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Commentary News about music, and more at the Cat Bear audio station. By Gail Nobles © 2019
https://sites.google.com/view/thecatbear/home There are different shows on the Cat Bear. 1. Postgirl's Recordings, The New Retro, One Note Jam, and The Whitney Soul Podcast.

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Iam Tongi 4:7:24 10.20 PM

April 08, 2024 02:31 - 1 minute - 1.7 MB

Intro by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wxkat - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Tonight on American Idol, I saw an interesting musical artist named Iam Tongi. He has a beautiful voice and beautiful song titled Why Kiki. It was released in 2023 of September. He has a music video out for the song. You can see it on YouTube. You can also hear his music on Spotify.  Iam Tongi won season 21 of American Idol. He is the first person from Hawaii. The first Pacific Islander and the...

Aaliyah Stayed In Her Own Lane 4:6:24 7.15 PM

April 06, 2024 23:34 - 39 seconds - 599 KB

Music and Vocals by: Gail Nobles Cover art by: Gail Nobles Interlude written by: Gail Nobles Interlude: Aaliyah Stayed In Her Own Lane Aaliyah stayed in her own lane. She was hot like fire in full speed. Aaliyah was in the lead. She seems timeless without end. Whisper: Ya'll hear that?

Aaliyah-Turn the Page 4:6:24 12.48 AM

April 06, 2024 05:00 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Podcast intro: Gail Nobles Photo: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Wikipedia  Today's topic: Aaliyah:Turn The Page. The song Turn The Page by Aaliyah is track three on Music of the Heart (The Album) produced by  Guy Roche. It was released in 1999. The song brings old memories to my mind. Aaliyah sung these words in the lyrics: What would I do if some strange morning I opened up my eyes to find you gone...

Sam Smith-Diamonds 4:1:24 9.26 PM

April 02, 2024 01:44 - 1 minute - 1.49 MB

Song by: Sam Smith Song written by: Sam Smith Intro by: Gail Nobles  Photo: pitpony.photography - Own  Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0  “Diamonds" is a song by English singer Sam Smith, released through Capitol Records on the 18th of September 2020 as the second single from their third studio album, Love Goes. The song was written by Sam Smith with its producers Shellback and Oscar Görres. A remix of the song by English DJ Joel Corry and an acoustic version were released on the 9th of October...

Janet Jackson-Groove 3:10:24 1.33 PM

March 10, 2024 17:45 - 1 minute - 1.59 MB

CB NEWS Story by: Gail Nobles Voice actor: Gail Nobles Photo: -MaDMAn- Usage: Flickr CC BY 4.0 DEED https://flic.kr/p/a15hRa I was scrolling on social media, and I just happen to see a young woman in red with a Monique attitude telling the crowd that they were just standing but not grooving. She said Whoa Whoa ... wait!  Y'all ain't grooving into this groove the way y'all need to be grooving into this groove.  I asked out loud: Is that Janet Jackson? And it was. When I got the question out...

Aretha - You’re All I Need .. 3:2:24 5.40 PM

March 02, 2024 22:51 - 3 minutes - 2.83 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Ryan Arrowsmith Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.5 Today's topic: Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By. There are several notable cover versions of the song. Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and some others have cover versions of the song You're All I Need To Get By. It was originally recorded by R&B soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell and released on Motown records Tamia label in 1968. The song was written b...

Shirley Jones 2:23:24 10.59 PM

February 24, 2024 04:11 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MB

Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Vannessajg - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Today's topic: Shirley Jones: Baby Don't Go Yet from her 2024 album Reflections Shirley Jones or the Jones Girls has released her 45th anniversary tribute album and memory of her sisters titled Reflections in Loving Memory. It's a tribute album honoring her late sister Brenda and Valorie of the Jones Girls. The album has 10 songs, and the first track on the album is Baby Don't Go Yet. You’ll Love It. The Jones ...

Aaliyah & Style 2:21:24 10.28 PM

February 22, 2024 04:12 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fáìlì:Aaliyah_Haughton.jpg Fast Drawing: Soundbible.com Aaliyah called her sound street but sweet. It's a fact Aaliyah showed us a little more than that. We heard some R&B like One in a Million, The One I Gave My Heart To, At Your Best, and Rock the Boat. If you paid attention, you know that Aaliyah wasn't just hip-hop and beat. Aaliyah gave us variety. In my opinion, Aaliyah was like a little Jody W...

