TD3 said:

TD3 said:

Joe Morton is the best!!

I remember him from that movie "Brother From Another Planet"

He IS a household name. Maybe not YOUR household, though.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

TD3 said:

I'm going to share this with you....

they AIN'T UNSUNG bro. :lo:

Joe Tex over Slave.

Joe Tex...

As everyone know that damn title of the show "Unsung" should mean just that. Slave wasn't unsung... I'll go even further, the more and more I read and research how they count record sales... I think you can take for a grain of salt who sold what and how much.

Joe Tex had a record hit here and there... I ddn't say album, I said record. Evenn so, the guy recorded consistently and produced some damn... down right brilliant music. Yes, I do believe Tex when he said Brown stole some of his moves...

This shit that drives me crazy, here's a guy that's a quintessential to what Unsung should be about yet... Tex and other aren't being covered.

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Slave is still not on that Earth Wind Fire, Cameo, Kool & The Gang level of recognition. They could do an Unsung. But ain't that funny there are artists being passed over for a show called Unsung... for the same acts that walked all over them in the first place.

People still talking about who is really "unsung" or not? 95% of the acts featured on this show already are not unsung (O'Jays, Sammy Davis Jr., Al B. Sure!, Too $hort, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Spinners, etc.) in that they are lesser known. The disco genre is not unsung either and they had a 2 hour episode for disco, zydeco would be a better choice for that. Disco was well documented already. Most of the acts had some popularity, a few had pop success. I assume they pick acts that has some name recognition for ratings, so they're not going to feature someone too obscure. Also, many of the older acts had little or no video footage, especially the pre-1980s ones, so I guess they are not a first choice either. They do need something to fill the 40 minutes.

MickyDolenz said:

People still talking about who is really "unsung" or not? 95% of the acts featured on this show already are not unsung (O'Jays, Sammy Davis Jr., Al B. Sure!, Too $hort, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Spinners, etc.) in that they are lesser known. The disco genre is not unsung either and they had a 2 hour episode for disco, zydeco would be a better choice for that. Disco was well documented already. Most of the acts had some popularity, a few had pop success. I assume they pick acts that has some name recognition for ratings, so they're not going to feature someone too obscure. Also, many of the older acts had little or no video footage, especially the pre-1980s ones, so I guess they are not a first choice either. They do need something to fill the 40 minutes.

It ain't people its me... but this is a little running joke between me and other orgers. Before you time Mickey, I was bitching about this show and the acts that aren't Unsung dammit.

Slave wasn't Unsung. Itls like saying why X,Y,& Z didn't sale the same amount as the other X,Z, & Z... oh the must have been Unsung. Uh, no. That's like saying Davie Bowie was Unsung, he wasn't.

In fact, change the damn name of the show.

TD3 said:

It ain't people its me... but this is a little running joke between me and other orgers. Before you time Mickey, I was bitching about this show and the acts that aren't Unsung dammit.

Slave wasn't Unsung. Itls like saying why X,Y,& Z didn't sale the same amount as the other X,Z, & Z... oh the must have been Unsung. Uh, no. That's like saying Davie Bowie was Unsung, he wasn't.

In fact, change the damn name of the show.

It's all the Joe Morton/Joe Tex talk too. It's good enough for me that this show features acts that otherwise had little media attention. How many people knew the history of an act like The Delfonics? But you can find all kinds of books, documentaries, & TV shows about The Beatles and Bruce Springsteen. There's even books about Pete Best & Stuart Sutcliffe and the girlfriends Elvis Presley had. There's a TV documentary about Stuart too. I've seen a big biography book about The Smiths. Soul and R&B itself is not as well documented as rock and maybe pop. There was no R&B equivalent of Rolling Stone, Downbeat, and Creem. There were teen mags like Right On! & Soul Teen, which were the black versions of Tiger Beat.

TD3 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

TD3 said: Joe Tex over Slave.

Joe Tex...

As everyone know that damn title of the show "Unsung" should mean just that. Slave wasn't unsung... I'll go even further, the more and more I read and research how they count record sales... I think you can take for a grain of salt who sold what and how much.

