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Whitney Houston Earns First Hot 100 Debut in 10 Years With Kygo Collab ‘Higher Love’ – July 2019

Whitney Houston Earns First Hot 100 Debut in 10 Years With Kygo Collab ‘Higher Love’ – July 2019

If you are Gen X, you likely remember the 1980s song “Higher Love” first performed by Steve Winwood (I owned the cassette tape of Winwood’s album with that song on it back in the 1980s). If not, you can listen to the original version by Winwood on You Tube.

Well, Whitney Houston recorded a version of it years ago, and recently, it was remade by Kygo and released. Below, I will you to the Kygo-Whitney Houston version on You Tube, as well as the pre-Kygo Houston versions as well.

First, a few articles about the song:

Whitney Houston has a new song out: Listen to ‘Higher Love’

Whitney Houston’s New Song Is a Kygo Remix of Her Unreleased “Higher Love” Cover: Listen 

The Steve Winwood classic was covered by Houston in the early ’90s, and now, it’s got a new remix

In the early ’90s, Whitney Houston covered Steve Winwood’s 1986 hit single “Higher Love.”

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Snowball the Cockatoo Likes to Dance to 1980s Pop Song Classics

Snowball the Cockatoo Likes to Dance to 1980s Pop Song Classics

This article mentions that 1980s pop songs are among Snowball’s favorite to dance to. Below, I have linked to some videos of Snowball on You Tube, where he’s dancing to Michael Jackson and other 1980s hits.

Snowball: Cockatoo who can pull off 14 different moves is first non-human animal known to dance to a beat

Excerpts:

by Phoebe Weston
July 8, 2019

The dancing antics of a sulphur-crested cockatoo called Snowball have made him into an online superstar and intrigued scientists all over the world.

The headbanging cockatoo has generated a social media following and wowed researchers by displaying 14 distinct moves as he bopped along to Eighties classics.

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How Prince Worked His Magic On The Bangles’ ‘Manic Monday’

How Prince Worked His Magic On The Bangles’ ‘Manic Monday’

How Prince Worked His Magic On The Bangles’ ‘Manic Monday’

June 21, 2019
by SAMANTHA BALABAN

Originals, the latest posthumous release from The Prince Estate, compiles 15 previously unheard songs Prince wrote and demoed for other artists. Among the familiar titles penned by Prince are Sheila E.’s “The Glamorous Life,” Kenny Rogers’ “You’re My Love,” and the Bangles “Manic Monday.”

For the Bangles, “Manic Monday” was a career breakthrough and, according to Bangle Susanna Hoffs, the culmination of a magical series of events.

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Madonna and Bruce Springsteen Both Have New Albums Out Today. It’s Like the ’80s Never Went Away by M. Lou – 2019

Madonna and Bruce Springsteen Both Have New Albums Out Today. It’s Like the ’80s Never Went Away by M. Lou – 2019

Madonna and Bruce Springsteen Both Have New Albums Out Today. It’s Like the ’80s Never Went Away by M. Lou

Excerpts:

June 14, 2019

It’s the battle of the ’80s musical icons.

Madonna, aka The Queen of Pop, and an equally formidable musician Bruce Springsteen, nicknamed “The Boss,” are both out with new albums.

It may seem like a hip, young new artist is popping up every day — but these titans of the ’80s are showing that they’ve still got it.

Madonna’s “Madame X”

…Madonna’s 14th studio album, “Madame X,” is her latest full-length album since 2015’s “Rebel Heart.” It includes 15 songs and was inspired by her time spent in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ Album Music Suggestion

Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ Album Music Suggestion

Out of all the songs on Madonna’s new album (released June 14, 2019), “Madame X,” the only ones I can recommend for any Gen Xer who’d like to have a new work out song would be “I Don’t Search I Find” and the official remixes of “Medellin” (pronounced “med-uh-zeen”).

“I Don’t Search I Find” is very reminiscent of Madonna’s 1990s song “Rescue Me.”

madonna_MadameX You can listen to the entire “Madame X” album (Deluxe Version) on Madonna’s official You Tube account here, and probably on Spotify.

Many professional music reviewers have given this album a high rating, in spite of the fact they’re also saying some of the songs on it are terrible (see this example or this example), while one or two reviews have been very negative across the board (such as this one or this one).