Michael Jackson’s Voice 2:13:24 2.22 PM

February 13, 2024 19:41 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Zoran Veselinovic - Flickr Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 When I heard Michael Jackson the singer, I never really recognize the changes in his voice. When I listen to him growing up, I noticed that he had a very high voice range. I could not tell when he sounded a little raspy. All I was hearing was a child's voice. When he was a boy, to me his singing was perfect. And when I would try to sing with his records, I didn't feel comfortable singing in high range with ...

6 CB-What’s Behind the Music? 1:26:24 6.30 PM

January 26, 2024 23:42 - 4 minutes - 4.2 MB

Story By: Gail Nobles First, let's talk about rap music and the music industry. Today rap music is a more complex thing to me than it was when it first started. Rap music became like a street thing with violence. It crushed my dreams from wanting to become a rapper. When rap first started, it was simply all about having fun and entertainment. It started in the early 70s. It was a good thing in the 80s. It kept some people off the street where I'm from. Some of us had dreams and wanted to bec...

Whitney Houston the Producer 1:19:24 10.05 PM

January 20, 2024 03:38 - 3 minutes - 2.85 MB

Photo credit: https://iconspng.com/image/144428/whitney-houston-face# Usage: Free Story by: Gail Nobles Hello! I'm Gail Nobles! Welcome to the Whitney Soul Podcast. We know that Whitney Houston was a singer and actress. We know that she was one of the greatest singers in the history of music. We know that she is one of the best selling music artist of all time with over 220 million record sold worldwide. Whitney starred and films like: The Bodyguard, Waiting To Exhale, The Preachers Wife,T...

Lisa Stansfield 1:11:24 8.59 PM

January 12, 2024 02:21 - 3 minutes - 2.93 MB

Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY-SA 3.0 Lisa Stansfield has been around the world. “All Around the World" became a very successful single peeking at number one in many countries. Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the show and welcome to a brand new year 2024. Today's topic is Lisa Stansfield an English singer songwriter and actress. Her song All Around the World came from her debut studio album Affection (1989). It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and...

One In A Million Aaliyah 12:28:23 11.52 PM

December 29, 2023 05:39 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MB

Intro by: Gail Nobles Music: Samplefocus.com Usage: Standard License Photo: Mika-photography Usage: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Aaliyah recorded a song titled one in One In A Million for her second studio album of the same name. One In A Million was nominated for best R&B/Soul Single-Female at the 1998 Soul Train Music Awards. Aaliyah sang One In A Million but was one in a million and still one in a million because she's admired and fans are still show...

DJ Kool Herc 12:23:23 12.19 AM

December 23, 2023 06:18 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

Hip-Hop Legend Kool Herc Usage: CC0 1.0 Universal And Permission to use by BronxNet Owned by: BronxNet Television https://archive.org/details/Hip-hopLegendKoolHerc Coming up next: DJ Herc a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip-hop music in the Bronx, New York City in 1973. Nicknamed the father of hip-hop DJ Kool Herc began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown. HipHop legend Kool Herc joins Bob Lee to share more about the mark h...

Bobby Womack Christmas 12:20:23 7.21 PM

December 21, 2023 00:43 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MB

Intro: Gail Nobles Photo: Bill Ebbesen - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Usage: CC BY 3.0 Bobby Womack was an American singer, musician and songwriter. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, jazz, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel. Do you know that Bobby Womack made a Christmas album? He made a Christmas albu...

Klique-Stop Doggin’ Me Around 12:14:23 6.39 PM

December 14, 2023 23:59 - 1 minute - 1.51 MB

Intro by: Gail Nobles Welcome to the show everyone. Today's topic is Klique. Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. How many of you remember the R&B Trio group Klique? Howard Huntsberry, Isaac Suthers, and his sister Deborah Hunter. Maybe you remember their video Stop Doggin’ Me Around. The single was released in 1983. It made the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was a cover version of Jackie Wilson's 1960 hit Stop Doggin’ Me Around which reached number 50 on the Hot 100 and number two on the US Billboard R&...

Sunshine Anderson 12:4:23 9.37 PM

December 05, 2023 02:52 - 2 minutes - 2.1 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Keyboard intro by: Gail Nobles Photo: Kingbout - Own work Usage: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0 Today's topic: Sunshine Anderson You've heard her lead single "Heard It All Before" released May 21, 2001. Peaked at number 18 on the billboard hot 100 and at number three on the R&B charts. I was hearing Anderson single a lot. It seems like everywhere I went I heard that song. It came from her album titled Your Woman released in April 2001. The album debuted at number eight on bil...

