* * * . . . . FOR THE FAITHFUL ! ! . . . . . JUST PODCASTED ! ! . . . THE TOP 20 COUNTDOWN from THE WAGRadio SUMMER 2012 TOP ONE HUNDRED PLAYLIST (as compiled by DJZigZag) * * *

*  The WAGRadio TOP 20  -  SUMMER 2012  -  COUNTDOWN *

** click here ** http://wagradio.podbean.com/2012/06/30/wagradio-summer-2012-top-twenty/   **click here**

      Summer Listing                   Title                    Artist                          Label                

1.  (5:22) #20  "In The Middle of The Game 
                     (Blazing Encore West Harlem Retouch)"
                  - BETTY WRIGHT & THE ROOTS [white label]
2.  (2:27) #19  "Adorn" - MIGUEL [RCA Records]
3.  (3:06) #18  "Happiness" - SAM SPARRO [EMI]
4.  (5:34) #17  "Will You Be There" - K'JON [Universal Music Group]
5.  (4:24) #16  "You're On My Mind" - KEM [Universal Music Group]
6.  (3:42) #15  "High Grade" - BLACK BLUNT and TIPPIE IRIE 
                  [Lockdown Productions] - Driver riddim
7.  (3:14) #14  "You Know Nothing About Love" - RYAN SHAW 
                  [Razon & Tie/RSM]
8.  (3:18) #13  "Express Yourself" - LABRINTH [Sony Music Group]
9.  (3:03) #12  "So Listen" - CODY SIMPSON feat. T-PAIN [Atlantic]
10.(4:26) #11  "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" - JOHN LEGEND
                  [Sony Music Distribution]
11.(4:23) #10  "The System (Acoustic Version)" - ROMAIN VIRGO [VP]
                  - Wha Dis Pon Me riddim
12.(3:49) #09  "Won't Make A Fool Out Of You (vocal/inst.)" 
                  - MARCUS CANTY [Epic]
13.(4:00) #08  "Jah Blessings" - SCARRA MUCCI 
                  [Broken Silence/Soul Force/Sound Quake]
14.(3:40) #07  "No Cigarette Smoking In My Room"
                  - STEPHEN MARLEY feat. MELANIE FIONA 
                  [Sony Music Distribution]
15.(6:35) #06  "The Recipe" - KENDRICK LAMAR feat. DR. DRE
16.(3:21) #05  "Thinking About You" - FRANK OCEAN [Def Jam]
17.(4:01) #04  "Better" - BOW WOW feat. T-PAIN 
                  [Cash Money/Universal Republic]
18.(3:22) #03  "Name On It" - URBAN MYSTIC [Sobe Entertainment]
                  - real name Brandon Williams
19.(6:25) #02  "Be Good (Lion's Song)" - GREGORY PORTER [Motema]
20.(3:26) #01  "My Road (Do My Thing)" - NE-YO [Def Jam]


(as compiled by DJZigZag)

SWEET DADDY FONK AND DJZigZag RECOMMEND THE NEW JAMES BROWN BIO - "THE ONE: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JAMES BROWN" by RJ SMITH !!

It seems both Sunny 'Sweet Daddy Fonk' Wong and DJZigZag had the same idea at the same time again . . . Well, in fact, it was SDF's offspring Amy who unearthed the book for her pops at their local library.  That was more-than-likely the same day that DJZigZag had ordered the RJ Smith bio from Amazon.ca.
At the time, DJZZ had only the last few pages left to read of the Charles Farley book "Soul Of The Man" about Robert Calvin Bland's life.
So before we continue with thoughts about "The One: The Life And Music of James Brown", here's an example of the great mood-inducing passages from Mr. Farleys' "Soul of the Man";
"The promoter will be happy tonight.  By nine-thirty the place is packed, all the tables are filled on the main floor and in the balcony.  Men stand against the walls, looking for single women.  People are still table hopping, but as the band trickles onto the stage, they begin to settle a little.  There is no stage curtain.  The band members just mosey in from the wings, play with the sheet music on their music stands that say Bobby Bland and Joe Scott Orchestra."
"Finally, at some unseen, secret signal, (all) the band members, resplendent in black tuxedos, amble from the wings to their respective positions.  Joe Scott arrives last with his shiny double-belled trumpet.  He nods to Jabo Starks, who has settled in behind a large drum set, stage center rear, and Jabo pounds out a loud, solid, up-tempo rhythm.  Joe raises his horn and the others follow..."
Mike "East End Kingada Blues" Cvetkovich has read this tome and pronounces it, "A great read!" with Mr. Wong now deep into the brand new James Brown biography, "The One".
Sunny tells DJZZ that he was thrilled to see a new 455 page book devoted to his brother-in-soul #1 especially so-soon after finishing the Bobby Bland bio.
ZigZag couldn't help but shuffle through the new James Brown book when it arrived and found this wonderful paragraph that bodes well for its endorsement;
"Right after the Apollo dates, singer Yvonne Fair left.  She was pregnant with her and Browns' child.  Her spot on the show was filled by a young beauty who had turned Brown's head at the Playhouse in Philadelphia.  Her name was Tammy Montgomery."
Sweet Daddy tells me that the "hook" that makes the reading of it interesting (in fact "juicy") is that its filled with anecdotal references and stories from the people who knew James Brown most intimately.  Band members, girlfriends, family, Flames and business partners relate stories only they could know.  DJZZ sez he can't wait to read the last few pages of "Soul of The Man" so that he can start the Gotham Books "The One: The Life and Music of James Brown".

