AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Ben E. King

 

Artist:Ben E. King

Song:Supernatural Thing Pt. 1

Album:The Very Best of Ben E. King

Of course most music fans are familiar with the Ben E. King classic Stand By Me which was a top ten hit in 1961 and again in 1986 when Rob Reiner's film Stand By Me was released. And he sang lead on several Drifters hits. King had one other top ten hit after a long dry period. That was Supernatural Thing in 1975. After the success of Stand By Me, King continued to record for Atco. He just couldn't duplicate that success especially after the British Invasion took over the music business. King recorded six albums for Atco. After his 1967 album What Is Soul produced by Bert Berns didn't do well, he left Atco. He released the album Rough Edges in 1970. It was on Maxwell Records owned by veteran producer Bob Crewe. And then he recorded The Beginning of it All in 1972 on Mandala Records. It looked like King's career was over. But he returned to Atlantic with the 1975 album Supernatural produced by Tony Sylvester of The Main Ingredient and Bert DeCoteaux who worked frequently with Sylvester. The single Supernatural Thing Pt. 1 reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Haras Fyre AKA Patrick Grant who also wrote The Drifters classic Under the Boardwalk. Of course King sang lead on that song. Co-writer Gwen Guthrie sang backup vocals on the album and she would go on to chart success in the 80s. This was King's final big hit. You can get all his hits on this budget comp. After King left Atlatic in 1981, he recorded for EMI-Manhattan, Ichiban, Half Note and other small labels. King continued to tour until his death on Apr. 30, 2015 at age 76. Here's Ben E. King performing Supernatural Thing Pt. 1 on Soul Train 1975.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Steve Gunn

 

Artist:Steve Gunn

Song:Ancient Jules

Album:Eyes on the Lines

Guitarist Steve Gunn is an in demand sideman. But in recent years he has also recorded solo and he got a lot of critical acclaim for his 2016 album Eyes on the Lines. He was born in the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdowne, PA. Gunn learned to play guitar and was in hardcore punk cover bands when he was in high school. While in college, he formed GHQ with Pete Nolan and Marcia Bassett. They moved to Brooklyn, NY and they released several albums from 2005-07. Gunn released his first solo album in 2007 and he also recorded and toured with drummer John Truscinski. In 2012 he toured with Kurt Vile and the Violators. He recorded with guitarist Mike Gangloff and his band Black Twig Pickers and British blues musician Mike Cooper. And he recorded a 2015 album with Kurt Vile. Ancient Jules is from Gunn's 2016 album Eyes on the Lines. This was Gunn's first album with the popular indie label Matador. The album was highly acclaimed and appeared on several Best of 2016 lists. You'll notice in the video that Gunn is hanging out at the home of British guitar legend Mike Chapman. That was a big deal for Gunn as Chapman is one of his biggest influences. Gunn's latest album The Unseen In Between was released in 2019. His main collaborator on both Matador albums is British musician James Elkington. Here's the video for Ancient Jules by Steve Gunn.

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 We talk current UFC WMMA.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Chuck Girard

