Latest posts tagged with #80srnb on Bluesky
🎵 #MinneapolisMonday: Janet Jackson – The Making of “Control” • 1986
#JanetJackson talks acting, Minneapolis, and working with Jam & Lewis on “Video Soul.” (Part 2/2)
📼: andwhat82, MistaMillionz763 (YouTube)
#Janet #JanFam #80sRnB #MinneapolisSound #80sNostalgia #80sMusic #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky
🎵 #MinneapolisMonday: Janet Jackson – The Making of “Control” • 1986
#JanetJackson talks acting, Minneapolis, and working with Jam & Lewis on “Video Soul.” (Part 1/2)
📼: andwhat82, MistaMillionz763 (YouTube)
#Janet #JanFam #80sRnB #MinneapolisSound #80sNostalgia #80sMusic #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky
🎤 Lead Vocals: Junior
🗣️ Background Vocals: Junior, Lucia Newell, Monte Moir, Tami Day
🥁 Drum Programming: Monte Moir
🎹 Keyboards: Monte Moir
🎸 Guitar: Oliver Leiber
🥁 Percussion: Gordy Knudtson
🎷 Saxophone: David Eiland
#MinneapolisSound #80sMusic #80sRnB #OldSchoolRnB #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky
🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S17:E29 (Ep. # 571) • May 28, 1988
🎵 Junior - Say That You Care
💿 Album: Sophisticated Street
📆 Year: 1988
🇬🇧 Label: London Records
✍🏾 Written By: Junior, Monte Moir
🎹 Produced By: Monte Moir
#SoulTrain #MinneapolisSound #80sMusic #80sRnB #80sNostalgia #BlackMusicSky
#MinneapolisMondays: Happy Birthday Terry Lewis 🥳 • November 24, 1956
One half of the iconic duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis; they’ve created 16 No. 1 hits, 26 R&B No. 1s, 41 Top 10 singles, and a legacy that’s unmatched.
#MinneapolisSound #JanetJackson #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky
🎵 New Edition – Crucial
💿 Album: Heart Break
📆 Release Date: June 20, 1988
💔 Label: MCA
✍🏾 Written By: Jellybean Johnson 🕊️, Lisa Keith
🎹 Produced By: Jellybean Johnson
🎶 Remix Produced By: Jellybean Johnson, Spencer Bernard, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
#80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky
🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S18:E22 (Ep. # 596) • April 15, 1989
Rest in peace to Jellybean Johnson. A vital part of the #MinneapolisSound whose influence ran deep 💜 🙏🏾
#SoulTrain #NewEdition #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky #BlackSky #Prince #Prince4Ever
📺 #VintageAd: Stevie Wonder For Kodak Batteries “Depend On Us To Last Longer” 🔋 • 1989
Legends, like Kodak, outlast the competition
📼: hipnogger (YouTube)
#StevieWonder #Kodak #80sNostalgia #80sThrowback #80sSky #MusicSky #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #80sMusic #80sRnB #80sAds #80sCommercials
🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S18:E1 (Ep. # 575) • September 24, 1988
🎵 Vanessa Williams – The Right Stuff
Vanessa did her thing with this one 🔥 She had the crowd locked in from the start.
They really don’t perform like this anymore. See for yourself ⏪
#SoulTrain #80sMusic #80sRnB #RnBSky #80sNostalgia
🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S14:E4 (Ep. #454) • October 13, 1984
💀 Had to start the first Saturday of spooky season with this
🎵 The Jacksons “Torture”
Credits Below👇🏾
#SoulTrain #TheJacksons #MichaelJackson #80sMusic #80sRnB #80sNostalgia #80sSky #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #MusicSky #RnBSky #HeeHeeSky
🎸 Guitar: Horace Coleman Jr.
🎹 Keyboards: Joey Gallo, Kevin Spencer, Ricky “Freeze” Smith
🎸 Bass: Leon F. Sylvers III
🥁Drums: Wardell Potts Jr.
