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  Jimmy Mack (luke) 5-Doyen Username: luke Post Number: 172 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.198.48.201 |
Have there been any? Valerie doesnt count as she produced with Nick--ok maybe we should include partners. Off the top of my head Im thinking Roberta Flack(Feel Like Makin Love)-tho I could be wrong. Any others? I hope Im forgetting some. Im guessing Angela Winbush on the R and B charts tho Im wondering about Hot 100 so to speak. | ||
Don (don) 4-Laureate Username: don Post Number: 118 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.78.26.48 |
Hi Jimmy Mack, Yes, there have been some top female producers that I think should deserve some reconizement. Like Jo Armstead Melissa Morgan Gwen Gutherie Betty Wright Teena Marie | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 5-Doyen Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 353 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.236.59.202 |
Patrice Rushen Cynthia Biggs Debbie Mc Duffie Zell Sanders | ||
Manny (manny) 4-Laureate Username: manny Post Number: 129 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.10.212 |
Hi again, soulful folks! And one of the big producers and label owner (male or female) of all the times: SYLVIA ROBINSON (All Platinum, Turbo, Stang, SugarHill, the first producer of rap artists, Grand Master Flash,...). Solo act as Sylvia and with Mickey. Talent scouting and writer,.. Peace & Soul Food | ||
Don (don) 4-Laureate Username: don Post Number: 123 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.78.26.48 |
Damn Right! | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 4-Laureate Username: dvdmike Post Number: 87 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.253.189.110 |
La La Diana Ross | ||
Bless You (bless_you) 3-Pundit Username: bless_you Post Number: 32 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.28.2.17 |
Let's not forget the lovely and talented Mrs. Ronald Isley --- Diva ANGELA WINBUSH! In addition to her own hits, she has produced many for other artists, including: Baby Baby Don't Cry * Lalah Hathaway Floatin' On Your Love * Isley Bros. Something In The Way You Make Me Feel * Stephanie Mills ALSO: BRENDA RUSSELL, who produced: Let Somebody Know * Diana Ross B.Y. :o) | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 5-Doyen Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 371 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.163.30.134 |
Florence Greenberg Bess Berman Devora Brown Johnnie Mae Mathews | ||
Wonder B (wonder_b) 5-Doyen Username: wonder_b Post Number: 251 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.248.133.73 |
Yes indeed Sylvia Robinson was (is) a leading figure of the music world... since her days as Mickey & Sylvia, to the All Platinum adventure, then to Sugarhill Records or her fabulous solo career I would say to paraphrase one her songs 'It's Good To Be The Queen'! LOL Here she is with Mickey... woowwwww  Wonder B If you mess with the 'fro, you gotta go! | ||
Bless You (bless_you) 3-Pundit Username: bless_you Post Number: 34 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.28.2.17 |
Eli, Florence Greenberg is White! She indeed was a producer, and the owner of Scepter Records, and launched the careers of many Black performers, including The Shirelles, Chuck Jackson, Maxine Brown, and the delightful Dionne Warwick. She was indeed a trailblazer as a female entrepreuner and music mogul. Supposedley, Bette Midler was supposed to star in a movie based on Florence's life story, but it hasn't come to be... | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 5-Doyen Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 377 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.163.30.134 |
Yes Bless You, I am aware that she was white, and Jewish. I had the pleasure of meeting her several times back in the day. She reminded me of my aunt Pearl! | ||
Bless You (bless_you) 3-Pundit Username: bless_you Post Number: 36 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.28.2.17 |
OMG, I have a Jewish great aunt named Pearl too, my Grandma's sister! What a small world! She is so funny, though I haven't seen her in years. I figured it would be easy for someone to think Florence was a sistah if they hadn't actually seen her, since most of her label's roster was black. I love the Scepter Box Set! Peace. | ||
Eli (phillysoulman) 5-Doyen Username: phillysoulman Post Number: 380 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.163.30.134 |
Hi Bless You, You'd be amazed at the amount of "white" folks who have produced, written, arranged,played on, engineered, etc some of the biggest "Black" records of all time, myself included. The color of a persons skin should have no bearing upon the creation of any genre of music, as the feeling lives deep in the heart and it dwells deep within and not on the surface. There have been one too many discussions on this forum about "white this or black that" and the relevence thereof regarding the creation of "Black music". Its all about "keeping it real" and keeping it sincere and from the heart. | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 3-Pundit Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 42 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 165.170.128.65 |
Cynthia Biggs was mentioned earlier. There isn't a song she's written/produced that I don't love. She is super talented. "Nights Over Egypt" makes my car stereo go as loud as it can ... my bad in the neighborhood. | ||
Wonder B (wonder_b) 5-Doyen Username: wonder_b Post Number: 255 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.49.139.240 |
Linda Di if you like Cynthia Biggs I suggest (if you doin't know about it already) that you visit her site... http://www.bigsymusic.com/welc ome.htm There you can listen to some of her stuff, and get news or info on what she's doing or has done... Great great writer producer... Wonder B If you mess with the 'fro, you gotta go! | ||
Manny (manny) 4-Laureate Username: manny Post Number: 143 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.124.12.238 |
Hello all! hello, Linda Di, The first tune I heard co-writen by Cynthia Biggs was in my teens, MFSB's "Love Has No Time Or Place" (co-write with Bruce Hawes). I likes the chorus of this tune. The name of Cynthia was from this time on more and more frequent in the PIR and Philly outside productions. Of course, have many other songs by Cynthia I likes a lot (by Jerry Butler, Jones Girls, Lou Rawls,...). I suggest to you if you have the chance, to heard the Masters At Work remix of the Incognito's "Nights Over Egypt" cover (with Maysa Leak and Jocelyn Brown in the chorus!) I visited recently the Cynthia Biggs web-site. Includes a exhaustive list of his songs writen or co-writen. Today keep on to be a very active woman! I read many time ago a feminist article where speaks about the autonomy by diverse female singers as Ann Pebbles (perhaps refered that she auto-produced her music, ?). Also i think Tracy Chapman and Joan Armatrading self produced their music. Peace & Soul Food | ||