 Artist:Chuck Girard

Song:Rock 'N' Roll Preacher

Album:The 70s Albums

Chuck Girard is a pioneer of what is now known as Contemporary Christian Music. When he recorded Rock ''N' Roll Preacher in 1975, his kind of music didn't have a name. It was derisively called Jesus Music and even the Christian record label Word didn't know what to do with guys like Girard. They figured it out in the 80s. Girard was born Aug. 27, 1943 in Los Angeles but for most of his life he has lived in Costa Mesa and has been a member of the Calvary Church. The video below was filmed at the church. While in high school, Girard was a member of the doo wop group The Castels. They charted with the 1961 single Sacred and the 1962 single So This Is Love. The music was produced by surf rock legend Gary Usher and The Wrecking Crew studio musician collective played on the records. After The Castels split up in 1963, Girard turned up in the surf rock group The Hondells. They scored a top ten hit with Little Honda in 1964. Usher created The Hondells as a studio musician group. But after Little Honda was a hit, he hired singers including Girard to tour as The Hondells. In 1970 Girard was a member of Love Song. They were one of the first Christian rock bands. After two albums, Girard left to go solo. Rock 'N' Roll Preacher is on Girard's 1975 debut album Chuck Girard. Like Love Song, Girard recorded for the Word Records label Good News. Though Rock 'N' Roll Preacher was not a hit at the time, today it is considered to be an important song in the development of CCM. The song is very typical of mid 70s rock. But Girard is singing about Jesus. Members of the group Ambrosia played on this album. And Girard played on their albums. Other than that, Girard used studio musicians like Dean Parks and David Paich. Jim Keltner played drums on all of Girard's 70s albums. Later on he formed the band that you see in the video with Jon Linn on lead guitar, Larry Myers on rhythm guitar, Terry Clark on keyboards, Jay Truax on bass and Mark Walker on drums. They were all part of the Los Angeles Jesus Music scene. Girard recorded five albums on Good News. Since then he has recorded for his own label and he released four of the Good News albums on 2CDs. Girard is still around. He last recorded in 2008. His daughter Alisa was a member of ZOEgirl. She was not part of the 2011 reunion. As Alisa Childers (her married name), she has recorded for the Calvary Church label. Here's Chuck Girard performing Rock 'N' Roll Preacher at the Calvary Church in Costa Mesa,CA 1979. The band on this video is the band I mentioned above.

Frank Pozen's Big Bad Podcast Aug. 4, 2020

In a special edition of my podcast, Charlie lives in Japan and he attended the recent Deep Jewels show. We discuss that and Kairi Sane's retirement as he asks me questions that fans want answered.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Omer Avital

Artist:Omer Avital

Song:New Song

Album:New Song

Bassist Omer Avital was born in Israel but he moved to New York City in 1992. After getting some attention for his club dates, he has become a very popular sideman and he has recorded as a leader since 2001. He was born May 13, 1971 in Givatayim, Israel which is east of Tel Aviv. He studied classical guitar at the Givatayim Conservatory and then switched to bass while attending Thelma Yellin, Israel's high school for the arts. Avital started playing professionally at age 17. And after a year in the Israeli Army Orchestra, he moved to New York City in 1992. Avital played with Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Nat Adderley and others. He made his recording debut on Antonio Hart's 1993 album For Cannonball & Woody. Then he got a regular gig at Smalls Jazz Club working with pianist Jason Lindner. Avital formed a band with four sax players including guys like Myron Walden, Mark Turner, Gregory Tardy and Joel Frahm. He was featured in the New York Times. This band appeared on the 1997 Impulse Records album Jazz Underground: Live At Smalls. He recorded an album for Impulse but it was never released. He finally released his debut as a leader with the 2001 album Think With Your Heart on the Spanish label Fresh Sound. It featured Walden, Tardy, Frahm, Jimmy Greene and Jay Collins all playing sax. Since then Avital has recorded for Anzic and Sunnyside. New Song is from the 2013 album New Song on Motema Music. Musicians are Avishai E. Cohen on trumpet (not to be confused with bassist Avishai Cohen), Joel Frahm on sax, Yonathan Avishai on piano and Daniel Freedman on drums. He still works regularly as a sideman and he has other bands like the Yes! Trio with pianist Aaron Goldberg and drummer Ali Jackson Jr. He released an album with that band last year. Avital's latest CD New York Paradox was released on the French label Jazz & People. So like many New York jazz musicians, Avital is in demand. Here's Omer Avital performing New Song at the 2013 Nice Jazz Festival. This is the band that appears on the album New Song.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Margo Price

