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Dr. Ellen Frankel served for eighteen years as Editor in Chief and CEO of The Jewish Publication Society.  She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton.  

She is the author of eleven books, including The Classic Tales; The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols; The Five Books of Miriam; The Jewish Spirit; and The Illustrated Hebrew Bible. With Rabbi Goldie Milgram, she co-edited two volumes of Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning; and was a contributor to Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel, and Quran, edited by Brian Arthur Brown.

Dr. Frankel has published three books for young people. Her JPS Illustrated Children’s Bible, won the 2010 National Jewish Book Award.

Dr. Frankel travels widely as a storyteller, lecturer, and scholar-in-residence. 

Several of Frankel’s portraits of biblical women were set to music by Andrea Clearfield in her oratorio, Women of Valor, commissioned by Hadassah of Southern California and premiered by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony in 2000. She and Clearfield later added a new piece, “Hagar.” She was also commissioned to write the libretto for Clearfield’s oratorio, The Golem Psalms, which premiered in Philadelphia in 2006. Dr. Frankel’s first opera, Slaying the Dragon, with music by Michael Ching, had its world premiere in Philadelphia in 2012. Her second opera, The Triangle Fire, premiered in New York in 2017. Her next work, Beyond the Binary, with Andrea Clearfield, about robots, artificial intelligence, and gender, will premiere in Philadelphia in Spring 2022.

Dr. Frankel is currently at work on a new series, The Jerusalem Mysteries, featuring Israeli intelligence agent, Maya Rimon. The first two books, The Deadly Scrolls and The Hyena Murders, will be published in 2022.

Dr. Frankel lives in Florida and Maine with her husband. She has two grown children and three grandchildren.

Ellen Frankel’s Books

The Classic Tales

The Deadly Scrolls, Ellen Frankel (pre-order drops in May 2022)

The Hyena Murders, Ellen Frankel (book 2 of The Jerusalem Mysteries, drops November 2022)

Children’s Bible, Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols, A Woman’s Commentary on the Five Books of Moses 

Dov Noy, Jewish Virtual Library, Hebrew stories of refugees to Israel after WW II, Ellen working on publishing those stories Librettist for composer, Andrea Clearfield, (Facebook, Apple Music) Opera, Women of Valor, based on Ellen’s book, The Five Books of Miriam

Robert Ludlum, Author, The Bourne Identity series.

Beyond the Binary Opera about AI, Robots, and Gender with the Mendelssohn Choir, Philadelphia, PA

Slaying the Dragon Opera Philadelphia, based on “Not by the Sword”, (author) to be revived by Michael Ching in 2023

Opera based on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Patchakanak, Peruvian Folk Tale (check spelling)

Opera Philadelphia, David Davan

McDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire

Folk tales of Western Africa, Uncle Remus stories, Native American Tales, The Illiad, The Odyssey

The Space Between Time, Lucinda Sage-Midgorden

#PodMatch

The Jewish Publication Society, Jewish Braille Institute International

audible.com

A.D. (Audra) Trosper, Stacy Bennett, authors of fantasy novels, Story-Power episodes 28, 29.

Julee Balko, The Things We Keep

WSIRN, episode 307, Allison Fallon, The Power of Writing it Down, Find Your Voice website

Elizabeth George, mystery author

DigDeep Navajo Water Project, Charity:Water, Mercy Corps, Water and much more

Books discussed

Migrations, Charlotte Mcconaghy

Finding the Mother Tree, Susanne Sigard

Overstory, Richard Power

Robert Crummey, Bedlam, etc.

Louise Penny, author, Inspector Gamache series

Daniel Silva, author Gabriel Allon series

Ann Cleeves, author The Two Rivers series

Code Breaker, Steve Jobs, Walter Issacson

A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry

Apeirogon: A Novel, Colum McCann

Caste, Isabel Wilkerson

H is for Hawk, Helen Mcdonald

Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings series

Moby-Dick, Herman Melville

Caribbean Literature

Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Gedaly is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, and content pro. He loves Shakespeare, Kung Fu movies, and geeking out about technology.

He’s the co-founder of Working.Actor, writer of adventure movies, and occasional singer. One day he hopes to become a mad scientist!

