1/12/16 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Jess Glynne- Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself

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Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself, the fourth single from English recording artist Jess Glynne’s debut album I Cry When I Laugh released on 14 August 2015. Written by Jess Glynne, Wayne Hector and TMS who also produced the song the song tells about moving on from hard times and ‘not being hard on oneself’. Continue reading

1/11/16 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Lazarus- David Bowie

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David Bowie died yesterday after an eighteen month battle with cancer. His latest single Lazarus, which released on January – his 69th Birthday from the album  Blackstar has already received critical acclaim. Bowie chose to make Backstar his final artistic statement. He died surrounded by his family. Continue reading

1/11/16 O&A NYC Song OfThe Day: David Bowie – Lazarus

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David Bowie died  yesterday after an eighteen month battle with cancer. His latest single Lazarus, which was released on January – his 69th Birthday from the album  Blackstar has already received critic acclaim. Bowie chose to make Backstar his final artistic statement. Bowie died surrounded by his family.

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1/8/16 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Prince Royce – Back It Up featuring Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull

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Prince Royce’s music video for “Back It Up” features two of today’s biggest names in music: Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull. In the video released on VEVO, Royce (né Geoffrey Royce Rojas) becomes infatuated with the curvaceous Latina when they make eye contact while poolside in Miami. From the looks of it, she’s interested in him, too. Pitbull is seen having a great time dancing with beautiful women, finding time to donate a verse with advice to the lovestruck Romeo. Continue reading

1/7/16 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Kendrick Lamar- God Is Gangsta

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Kendrick Lamar has shared a new 7-minute short film titled God Is Gangsta, featuring To Pimp a Butterfly tracks u and For Sale? (Interlude). The u segment, directed by Jack Begert, features Lamar heavily drinking and rapping, while the For Sale? part, directed by PANAMÆRA, and filmed at Silencio, David Lynch’s nightclub in Paris. Continue reading

1/1/16 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Mariah Carey – Auld Lang Syne (The New Year’s Anthem, Fireworks Version)

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Mariah Carey released this upbeat version of the New Years anthem featuring a disco orchestra. Auld Lang Syne  is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song.   Continue reading

12/29/15 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: Madonna- Justify My Love

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Justify My Love by Madonna revolutionized the music industry with the first VHS video single.  Due to the highly sexually charged content MTV banned the music video. Madonna capitalized on the scandal becoming the first artist to release a single in this format., Continue reading

12/25/15 O&A NYC Song Of The Day: The Christmas Song- Nat King Cole

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The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) is a holiday classic and the most popular Christmas song of all times. The Christmas song written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells in 1944 and was first recorded by The King Cole Trio in 1946. The song was recorded again in stereophonic version with a full orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael using the same arrangement for Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song album in 1961. Continue reading

12/24/15 O&S NYC Song Of The Day: BeBe and CeCe Winans- The First Noel (1993)

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BeBe and CeCe Winans sing The First Noel on the television special, David Foster’s Christmas Album musical staging and choreography by Walter Painter with dancer Tina LeBlanc. Continue reading