7/4/25 O&A NYC INDEPENDENCE DAY LIVE PERFORMANCE: Whitney Houston – Star Spangled Banner (National Anthem) – Super Bowl 1991

Among the annals of national anthems as a prelude to sporting events, few have topped the one delivered by Whitney Houston before Super Bowl XXV in 1991 in Tampa, Florida. Continue reading

6/19/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY SPECIAL: The S.O.S. Band – Just Be Good To Me

Just Be Good To Me by The S.O.S. Band was released in 1983 as the lead single from their album On The Rise. The song was written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. 

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5/21/25 O&A NYC WALESTYLEZ DANCE PARTY: DWP Academy Performs At Ghana Dance Festival 🇬🇭

The sensational DWP Academy performs at the 2023 Ghana Dance Festival. Watch how DWP Academy  move the crowd with their amazing dance performance. Continue reading

5/21/25 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: ‪@JasonDerulo‬ nails OPERA version of ⁣Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot

Jason Derulo gives Sir Mix-a-Lot’s mega hit Baby Got Back a theatrical makeover in the Musical Genre Challenge. Continue reading

5/18/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Darrell Winn- There Is a Balm in Gilead 

Darrell Winn singing There Is a Balm in Gilead at Family Worship Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Reverend Jimmy Swaggart arranged this beautiful rendition. Continue reading

5/17/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Labelle in Concert 1975

Labelle was a three member band that originated out of the Blue Belles, a girl group who were a popular vocal group  of the 1960s and 1970s. Continue reading

5/8/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY- MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL: I’ll Always Love My Mama- The Intruders

I’ll Always Love My Mama is a 1973 single by the Philly soul group The Intruders. Released from their album Save the Children, the single is a song commonly played on Mother’s Day. Continue reading

5/6/25 O&A NYC SONG OF THE DAY: Fantasia Returns To American Idol To Sing Have Your Way

Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is a singer and actress. She rose to prominence in 2004 for her performance of the Porgy and Bess standard Summertime during the third season of American Idol and eventually became that season’s winner. Continue reading

5/1/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Live In Concert)

I Want You is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur T-Boy Ross and recorded and released as a single by Marvin Gaye. Released as a single in 1976 on the Tamla label, the song introduced a change in musical styles for Marvin Gaye, who before then had been recording songs with a funk edge.  Continue reading