I ❤️ NY The Soundchecks: Because Flack often had busy schedules and media interviews, Vandross would fill in for her during venue soundchecks. Roberta would test the microphones by belting out her own number-one hits, like "Killing Me Softly". The Confrontation: One day, Flack arrived early to an empty, dark theater and secretly watched Vandross give a flawless performance of her song. The Ultimatum: Flack walked up to him and famously said, "You’re getting a little too comfortable sitting on this stool in the background singing oohs and ahhs. I really want you to make your own statement and make your record. "The Result: To force him to believe in himself and secure his own record deal, Flack "lovingly fired" him.
Lisa Mil.et is such a ⭐️ star, “Late At Night” on Soulfuric Recordings ⭐️ Defected Records: The London-based house music institution acquired the entire Soulfuric catalog and label group in 2017. Wez Saunders: In 2022, Defected Records itself was acquired by its CEO, Wez Saunders, from founder Simon Dunmore. Consequently, Soulfuric operates as a heritage sub-label under Saunders' corporate leadership. Original FoundersBrian Tappert & Marc Pomeroy: The American house production duo (famous for projects like Jazz-N-Groove, Urban Blues Project, and Soulsearcher) founded Soulfuric in 1996. Traxsource: While Tappert and Pomeroy sold Soulfuric Recordings to Defected, they retained ownership of Traxsource, the major digital music download platform they originally launched in 2004.
I ❤️ NY @Freemasonsrussellsmall“Shine” by Luther Vandross gets a 5-stick rating 🧨 🧨 🧨 🧨 tnt a NYC legendary superstar done right. Luther Vandross is one of the most legendary R&B and soul singers of all time, deeply rooted in the musical history of New York City. Born in lower Manhattan and raised between Harlem and the Bronx. NYC legend Luther Vandross was famously "fired" by singer Roberta Flack. She did not fire him to be mean. Flack loved his voice. She wanted him to stop being a background singer and to record his own music. This "firing" gave him the push he needed.
I ❤️ NY haha, Cristoph calls it reimagining the track. 😂 They don’t call it copying they call it “sampling” UK house producer Cristoph released his modern house cover of "Disco Juice" on May 15, 2026, under The Cross Records label.The Original MasterpieceThe original track is a seminal 1976 NYC dance classic by Cloud One, a studio project masterminded by the legendary Harlem producer Patrick Adams and Peter Brown for P&P Records. Known for its hypnotic Arp synthesizer strings, driving bassline, and celestial vocals by Venus Dodson, it remains an essential pillar of underground disco history.
Diggin that Bobby Thurston. I do love all the remixes, edits, covers, remakes, reworks, or whatever we call them these days, but, But, BUT there’s nothing like the original. Bobby even kept a day job working at the State Department before being discovered by producers Willie Lester and Ronnie Brown. Those producers brought him to Prelude Records in New York, which released his popular 1980 hit album "You Got What It Takes". I ❤️ NY
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The Soundchecks: Because Flack often had busy schedules and media interviews, Vandross would fill in for her during venue soundchecks. Roberta would test the microphones by belting out her own number-one hits, like "Killing Me Softly".
The Confrontation: One day, Flack arrived early to an empty, dark theater and secretly watched Vandross give a flawless performance of her song.
The Ultimatum: Flack walked up to him and famously said, "You’re getting a little too comfortable sitting on this stool in the background singing oohs and ahhs. I really want you to make your own statement and make your record.
"The Result: To force him to believe in himself and secure his own record deal, Flack "lovingly fired" him.
Love that!
Lisa Mil.et is such a ⭐️ star, “Late At Night” on Soulfuric Recordings ⭐️
Defected Records: The London-based house music institution acquired the entire Soulfuric catalog and label group in 2017.
Wez Saunders: In 2022, Defected Records itself was acquired by its CEO, Wez Saunders, from founder Simon Dunmore. Consequently, Soulfuric operates as a heritage sub-label under Saunders' corporate leadership. Original FoundersBrian Tappert & Marc Pomeroy: The American house production duo (famous for projects like Jazz-N-Groove, Urban Blues Project, and Soulsearcher) founded Soulfuric in 1996.
Traxsource: While Tappert and Pomeroy sold Soulfuric Recordings to Defected, they retained ownership of Traxsource, the major digital music download platform they originally launched in 2004.
Loving that tune “holding on” 💃🏻
Me too :)
Love the show
Thank you for The Housecall!!!! It feeds my soul!!
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Most welcome brother x
I ❤️ NY
@Freemasonsrussellsmall “Shine” by Luther Vandross gets a 5-stick rating 🧨 🧨 🧨 🧨 tnt a NYC legendary superstar done right. Luther Vandross is one of the most legendary R&B and soul singers of all time, deeply rooted in the musical history of New York City. Born in lower Manhattan and raised between Harlem and the Bronx.
NYC legend Luther Vandross was famously "fired" by singer Roberta Flack. She did not fire him to be mean. Flack loved his voice. She wanted him to stop being a background singer and to record his own music. This "firing" gave him the push he needed.
I ❤️ NY
haha, Cristoph calls it reimagining the track. 😂 They don’t call it copying they call it “sampling”
UK house producer Cristoph released his modern house cover of "Disco Juice" on May 15, 2026, under The Cross Records label.The Original MasterpieceThe original track is a seminal 1976 NYC dance classic by Cloud One, a studio project masterminded by the legendary Harlem producer Patrick Adams and Peter Brown for P&P Records. Known for its hypnotic Arp synthesizer strings, driving bassline, and celestial vocals by Venus Dodson, it remains an essential pillar of underground disco history.
Diggin that Bobby Thurston. I do love all the remixes, edits, covers, remakes, reworks, or whatever we call them these days, but, But, BUT there’s nothing like the original. Bobby even kept a day job working at the State Department before being discovered by producers Willie Lester and Ronnie Brown. Those producers brought him to Prelude Records in New York, which released his popular 1980 hit album "You Got What It Takes". I ❤️ NY
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