Lila Iké (pronounced Lee-lah Eye-kay) is Alecia Tameka
Grey from Manchester, Jamaica, who emerged in 2017 as part of
Protoje's In.Digg.Nation Collective.
For her latest, reggae/lovers rock style, single, "He Loves Us Both", she has collaborated with five time Grammy winning Gabriella Wilson,
better know under her acronym H.E.R.
(Having Everything Revealed).
Bay Area native Wilson was signed to RCA aged only 14 after
participating in Disney's Best Next thing in 2009. After releasing a
single under her real name in 2014, she adopted her alias releasing
"H.E.R. Volume 1" in 2016.
Since then she has received 25 Grammy nominations winning five, two
in both 2019 and 2021 and one in 2022.
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NxWorries, in case you didn't already know, is Anderson .Paak (Brandon Paak Anderson aka DJ Pee Wee and of course partner to Bruno Mars in Silk Sonic) and
producer Knxwledge (Glen Earl Boothe) who have released their first new
material together for quite a while (since Nov 2017 to be exact).
For their new single "Where I Go" (released yesterday 19 Oct 2022) they are joined by
H.E.R. (Gabriella Wilson).
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Mr. Genius Idiot is from Baltimore, MD and is presumably
a DJ/Remixer. He's just done a remix of H.E.R.'s "Take You There" which is available only on Bandcamp from 9 Jul 2022. The song
originally featured on her 2019 album "I Used To Know Her".
I don't wish to sound harsh but all that's been done is adding some beats
to what is a pretty ordinary song but, in one of the worst weeks I can
remember so far where there has been virtually nothing appearing worth
posting, this makes an appearance!
A #1 adult R&B chart tune from Toni Braxton featuring H.E.R. from her 'Spell
My Name' album released Aug 2020. This is her tenth studio album to
date since her eponymous debut in 1992, only this one (so far) and two others
have failed to go gold.
As far as I can tell, this rack wasn't released as a single.
A few days ago I posted four different versions of Gladys Knight & The Pips classic 'Neither One Of Us' inspired by an 'amateur' YT version by Krystal Kleeer. I've found another of her videos singing the Leon Russell classic song, 'A Song For You', made famous by Donny Hathaway, so I thought I'd post what I consider some of the best versions.
The song was written and recorded first by Leon Russell in 1970 on his self-titled debut album, as far as I can tell it was never released as a single in US but it was subsequently released later, generally as a B side, in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Donny Hathaway recorded it on his eponymous 1971 album (his second) and was released as a B side to 'Put Your Hand In The Hand' 45 on Atco the same year.
Well over 200 artists have covered the song in every decade since it's inception including many of the greats including Whitney Houston, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, Lou Rawls, The Temptations, Peabo Bryson, Natalie Cole, Ann Nesby, Gerald Levert and pop artists such as Dusty Springfield, Amy Winehouse, Jack Jones, Lena Horne, Renee Geyer, Cher, Peggy Lee, The Carpenters, Simply Red.
Krystla Kleer Live 2019
Whitney Houston Live 1991
Recorded when she was still on top of her game.
H.E.R. Live 2019
H.E.R. means Having Everything Revealed - her real name is Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson and she was a child prodigy featuring on national TV aged 12. She changed her performing name to H.E.R. in 2016. She is a fantastic singer, I just wish she would sing more soul rather than R&B!
Herbie Hancock Feat. Christina Aguilera Live 2005
Christina is another fantastic singer who suffers from the material that is released. There are many clips on YT of her 'Sanging' real soul music e.g. Man's World, At Last, Somethings Got A Hold On Me and others. I wish she'd release a 'proper' soul album as she's got a terrific voice on the right material.
Ray Charles 1993
I don't know when the video was recorded but it was released as a single in 1993 by Warner Bros., so assume that this may have been the video promo for it?
Aretha Franklin Live 2016
Probably not her best version of this as it was recorded in 2016 only two years before her death but worth watching as she was 74 when she performed this and probably not in the best of health. For me, Aretha truly is, and fully deserves the title, 'The Queen of Soul'.
Nancy Wilson Live 1987
Nancy Wilson, one of the classiest jazz singers that ever lived, who had such a distinctive voice, performing at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1987. Another sad loss in 2018 along with Aretha.
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