Joe Tex had a record hit here and there... I ddn't say album, I said record. Evenn so, the guy recorded consistently and produced some damn... down right brilliant music. Yes, I do believe Tex when he said Brown stole some of his moves...

This shit that drives me crazy, here's a guy that's a quintessential to what Unsung should be about yet... Tex and other aren't being covered.

I think Slave is very Unsung, the fact that they only had three singles reach the Pop top 100 says that they are. And they're one of my favorite Funk acts. Besides their top 40 hit, "Slide" the other two were "Watching You" and "Snap Shot" which both were at the bottom of the top 100. And they only had four top 10 R&B Hits. Hell, Steve Arrington had a better career than Slave (chart wise.)

Joe Tex is Unsung in a different manner than Slave. Joe had many, many hits. A few top 10 Pop hits, a handful of top 20 hits and a bunch of top 40 pop hits. He has more hits than Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Solomon Burke. It's documented that he was the 2nd best selling Soul star of the 60s behind only James Brown. So he was outselling guys like Otis Redding in his hey day. Charting higher than Sam & Dave. Putting on better shows than Wilson Pickett. Headlining over Marvin Gaye. Writing for Jerry Butler. Talking (or rapping) over records long before Isaac Hayes and Bobby Womack, ect. But why some 30+ years after his death he's never mentioned with those guys? But yet, in that same era he was out-dueling them?

And Joe Morton, is obviously not that well known. Hence, the reason they are doing a Hollywood Unsung episode about him.

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TD3 said:

MickyDolenz said:

People still talking about who is really "unsung" or not? 95% of the acts featured on this show already are not unsung (O'Jays, Sammy Davis Jr., Al B. Sure!, Too $hort, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Spinners, etc.) in that they are lesser known. The disco genre is not unsung either and they had a 2 hour episode for disco, zydeco would be a better choice for that. Disco was well documented already. Most of the acts had some popularity, a few had pop success. I assume they pick acts that has some name recognition for ratings, so they're not going to feature someone too obscure. Also, many of the older acts had little or no video footage, especially the pre-1980s ones, so I guess they are not a first choice either. They do need something to fill the 40 minutes.

It ain't people its me... but this is a little running joke between me and other orgers. Before you time Mickey, I was bitching about this show and the acts that aren't Unsung dammit.

Slave wasn't Unsung. Itls like saying why X,Y,& Z didn't sale the same amount as the other X,Z, & Z... oh the must have been Unsung. Uh, no. That's like saying Davie Bowie was Unsung, he wasn't.

In fact, change the damn name of the show.

Think about it. If you put Slave in their prime on a show with the Barkays, Midnight Star.

Who do you think would have been the opening act? Mind you the other 2 acts had an Unsung

episode as well. Saying Slave is not Unsung is like saying the Dazz Band isn't Unsung and the Dazz Band had a massive top hit too with Let It Whip but very few other hits. I was playing Slave cd Stone Jam in my truck one day several years ago and my sister didn't know who they were but she was aware of Watching You but she knows who the Barkays, Midnight Star, and the Dazz Band are. Most black folk among our age group knows who Slave is but if you ask the demographic 10 to 20 years younger than we are Slave doesn't resonate like EWF, Kool & The Gang, or the Isleys.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

TD3 said:

Joe Tex...

As everyone know that damn title of the show "Unsung" should mean just that. Slave wasn't unsung... I'll go even further, the more and more I read and research how they count record sales... I think you can take for a grain of salt who sold what and how much.

Joe Tex had a record hit here and there... I ddn't say album, I said record. Evenn so, the guy recorded consistently and produced some damn... down right brilliant music. Yes, I do believe Tex when he said Brown stole some of his moves...

This shit that drives me crazy, here's a guy that's a quintessential to what Unsung should be about yet... Tex and other aren't being covered.

I think Slave is very Unsung, the fact that they only had three singles reach the Pop top 100 says that they are. And they're one of my favorite Funk acts. Besides their top 40 hit, "Slide" the other two were "Watching You" and "Snap Shot" which both were at the bottom of the top 100. And they only had four top 10 R&B Hits. Hell, Steve Arrington had a better career than Slave (chart wise.)