Bob Olhsson (bob_olhsson) 1-Arriviste Username: bob_olhsson Post Number: 1 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.247.222.84 |
Valerie counts triple in my book! She was among the upper tier of Motown producers when it came to hands-on production skill and that top tier has been unequalled elsewhere in my experience. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 887 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hello Bob. It's good to see you here! | ||
ralph (ralph) Moderator Username: ralph Post Number: 220 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 209.240.205.61 |
I'll ditto that Juice. Bob, how are you? How is your talented wife? | ||
Bless You (bless_you) 3-Pundit Username: bless_you Post Number: 37 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 66.41.19.9 |
Eli, I totally agree with you! I wasn't labeling any music by color - I just meant that the title of the thread said 'African- American', and Florence Greenberg is not. So we are in total agreement on the quality being all that's important. I wasn't attempting to be divisive - why would you think that? I just thought that honestly maybe someone didn't know who she was, and I was simply seeking to clarify. The Scepter Box Set rules!  Bless You | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 889 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hey Bobby! You got soul BRO & you've been alright in my book since before Love Chant. I never thought of you, The Muscle Shoals guys as anything other than Soulful. IT'S IN THE GROOVES!!! | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 3-Pundit Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.67.201.170 |
Wonder and Manny: Cynthia does have a great website. If you haven't already, check out the CDs of her music, offered on her site. Her songs are definitely part of my life's soundtrack. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 897 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hey Linda!! Good too see you!!! | ||
Linda Di. (linda_di_fsg) 3-Pundit Username: linda_di_fsg Post Number: 45 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.67.201.170 |
Hey, I'm here. Having some serious struggles right now, but the journey is what it is. And we gotta take whatever is put in front of us, right?! Sometimes you guys really keep me going!! Thanks! | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 898 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Linda. if I can help in some small way, it's great!!! You hang in there!!! | ||
Gil (gil) 1-Arriviste Username: gil Post Number: 1 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.44.136.113 |
Linda Perry, who used to be in "4-Non Blondes", produces a lot of material. She wrote (but didn't produce) Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful", and was nominated for Song of the Year at the most recent Grammys. She produced most of Pink's last album. BTW...this is my first post. I found this site while surfing at work a few weeks ago. It is OFF THE HOOK!! Thanks. | ||
Davie Gordon (davie_gordon) 3-Pundit Username: davie_gordon Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 212.219.250.4 |
Did everybody forget Sylvia Moy and Raynoma Singleton ? Davie | ||
glencro (glencro) 1-Arriviste Username: glencro Post Number: 8 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
How can we forget Angela Winbush. One of the most underated is Twinkie Clark of The Clark Sisters. She was writer and producer of most of their music, music that has since been either re-recorded or sampled by Aaliyah, Mary J. Blige, Al Green, Shirley Murdock, Dave Hollister, Missy Elliot & Xscape, to name a few. Don't sleep on this gospel legend. | ||
glencro (glencro) 1-Arriviste Username: glencro Post Number: 9 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Sister Sledge produced their 1982 recording "The Sisters" that featured the remake of Mary Well's "My Guy" and "All The Man I Need" (later recorded by Whitney Houston. | ||
roger (roger) 3-Pundit Username: roger Post Number: 64 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.35.87.17 |
Hello Everyone. How about an honourable mention for MILLIE JACKSON for her work with THE FACTS OF LIFE ( of "Sometimes" fame ). I've always had a soft spot for THE FACTS OF LIFE as .. one .. I like MILLIE JACKSON and .. two .. their lead singer ( JEAN DAVIS ) was the sister of one of my all time favourite male singers .. the wonder boy himself .. TYRONE DAVIS!! Roger | ||
Phil (phil) 3-Pundit Username: phil Post Number: 59 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 212.129.36.136 |
Yes, Roger, Millie is a great producer, and with a little help from Brad Shapiro, she must have learned a lot ! And while we're in the South, one of my favorite is Bettye Crutcher, who wrote many soul anthems, like "Who's makin' love". With Jeff Stewart, she produced the fantastic Shirley Brown LP on Arista. Memphis at his best ! | ||
Robb_K (robb_k) 5-Doyen Username: robb_k Post Number: 230 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 204.108.65.10 |
Thelma Gordy (Coleman) also produced some sessions, including some at motown for The Majestics (Monitors) and for Emanuel Laskey (Lasky). | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 909 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
L love Millie Jackson!! She's great!!! | ||
Rodmann (rodmann) 5-Doyen Username: rodmann Post Number: 184 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.223.169.197 |
Let's not forget about Miss Bernadette Cooper of Klymaxx. Not only did she write and produce several songs for Klymaxx but she's also produced for herself and Cheryl Lynn among others. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1218 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Big up to Klymaxx & Ms Cooper. Man those girls were funky!!! | ||
Wonder B (wonder_b) 5-Doyen Username: wonder_b Post Number: 365 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.250.181.60 |
MsCooper is on the far left on this one... props to her... MAZARATI II was produced by her and Brownmark.. love that LP...  Wonder B If you mess with the 'fro, you gotta go! |
