Beyond the Hook

Blue Eyed Soul


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This episode features some blue-eyed soul that literally and figuratively moves me and I don’t know why it was never a hit. It was recorded by a husband-and-wife duet during their on and off again tumultuous three-year marriage. When I mention the wife’s name please hold off on any booing or hissing for a minute because I have heard, over the years, negative comments about her but this pop diva has had a 50 plus year career in an industry where most don’t get 50-minutes. Her longevity creates a snobbish “familiarity breeds contempt “ attitude among some. She is good, she is soulful, and her 3-octave vocal range has been blowing audiences away for a long time. Yes, you may not like the way she looks, or the clothes she wears, or her non-conformist attitude but I’m talking music and you don’t have to love the artist to love the art. The woman’s name is Cher, her husband was Greg Alman, and the song is Love Me, from their only album called Alman and Woman.
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Beyond the HookBy WMPG