5/2/15 O&A Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Diana ! Diana Ross Special Featuring The Jackson 5 (1971)

It is Saturday

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Diana! Diana Ross’ first solo TV special, which aired on ABC on April 18, 1971. The special featured performances by The Jackson 5, and Jackson 5 lead singer Michael Jackson’s solo debut. Other guests included Danny Thomas and Bill Cosby. Continue reading

4/30/15/ O&A Throwback Thursday: Jeffrey Osborne Love Ballad – Live Concert

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Jeffrey Osborne started his music career in 1970 with a band called Love Men Ltd., who would later become known as L.T.D. The band recorded hit singles such as (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again, Concentrate on You, and Love Ballad. Continue reading

4/26/15 O&A Gospel Sunday: Reverend “FC” Barnes and Company

GOSPEL SUNDAY

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Bishop Faircloth “FC” Barnes answered his call to the ministry in 1955. He went on to found the Red Budd Holy Church in 1959, and later lead the flock at the St. Paul Holy Church in Maple Hill, NC were he served as pastor until his death in 2011. A beloved pastor, but it was his music that catapulted him to national prominence.  Continue reading

4/23/15 O&A Throwback Thursday: Peabo Bryson- Can You Stand The Rain

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Peabo Bryson is a R&B and soul singer-songwriter. The Greenville, South Carolina native is best known for singing soft-rock ballads (often as a duo with female singers) and his contribution to several Disney animated feature soundtracks. Continue reading

4/22/15 O&A Music: The “Hoff” Is Back- David Hasselhoff – True Survivor

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True Survivor is the ultimate homage to the decade of excess, featuring David Hasselhoff belting out a power anthem that would be right at home during a training montage in Rocky, The Karate Kid, or just about any buddy cop movie from the ’80s. Kung Fury is an insane-looking martial arts/comedy movie that’s been generating a fairly large amount of Internet buzz thanks to its plotline involving a renegade cop going back in time to kill Hitler, the Kung Fuhrer Continue reading

4/18/15 O&A Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Tina Turner – Live In Amsterdam

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Tina Turner’s amazing three-night stint at the Amsterdam Arena in September, 1996, where she performed all her biggest hits in a spectacular visual production. Continue reading

4/16/15 O&A Throwback Thursday: Michael Jackson- Dirty Diana

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Dirty Diana is a song by American singer Michael Jackson featuring Billy Idol’s  guitarist Steve Stevens. This music video won the Number One Video In The World at the second World Music Awards held on April 14, 1989. Dirty Diana was the second hard rock song of his solo career, with lyrics about a persistent groupie.  Continue reading