Artist:Margo Price

Song:Four Years Of Chances

Album:Midwest Farmer's Daughter

Margo Price is a critically acclaimed country singer songwriter. She has recorded for small labels so she hasn't had the commercial success she deserves. She is definitely worth checking out. She was born Apr. 15, 1983 in Aledo, IL which is a small town in the western border of Illinois. Country singer Suzy Bogguss is from Aledo. Margo sang and played piano in church. She was studying dance and theater at Northern Illinois University. She dropped out of school and moved to Nashville in 2003. Margo did what a lot of aspiring country artists do. She worked day jobs and worked on her music with husband Jeremy Ivey. They write songs together. He currently plays bass in her band. They had a couple of bands but Margo and the Pricetags got some attention as members included Sturgill Simpson and guitarist Kenny Vaughan from Marty Stuart's band. Margo recorded Midwest Farmer's Daughter at Sun Studios in 2015. She financed it herself. She heard that Jack White was a fan so she sent him a copy of the album. He liked it so much that he signed her to his Third Man label and released the album in 2016. Margo appeared on Saturday Night Live, Later with Jools Holland and Charlie Rose. The album was critically acclaimed and appeared on several Best of 2016 lists. Unfortunately there was no hit single so Margo didn't get that big breakthrough. Margo's voice is pure country but her band led by Ivey has 70s soul elements. She writes all her songs sometimes with Ivey. Other musicians include Matt Ross-Spang on guitar, Micah Hulscher on piano and Dillon Napier on drums. This album is available as a budget CD. Margo signed with Loma Vista which is owned by Concord. Her new album That's How Rumors Get Started should get better distribution. Sturgill Simpson produced and plays guitar. As with the first album, Margo wrote all the songs either by herself or with Ivey. Get on the Margo Price train before she inevitably becomes a star. Be ahead of the curve. Here's Margo Price performing Four Years of Chances at Sun Studios 2016. 

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Morgan Wallen

Artist:Morgan Wallen
Song:Chasin' You
Album:If I Know Me





Morgan Wallen was a contestant on The Voice in 2014. He scored three hit singles from his 2018 debut album If I Know Me including Chasin' You. He has a new album coming out soon. He was born May 13, 1993 in Sneedville, TN which is near Knoxville. His father is a preacher so Wallen grew up singing in church. He played baseball in high school. He was a good enough pitcher to get scholarship offers. But he injured his elbow in his senior year. So he turned to music. Wallen appeared on the 2014 season of The Voice. He was eliminated during the playoffs. But he started working with Sergio Sanchez of the group Atom Smash who got him a deal with Panacea Records. A 2015 EP got Wallen a new manager who got him a deal with the much larger Big Loud label. His 2018 debut album If I Know Me was produced by Big Loud co-owner Joey Moi who also produces Florida Georgia Line. There were three hit singles from the album. Chasin' You reached #2 on the Country Singles chart. It reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wallen wrote the song with Big Loud co-owner and veteran songwriter Craig Wiseman and Jamie Moore who normally works with CCM artists like Toby Mac. Florida Georgia Line appeared on the single Up Down and Wallen opened for them on their 2019 tour. Wallen appeared on the Dec. 3, 2018 episode of WWE Raw. Wallen co-wrote three songs on his debut album. The single More Than My Hometown was released June 2020. So he has a new album coming. There is no title or release date yet. Wallen says he had a lot more creative input on this album. He is still working with Moi. It appears the album has been delayed by the pandemic. Here's the video for Chasin' You by Morgan Wallen.

Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Jennifer Maia vs Joanne Calderwood