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VYBZ KARTEL got hissef a BONIFIDE BAND & they both got a BONIFIDE HIT ON THE NEXT GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 08 entitled "LEAVING COME THE MORNING"

WAGRadio STUDIOS SIT LOOKING OUT OVER THE PROUDLY MORNING-SWOLLEN FRASER RIVER IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CANADA . . . HERE'S THE LATEST PHOTO OF THIS ENGORGED MIGHTY STREAM . . . . . .

Photo taken through the WAGRadio Studio "B" window - 6/24/12

As we gettin' ready to podcast the latest GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 WAGRadio can't help but send a huge THANK YOU to all the

faithful listeners ! !

We are now more available to more fans all over the world via I-TUNES and realize how easy it is for you to now "bring in" the WAGRadio "signal" (wagradio - under 'podcasts').

We also feel that we are have "... almost got it right" with our flagship program - GROOVIN' BLUE with DJZigZag.

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OH, OH, OH, OH LOU ! LOU ! LOU ! . . . THIS MABLE JOHN ORIGINAL was A HUGE HIT FOR Mr. LOU RAWLS in 1969 (featured on GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07)

This is a short version of the 45 rpm which was a shortened version of the LP take 
but . . . it's a great sound comin' from the orchestra (we wonder who the players were) and the LOU-MAN is in top vocal form (when wasn't he?) . . .
The album version is featured at the beginning of GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07.

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1967 - GROOVIN' BLUE HAD JUST MADE ITS DEBUT ON VANCOUVER, CANADA AIRWAVES AND one of the TOP CHOONS FROM THAT YEAR WAS "PATA PATA" by MIRIAM MAKEBA on REPRISE Records . . .

AN ALL-TIME WAGRadio FAVOURITE and AN UNEXPECTED and HUGE NEW WORLD AFRICAN AMERICAN 1967 HIT . . .  THE 45 rpm BY SOUTH AFRICAN SINGER MIRIAM MAKEBA.

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THIS CHOON WAS RELEASED A FEW MONTHS AGO and it's JUST NOW RECEIVING IT'S FAIR AMOUNT of AIRPLAY - TANK and the very soulful "UNDERRATED" (GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 08)

I WANT TO PLAY WITH . . . GO ALL THE WAY WITH YOU . . . cuz MY BODY CAN'T SAY NO and MY FINGERS CAN'T LET GO ! ! NINETEEN YEARS IS A LONG, VERY LONG TIME TO BE IN LOVE with THIS TINA TURNER CHOON from her 1993 Cd "What's Love Got To Do With It"

NINETEEN YEARS AGO I GOT TURNED ON TO THIS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN (by BRYAN ADAMS) PIECE OF MUSIC.
IT FEATURES AN OLD FRIEND OF WAGRadio - Mr. ROBBIE KING on Hammond B3 organ.

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DAMN ! ! WHAT A HOOK THIS THING HAS . . . SO MUCH SO THAT IT'S FAST BECOMING A DJZigZag FAVOURITE and SOON TO BE FEATURED on GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 08 . . . BOW WOW and T-PAIN with "BETTER" . . . dig it ! ! !

THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE WAGRadio 'HIT' sez DJZigZag - "HAPPINESS" by SAM SPARRO (seen here 'Live' in Australia on Young Talent Time 2012)

* * THE NUMBER ONE SOUL-FUNK ORGANIST ALIVE TODAY . . . DR. LONNIE SMITH TALKS ABOUT HIS HAMMOND B3 and HIS FIRST SELF-PRODUCED RECORDINGS . . .

"NINA SIMONE: A TRIBUTE" is a BBC T.V. DOCUMENTARY about THE GREAT HIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL and DOES JUSTICE TO A WAGRadio QUEEN ! !

*** GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 IS GETTING READY FOR A MOST WELCOME CHANGE-IN-THE-WEATHER !! BRING ON SUMMER !! and for YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE . . .

OH SWEET, SWEET HEAVENLY DELIGHTS . . . THE BRAND NEW and WONDERFULLY, SOUL-TESTED 'N' READY  GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07   on WAGRadio  !   

  HOT, HEAVY and 'BOUT TO BE SERVED - TASTY, TASTY and GREEZY GOOD . . .

TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FEST STAR GEORGE BENSON HEADS A LONG LIST OF JAZZ / JAZZ FUSION / JAZZ ORIENTED ARTISTS FEATURED ON THE BRAND NEW GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 ! !

ALONG with Mr. Benson -  THE JAZZ CRUSADERS (from the 1970's), GREGORY PORTER, GROVER WASHINGTON JR. and LOU RAWLS.

JAM-ROCK FANS WILL LOVE THE NEW RELEASE BY SCARRA MUCCI plus 

SLY & ROBBIE's TAXI GANG 

ALSO

THIS NEW GROOVIN' BLUE GOES BACK IN TIME WITH CHOONS BY

CLYDE McPHATTER, THE INTRIGUES & BOOKER T. & THE MG's ...

THEN  ADD  THE JUST-RELEASED SOUNDS OF NE-YO, LABRINTH, WINSTON WARRIOR, LIL SCRAPPY plus  SPF 5000 and we GOT a  G.B. 12-07  THAT CAN BE TASTED by ALL Y'ALL.

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* * * THE TD 2012 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FEST * * * in VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA - JUNE 22nd 'til JULY FIRST ! ! !

AND HERE ARE THE  Groovin' Blue Format  PICKS FOR YOUR WAGRadio ENJOYMENT OF THE VANCOUVER INTL. JAZZ FEST . . .

YA GOTTA GO AND SEE ONE OF WAGRadio's FAVOURITES on JUNE 23rd at the VOGUE  . . .   Ms DIANNE REEVES             

BUT OF COURSE IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE    between    Ms R. @ 9:00 pm AND . . . .                                          

Mr. GEORGE BENSON at the ORPHEUM on JUNE 23rd @ 8:00  pm.

OTHER WAGRadio must-sees are

June 22nd - OLIVER GANNON QUARTET at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club
June 22nd - THE COOKERS with GEORGE CABLES, BILLY HARPER, BILLY HART, CECIL McBEE, EDDIE HENDERSON, CRAIG HANDY and DAVID WEISS at Performance Works

June 23rd  - JOSE JAMES at the Georgia Stage (free!)

June 23rd  - MAZACOTE at the Robson Stage (free!)

June 26th  - WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET feat. BRIAN BLADE, JOHN PATITUCCI & (piano genius) DANILO PEREZ at The Vogue Theatre

June 26th  - BRAD TURNER QUARTET with WAYNE SHORTER at The Vogue Theatre 

June 29th  - TERRELL STAFFORD QUINTET at Performance Works

June 30th  - VINCE MAI QUINTET at the Civic Plaza (free!)

June 30th  - ROSS TAGGERT TRIO at Performance Works (free!)

for times -  ** click ** on the following website. . .

http://www.coastaljazz.ca/jazz_festival

OOOOOooooo SWEET SWEETNESS ! BROTHER EL sings AN ALL-TIME WAGRadio FAVOURITE - "ALL THIS LOVE" . . .sing on sweet el-one, sing on . . . .

HOT ON THE HEELS OF "1980 What?" & "Illusions" . . . HERE COMES THE MAN - GREGORY PORTER and "BE GOOD (LION'S SONG)" . . soon to be podcaste on GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07

ONE OF OUR NEW FAVOURITES HERE AT WAGRadio is BAKERSFIELD, CA. vocalist GREGORY PORTER (he of the silly hat).
NOW A NYC RESIDENT . . . THIS BROTHER is TRULY SOM'IN' SPECIAL and his latest single - 
"LION'S SONG" will be showing up on GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07.

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WHA'DYA MEAN SWITZERLAND ? ? - SKARRA MUCCI is his name & "JAH BLESSINGS" from Weedy G Soundforce Prod. IS THE SWIXX .. uh, SWIZZ . . . SWISSANESE PEEPS THAT ARE BEHIND THIS GREAT CHOON - - SOON TO BE HEARD ON WAGRadio's FLAGSHIP - GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 ! !

THE 1970 MONSTA' CHOON by CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103rd ST. RHYTHM BAND GETS A FAITHFUL RE-DO BY NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC GROUP LABRINTH . . . SOON TO BE PODCASTE ON GROOVIN' BLUE 12 - 07 ! !

THE HUGE 1970 GROOVIN' BLUE (CKLG-FM, Vancouver, B.C.) HIT  45rpm by the WATTS, CALI MUSICAL ENSEMBLE GETS   a  2012 UP-DATE  by LABRINTH.
LABRINTH is BRITISH STAR-MAKER SIMON COWELL's FIRST NON-TALENTSHOW SIGNING TO his LABEL SYCO.
LABRINTH IS THE STAGE NAME of THE GROUP'S LEADER TIMOTHY McKENZIE.

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WITH THAT KONK ! WITH THAT SUIT ! ! IT JUST GOTTA BE NUMBER ONE ! ! ! A WONDERFUL BIT OF OLD T.V. FOOTAGE OF A WAGRadio KING . . . HANK BALLARD on "To Tell The Truth" (November 13, 1961)

WE HERE AT WAGRadio WERE SURPRISED THAT JOHNNY CARSON DIDN'T EXCUSE HIMSELF 'CUZ WE THOUGHT HE'D KNOW WHO RHYTHM 'N' BLUES GIANT HANK BALLARD WAS . . .

WE ALSO LOVED THE LOOK THE GREAT HENRY BALLARD (John Henry Kendricks) GIVES WHEN HE'S ASKED "IF (HE'D) HOLD STILL FOR THAT".

SOMEBODY GON' GET CUT !!

This is a wonderfully insightful bit of U.S. sociological history.

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