Joe Tex is Unsung in a different manner than Slave. Joe had many, many hits. A few top 10 Pop hits, a handful of top 20 hits and a bunch of top 40 pop hits. He has more hits than Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Solomon Burke. It's documented that he was the 2nd best selling Soul star of the 60s behind only James Brown. So he was outselling guys like Otis Redding in his hey day. Charting higher than Sam & Dave. Putting on better shows than Wilson Pickett. Headlining over Marvin Gaye. Writing for Jerry Butler. Talking (or rapping) over records long before Isaac Hayes and Bobby Womack, ect. But why some 30+ years after his death he's never mentioned with those guys? But yet, in that same era he was out-dueling them?

And Joe Morton, is obviously not that well known. Hence, the reason they are doing a Hollywood Unsung episode about him.

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I never paid attention to where funk/soul acts charted on the Pop 100 because it never

mattered to me. If they had a hit on the R&B/Soul charts that was good enough for me

and generally the artist too. I agree with you on Slave being Unsung but far from being unknown. We know that's not the case. TD3 rolls her eyes.

I had the opportunity to see Slave at the Soul Music Festival in Charlotte last year. And yes the majority of people there loved Slave but the majority of the crowd was my age or older too. I can still get up and shake a little booty but some of those folks older than me can only shake for a few

minutes before they have to sit back down.

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Has Tracie Spencer ever had an Unsung episode? She was the Shit back in the late 80's...Beautiful young Lady with a nice voice...She should be more successful than Brandy..Tracie made you look twice @ her when she performed, Brandy makes you look once...( I bet Micky Dolenz aint NEVER heard of Tracie...LOL..)

Chancellor said:

( I bet Micky Dolenz aint NEVER heard of Tracie...LOL..)

I have a couple of her maxi singles, but never heard much of her later stuff. She was out around the same time as Debbie Gibson, Shanice Wilson, NKOTB, & Tiffany which I have records by all of them. With Tiffany I only have one 45. I wasn't really interested in her other songs enough to buy them. I wouldn't really be that interested in an Unsung about Tracie. One about The Jets would be nice though. I'd like to see C+C Music Factory too.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Someone close to one of the band members (Slave) came on the org last year and (I think) stated there were some issues with the band and "Unsung". I can't remember if they were legal or musical but it would be great to see their episode.....I've heard the members of Cameo are down to having their "Unsung" episode told..but one member in particular doesn't want to do it.

The Donell Jones unsung was good.

Donell hasn't aged at all. He looks the same as he did in his first music video until his most recent.

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Musicslave said:

hausofmoi7 said:

Go. out! door is to your left.

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Just because...

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Another Classic.

Like someone said on the unsung ep it could of been an MJ song. It has that vibe.

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SPYZFAN1 said:

datdude said:

1sotrue said:

Very excited to Patrice Rushen.... She was the Alicia Keys of the early 80s.

Except she could sing, arrange, and produce

...and in tune, key & pitch.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

laurarichardson said:

/- He is on Scandal a top rated show that is on T.V right now. Millions of people know this guy.

But he been in the game 40+ years. And people only know him from the past 2 years. He's not a household name, sorry. Like earlier I didn't know who he was (by name) until I googled him. Once I seen his face than I said "I know this dude." Show of hands how many people knew his name before he was in Scandal?

Due was the star of Terminator 2.

How many YEARS ago was that?

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Did they do one for Ready For The World yet or am I late as usual?

phunkdaddy said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

Someone close to one of the band members (Slave) came on the org last year and (I think) stated there were some issues with the band and "Unsung". I can't remember if they were legal or musical but it would be great to see their episode.....I've heard the members of Cameo are down to having their "Unsung" episode told..but one member in particular doesn't want to do it.

I wouldn't be surprised if Steve Arrington is caught in the middle of it. For the longest time he was out of secular music and had been doing ministry for years until a few years ago. There are clips on YouTube of him performing the old Slave jams and his solo r&b songs.

I know one thing. Steve Arrington never quit.

TD3 said:

Graycap23 said: