10/30/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Vincent Price Raps Thriller (1987)- The Tonight Show with Joan Rivers

Actor Vincent Price performs the iconic rap from Michael Jackson‘s mega hit Thriller. This was the first and only time performed the verses live on television Continue reading

10/23/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me

Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell, from his 1984 debut album of the same name. Somebody’s Watching Me became a major commercial success internationally, topping various charts around the world. Continue reading

10/9/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Nat King Cole – Autumn Leaves (Live)

Nat King Cole included Autumn Leaves  in the 1955 album re-release of Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love, and used in the 1956 film Autumn Leaves whose title was inspired by the song.  Continue reading

10/2/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can (Live)

The Pointer Sisters perform Yes We Can Can (Live) featuring a drum solo by Gaylord Birch. Continue reading

9/25/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Gloria Estefan – Here We Are

Here We Are is by R&B artist Gloria Estefan. It was released on December 5, 1989, as the third single taken from her debut solo studio album Cuts Both Ways  by Epic Records. Continue reading

9/18/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, A Night At The Opera (1975). Written by Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury, the song is a six-minute suite. It is one of the only progressive rock songs of the 1970s to have proved accessible to a mainstream audience. Continue reading

9/11/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Keith Sweat feat. Athena Cage – Nobody

Nobody is a song by R&B artist Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage from the band Kut Klose. The song spent three weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. Continue reading

9/4/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Snow – Informer

Informer is by Canadian Reggae artist Snow, released in August 1992 by East West Records as the first single from his debut album, 12 Inches of Snow (1993).  Continue reading

8/28/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Stay With Me – Black Violin (Sam Smith Cover)

Black Violin released their cover of Sam Smith’s Stay With Me in July 2014.At the time of the cover’s release, the duo had signed with Universal Music Classics and was preparing for their 2015 major-label debut album, Stereotypes. 

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