5 CB News-Susan Sarandon 11:22:23 10.19 AM

November 22, 2023 15:34 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: GuillemMedina - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 According to headlines, Melissa Barrera and Susan Sarandon and others in Hollywood lose jobs because of Israel-Hamas war. Susan was dropped by a talent agency after comments about the war. Well, if she has comments and opinions about it, she has a right to speak. Everyone has a right to their own opinion to say what they believe, and we all have a right to stand up for what we believe is right with God on o...

Music & Times 11:17:23 7.19 PM

November 18, 2023 00:43 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Intro by: Gail Nobles©️2023 Vocals: Gail Nobles Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Features music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991 Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Thank God for music. It may not be like the days of old, but we still have music, and we still have time. And we can always go back and listen to our 60s times when we had social, political. and cultural change. And our 70s times when we had political changes like the...

Aaliyah Had a Bigger Voice 11:1:23 5.51 PM

November 01, 2023 22:12 - 1 minute - 1.54 MB

Photo: Mikamote - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Do you ever go back to stop and listen to how Aaliyah sang The National Anthem at age 16? I listened to her sing it and heard a much bigger voice. She sang The National Anthem with no music. She sang the song so well without music that I could sense it with her voice. She was really singing out strong to the crowd. When Aaliyah was singing the songs she sang on all of her albums, I knew she had a voice. I knew ...

Nick Drake-River Man 10:27:23 1.54 PM

October 27, 2023 18:03 - 1 minute - 1.7 MB

Background music by: Gail Nobles Photo: Wikipedia/public domain Riverman a song from Nick Drake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left. In 2004 the song was remastered and released as a 7" vinyl and as enhanced CD single including a video to the song by Tim Pope. Nick Drake was an English singer-songwriter known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He did not find a wide audience during his lifetime, but posthumously his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognition. I suppose that means afte...

2023 National R&B Music Day 10:22:23 4.22 PM

October 22, 2023 20:36 - 2 minutes - 1.84 MB

Photo1: Diana Ross Raph_PH - DRossLongleat010722 (9 of 43) Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Photo 2: Lionel Richie Raph_PH - SWonderBSTHyde060719-2 Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Acapella: Gail Nobles Intro music: SampleFocus.com https://samplefocus.com/samples/soul-violin-sample-vintage-chop Usage: Standard License Last year I mentioned the National R&B Music Day which is observed on the first Saturday of March each year. It is a national day of recognition and celebration for R&B music declared ...

4 CB News - Madonna 10:17:23 10.39 PM

October 18, 2023 02:54 - 1 minute - 1.27 MB

Music Intro By: Gail Nobles Photo: chrisweger Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Madonna Celebration Tour has finally begun. It had been postponed for several months because she had something going on concerning her health this year. According to the news it was a health scare. Madonna is back and on her new tour. She has recovered. I have been hearing a while that Madonna wasn't feeling so well. I was concerned, but I'm just glad she's back and able to go on to her celebration tour. And I'm gl...

3 CB News Break 10:13:23 2.24 PM

October 13, 2023 18:44 - 1 minute - 1.5 MB

Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. I've got some sad news today. According to the headlines, Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers has passed away at age 84. He was one of the founding members of the Isley Brothers. According to the news, Rudolph died from a heart attack at his home. He wrote and recorded and released the significant recording "Shout" with his brothers landing a deal with RCA records in 1959. "Shout" was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Rudolph & his brothers also had other h...

Aaliyah-No Secret 10:9:23 9.07 PM

October 10, 2023 01:25 - 3 minutes - 3.25 MB

Photo: MikaV - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 Story by: Gail Nobles keyboardist: Gail Nobles Features music using Remixlive available on the App Store. People are still talking about Aaliyah. A lot of people feel that she was murdered. We were told that Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash. There is a lot of speculation and things being added to how she died. If Aaliyah was murdered, the truth will come out after a while. For nothing is secret that will not be revealed or anything hid...

2 CB News Break 10:8:23 10.44 PM

October 09, 2023 03:02 - 1 minute - 1.5 MB

Photo: slgckgc https://www.flickr.com/photos/slgc/37320928332/ Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 4.0 It was quite a scare. At first, when I saw the name Bruno Mars, and the headlines with the city name Tel Aviv, (a city on Israel's Mediterranean coast). According to the headlines, Bruno Mars canceled the sold out Tel Aviv concert and flees Israel following the Hamas attacks. The country is at war. I'm glad that Bruno Mars has fled. I'm glad that he's all right. I don't think traveling too far away is...