Here's the match video of Jennifer Maia vs Joanne Calderwood from last night's UFC show in Las Vegas. With UFC Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko out with a leg injury, Joanne decided to take this fight instead of waiting around. The opening came up after Viviane Araujo tested positive for COVID-19. Of course it's a risk but Jennifer has proven to be ineffective. She has never finished a fight outside Brazil. I thought the fight would go the distance because neither fighter is a finisher. Joanne is probably better at kickboxing. Joanne catches a kick and takes Jennifer down. Jennifer got wrist control and Joanne wasn't getting anywhere. If Joanne started pounding her after the takedown, that would be one thing. But Jennifer was controlling her wrists and Joanne needed to sense that she should get back to her feet. But she waited too long and Jennifer got her arm. The more Joanne tried to adjust the worse it got and Jennifer turned her over and won with an armbar. So this is where the UFC gets dishonest. Brendan Fitzgerald is told to say that Jennifer has had six submission finishes. This is supposed to build her up as a title challenger. But Jennifer has never had any sort of finish in any of her Invicta or UFC fights. It reminds me of when Valentina submitted Julianna Pena with an armbar. It is to date her only armbar finish. That was a fluke and so is this. It also doesn't make me think that Jennifer could beat Valentina. Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut. One fluke win means nothing. Jennifer needs to show that it isn't a fluke. Enjoy the video!

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Tony Yazbeck, Clyde Alves and Jay Armstrong Johnson

Artist:Tony Yazbeck, Clyde Alves and Jay Armstrong Johnson
Song:New York, New York
Album:On The Town: New Broadway Cast Recording



Most classic film fans are familiar with the 1949 film adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein musical On The Town starring Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Jules Munshin as sailors on leave in New York City. My parents went to see that movie on their first date. My mom loved musicals. On The Town was first on Broadway in 1946 and the film only kept four of Bernstein's songs. Most of the songs were written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. This 2014 Broadway revival is based on the 1949 film. It was directed by John Rando who won a Tony for the 2001 show Urinetown. The show ran for a year. The three sailors are played by Tony Yazbeck, Clyde Alves and Jay Armstrong Johnson. Yazbeck was born Mar. 14, 1979 in Riverside, CA. He moved to New York after college and he has appeared in several Broadway musicals like the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line and the 2008 revival of Gypsy. He was nominated for a Tony and won an Astaire award for On The Town. You may have seen him in a recurring role in the Showtime series Billions. He will play Cary Grant in the musical Flying Over Sunset set to premiere in 2021. This show is a fictional account of Grant's experience with LSD. Alves was born Jan. 4, 1980 in Brampton, ON. He first appeared on Broadway in the 2000 revival of The Music Man and the 2003 TV production. He also appeared in Wicked, Hairspray and Bullets over Broadway. Most recently he was in a touring production of Show Boat. Johnson was born Sept. 1, 1987 in Fort Worth, TX. He first appeared in the 2008 touring production of A Chorus Line and then the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair. he has also appeared in Broadway productions of Sweeney Todd, Phantom of the Opera and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. On The Town is his most significant show to date. He also had a recurring role in the ABC TV series Quantico. As I said, this production of On The Town ran for a year so it was very successful. And a cast album is available on 2CDs. Here's Tony Yazbeck, Clyde Alves and Jay Armstrong Johnson performing New York, New York in what looks to be a promotional video. This is really good.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-DaBaby

Artist:DaBaby
Song:Suge
Album:Baby on Baby





Rapper Jonathan "DaBaby" Kirk can be a big star if he stays out of trouble. The 2017 single Suge was a big hit and then he followed it up the 2020 chart topper Rockstar featuring Roddy Ricch. He was born Dec. 22, 1991 in Cleveland but he grew up in Charlotte, NC. He got into petty crime as a teen. He was a big fan of 50 Cent and Lil Wayne. Kirk started rapping in 2014. He released a bunch of mixtapes as Baby Jesus. His big break came when he signed with South Coast Music Group owner Arnold Taylor. Taylor has been a major developer of rap talent in Charlotte. The first thing Taylor did is he got Kirk to change his name to DaBaby as Baby Jesus was not marketable. Kirk continued to release mixtapes until he signed with Interscope. Suge is from his 2019 debut CD Baby on Baby. Obviously the title is a reference to Suge Knight. This song and several other songs were produced by Tahj "JetsonMade" Morgan. He has worked with several Carolina rappers but Kirk has been his biggest success. Suge reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also nominated for two Grammys. Then Kirk was involved in a shooting where the victim died. He was charged but he claimed self defense. The charges were dropped but he was fined for carrying a concealed weapon. Kirk's other big hit was Rockstar from his latest album Blame it on Baby. He is no longer working with Morgan who looks to launch his own recording career. His producer is now Dejuane "DJ Kid" Dunwood. This was his first production. In Jan. 2020, Kirk was involved in an assault in Miami. He was charged with battery. As I said, there is no question Kirk has talent. But he needs to behave better or he will wind up in prison. Here's the video of Suge by DaBaby.

Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Hikaru Shida vs Diamante

Here's the match video of Hikaru Shida vs Diamante from this week's episode of AEW Dynamite. This was a non title match. Diamante beat Ivelisse last week to get this match. Her real name is Priscilla Zuniga. She is probably nest known for her days in Impact Wrestling's LAX group. And then she blew out her knee. I had seen her before but not lately until last week. The match is OK but nothing special. Diamante's big problem is she lacks quickness her moves are sluggish at times. I don't know why she won that match last week as Ivelisse is a better wrestler. I don't know if she is signed to AEW. So the match is OK. Check out the video.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

Artist:Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Song:Up Where We Belong
Album:The Anthology





Up Where We Belong topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in 1983. It is from the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. It is what I call an orphan because it is not on the standard discography of either Joe Cocker or Jennifer Warnes. Paramount Pictures exec Frank Mancuso wanted a soundtrack album with a hit single to promote the film. Director Taylor Hackford liked the idea but he didn't have the budget to produce an original song. He asked Paramount music head Joel Sill for help. Sill called his friend Gary George who had recently become a manager and he suggested one of his clients Jennifer Warnes. She scored a top ten hit in 1976 with Right Time of the Night. She saw Joe Cocker perform I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here with The Crusaders on the 1982 Grammy awards. It inspired her to want to sing with Cocker. And that is what she suggested to Hackford. At the time Cocker was under contract to Island Records. Island owner Chris Blackwell agreed to this as long as the soundtrack album was released on Island. The score for An Officer and a Gentleman was composed by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sill called veteran songwriter Will Jennings (After the Love Has Gone) and he took the music from the film and wrote lyrics for it. They convinced Crusaders producer Stewart Levine to produce the record. Paramount's Michael Eisner and film producer Don Simpson hated the record and didn't think it would be a hit. And Blackwell hated it so much that Cocker left Island for Capitol. Up Where We Belong wasn't a hit at first. But the success of An Officer and a Gentleman created interest in the soundtrack album and the single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. Radio stations got listener calls to play the song and it grew from there. The soundtrack is available on CD. The song did not appear on a Joe Cocker or Jennifer Warnes album. But you can get it on this Joe Cocker 2CD budget comp that covers his A&M years. You can also get it on the Jennifer Warnes comp The Platinum & Gold Collection. Of course Jennifer scored another big movie hit with Time of my Life with Bill Medley from the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. Those two songs were her only number one hits. Cocker was on Capitol for most of the 80s. He didn't have the success that he had earlier in his career on A&M. Capitol A&R VP Don Grierson said that Up Where We Belong may have hurt Cocker because it was a weepy ballad and he's a rocker. I dunno. You Are So Beautiful was a big hit. Up Where We Belong was also a big gospel hit for BeBe & CeCe Winans. Jim Baaker had them sing it daily on The PTL Club but that song made them stars. Here's Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes performing Up Where We Belong on German TV 1983. There was no music video for this song.

Frank Pozen's Big Bad Podcast July 30, 2020

UFC review and preview, Asuka, Io Shirai and Invicta preview.

Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Io Shirai and Tegan Nox vs Dakota Kai and Candice Lerae

Here's the match video of Io Shirai and Tegan Nox vs Dakota Kai and Candice Lerae from last night's episode of NXT. This was set up when Dakota attacked Io after her match a couple of weeks ago. One interesting thing is Raquel Gonzalez is not Dakota's partner and though nothing was said, they seem to have split up. This match starts with Dakota attacking Io during her entrance. This turns into a brawl. The match is pretty good and Io and Tegan display great teamwork especially at the end of the match. Io's moonsault leads to the pin on Candice after Tegan's Shiniest Wizard. Dakota bails and abandons Candice. Later in a backstage segment, Dakota claims to be the number one contender for Io's NXT Women's Championship. Rhea Ripley with her new blonde hairdo disputes that so Dakota vs Rhea will happen next week and the winner gets a title shot at the upcoming Takeover show. Check out the video for this match as it is pretty good.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Angelina

Artist:Angelina
Song:Release Me
Album:Angelina: The Album





Angelina Camarillo had very brief chart success in the late 90s mostly on the dance charts but Release Me crossed over to pop in 1996. She was born Feb. 1, 1978 in Union City, CA. And I guess that's the most interesting thing about Angelina. Most of the Freestyle music of the era was based in either New York or Miami. I haven't noticed any Freestyle artists from California. Angelina's label Upstairs Records is in San Jose and they had most of their success with Freestyle. Angelina: The Album was released in 1996. Most of the album was produced by Noel Saucedo. He is mainly a remix guy known as Haus-A-Holics. Release Me was the first single. It did well on the dance charts and it reached #52 on the Billboard Hot 100. A few of her other songs charted but Release Me was her biggest hit. Typically Angelina wrote the lyrics and Saucedo wrote the music. Angelina: The Album is still available on CD or digital download. She released three albums on Upstairs. She formed the group New Ridaz and they released an album in 2006. It all ended when Angelina's brother was killed in a random shooting outside a San Jose nightclub two days before Christmas 2006. She told the San Jose Mercury News that she simply lost her passion for music. She went into teaching. She did that for seven years and she now owns Luna Mexican Kitchen in San Jose. Angelina performs very occasionally but music is not her priority anymore. Here's Angelina performing Release Me 1996.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Treme Brass Band

Artist:Treme Brass Band
Song:Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Album:Treme: Music from the HBO Original Series Season 1




I'm sure it won't surprise anyone that I was a huge fan of the HBO series Treme which ran from 2010-13. Treme was set in post Katrina New Orleans. The show was created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Simon is the man behind The Wire which is one of the greatest shows in TV history. Overmyer is behind the hit Amazon series Bosch. The Bosch character is a big jazz fan so of course I'm a fan of the show. Fans of The Wire need to watch Treme. Many of the actors who appeared in The Wire also appeared in Treme. Treme can be streamed on HBO Max in the US and Crave in Canada. One of the best things about Treme was all of the great New Orleans musicians who appeared on the show. Episode one featured the Treme Brass Band performing Just A Closer Walk With Thee at a funeral. Fans of The Wire will recognize actor Wendell Pierce in the scene. He played a trombonist on the show. This appears on the season one soundtrack for Treme. There are all kinds of great musicians on the CD. The Treme Brass Band also recorded Just A Closer Walk With Thee on their 1995 CD Gimme My Money Back on Arhoolie Records. They were a big part of the New Orleans brass band revival mostly as a street band. They have only recorded a few albums. They were led by Benny Jones Sr. on snare drum and Lionel Batiste on bass drum. The rest of the band was very fluid. Kermit Ruffins is among the musicians who went through Treme Brass Band and he cites Batiste as a big influence. Lionel Batiste died in 2012. But Benny Jones Sr. is still around. So I assume that Treme Brass Band are still performing in the streets of the Treme section of New Orleans. Here's the Treme Brass Band with Wendell Pierce performing Just A Closer Walk With Thee from season one episode one of the HBO series Treme.