The Marx Brothers Movies 

Charlie Chaplin, Favorite Director, Films, 

  City Lights (1931) Charlie Chaplin, Director and Writer

  The Great Dictator (1940) Charlie Chaplin, Director and Writer

Burgled (2020) Short, Gedaly Guberek, Ruben Guberek, Directors, Gedaly Guberek, Writer

Jackie Chan, Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema, Producer, Actor, Stunts, (Favorite Director)

Jet Li, Beijing, China, Actor, Producer, Martial Artist

  Fearless (2006), Ronny Yu, Director, Chris Chow, Christine To, Writers

Cirque du Soleil, Entertainment Company, Las Vegas

Kung Fu forms mentioned: Choy Li Fut, Wing Chun, Tai Chi,

Japanese form mentioned: Sun- style T’ai Chi Ch’uan

Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious (1946) Alfred Hitchcock, Director, Ben Hecht, Writer

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Robert Wiene, Director, Carl Mayer, Writer

Martin Scorsese, Producer, Director, Actor

working.actor.com

Foundation TV Series (2021 – ) Josh Friedman and David S. Goyer, Creators, Issac Asimov, Novels, Podcast 

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

#PodMatch, How I met Gedaly and many other great Story-Power Guests

William Shakespeare plays mentioned

  As You Like It

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown

The War of Art:Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles Steven Pressfield

Gedaly’s Personal Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

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Lala Drona (b. 1988) is a Venezuelan-American painter and videaste, born in Denver, Colorado. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado, Lala Drona has since published and exhibited her work internationally.  Most recently, her videos and paintings exploring digital spaces and the female gaze, were shown at the Cite des Arts de Paris.  Inspired by her experience of growing up with a unilateral breast agenesis, her paintings, videos, and writing explore “transitions between the virtual and the real” and “women in the digital world.”  The totality of her artwork contributes to, and exists within a fictional universe and mythology established online and then recontextualized in the physical world through paint on canvas, performance, and sculpture. 

Lala Drona is currently creating a documentary which recounts her experience growing up with a unilateral breast agenesis.  The documentary follows her through her final reconstructive surgeries in her adult life.  Topics cover “shame,” “secrets,” and the role of the human body in our everyday social interactions.

Lala Drona dealt with her secret body by creating a fictional universe from a young age, one in which she still uses today for creative inspiration http://www.basedonafact.com

See her paintings and videos www.laladrona.com

Lala’s YouTube Channel, Instagram, Website, Facebook, Twitter

Exhibition at Powerhouse, Lousanne, Switzerland, March 8, screening her art video for the opening.

Unilateral Breast agenesis

Stephen Hawking 

Amazonian Myth

Visit Paris, France

  The Louvre

  Musèe d’Orsay

  Notre-Dame Cathedral

  Chartre Cathedral

  Cathedral of Sainte-Croix, Orléans

Sedona, Arizona

Visit Greece, home of the myth of the Amazons

Ivan Bodley, Story-Power Ep. 35 “Am I Famous Yet”

Now, Voyager (1942) Irving Rapper, Director, Olive Higgins Prouty, Novel, Casey Robinson, Screenplay

Foundation TV series (2021 – ) Josh Friedman, David S. Goyer, Creators, Alex Graves, and 5 other, Directors, Issac Asimov, Novel series

Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands 

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A bearded nerd from Iran in his mid 20’s, with a particular interest in the motion pictures as a hobby, career and general life. Has a very high opinion of Jeremy Irons, adores Westerns and Musicals and loves movies from the 1960s.

Ali Khamseh YouTube Channel, LinkedIn, Instagram

Hammer Film Production Ltd., Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing

Arizona Dream (1993) Emir Kusturica, Director, David Atkins and Emir Kusturica, Writers

#PodMatch What I call, “A dating site for podcasters and their guests.”

Dracula: Prince of Darkness,(1966) Terence Fisher, Director, Based on a character by Bram Stoker, Jimmy Sangster and Anthony Hinds, Screenplay

The Devil Rides Out, (1968) Terence Fisher, Director, Dennis Wheatley, Novel, Richard Matheson, Screenplay

The Curse of Frankenstein, (1957) Terence Fisher, Director, Mary Shelley, based on her novel, Jimmy Sangster, Screenplay

The Gorgon, (1964) Terence Fisher, Director, J. Llewellyn Devine, Story, John Gilling, Screenplay

Horror Express (1972) Eugenio Martin, Director, Arnaud d’Usseau, Julian Zimet, Screenplay

New Hammer films:

  The Woman In Black, (2012), James Watkins, Director, Susan Hill, Novel, Jane Goldman, Screenplay, Staring, Daniel Radcliffe

  Let Me In, (2010) Matt Reeves, Director, Matt Reeves, Screenplay based on John Ajvide Lindqvist for “Låt den rätte komma in”

