he’ll bring back all who we have lost. That da...
Aug 06, 2021•2 min
Music and Podcast theme by: Gail Nobles Photo credit by: dbking - Flickr: Michael McDonald Usage: CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_McDonald_(singer).jpg I Keep Forgetting (Every Time You’re Near) also known as I keep Forgetting is a song by Michael McDonald. But this is not the original song. It’s just today’s topic. I Keep Forgettin’. Every Time You’re Near. Michael McDonald recorded it with his sister Maureen McDonald providing background vocals. And the original song ...
Jul 10, 2021•4 min
Podcast theme by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: tm_10001/flickr.com https://flic.kr/p/4waN1U Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 You can say what you want to say, but Whitney Houston was a soul sister. They could never get the story right about her. Saint or sinner. Winner or looser. Even though she was the best, they were always putting her to the test. Whitney was different from the rest. She didn’t want to leave us. She didn’t volenteer. Whintey was called out. It was time to go home. She w...
Jul 07, 2021•4 min
THE WHITNEY SOUL PODCAST Story by: Gail Nobles Keyboard player: Gail Nobles Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Song: Tonight I'm Alright Song by: Michael Walden Photo Credit: By Craig ONeal, Usage: CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85864151 Tody’s Topic is Michael Walden. It was 1979 when I heard Michael Walden’s song, “Tonight I’m Alright”. I didn’t know back then that Michael Walden was Michael Walden. He workded with Whitney Houston. Michael Walden has been a hit record prod...
Jun 21, 2021•5 min
Hello everyone! I’m Gail Nobles, and today I want to talk about vinyl records. Music artists have been releasing vinyl records. Both Indie and signed artists. It seems that the music fans never stopped loving vinyl records. I never stopped loving vinyl records. Have you seen the vinyl records of today? Have you seen the vinyl record sleeves and vinyl jackets? There are unique… I guess you can say custom vinyl records because records are made colorful today. In the old days, all of the records I ...
Jun 03, 2021•2 min
Music and theme by: Gail Nobles This is Gail Nobles on the Cat Bear. If you want to start a podcast, you can always start at Spreaker.com. Get a month free at Spreaker’s Pro Plan. Just Click on the link below of this podcast. And if you are listening to my podcast, you’re catching on. You’re already in the Spreaker zone. To sign up, you can use the code without clicking on the link. That would be paw15. So sign up. Get your Spreaker pro plan today. Coupon link: https://spreaker.pxf.io/vnNeqN cod...
May 17, 2021•2 min
Keyboard player: Gail Nobles Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Songs: Bad and Smooth Criminal Songs by: Michael Jackson There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think of Michael Jackson listening to music. I miss the excitement he brought to the music world. When he first came out with songs like Who’s Bad and Smooth Criminal, I wasn’t into them right away because the songs were very new and different to me coming from Michael. But I grew to like them some. When he started off singing "Your but is...
Apr 28, 2021•6 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Original song: I Believe in You and Me Song by: Whitney Houston Podcast version by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: By Asterio Tecson - Flickr: Whitney Houston - Central Park, NYC September 1, 2009, Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15828489 Whitney Houston did not always sing a song the same way all of the time. (Singing) It’s the things that Whitney Houston said and the things she didn’t say. That was just an example of my own how Whitney woul...
Apr 27, 2021•6 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Artwork by: Gail Nobles Hello everyone. Thank you for tuning in to the commentary music news of the Cat Bear. You can listen o the Cat Bear on the Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, Podchaser, Tunein, and of course Spreaker. I started the Cat Bear in 2019. So the podcast is 3 years old today. I knew that when I started the podcast, I wanted to try monetizing. When it comes to podcasting, I think that it wouldn’t hurt to have at least one or two ads in...
Apr 15, 2021•2 min
Keyboard music by: Gail Nobles Today I’m thinking of the Bee Gees. When they were singing songs like Staying Alive, More Than A Woman; Jive Talk. Paw Prints of the Cat Bear. The Red Panda’s diverse sound. Today’s topic .. The Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a music group formed in 1958. Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. They were a trio and were especially successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The group had three-part tight harmonies; Robin had a vibrato. Barry was the R&...
Apr 12, 2021•3 min
Info: The Godfather of Soul Autobiography by James Brown Song title: Somebody Was Fooling My Friend Song by: Gail Nobles © 2021 (Singing) Good evening everyone. Ive got more James Brown vibes. James Brown and Otis Redding knew each other. There were friends. Did you know it? Otis always called James Bossman, and he went to James with a plan Otis wanted to learn how to fly a plane he was using. According to James Brown’s book, “The Godfather of Soul Autobiography” James said, “Leave that alone. D...
