All That Philly Jazz

17 years ago today, the world lost the legendary Michael Jackson.

On this day in 2009, Singer, songwriter, and dancer Michael Jackson died at age 50.

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Harold Melvin, founder of The Blue Notes zurl.co/nZLyo

Released on this day in 1984!! Any Prince fans on X?

June 25th 1977 - Marvin Gaye's 49th Billboard Top 40 single for Tamla / Motown Records, "Got To Give It Up", reached number one. Marvin would later sign with Columbia, but had only one more Pop chart entry during his lifetime, "Sexual Healing", #3 in 1982.

• #OTD: 1977 • #1 Song: Got to Give It Up 🎶 • Artist: Marvin Gaye 🎤

Chaka Khan – I'm Every Woman - 1978

The Isley Brothers - That Lady (1973)

A judge ordered the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees to file updates about the tarp-covered scaffolding and the center’s plans for maintaining operations and arts programming after July 5, the date it intended to close for two years of renovations. wapo.st/3SYOTvi

Happy 40th birthday to the talented Solange.

HAPPY BLACK MUSIC MONTH Aretha- Respect

#Jazz #ジャズ #ErrollGarner Erroll Garner - Misty (Live on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 26, 1961) Go back to the jazz ballad! Erroll Garner – Piano Eddie Calhoun – Bass Kelly Martin – Drums

The best selling albums by Black artists in history: #1 Thriller: 130M #2 The Bodyguard: 58M

The Roots of Blues.

McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us (1979)🎶

HAPPY BLACK MUSIC MONTH Ray Charles & The Raelettes (feat. Billy Preston) "What'd I Say"

🚨 Hold up wait a minute PHILLY! North Philadelphia’s own @MeekMill will be performing at our free One Philly Unity Concert for America, Saturday, July 4 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Brought to you by @esmproductions, @Wawa, and @LiveNationUrban

Billy Paul - Me & Mrs. Jones (1972)🎶🎤

Rep. Joyce Beatty: "I can tell you his name has been removed, and we are certainly standing up against this tarp to have it also come down"

47 years ago today, Teddy Pendergrass' album 'Teddy' arrived, home to the bedroom classic 'Turn Off the Lights.'