  The Resident, (2011) Antti Jokinen, Director, Antti Jokinen, Robert Orr, Screenplay

Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, (1977) One of the most famous movies on the planet

Firefly, (2002 – 2003) TV Series created by Joss Whedon

Serenity, (2005) Joss Whedon, Director and Screenplay

Logan, (2017) James Mangold, Director and Story, Scott Frank, Michael Green, Screenplay

The Father, (2020) Florian Zeller, Director, Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, Screenplay

Silence of the Lambs, (1991) Jonathan Demme, Director, Thomas Harris, Novel, Thomas Harris, Ted Tally, Screenplay

The Capture of the Green River Killer, (2008) TV Mini Series Norma Bailey, Director, Dave Reichert, Book, John Pielmeier, Writer

Sergio Leone, Italian Director

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, (1966) Sergio Leone, Director, Agenore Incrocci, Screenplay

Eli Wallach, American Character Actor

The Godfather, part III, (1990)Francis Ford Coppola, Director, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, Screenplay

My Fair Lady, (1964) George Cukor, Director, George Bernard Shaw, Play, Alan Jay Lerner, Screenplay, Frederick Loewe, André Previn, Music 

Mary Poppins, (1964) Robert Stephenson, Director, P.L. Travers “Mary Poppins” books, Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Screenplay

Camelot, (1967) Joshua Logan, Director, T.H. White, Novel, “The Once and Future King”, Alan Jay Lerner, Screenplay, Frederick Loewe, Lyrics, Alfred Newman, Conductor

Ursula in The Little Mermaid, (1989) Ron Clements, John Musker, Directors, Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tale, John Musker, Ron Clements, Screenplay 

Scar in The Lion King, (1994) Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Directors, Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton, Screenplay

AK88 Studios, Ali’s other YouTube channel.

Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah

The Lighthouse, (2019) Robert Eggers, Director, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, Screenplay

News of the World, (2020) Paul Greengrass, Director, Paulette Jiles, Novel, Paul Greengrass, Luke Davies, Screenplay

Bill and Ted Face the Music, (2020) Dean Parisot, Director, Chris Matheson, Ed Solomon, Screenplay

Pig, (2021) Nicholas Cage, Star, Michael Sarnoski, Director, Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski, Screenplay 

Annette, (2021) Leos Carax, Director, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Original Story

Suicide Squad, (2016) David Ayer, Director, David Ayer, John Ostrander (Comic book) Screenplay

Zack Snyder, American Director

Ryan Reynolds Films

  Free Guy, (2021) Shawn Levy, Director, Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn, Screenplay

  Deadpool, (2016) Tim Miller, Director, Rhett Teese, Paul Wernick, Screenplay

  Woman in Gold, (2015) Simon Curtis, Maria Altmann’s Life Story, E. Randol Schoenberg, Life Story, Alexi Kay Campbell, Screenplay

Artist Gustav Klimt

Defiance, (2008) Edward Zwick, Director, Nechama Tec Book, “Defiance: the Bielski Partisans”, Clayton Frohman, Edward Zwick, Screenplay

The Forgotten Battle, (2020) Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., Director, Jesse Maiman, Story, Paula lander Test, Pauline van Mantgem, Screenplay

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Copyright 2011

Michael Palin, Travels of a Lifetime, (2020 – 2021), TV Series, Andrew Abbott, Director

Tombstone, (1993) George P. Cosmastos Kevin Jarre, Directors, Kevin Jarre, Screenplay

The Queen’s Gambit, (2020) TV Mini Series, Scott Frank, Allan Scott, Creators

Mad Men,  (2007 – 2015) TV Series, Matthew Weiner, Creator

Squid Game, (2001 -) TV Series, Hwang Dong-hyuk, Director and Screenwriter

Southern Poverty Law Center

The Nightmare Before Christmas, (1993) Henry Selick, Director, Tim Burton, Story and Characters, Michael McDowell, Adaptation, Caroline Thompson, Screenwriter

Martin Scorsese,American Director, Producer, Actor, Writer

Turner Classic Movies

Movies Restored by Martin Scorsese, The Film Foundation – World Cinema Project,

  Iranian: Downpour, (1972) Bahram Beyzaie, Director and Writer,Iranian title: Ragbar 

  Turkish: Dry Summer, (1963) Metin Erksan, Director,Law of the Border, (1966) Lütfi Akad, Director 

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, (2011) Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Director, Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Cylan, Screenplay

John Ford, American Director, Producer, Actor

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Tara is a body freedom coach, a personal trainer, a speaker, a writer, a mom, and a wife. After spending most of her life trying to shrink her body and her voice, she is finally able to take up the space in the world that she has always been worthy of. She coaches women with body image issues to discover that the magic they are looking for in the world actually lies within them. Tara uses movement and mindset to help unlock the inner strength and power of her clients.