Apr 10, 2021•3 min
Story and vocals by: Gail Nobles Podcast Theme by: Gail Nobles Photos: Pixabay.com All I know, there is a recording artist whose name is Davie. He has a smooth vocal sound. Davie has a single out that has a catchy tune title "Walk That Walk" from his album titled "Black Gospel". The song really puts you in the mood of snapping your fingers or taping your feet. When I heard the song, I had to play it more than once. Now, it is stuck in my mind. When a song gets stuck in your mind, you hear it ove...
Apr 08, 2021•2 min
Just so you'll know, the Cat Bear is not a radio station, but it leaves paw prints of info about the music that radio plays. It's a podcast about music in other words. There could be more. Lots more. More than just info about music. The Cat Bear is growing everyday, and it hasn't been easy with no records to play. Just audio and sound. Sometimes there is music under Creative Commons license or royalty free. It's better than no music at all. Sometimes I make my own music. It can be a lot of work....
Apr 01, 2021•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Actor: Gail Nobles Vocals: Gail Nobles Song by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: By PH2 Mark Kettenhofen - DefenseImagery, Usage: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15691175 God Gave Me A Voice - Words of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston left us with a lot of words, and though she is gone, it seems like her words still live. Actor: "God gave me a voice to sing And when you have that What other gimmick is there?" _ Whitney Houston (Singing) God gave me a ...
Mar 31, 2021•4 min
Mixcloud link DJ Kevin Cole https://www.mixcloud.com/kexp/kexp-celebrates-rev-105-with-shawn-stewart-for-national-radio-day/ REV 105 Radio Station Radio Station commercials Usage: Public Domain Downloaded from: https://ia800303.us.archive.org/21/items/REV105_-_RadioStationRadioStation/REV105_Promo_-_RadioStationRadioStation3.mp3 Hi! I’m Gail Nobles and this is the third episode about REV105/Revolution Radio. A very special radio station that was one the air in the 90’s that played a fairly wide ...
Mar 24, 2021•4 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: By John Mathew Smith &; www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA - WHITNEY HUSTON, Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75843522 Hi, I’m Gail Nobles on the Whitney Soul Podcast and today’s topic is The Voice Whitney and Singing. In the beginning, before I heard Whitney Houston, songs seemed a lot easier to sing. Not everyone can sing just any song. So many of us grew up imitating voices singing songs we heard from ...
Mar 18, 2021•5 min
Song: Sweet Harmony By: Smokey Robinson Photo Credit: By Gage Skidmore, Usage: CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67243788 Hi, I'm Gail Nobles and you're listening to Explanae Moment. Explanation! A story behind a song! Smokey Robinson gave a beautiful tribute to his singing partners in the Miracles after his departure. The title of the song is "Sweet Harmony" released in 1973 on his studio album by Tamia Records. The song was a very nice, moving, and touching. And Smo...
Mar 15, 2021•2 min
EXPLANAE MOMENT Song: Midnight Train to Georgia Song by: Gladys Knight and the Pips Song written by: Jim Weatherly Photo credit: By CBS Television - frontback Usage: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61834027 Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles Keyboard player: Gail Nobles Do y’all hear that train? Do y’all hear it’s horn?…. Today’s topic .. Gladys Knight and the Pips .. Midnight Train to Georgia. Midnight Train to Georgia is a 1973 number one hit single by Gladys Knight &am...
Mar 10, 2021•3 min
Hi, I'm Gail Nobles. I hope you are enjoying the Cat Bear. The CAT BEAR is the red panda. He is the paw print of music because he is commentary. The panda is the subject of music. I'm wondering how the podcast would sound in your car on speakers. If you have an old car, it probably won't work with bluetooth and things like that. The new cars probably have a Bluetooth connector built in. However, carrying a portable bluetooth speaker in your car with an iPhone would probably do the trick. There a...
Mar 06, 2021•3 min
Song title: Your Song Song written and performed by: Elton John Cover version: Cissy Houston Podcast Vocals: Gail Nobles Photo credit: By Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA - Cissy Houston, Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3856773 Hello! Today I’m going to talk about Whitney Houston’s mom on the Whitney Soul Podcast. Ms. Cissy Houston you know was the mom of Whitney Houston. She taught Whitney how to sing. Sounds like Ms. Houston took some time out for Whitne...
Feb 28, 2021•4 min
Show: ONE NOTE JAM Vocal by: Gail Nobles Story Info: Wikipedia.org Photo credit:By Webgirljess - Own work, Usage: CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51572819 TobyMac is a Christian hip hop recording artists, music producer, songwriter, and author. He has a new single titled, "Everything". The song peaked at No.7 on the US Hot Christian Song Chart. The song was released on July18, 2018. TobyMac said it was a song he had in his head but not really in his heart. He said a...
Feb 25, 2021•2 min