Big Bad Blog Video Theater-Sasha Banks vs Asuka

Here is the match video of Sasha Banks vs Asuka from last night's episode of RAW. This was another really good match marred by illogical booking. Normally a title can only be won by pinfall or submission. But in this match a DQ or countout could would result in the title going to the winner. So a lot of that was teased. Before the commercial, Kairi Sane chased Bayley to the back. I would have let Bayley stay at ringside to keep an eye on her. This one thing cost Asuka the match. And of course it wrote Kairi off TV. One of the funnier spots had Sasha pretending to leave so she could get Asuka DQd. But the ref saw it and told her to knock it off. They are going along and when it looks like Asuka will win, they cut to the back to Bayley beating up Kairi. So what have those two been doing for the last twenty minutes? Of course Asuka is distracted and she goes to the back to help Kairi and she is counted out. Sasha is the new RAW Women's Champion. Just keep on mind heels don't care how cheap the win is. Kairi is officially gone from the WWE. This was taped last week so I think she is in Japan already. She might do a brief retirement tour as she promised Stardom's Rossy Ogawa she would return. But she doesn't live near Tokyo so it would be tough for her to stay in the wrestling business. I don't think this angle is over as Sasha and Bayley will find out that an angry Asuka is tough to handle. I have also heard that Io Shirai may be moved up. Enjoy the video!

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Demetria McKinney

Artist:Demetria McKinney
Song:Easy
Album:Officially Yours





Actress Demetria McKinney is known for appearing in several TV series including Tyler Perry's House of Pain. But she also had success with her 2017 debut album Officially Yours and the single Easy mostly in the Adult R&B market. She's pretty good. She was born Aug. 27, 1979 in Natchitoches, LA but she was in a military family so they moved a lot. She attended high school in Fort Walton Beach, FL and studied theater at Okaloosa-Walton Community College. She has worked a lot for Tyler Perry. She appeared in a couple of his plays and that led to Demetria being cast as Janine in the TBS series Tyler Perry's House of Pain. She was on that show from 2006-2012. She was a regular on the TV One series The Ricky Smiley Show. Currently she appears on the Bounce TV series Saints & Sinners and the Urban Movie Channel series A House Divided. She will also be in Tyler Perry's BET revival of House of Pain. After releasing a few singles and appearing as a vocalist on an Anthony David album, Demetria signed with eOne and released the 2017 album Officially Yours. The album was produced by the production group We Are Starbound led by Mike Brinkley who has produced Nas and Big Sean. Most of the songs including Easy were written and produced by his guys. Easy reached #4 on the Adult R&B chart. With all the TV she does, I'm not sure if Demetria has much time for a recording career. R&B fans should check her out. Here's the video for Easy by Demetria McKinney.

AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Morgan Evans

Artist:Morgan Evans
Song:Day Drunk
Album:Things That We Drink To





Aussie country singer Morgan Evans is trying to follow in the footsteps of country music superstar Keith Urban. With his 2018 major label debut CD Things That We Drink To and two hit singles he's off to a good start. And he's married to country music superstar Kelsea Bellerini. Life is good. He was born Apr. 24, 1985 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He had a band in high school with his brother Tom called Extortion. After the name was changed to Solver, they won Artist of the Year at the 2006 MusicOz Awards. After winning the 2007 TV competition Telstra Road to Tamworth, Evans went to Nashville to record a single. An EP Big Skies was released on Sony in Australia. It got some radio play there. Evans signed with Warner Music Austalasia and released the 2012 EP While We're Young and the 2014 album Morgan Evans. Warner Music Nashville liked it enough to sign Evans and move him to Nashville permanently. He recorded the 2018 album Things That We Drink To with producer Chris DeStefano who has also produced Chase Rice. The two wrote all the songs with a third songwriter writing the lyrics. Day Drunk was written with veteran songwriter Lindy Robbins. Day Drunk reached #29 on the Country Singles chart. The other hit from the album Kiss Somebody reached #11. Evans married Kelsea Bellerini in 2017. The single Diamonds was released in Nov. 2019. So Evans has a new album coming but I didn't see anything about when it will be released. Here's the video for Day Drunk by Morgan Evans. And that is Kelsea Bellerini in the video.