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1 week ago | soultracks.com | Chris Rizik

(April 15, 2025) The 1970s brought the transition from the golden era of vocal R&B groups to an emerging cadre of self-contained funk and soul bands, and one of the most talented, but unheralded, was the septet known as Switch.

1 week ago | soultracks.com | Chris Rizik

April 15, 1978 – Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams hit #1 with “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”By the time 1978 rolled around, Johnny Mathis had already been a superstar for more than two decades, and one of the biggest selling artists of the entire century. On the other hand, 27 year old Deniece Williams (16 years Mathis’s junior) was an up-and-coming singer who had broken out as a solo artist just three years earlier, but had quickly established herself as a uniquely gifted vocalist.

2 weeks ago | soultracks.com | Chris Rizik

(April 9, 2025) Lenny Welch will be remembered by most for one song, but what a song it was. His 1964 single “Since I Fell For You” topped the pop and soul charts and became one that the most loved songs of the decade. “Since I Fell For You” has been remade by countless artists but none have matched Welch’s plaintive reading, arguably one of the great pop performances of all time. Today we mourn the passing of this great singer at age 86.

2 weeks ago | soultracks.com | Chris Rizik

Happy Birthday to Bobbie Smith, one of the founders of the Spinners who was born on April 10, 1936. Smith was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and became a fixture on the local music scene with his group mates.

3 weeks ago | soultracks.com | Howard Dukes

(April 2, 2025) SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Award winner Anthony David is rightfully held as one of the leading examples of what soul music is at its best. The title of his debut album, Three Chords & The Truth,  sums up David’s approach to music. It’s about musicality and incorporating every strand of Black music into his pursuit of infectious melodies and honesty.