Today marks the 70th birthday of soul singer G.C. Cameron, famous for singing lead in the early career of The Spinners, as well as with The Temptations in the m...
In this ‘Rare Cut’ feature Haff looks back at a previously unreleased gem from the Queen of Soul, a cover of the Sinatra standard ‘My Way’.
This past we...
In 1972 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles embarked on their 'farewell tour'. Smokey would later leave the group, retire from performing and concentrate on his ...
On this day in 2004 the King of Punk-Funk Rick James passed away at the age of 56 at his home in Los Angeles.
After spending two years in prison and being re...
This October marks five years since the death of the King of Rock & Soul, Mr Solomon Burke. One of the creators of early R&B, Solomon Burke was quite li...
July 18th marks the 73rd birthday of a very special lady, none other than the Motown legend Martha Reeves! Five decades after beginning her career at Motown Rec...
It’s been nearly nine years since the tragic death of Gerald Levert. Born in 1966 to Eddie Levert, the incredible lead singer of the iconic group The O’Jays, th...
You’d be forgiven for thinking that we here at TFSR are either oblivious to the obvious or have lost it on reading the song title of our latest ‘Rare Cut’ featu...
On June 1st 1991 the music world lost one of its brightest and most tortured souls in David Ruffin. Ruffin, along with his brother Jimmy Ruffin, began singing w...
Word came through this morning that bassist Louis Johnson had sadly passed away on Thursday at the age of just 60. Most famous for his work with brother George ...