Ciara 10:8:23 9.12 PM

October 09, 2023 01:46 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MB

Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Photo image: Wikipedia Usage: CC BY 3.0 Ciara is moving on to “Better Thangs”. She’s moving on to a better way of life. Ciara has a single out titled Better Thangs (Remix) ft. Sumner Walker & GoRilla. It’s available everywhere now. Ciara is not only a singer & dancer. She is also an actress, having appeared in All You've Got (2006), Mama, I Want to Sing! (2012), That’s My Boy (2012), and The Game (2013). In March 2022, it was announced that Ciara had joined th...

Rhythmatic MJ 10:1:23 9.11 PM

October 02, 2023 01:23 - 2 minutes - 2.66 MB

Intro Music by: Gail Nobles Cover Art by: Gail Nobles Today's topic: Rhythmatic Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson could do the moves of Sammy Davis Jr., Fred Astaire, James Brown, and of course the moonwalk. I don't know a dance that he couldn't do. Music was all over Michael. He could express music through his body moves. He had a natural talent for dancing as well as singing. Michael Jackson was a very rhythmatic man. Whenever I think of him, I think of some of his dance songs from his O...

Christopher Williams 9:29:23 10.08 PM

September 30, 2023 02:55 - 1 minute - 1.63 MB

Cover Art by: Gail Nobles Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Christopher Williams, a man that sings Talk To Myself (a 1989 single). He emerged during the late 1980s as a recording artist. He has many R&B hit singles, I'm Dreamin (1991) and Every Little Thing U Do (1993). So what's Christopher Williams doing today? According to an interview, Christopher has been through a lot. The last time I heard about him he was in a coma. Christopher said he had to learn how to walk and talk again. Thank you ...

Cole Williams 9:29:23 6.00 PM

September 29, 2023 22:32 - 1 minute - 1.53 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Hello I'm Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to the Cat Bear. I just wanna tell you about a song that's out now titled A Better Woman by singer named Cole Williams. Her sound for this song reminds me of music from the 1960s or 1970s for 2023. That’s what we need because back then music was real and Cole Williams has it. According to her bio, she is described by the Huffington Post as having the heart a Bob Marley, soul of Sam Cooke, and grit of Etta James. She’s The Em...

Whitney’s Saving All My Love Anniv. 9:18:23 3.26 PM

September 18, 2023 19:44 - 1 minute - 1.7 MB

Music intro by: Gail Nobles Keyboardist & Vocals: Gail Nobles According to Whitney Houston's official website Saving All My Love For You was released in August 1985. So August 13 was the 38th anniversary. Saving All My aLove For You is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin. It was originally recorded by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. for the album Marilyn and Billy of 1978. The song became a global success and represented a commercial breakthrough for Whitney Houston, toppin...

1 Cat Bear Newsbreak 9:17:23 6.10 PM

September 17, 2023 22:21 - 1 minute - 1.5 MB

Photo: Raph_PH - BeyonceSpurs010623 (71 of 118) Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Maren Morris rooted in the country genre. Her music also blends elements of pop, R&B, and hip-hop. According to headlines, Maurice is done with country music. She decided that she would step outside of the drama. I don't exactly know what's going on in detail. Maybe Morris can do her own thing somehow; start her own country label and do things her way if she loves country music. Beyoncé name the eighth greatest singe...

Abraham, Martin, & John 9:14:23 7.10 PM

September 14, 2023 23:23 - 2 minutes - 1.92 MB

Intro by: Gail Nobles Song written by: Dick Holler Song: Abraham, Martin, & John There is a song written giving tribute to the memory of four assassinated Americans, all icons of social change: Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the assassination of King and that of Robert Kennedy in April and June 1968, respectively. The song was written by Dick Holler. Each of the first three verses features one of the men named ...

Timbaland, Nelly, & Justin 9:8:23 8.48 PM

September 09, 2023 01:08 - 1 minute - 1.21 MB

Music intro by: Gail Nobles Music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991 Photo: Collision Conf - SM5_7950 Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0 Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the Cat Bear. Today’s topic: Timbaland, Nelly, and Justin. Timbaland has a new single titled Keep Going Up which features Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. They also have a music video for the song. It's pretty special to hear Timberland with two singers. He has wha...

