Episode 2389: Poindexter X 3 ~ Platinum Record Selling Songwriters of Hypnotized & Thin Line Between Love & Hate Talk Legacy, Today's Artists Cover's, Kanye Jay-Z, Jimi & Royalties Part 1

Kanye, Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, John Legend, Shirley Murdoch, H-Town, Chryssie Hynde, Rick James, James Brown

These artists & many more have recorded the Music Compositions of the Award Winning writing team of Jackie Members, Robert & Richard Poindexter!

Music compositions can become legendary for decades after they first debut's by the original artist. New life & versions of compositions can keep artists alive for New Generations to enjoy.

I stand with Jackie Poindexter on her fight for classic artist to get paid their royalties' & receive credit when any artist sample & or records their music

Kanye West, Jay-Z, Amy Winehouse, John Legend, Will Smith,  Damon Dash, Rick James, Annie Lennox, Bone Thugs and Harmony, Arrested Development have recorded, sampled, used a song title for Movies ofThe Poindexter's Music over the years. Jackie Members joined them as a vocalist and songwriter in 1966. She became Robert's wife.

We talk about Richard  & Robert performing at the The Apollo Theatre in New York City,  legends Jimi Hendrix, The Ojay's  Maya Angelou, Florence Ballard, famed songwriter & vocalist Alonzo Tucker, member of The Royals.

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Producer & Songwriter Jerry, Ragovoy & two of Their artists:

The Persuaders are a New York City-based R&B vocal group best known for their gold hit single in the 1970s, "Thin Line Between Love and Hate". It sold over a million copies, topping the Billboard R&B chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 29, 1971.

Linda Jones was an American soul singer with a strong gospel-influenced style who had the 1967 top 10 R&B hit single, "Hypnotized" Jones was born in Newark, New Jersey,

After her death in 1972 and in 2008, Linda's daughter Terry Jones, along with Helen Bruner, produced an album entitled, "Soul Talkin" featuring her mother's vocals. One of the tracks, "Baby I Know" was nominated for a Grammy Award at the 51st Awards Ceremony in 2008.

On June 3, 2021, The Grammy Museum in Newark, New Jersey added artifacts of Jones to their New Jersey Legends Exhibit, which has been a feature since 2017, that includes Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, The Sugar Hill Gang, The Rascals, Melba Moore, Naughty By Nature and others.

On December 14, 2021, The City of Newark, New Jersey honored Jones with renaming Sherman Avenue, the street she lived on, to Linda Jones Way.

Platinum and gold records awarded to the Poindexters include Slow Dance on the John Legend 2007 platinum album Once Again, He Can Only Hold Her on the Amy Winehouse 2007 platinum album Bacck to Black, Thin Line Between Love and Hate on the 1984 Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders platinum album Learning to Crawl, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate on the Annie Lennox 1996 platinum album Medusa, Willow is a Player on the Will Smith 2002 gold album Born to Reign, Girls Girls Girls remix on the Jay Z 2002 platinum album The Blue Print, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate on the H-Town 1996 gold single , A Thin Line Between Love and Hate on the Martin Lawrence 1996 gold movie soundtrack by the same title.

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