#TheWhispers #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky #BlackSky #RnBSky
🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S12:E23 (Ep. # 421) • July 9, 1983
Happy belated birthday to “Scotty” and the late Walter Scott 🕊️ of The Whispers. Watch the #SoulTrain dancers groove to “Tonight,” one of the many gems the group blessed us with over the years. Enjoy! 🪩
#80sMusic #80sRnB #BlackMusicSky
📺 #VintageAd: Stevie Wonder for Sony CD Players 💿 • 1985
The pitch: If Stevie uses Sony, shouldn’t you too? Top-notch sound straight from the genius himself 🎹
📼: WALLWALKER44 (archive)
#StevieWonder #InSquareCircle #80sMusic
#80sRnB #80sNostalgia #80sAds #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky #BlackSky
🎵 Stevie Wonder - Go Home
💿 Album: In Square Circle
📆 Release Date: September 13, 1985
⭕️ Label: Tamla
✍🏾 Writer, Producer, Vocals, Synthesizers, Drums, Vocoder: #StevieWonder
🎚️ Associate Producer: Gary Olazabal
🎷 Saxophone: Bob Malach
🎺 Trumpet: Larry Gittens
#RnBSky #80sMusic #80sRnB
🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S15:E8 (Ep. #490) • Nov. 23, 1985
Celebrating 40 years of #StevieWonder ’s In Square Circle🥂 A 2x platinum, Grammy-winning album that showed the 8th Wonder still had it. The #SoulTrain dancers agreed
(💿 Credits Below👇🏾)
#MusicSky #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #80sMusic #80sRnB
#FirstFamilyFridays🦚: The Jacksons Triumph Tour • 1981
News 4 New York’s Melba Tolliver interviews #TheJacksons after their 1st night at Madison Square Garden (Aug. 18, 1981)
📼: MJ Instrumentals (YouTube)
#TriumphTour #MichaelJackson #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackMusicSky #BlackSky #HeeHeeSky
🌍 Ready For The World (2/2):
🎸 John Eaton: Bass, backing vocals
🥁 Gerald Valentine: Drums
🪘 Willie Triplett: Percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
#ReadyForTheWorld #80sRnB #80sMusic #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #80sNostalgia
🌍 Ready For The World (1/2):
🎤 Melvin Riley Jr.: Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
🎸 Gordon Strozier: Lead guitar, backing vocals
🎹 Gregory Potts: Keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
#ReadyForTheWorld #80sRnB #80sMusic #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #80sNostalgia
✍🏾 Written By: Melvin Riley Jr. & John Eaton
🎹 Produced By: Ready For The World & Gary Spaniola
🗣️ Groupie Voice: Andrea Fheh
#SoulTrain #ReadyForTheWorld #80sRnB #80sMusic #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #80sNostalgia
🚂 #SoulTrainSaturdays: S16:E12 (Ep. #522) • December 6, 1986
🎵 Ready For The World - Mary Goes ‘Round
💿 Album: Long Time Coming
📆 Release Date: November 10, 1986
💞 Label: MCA Records
(Credits Below 👇🏾)
#SoulTrain #ReadyForTheWorld #80sRnB #80sMusic #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #80sNostalgia
🥁 Live Band
🎸 Bass: Levi Seacer Jr.
🎶 Cabasa: Juan Escovedo
🥁 Drums: Karl Perazzo
🎸 Guitar: Miko Weaver, Stephan Birnbaum
🎹 Keyboards: Susie Davis, Ken Grey
🎷 Saxophone: Eddie Mininfield
#SheilaE #Prince #Prince4Ever #MinneapolisSound #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky
🎵 Sheila E. - A Love Bizarre
💿 Album: Romance 1600
📆 Release Date: August 26, 1985
❤️ Label: Paisley Park / Warner Bros.
✍🏾 Written & Produced By: Prince & Sheila E.
🎤 Lead Vocals: #SheilaE & #Prince
#Prince4Ever #MinneapolisSound #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky
🎵 #MinneapolisMondays: Sheila E. Performs “A Love Bizarre” • Oct 26, 1985
#SheilaE mixed Amadeus-style with Minneapolis funk. The result: a Gold certified album that still goes hard today🔥
Credits Below👇🏾
#Prince #Prince4Ever #MinneapolisSound #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky
👑 One of my favorite MJ tracks 👌🏾
#SoulTrain #MichaelJackson #KingOfPop #MJforever #HeeHeeSky #BlackSky #BlackMusicSky #RnBSky #MusicSky #80sMusic #80sRnB #80sPop #80sNostalgia
Mindy Cohn Instagram picture taken at the recording session of Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” in 1982. Featured are Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, James Ingram, Janet Jackson, Kim Fields, and Mindy Cohn
☝🏾 Uncredited note: Some outlets have reported that Mindy Cohn said she sang background on “P.Y.T.” (not listed in the official credits). Kim Fields has said she was present at the session but did not record.
📸: Mindy Cohn via Instagram
#MichaelJackson #MJForever #80sNostalgia #80sMusic #80sRnB
💿 Credits:
🎵 Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
💿 Album: Thriller
📆 Release Date: November 30, 1982
❤️ Label: Epic Records
✍🏾 Written & Arranged By: James Ingram 🕊️, Quincy Jones 🕊️
🎹 Produced By: #QuincyJones
🎤 Lead Vocals: #MichaelJackson 🕊️
#MJForever #80sMusic #80sRnB #MusicSky
🚂 Soul Train: S12:E16 (Ep. #414) • May 21, 1983
🎵 Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
One of MJ’s funkiest cuts had the #SoulTrain line moving in full force that night
Credits below 👇🏾
#MichaelJackson #MJForever #KingOfPop #80sNostalgia #80sMusic #80sRnB #BlackSky #MusicSky #RnBSky