Drake 9:7:23 1.30 AM

September 07, 2023 05:45 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MB

Photo: https://flic.kr/p/JMyZjJ Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.5 Music Intro by: Gail Nobles Beginning Piano: Gail Nobles Other music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991 Vocals: Gail Nobles Drake is today's topic. A Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Hello! I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to the Cat Bear. Today I'm going to talk about Drake. An influential figure and contemporary popular music, Drake has been credited for popu...

D’Angelo 9:5:23 8.14 PM

September 06, 2023 00:28 - 2 minutes - 2.71 MB

Horns by: Gail Nobles Other music created using Groovepad. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/app/id1454398991 Today's topic D’Angelo on the Care Bear; a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first garnered attention after co-producing the single “You Will Know” for the R&B supergroup Black Men United. Hello I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the Cat Bear. Let’s talk with D'Angelo's debut studio album Brown Sugar(1995), was certified platinum by the Re...

What’s Happening In Entertainment? 8:28:23 2.37 PM

August 28, 2023 18:49 - 2 minutes - 2.63 MB

Intro Music: By Gail Nobles Hello! I'm Gail nobles, and you’re listening to the Cat Bear. So what's happening in entertainment? I've been hearing some people say that it's boring and there's nothing to do. They’ll say that they have been sitting around watching CSI and Law and Order. There are several television shows about crime and investigation. Now there's something that comes on called LA Fire and Rescue. People still watch the game shows. I like to watch PBS when they bring on the ...

The Orchestra 8:27:23 9.30 AM

August 27, 2023 13:55 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MB

Music Intro: By Gail Nobles Cover Art: By Gail Nobles Good evening everyone. It’s a hot day today. It feels as if the sun is getting closer to the earth. But today when I turn on the radio, I can tell that something is missing. The sound of the orchestra like in the 70s music. If you love disco, you know what I'm talking about. If you remember The Love Unlimited Orchestra, you know what I'm talking about. Just hearing instrumental sounds without vocals made you listen. A lot of big hits back...

The Cat Bear & Music 8:26:23 4.38 PM

August 26, 2023 20:48 - 4 minutes - 3.73 MB

Things are getting hard for some podcasters. Especially for podcasters that are creating musically. They know how to make a podcast more than talk. Podcasting is supposed to be a variety of things. When it comes to music, things can be challenging. I knew from the beginning that I couldnot play copyrighted music. So I chose to play the keyboard and make my own music. I choose the category music commentary. This podcast the Cat Bear is not really a music show like Casey Kasem's America's top ...

Aaliyah & Fan Art 8:24:23 1.02 PM

August 24, 2023 17:24 - 3 minutes - 2.79 MB

Cover Art & Story by: Gail Nobles Ending music by: Gail Nobles Hi I'm Gail Nobles, and today I want to talk about Aaliyah and fan art . There was so much talent and movies over the shoulders of Aaliyah waiting to be made. Fans can see all that she left behind her and what might would have been. She was taken which made her move out from it. And we can only imagine the creations she could have been a part of like the Matrix film which she started and did not finish. Fans love to draw Aaliyah...

Whitney Houston’s Gospel Album 8:15:23 6.00 PM

August 15, 2023 22:27 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MB

Music by: Pixabay.com Vocal: Gail Nobles Photo: Nisakorn Keanmepol - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kejuliso/6860317611/ Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 Hello I'm Gail Nobles and you listening to the Whitney soul podcast. Soul! Now that Whitney Houston had. Today we're going to talk about the gospel music Whitney. There is a gospel album out on Whitney titled I Go to the Rock. The album features 14 tracks, including six never-before-released songs, three of which culled from a 1981 recording se...

Lil Durk _All My Life 8:14:23 6.17 PM

August 14, 2023 22:30 - 2 minutes - 1.88 MB

Intro Music by: Gail Nobles Lyrics & Vocals by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles This Podcast features music created using Drum Pad Machine. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drum-pad-machine-beat-maker/id1057968965. Photo by: JD Sports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZI97p3pfFY Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 3.0 Lil Durk is a rapper. He is the lead member and founder of the collective and record label Only The Family. He has a single out titled All My Life featuring J...

Desiigner 8:7:23 5.00 PM

August 07, 2023 21:18 - 2 minutes - 2.48 MB

Good evening everyone! This is Cat Bear news. I just want to say that there are a lot of entertainers that may have been around for a long time that I've never heard of. I’m more into the old-school. The ones I think that are the very best. I want to talk about a rapper and singer best known for his December 2015 debut single Panda which top the Billboard hot 100. His name is Desiigner. I think I've heard the song before, but I didn't know who I was listening to and what was being said. So ...

