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Oldschoolmusiclover.com is a place to remember, share & discuss the great music I grew up with. This is the best pop, rock, doo-wop and soul music from the birth of rock & roll in the fifties, including the Classic Motown Sound, The British Invasion and on up until the mid seventies. Please join me in keeping these wonderful oldies alive. I am inviting all of you Tumblrs to please visit me. Let's compare oldies music memories and faves. Mmm K? Musically Yours, SonDan the Old School Music Lover

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OSML On Tumblr turned 9 today!

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OSML On Tumblr turned 7 today!

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Questions: Did Prince's call for help get right response?

CHICAGO (AP) — Dramatic details emerging about how a California doctor reacted to a desperate call for help from Prince's staff a day before the musician was found dead have drawn criticism from experts in addiction medicine.

RIP #PRINCE

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Entertainment Weekly News: Manhattan Transfer's Tim Hauser dies at 72.

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I’m listening to Michael Jackson Radio on TuneIn. #RealRadio

This station is broadcasting from Paris, France and I love it! But is is a disgrace that there is no 24/7 MJ station like this one right here in the USA where he was born.

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Arthur Smith, Musician Who Wrote ‘Dueling Banjos,’ Dies at 93

What bluegrass song written in 1955 topped the Billboard charts in 1973?

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NY Times Obituary by Daniel Slotnick April 8, 2014 

Arthur Smith, a country musician known for the hit “Guitar Boogie” and for “Feuding Banjos,” a bluegrass tune that became “Dueling Banjos” in the film “Deliverance,” died on Thursday at his home in Charlotte, N.C. He was 93.

His death was confirmed by his son Clay.

A nimble guitarist and banjo-player, Mr. Smith was a…

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Have A Blessed Memorial Day!

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"Alley Cat" Performed By Bent Fabric (1962)

http://wp.me/pADZB-2n8 Pharrell is not the only one with "Happy" Songs. Check this out.

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#2 AC, #7 Pop, #1 Austrailia :-)

I heard this song song on Muzak somewhere last week and it is stuck in my head. Finally had time to post about it today, since it fits in right with my intrumental Theme.

It is amazing how this tune sticks with you even though there are no words to sing. I just keep humming the melody…

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Happy 71st Birthday Christopher Walken!

Happy 71st Birthday Christopher Walken!

Many happy returns of this day to Christopher Walken — born March 31, 1943!

I love watching him dance in the “Weapon of Choice” video …don’t you?

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 Jimi Hendrix Signing Autographs

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Bela Farkas, the little boy whose life Jackson saved in 1994:

The young man in the pics is Bela Farkas who was the little boy who Jackson met in 1994 in Budapest while visiting a hospital. It’s the first time he’s ever given an interview. In 1994 Bela was an orphan in need of a liver transplant but at the time no such operation was performed in Hungary and it was very expensive abroad. When Bela was born his parents left him, so he had no hope to get the money. When Michael visited the hospital he asked the doctors why the boy was so thin and yellow and they explained what had happened to him. He immediately said that he would pay for the operation and the treatment. Not only would Jackson go on to pay for the operation, but also all the treatment that was needed after that and he continued to send Bela gifts too. Shortly after his operation Bela was adopted, so he grew up with loving parents. When Michael went to Hungary for the HIStory tour, he met Bela again. The boy then told him: “It as if you are my father.” Michael laughed and told him: “Then you are my son.” They remained in contact until Jackson’s death. Michael would send him cards, gifts for his birthday, for Christmas and Bela sent him drawings and photos and updates on his life. When Michael died Bela cried as if he had lost a father. He is 24 now and has just become the father of a healthy girl. He says the doctors predicted he would not live past his 18th birthday and here he is at 24 still doing well. He is forever grateful to Jackson and is sure he’s in Heaven now.

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Just more proof of the beautiful soul of Michael Jackson. R.I.P. MJ.

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Comments are *FINALLY* Working!

It took me over a year but I found the error in my blog and comments are finally working.

.So stop in by oldschoolmusiclover.com when you can to chat.

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Charles D. Love Jr. R.I.P.

Charles D. Love Jr. R.I.P.

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CHARLES LOVE OF BLOODSTONE PASSED AWAY AFTER FIGHT WITH PNEUMONIA. By Michelle Taylor, Special to Mass Appeal

KANSAS CITY – It’s with a heavy heart we report that Charles Love, one of the founding members of the legendary R&B group Bloodstone, passed away on Thursday. According to close family friend and manager Lewis Garrett, Love died from complications of pneumonia…

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Happy 57th Birthday Marlon Jackson!

Happy 57th Birthday Marlon Jackson!

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I grew up as a Jackie Jackson and Jermaine Jackson fan girl when it came to the J5. Marlon was a few years younger than me and the teenaged me wanted a real man. (LOL) But once I saw and heard Marlon singing “Body,” in the video of the same name, I actually noticed him.

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Next thing I knew Marlon, like his brothers Michael,Jermaine and…

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Happy March 2014!

Happy March 2014!

I am typing this just hours before the 2014 Oscars begin. Keeping in line with the Oscar buzz and anticipation, this month’s theme for posts will be the “Best Original Song” Oscars of The Sixties. Go to the menu and click on “Themes –>Oscar Gold” to see some earlier posts on musical Oscar winners of the past.

Enjoy and please tell a friend.

First post coming up tomorrow morning. In the meantime…

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Remembering Leroy Roosevelt "Sugarfoot" Bonner (March 14, 1943 – January 26, 2013)

Remembering Leroy Roosevelt “Sugarfoot” Bonner (March 14, 1943 – January 26, 2013)

We lost so many, many of our musical icons in 2013. Here is one more I want to remember today, especially during this Black history month.

Photo: Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner performs with the Ohio Players at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in 2012 Randy Miramontez

Leroy Bonner, Frontman of Ohio Players, Dies at 69 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published January 28, 2013 In The New York Times.com

Leroy…

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Happy 83rd Birthday Miss Nancy Wilson!

Happy 83rd Birthday Miss Nancy Wilson!

I had the honor of seeing Miss Nancy Wilson perform a few years ago and it was a wonderful, wonderful concert. I don’t know if Miss Wilson is still performing, but if she is and you ever get the chance to see her you must go.

Here are three live performance pieces for you and I to enjoy while we celebrate the birth of this musical icon born February 20th, 1931.

Many happy returns of the day to…

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