Hey, hi, howdy kids. Hope all is well.
It's once again gloomy and drizzly here at the karaoke compound. Which is why I'm glad I'm on a shift that gets me home by 12:45. Of course, that also means I go to bed around 6 every night. It's a trade off.
Rock on with my bad self. Or something.
Joe Ligon, front man for the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, died at his home Sunday.
The group was the first gospel act to ever appear on Soul Train, and one of the first gospel acts to achieve mainstream success- opening for the Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, and Aretha Franklin, though some of the "hardcore" gospel fans didn't appreciate the group's success.
"We were one of the first groups to do contemporary gospel. And we got stoned for it," Ligon said in a 1993 interview.
"Gospel singers don't retire, you know, they just die doing what they do," he said.
Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande will join Bruno Mars, Sting, and The Weeknd for the two hour finale of NBC's The Voice tonight.
Wonder will be dueting with Grande on his Golden Globe Award-nominated single "Faith" from the upcoming animated move, Sing.
Elton John is giving fans a chance to win $10,000 for making music videos for his early hits.
John, along with YouTube, announced the contest Monday that celebrates his 50 years of songwriting collaboration with Bernie Taupin.
"Rocket Man," ''Tiny Dancer," and "Bennie and the Jets" are the tunes John selected for the contest.
Birthdays today include: Taylor Swift; Tom DeLonge of Blink-182; Berton Averre of The Knack; Randy Owen of Alabama; Ted Nugent; "Skunk" Baxter; and Tony Gomez of the Foundations. #MusicalBirthdays
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