My personal take on this album:
Aside from “I Don’t Search I Find” and the official “Medellin” remixes, the other songs on this album range from mid-tempo, to strange, to so-so average and dull, to, I am sorry to say, un-listen-able.

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Whitney Houston’s Estate Planning Hologram Tour, New Album and Possible Musical

Whitney Houston’s Estate Planning Hologram Tour, New Album and Possible Musical (2019)

Whitney Houston may go on tour as a hologram 

Whitney Houston may go on tour as a hologram 

Whitney Houston Hologram Tour And New Album In The Works 7 Years After Her Death

May 20, 2019
by Vanessa Romo

 …The pop icon’s estate has partnered with BASE Hologram to produce “An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour,” the company revealed in a statement on Monday.

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 The announcement comes on the heels of a separate deal between the singer’s estate and Primary Wave Publishing last week, which is also expected to produce a series of new projects, including a new album, a possible Broadway musical and Vegas-style spectacle.

Whitney Houston Hologram Exec Talks ‘Cinematic’ Plans for 2020 Show

A full band, backup singers and dancers will complement hologram in An Evening With Whitney, says Base Hologram CEO Brian Becker

by Daniel Kreps
May 2019

After years of safeguarding the legacy of Whitney Houston, the late singer’s estate – led by her sister-in-law Pat Houston – announced big plans for the singer on Monday, thanks to a publishing deal that could spawn an album of unreleased music, a Broadway musical and, for the second time, a hologram dedicated to the legendary singer.

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Dionne Warwick Says There’s No More Classic Or Iconic Artists: ‘Not Yet’ (2019)

Dionne Warwick Says There’s No More Classic Or Iconic Artists: ‘Not Yet’ (2019)

I absolutely agree with her.

Most of the singers and bands today – those under the age of 40 – are putting out absolute dreck. I am willing to come right out and say it like it is, but Warwick, God bless her, is trying to dance around the subject and be more polite about it.

I seriously doubt 50 years from now, many people will feel nostalgic for, or even remember, most of the bands and singers who are releasing music today, or remember most of the songs from the early 00s to the present, because most of the music from around the early 2000s to the present has been total and utter garbage.

There are two links below:

Dionne Warwick Says There’s No More Classic Or Iconic Artists: ‘Not Yet’

May 22, 2019

“THAT’S NOT, AS YOU GUYS WOULD SAY, ‘THROWING SHADE,'” WARWICK TELLS ESSENCE.

by Danielle Young

She’s baaaack! Dionne Warwick, the songstress who has given us 58 years of chart-topping classics such as “What The World Needs Now” and “Say A Little Prayer,” ain’t done yet. The singer has returned with a new album, aptly titled, She’s Back [read more about Warwick here].

 ….Musical OG, Dionne Warwick stopped by ESSENCE to talk about her new album, “She’s Back,” but spilled the tea on how today’s music will yield no classics.

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Annie Lennox Releases New EP (2019)

Annie Lennox Releases New EP

Annie Lennox Drops Surprise Piano EP ‘Lepidoptera’

Excerpts:

5/24/2019 by Keith Caulfield

…Annie Lennox has consistently surprised listeners with twists and turns in her storied music career, and her latest release is no exception.

Lepidoptera, which was surprise-released on Friday (May 24), is a four-song piano instrumental EP, performed by Lennox alone.

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Billie Eilish Music Suggestion

Billie Eilish Music Suggestion

If you’re Gen X and have paid any attention to music the last few years, you should be aware that the majority of music made today by anyone under the age of 40 is terrible.

However, every so often, there are some exceptions. This is one of those times.

Billie Eilish, last I heard, was only seventeen years old. She released an album, in March of this year, entitled “When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”

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Bryan Adams and Billy Idol Team Up for Summer 2019 Tour

Bryan Adams and Billy Idol Team Up for Summer 2019 Tour

Billy Idol, Bryan Adams Team for U.S. Summer Tour

Billy Idol and Bryan Adams team up for new tour

Bryan Adams and Billy Idol and launch co-headlining U.S. tour

Excerpts:

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Billy Idol

April 29, 2019

Billy Idol and Bryan Adams are hitting the road this summer.

The two ’80s icons are co-headlining their first U.S. tour together, an eight-date trek beginning on Aug. 1 in Gilford, New Hampshire, and ending on Aug. 12 in Bristow, Virginia.

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