Take That To The Bank 7:24:23 8.57 PM

July 25, 2023 01:09 - 2 minutes - 2.33 MB

Show: EXPLANAE MOMENT Story by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: AvidMusicInc - Own work Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 3.0 Keyboardist: Gail Nobles Good evening everyone! I'm Gail Nobles! It was around 1978 when I heard Shalamar song Take That To The Bank. It was written by K. Spencer and L. Silvers. The song was released in the good old days. My mama and daddy had a big old giant glass jar, and they saved a lot of nickels, dimes, quarters, and some dollars too. In the jar, it was a heavy glass jar wh...

Leon Bridges 7:21:23 3.17 PM

July 21, 2023 19:49 - 3 minutes - 2.99 MB

THE NEW RETRO Music: Isaac Matthew Pixabay.com Usage: Free Photo: Cal Quinn - Own work Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0 Music intro written by: Gail Nobles Vocals: Gail Nobles Leon Bridges! Tickets, tour dates, and concerts. He may be coming to a city near you. Leon Bridges is a soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. You may know him by his debut album titled, Coming Home which was released on June 23, 2015 on Columbia Records nominated for best R&B album at the 58th Annual Grammy awards. ...

KC and the Sunshine Band 7:15:23 12.40 AM

July 15, 2023 04:59 - 2 minutes - 2.65 MB

Song Intro: By Gail Nobles This Podcast features music created using Drum Pad Machine. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drum-pad-machine-beat-maker/id1057968965. Photo: Cornstalker - Own work Usage: CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikipedia Tonight’s topic on the Cat Bear: KC and the Sunshine Band. KC really could make you dance. He loved to Boogie. KC & the Sunshine definitely brought the world sunshine. Right now today, they still keep it coming. They make you get out of your seat...

Billy Joel - Tell Her About It 7:9:23 9.00 PM

July 10, 2023 01:09 - 2 minutes - 1.99 MB

Song: Tell Her About It Song performed and written by: Billy Joel Photo: David Shankbone - David Shankbone Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 3.0 Hello I’m Gail Nobles on the Cat Bear! Today’s topic is Billy Joel. He is a singer, pianist, and songwriter. I love his music. Joel is commonly nicknamed the “Piano Man.” after his signature 1973 song of the same name. Joel has had a successful music career as a solo artist throughout the 1970s and 80s. My favorite song by Billy Joel is Tell Her About it (si...

The Elton John Show Coming 6:30:23 4.45 PM

June 30, 2023 20:59 - 2 minutes - 2.17 MB

Song: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Song by: Gail Nobles Picture: Wikipedia/ Public Domain Hello! This is Gail Nobles on the Cat Bear. According to the news, Elton John will be going back to the stage to perform a catalogue of his greatest hits, Tiny Dancer to Rocket Man. You can find out more about it at skiddle.com. They have written Friday 13th Oct. 2023 at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle 7:30 PM til 10:00 PM. Minimum Age: 16. More details can be found on the Old Fire Station...

Doug E. Fresh 5:30:23 6.05 PM

May 30, 2023 22:22 - 2 minutes - 2.73 MB

Music Intro By Gail Nobles Vocals by Gail Nobles Story by Gail Nobles Photo credit: Jason Persse from Brooklyn, USA - Doug E Fresh Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikipedia Hello! I’m Gail Nobles on the Cat Bear. Today I’m going to talk to you about Doug E. Fresh known as the beatbox trainer and known as the entertainer. D-O-U-G-I-E Fresh. He’s explosively awesome with sound effects just using his mouth, lips, tongue, and microphone. You remember his hits, “The Show, All the Way To Heaven, Keep Ris...

Aaliyah & Mermaid 5:28:23 5.18 PM

May 28, 2023 21:36 - 2 minutes - 2.62 MB

Story by: Gail Nobles Art by: Gail Nobles Hello, I’m Gail Nobles bringing you another Princess R&B news episode, Aaliyah. Aaliyah’s final act was “Rock the Boat”. She had a great choreographer and stylist. Dereck Lee was her stylist and Fatima Robinson was her choreographer. The video takes you to another place. It takes you to an island. If you love the beach, it’s probably where you want to be. The video takes you there. But I can see things beyond the work of the video if only Aaliyah ...