Tara’s Website TWT Academy 

Social Media, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok

#the_female_lead on Instagram

The Body is not an Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor

Dr. Maria Church, Story-Power ep. 25, Books,Love Based Leadership: The Model for Leading with Strength, Grace and Authenticity, Love Based Leadership: Transform your life with Meaning and Abundance, A Course in Leadership: 21 Spiritual Lessons on Power, Love and Influence, Published by Dudley Court Press

Moshe Mikanovsky, Story-Power eps. 33 and 37 and The Resurrector, Published by New Degree Press

PodMatch, a “dating service for podcasters”

Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life, Founder of Hay House Publishing

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I am an actor, artist, Singer and general crafter. 

I am a fan of DnD, Shadowrun, LARP, Creative Writing and literature. 

I am keen to discuss the ways that people and communities express themselves through performance and creativity.  

I am also the host of Yorick Radio Productions. 

The Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling

The Lord of the Rings series, J. R. R. Tolkien

The Chronicles of Narnia, series, C. S. Lewis

The Rats of NIMH, series, Robert C. O’Brien

Yorick Radio Productions

Mind Waves News, Podcast accessible here.

Resistance: A Graphic Novel, Val McDermid and Kathryn Briggs

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Ben H. Winters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame Smith

The Cadfael Chonicles, Ellis Peters

The Circle of Ceridwen Saga, Octavia Randolph

Axiom’s End: A Novel, Lindsay Ellis

Novels by Stephen King

  The Stand

  The Green Mile

  The Shawshank Redemption

  Pet Cemetery

  The Shining

Rosie’s Social Media

Instagram

Twitter

Facebook

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Jim Markus hosts Frugal Living, a podcast for smart shoppers and savers. He works as an editor at Brad’s Deals, where he evaluates and negotiates deals for bargain hunters.

Jim is also a writer, game developer, and event producer. He founded The Secret Society of Writing Duelists (and cofounded The Ink & Blood Dueling Society), a comedy-writing and theater group noted for appearances around the United States. He designed Fortunes: The Tarot Card Storytelling Game, which came out this year.

Brad’s Deals, website and Frugal Living podcast

The Ink and Blood Dueling Society, the secret society of writing duelists

Video games mentioned: Dread with Jenga, Fall of Magic

Jim’s video game: Fortunes: The Tarot Card Story Telling Game

Bring Your Own Theatre Productions, Chicago, Illinois

The Truck, Truck, Theatre

826 Literacy Program, Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Company in Chicago

Eternity Games, More Known Books, Imprint for Jim’s books

Write With Lions, Jim Markus

New Wave Coffee Shop, Chicago, Illinois

The Ink and Blood Society Doesn’t Exist, Jim Markus

The Bechdel Test

A.D. Trosper, Author, Dragon’s Call series

Stacy Bennett, Author, Corthan Legacy

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, (2006 – 2007) Aaron Sorkin, Creator

Charles Huth, personal website, Northside Comic Artist Project

Twitch.TV

PodMatch a site for Podcasters

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Moshe Mikanovsy visits Story~Power again to help us understand the Holiday of Hanukkah.

In product management,  Moshe started his career on the engineering side, specifically within the enterprise real-time B2B software space. He fell in love with product management after seeing the gap that existed between what customers wanted and what engineering produced. Moshe enjoys applying his lean iterative approach to develop products that exceed users’ expectations.

Being a creative person, Moshe paints and write, and lives to bring from his Hewish heritage into all his creative endeavors. 

Living in Toronto, he can’t stand the cold winters but loves his Canadian home and the maple trees all over.

My Glorious Brothers Howard Fast

The Story of Hanukkah David A. Adler, Jill Weber (Illustrator)

Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin

The Resurrector Moshe Mikanovski coming December 2021,YouTube trailer

Moshe’s Website List of podcasts Moshe has been a guest on

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Julee Balko has been a Creative Director, brand builder, and content creator for years – while mothering and lassoing her three crazy daughters in her spare time. But she’s always wanted to be a “real” writer – the kind who has a book with her name on it.

