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In news that will get very little coverage, Mariska Hargitay's "End the Backlog Campaign" achieves rape kit reform in ALL 50 states, DC, and Puerto Rico. It's women who are going to save us. Thank you Mariska Hargitay.

Ladies & Gentlemen Your Met Gala 2026 Co-Chair

I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know You should listen to more Bill Withers in your life.

I've never seen this footage in my life. This crazy live midtempo version makes it a completely different track. The content is confused but the vibe is giving ready to move on and be outside. So fire.

The original singer of 'Reading Rainbow' theme song, Tina Fabrique, performs 'Butterfly in the Sky'! 🦋

Lisa Stansfield & Barry White - All Around the World

I want a biopic on Big Mama Thornton. Four years before Elvis Presley released Hound Dog, she sang it. It was her hit! Then he imitated her and made millions. She never saw a dime. Later she would introduce Hound Dog to crowds as “this is the record I made Elvis rich on.”

I just can’t imagine wanting an entire secure ballroom for one man and not wanting gun reform for every child in America.

Carmen - Habanera (Bizet; Anna Caterina Antonacci, The Royal Opera)

Happy 25th All For You ♥️

Essa mulher é tão importante para a música pop, rezo todos os dias para que um dia todos percebam isso

CeCe Peniston. Keep On Walkin’

Happy birthday to Ella Fitzgerald! She was an a jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella. One of the finest female jazz vocalists of all time.

Whitney At Rehearsal Sings Chaka Khan's "Sweet Thing" Like An Angel.

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (#SoulTrain 1974) Legendary instrumental jazz-funk masterpiece. Always think it's perfect music for hot summer nights. Famously sampled by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince in 'Summertime'. An acclaimed live version was recorded in London, 1976.

‘Everybody Loves the Sunshine’ is what perfection sounds like on a warm day.

Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover - 1979 x.com/i/status/20478…

Are you alive today? If you didn’t die from COVID, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, SARS, swine flu, anthrax, tuberculosis, malaria, or other diarrheal diseases, you have the great Dr. Tony Fauci to thank.

Did You Know Morgan Freeman Owns a Blues Bar in Clarksdale, Mississippi and Joined Al Green for a Surprise Duet of “Let’s Stay Together”

Origins of Purple Rain, Purple Rain' was originally written as a country song, and was intended to be a collaboration with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks. According to Nicks, she received a 10-minute instrumental version of the song from Prince, with a request to write the lyrics, but she felt overwhelmed by the task. She later said: "I listened to it and I just got scared. I called him back and said, 'I can't do it. I wish I could. It's too much for me.'" Prince then asked his backing band to try the song: "I want to try something before we go home. It's mellow." According to Lisa Coleman, Prince changed the song dramatically after Wendy Melvoin started playing the guitar to accompany the song: "He was excited to hear it voiced differently. It took it out of that country feeling. "Then we all started playing it a bit harder and taking it more seriously. We played it for six hours straight and by the end of that day we had it mostly written and arranged." Prince's explanation on the meaning of 'Purple Rain': "When there's blood in the sky – red and blue = purple... purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/god guide you through the purple rain." After recording the song, Prince phoned Journey member Jonathan Cain, to ask him to listen to it. Prince was concerned that it might be too similar to Journey's 'Faithfully', a song composed by Cain which had recently been in the US charts. However, Cain reassured Prince by saying that the songs only shared the same four chords. "I thought it was an amazing tune," Cain said. "I told him, 'Man, I'm just super-flattered that you even called. It shows you're that classy of a guy. Good luck with the song. I know it's gonna be a hit.'" Ladies and gentlemen, Prince performing a special and an absolute classic song, Purple Rain, live at Paisley Park, in 1999. Credits for the background information: @SmoothRadio