CB NEWS Story by: Gail Nobles Voice actor: Gail Nobles Photo: -MaDMAn- Usage: Flickr CC BY 4.0 DEED https://flic.kr/p/a15hRa I was scrolling on social media, and I just happen to see a young woman in red with a Monique attitude telling the crowd that they were just standing but not grooving. She said Whoa Whoa ... wait! Y'all ain't grooving into this groove the way y'all need to be grooving into this groove. I asked out loud: Is that Janet Jackson? And it was. When I got the question out of my m...
Mar 10, 2024•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Ryan Arrowsmith Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.5 Today's topic: Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By. There are several notable cover versions of the song. Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and some others have cover versions of the song You're All I Need To Get By. It was originally recorded by R&B soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell and released on Motown records Tamia label in 1968. The song was written by Ni...
Mar 02, 2024•3 min
Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Vannessajg - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Today's topic: Shirley Jones: Baby Don't Go Yet from her 2024 album Reflections Shirley Jones or the Jones Girls has released her 45th anniversary tribute album and memory of her sisters titled Reflections in Loving Memory. It's a tribute album honoring her late sister Brenda and Valorie of the Jones Girls. The album has 10 songs, and the first track on the album is Baby Don't Go Yet. You’ll Love It. The Jones Girls...
Feb 24, 2024•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fáìlì:Aaliyah_Haughton.jpg Fast Drawing: Soundbible.com Aaliyah called her sound street but sweet. It's a fact Aaliyah showed us a little more than that. We heard some R&B like One in a Million, The One I Gave My Heart To, At Your Best, and Rock the Boat. If you paid attention, you know that Aaliyah wasn't just hip-hop and beat. Aaliyah gave us variety. In my opinion, Aaliyah was like a little Jody Wat...
Feb 22, 2024•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Zoran Veselinovic - Flickr Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 When I heard Michael Jackson the singer, I never really recognize the changes in his voice. When I listen to him growing up, I noticed that he had a very high voice range. I could not tell when he sounded a little raspy. All I was hearing was a child's voice. When he was a boy, to me his singing was perfect. And when I would try to sing with his records, I didn't feel comfortable singing in high range with him....
Feb 13, 2024•3 min
Story By: Gail Nobles First, 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 ...
Jan 26, 2024•5 min
Photo credit: https://iconspng.com/image/144428/whitney-houston-face# Usage: Free Story by: Gail Nobles Hello! 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 199...
Jan 20, 2024•3 min
Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY-SA 3.0 Lisa 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 ...
Jan 12, 2024•3 min
Intro by: Gail Nobles Music: Samplefocus.com Usage: Standard License Photo: Mika-photography Usage: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Hello! 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 showin...
Dec 29, 2023•4 min
Hip-Hop Legend Kool Herc Usage: CC0 1.0 Universal And Permission to use by BronxNet Owned by: BronxNet Television https://archive.org/details/Hip-hopLegendKoolHerc Coming up next: DJ Herc a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip-hop music in the Bronx, New York City in 1973. Nicknamed the father of hip-hop DJ Kool Herc began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown. HipHop legend Kool Herc joins Bob Lee to share more about the mark he has ...
Dec 23, 2023•12 min
Intro: Gail Nobles Photo: Bill Ebbesen - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Usage: CC BY 3.0 Bobby 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...
Dec 21, 2023•2 min
Intro by: Gail Nobles Welcome 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&...
Dec 14, 2023•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Keyboard intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Kingbout - Own work Usage: Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 4.0 Today's topic: Sunshine Anderson You'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 bil...
Dec 05, 2023•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: GuillemMedina - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 According 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 sid...
Nov 22, 2023•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles©️2023 Vocals: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Features music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991 Hello! 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...
Nov 18, 2023•4 min
Photo: Mikamote - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hello! 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 ...
Nov 01, 2023•2 min
Background music by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia/public domain Riverman 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...
Oct 27, 2023•2 min
Photo1: Diana Ross Raph_PH - DRossLongleat010722 (9 of 43) Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Photo 2: Lionel Richie Raph_PH - SWonderBSTHyde060719-2 Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Acapella: Gail Nobles Intro music: SampleFocus.com https://samplefocus.com/samples/soul-violin-sample-vintage-chop Usage: Standard License Last 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 ...
Oct 22, 2023•2 min
Music Intro By: Gail Nobles Photo: chrisweger Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Madonna 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...
Oct 18, 2023•1 min
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 h...
Oct 13, 2023•2 min
Photo: MikaV - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Story by: Gail Nobles keyboardist: Gail Nobles Features 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 ...
Oct 10, 2023•4 min
Photo: slgckgc https://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/37320928332/ Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 4.0 It 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 goo...
Oct 09, 2023•2 min
Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo image: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY 3.0 Ciara 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 th...
Oct 09, 2023•3 min
Intro Music by: Gail Nobles Cover Art by: Gail Nobles Today's topic: Rhythmatic Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson could do the moves of Sammy Davis Jr., Fred Astaire, James Brown, and of course the moonwalk. I don't know a dance that he couldn't do. Music was all over Michael. He could express music through his body moves. He had a natural talent for dancing as well as singing. Michael Jackson was a very rhythmatic man. Whenever I think of him, I think of some of his dance songs from his Off The ...
Oct 02, 2023•3 min
Cover Art by: Gail Nobles Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Christopher Williams, a man that sings Talk To Myself (a 1989 single). He emerged during the late 1980s as a recording artist. He has many R&B hit singles, I'm Dreamin (1991) and Every Little Thing U Do (1993). So what's Christopher Williams doing today? According to an interview, Christopher has been through a lot. The last time I heard about him he was in a coma. Christopher said he had to learn how to walk and talk again. Thank you Lor...
Sep 30, 2023•2 min
Story by: Gail Nobles Hello 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 ...
Sep 29, 2023•2 min
Music intro by: Gail Nobles Keyboardist & Vocals: Gail Nobles According to Whitney Houston's official website Saving All My Love For You was released in August 1985. So August 13 was the 38th anniversary. Saving All My aLove For You is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin. It was originally recorded by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. for the album Marilyn and Billy of 1978. The song became a global success and represented a commercial breakthrough for Whitney Houston , topping...
Sep 18, 2023•2 min
Photo: Raph_PH - BeyonceSpurs010623 (71 of 118) Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Maren Morris rooted in the country genre. Her music also blends elements of pop, R&B, and hip-hop. According to headlines, Maurice is done with country music. She decided that she would step outside of the drama. I don't exactly know what's going on in detail. Maybe Morris can do her own thing somehow; start her own country label and do things her way if she loves country music. Beyoncé name the eighth greatest singer...
Sep 17, 2023•2 min
Intro by: Gail Nobles Song written by: Dick Holler Song: Abraham, Martin, & John There is a song written giving tribute to the memory of four assassinated Americans, all icons of social change: Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the assassination of King and that of Robert Kennedy in April and June 1968, respectively. The song was written by Dick Holler. Each of the first three verses features one of the men named in...
Sep 14, 2023•2 min
Music intro by: Gail Nobles Music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991 Photo: Collision Conf - SM5_7950 Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the Cat Bear. Today’s topic: Timbaland, Nelly, and Justin. Timbaland has a new single titled Keep Going Up which features Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. They also have a music video for the song. It's pretty special to hear Timberland with two singers. He has what I call ...
Sep 09, 2023•1 min