“The Things We Keep” is her first novel and a dream come true.  Julee has always been drawn to writing about interesting characters and complex relationships. She wanted to create characters that go way beyond your “let’s go shopping” kind of mothers. This book was especially written for women and men who are a part of the sandwich generation – those who are trying to take care of their aging parents while balancing parenting, a job, and multiple glasses of wine.

The Things We Keep, Julee Balko

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Julee’s Website

The Me List upcoming book by Julee Balko

University of Washington Medical Center

Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center

Names of Julee’s stories and essay, “Baggage”, “Dying of Laughter”, “What We Talk About.”

Medium Writer’s platform

The Secrets of Body Language (2008) Director James Millar, The History Channel

The People you Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry

Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Julee’s Social Media outlets, Twitter, Instagram

NetGalley

PodMatch

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist

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Funkboy aka Ivan Bodley is bass player and music director to the stars. He has performed with 50 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, has appeared in 12 Broadway shows, and has been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. He can currently be seen on tour with Humble Pie.

Funkboy’s debut single “Crab Walk” is available on Color Red Music and features performances by Crispin Cioe (Uptown Horns), Moses Mo (Mother’s Finest), Kenny Soule (Dag), James Dower (Sam Moore), and Doug Hinrichs (In the Heights).

His new memoir Am I Famous Yet? Memoir of a Working-Class Rock Star is also out now.

Ivan has been music director for Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, The Shirelles, The Crystals, The Tokens and has performed with Sting, Elvis Costello, The Temptations, Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge, Eddie Floyd, Rufus & Carla Thomas, Bo Diddley, Buster Poindexter, Uptown Horns, Paul Rodgers, Wynonna Judd, and David Foster.

Notable appearances include Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Broadway shows: Rock of Ages, Spider-Man, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, SpongeBob, Kinky Boots, Ain’t Too Proud, Once on This Island, Fun Home, and The Prom. Performed at the Obama Inaugural Ball featured in the Barry Levinson documentary Poliwood, on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Today, Emeril Live, Imus in the Morning, Charlie Rose, Live with Regis & Kelly, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Istanbul and Israel State Symphony Orchestras.

A magna cum laude graduate of Berklee College of Music, he has traveled to 29 countries and played to audiences of up to 82,000 in settings from duos to 150-member symphony orchestras.

Originally from Chattanooga, TN, Ivan has resided in: New Orleans, Los Angeles, London, Boston, and is now based in New York City. He has a BA in Psychology from Tulane University, where he was Musical Director of college radio station WTUL, New Orleans. He was also a publicist with Epic Records/Sony Music.

More information is available at http://www.funkboy.net.

Ivan “Funkboy” Bodley uses Fender, Moxy, Warrior, and Gretsch basses, Hartke amplification, DR strings, PRA Audio wireless, and Tech 21, Digitech and Line 6 signal processors. Ivan eats only Little Debbie snack cakes.

People, Bands, and Broadway Musicals we discussed

Am I Famous Yet: Memoir of a Working Class Rock Star, Ivan Bodley

Little Anthony and The Imperials

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith

Ivan’s Podcast new segments: The Playing for a Living series.

Color Red Music

Epic Records

Cyndi Lauper, American singer, songwriter, actress, activist

Gregg Allman, American singer, songwriter, member of the Allman Brothers Band, is now a solo artist

Sade, British singer, songwriter, actress

Cheap Trick, American rock band

Alice Cooper, American singer, songwriter, actor

Stanley Clarke – Jazz Bass player

Tulane University

Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles

The Tokens, A doo-wop style vocal group known for “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”

The Crystals, Popular 60s girl group

Sam Moore from Sam and Dave, A Soul and R&B duo

Rock of Ages Broadway Musical

Escape to Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet Musical

Spider-Man, The Musical

Donna Summer The Musical

The Portland Musical Company, Portland, Oregon

San Francisco Opera

Jay and The Americans, Jay Black of The Americans dies at age 82

Ain’t Too Proud, The Temptations Musical

Motown Records, a music label founded by Berry Gordy in 1959

Martha Reeves and The Vandellas

James Jamerson, American bass player

The Beatles, need no introduction

Documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) about The Funk Brothers, Included with Prime Video

Marvin Gaye, American singer, songwriter who helped shape Motown

Aretha Franklin, American singer, songwriter

Jennifer Hudson – The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize 2010, Tina Faye

Sir Paul McCartney, Needs no introduction, but former Beatle, British singer, songwriter

Harrison Ford, American actor

Links to all of Ivan’s social media, books and music – funkboy.net

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