#Norma Jean Bell

[jt1674]

[mixamorphosis]

This mix is around 10 years old now and there's no real back story to it.

As with the other 'Off The Cuff' mixes, it's exactly that... an impromptu mix, normally after a few libations, not something that happens very often.

Some of the mixing is terrible, but they were just me having a little fun and  the tunes are good regardless of transitions. I'm The Baddest Bitch is undoubtedly an all time classic but the Johnick vs First Choice track is a particular long time favourite of mine after hearing it in a Daft Punk Essential Mix, a mix that I haven't been able to find online, despite numerous attempts through the years. If you know of it and where I can grab it, please let me know!

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01. Mannmademusic - If You Don't Do It (Shadeleaf Music) 02. Frank Booker - Skin (FB's Godfather Edit) (Razor N Tape) 03. Norma Jean Bell - I'm The Baddest Bitch ( F Comms) 04. Harvey Sutherland - Oscillate (Voyage) 05. Jack J - Something On My Mind (Mood Hut) 06. Session Victim - The Most Beautiful Divorce Ever (Delusions Of Grandeur) 07. Breakfast Lunch And Dinner - Tonight (Whiskey Disco) 08. Johnick vs First Choice - The Player (Remix) (One Step) 09. Pezzner - Mesh (8 Bit) 10. Kon - Runaway (Soul Clap) 11. Art Of Tones - So Worried (Re-edit) (Shadeleaf Music) 12. Space Ranger - Metropolis (Unknown) 13. Mental - Unikaj Zdjęć (The Very Polish Cut Outs) 14. The Black Madonna - Stay (The Nite Owl Diner)

[hotvintagepoll]

THE TOURNAMENT IS OVER! Eartha Kitt lounges in her deck chair in the sun, dipping her toes in the pool with Toshiro Mifune and sipping a brightly colored fruity something with an umbrella in it.

Far below in the shadow realm, however, the fallen hotties dance in the dark—let's take a minute to look back at them under the cut.

PRELIM PRETTIES:

Claude Gensac, Silvia Pinal, Ewa Aulin, Rita Tushingham, Annette Funicello, Norma Bengell, Catherine Spaak, Brigitte Auber, Micheline Presle, Nanette Fabray, Libertad Lamarque, Vera Miles, Martha Raye, Catherine McLeod, Virginia Mayo, Elizabeth Allan, Belle Bennet, Virginia Cherill, Mary Brian, Ruth Chatterton, Agnes Ayres, Merna Kennedy, Marie Prevost, Corinne Griffith, May Allison, Virginia Brown Faire, Alice Brady, and Jetta Goudal

ROUND ONE WONDERS:

Angie Dickinson, Thelma Ritter, Geraldine Chaplin, Evelyn Preer, Vanessa Brown, Betty Blythe, Susan Hayward, Mae Clarke, Sally Ann Howes, Ossi Oswalda, Adrienne La Russa, Hermione Gingold, Barbara Bouchet, Melina Mercouri, Anna Karina, Edwige Fenech, Charmian Carr, Pina Pellicer, Marlène Jobert, Tsuru Aoki, Alice Roberts, Leila Hyams, Lady Tsen Mei, Geneviève Bujold, Dolores Hart, Anita Berber, Bonita Granville, Vonetta McGee, Claire Windsor, Zizi Jeanmaire, Tuesday Weld, Grace Darmond, Carol Channing, Deanna Durbin, Laraine Day, Mariette Hartey, Wendy Hiller, Candy Darling, Hermione Baddely, Valeria Creti, Ella Raines, Ann Miller, Dana Wynter, Dalida, Martine Beswick, Gale Storm, Simone Signoret, Cristina Gaioni, Mabel Normand, Stéphane Audran, Ruth Weyher, Anna Wiazemsky, Ann Sheridan, Sandhya Shantaram, Alice White, Anne Francis, Gena Rowlands, Lyda Borelli, May Whitty, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jessica Walter, Virna Lisi, Barbara Shelley, Iris Hall, Heather Angel, Anne Shirley, Joanna Pettet, Virginia O'Brien, Joan Collins, Greer Garson, Gracie Allen, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee, Shirley Maclaine, Geraldine Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Margaret Hamilton, Eva Gabor, Francesca Bertini, Julie Adams, Olga Baclanova, Misa Uehara, Yvette Vickers, Milena Dravić, Jenny Jugo, Madeleine Carroll, Benita Hume, Olive Borden, Shirley Jones, Miyoshi Umeki, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Anderson, Charlotte Greenwood, Sybil Seely, Mona Barrie, Kathryn Grayson, Katharine Ross, Madge Bellamy, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Gray, Jana Brejchová, Debra Paget, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Evelyn Brent, Zelma O'Neal, Marie Laforêt, Türkan Şoray, Beatriz Costa, Irene Zazians, Eleanor Powell, Susan Luckey, Patsy Kelly, Lil Dagover, Norma Talmadge, Dorothy Mackaill, Madge Evans, Virginia McKenna, Amália Rodrigues, Mamie Van Doren, Valerie Hobson, Isabel Jeans, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Claire Luce, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Nieves Navarro Garcia, Janet Leigh, Carmen Miranda, Jean Harlow, Aud Egedge-Nissen, Nina Foch, Jean Simmons, Piper Laurie, Katy Jurado, Jayne Mansfield, Anita Garvin, Frances Farmer, Lizabeth Scott, Joan Greenwood, Una Merkel, Arlene Francis, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, Suzanne Pleshette, Ruta Lee, Carolyn Jones, June Richmond, Eva Nil, Diana Dors, Anna Chang, Colleen Moore, Alexis Smith, Yvette Mimieux, Ruby Keeler, Viola Dana, Dolores Grey, Marie Windsor, Danielle Darieux, Jean Parker, Julie Christie, Acquanetta, Leatrice Joy, Ghita Nørby, Julie Newmar, Joanne Woodward, Sandra Dee, Eva Marie Saint, Simone Simon, Katherine Dunham, Birgitte Price, Lee Grant, Anita Page, Flora Robson, Martha Sleeper, Elsie Ames, Isabel "Coca" Sarli, Glenda Farrell, Kathleen Burke, Linden Travers, Diane Baker, Joan Davis, Joan Leslie, Sylvia Sidney, Marie Dressler, June Lockhart, Emmanuelle Riva, Libertad Leblanc, Susannah Foster, Susan Fleming, Dolores Costello, Ann Smyrner, Luise Rainer, Anna Massey, Evelyn Ankers, Ruth Gordon, Eva Dahlbeck, Ansa Ikonen, Diana Wynyard, Patricia Neal, Etta Lee, Gloria Stuart, Arletty, Dorothy McGuire, Mitzi Gaynor, Gwen Verdon, Maria Schell, Lili Damita, Ethel Moses, Gloria Holden, Kay Thompson, Jeanne Crain, Edna May Oliver, Lili Liliana, Ruth Chatterton, Giulietta Masina, Claire Bloom, Dinah Sheridan, Carroll Baker, Brenda de Banzie, Milú, Hertha Thiele, Hanka Ordonówna, Lillian Roth, Jane Powell, Carol Ohmart, Betty Garrett, Kalina Jędrusik, Edana Romney, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kay Kendall, Ruth Hussey, Véra Clouzot, Jadwiga Smosarska, Marge Champion, Mary Astor, Ann Harding, María Casares, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mildred Natwick, Michèle Morgan, Romy Schneider, Elisabeth Bergner, Celeste Holm, Betty Hutton, Susan Peters, Mehtab, Leslie Caron, Anna Sten, Janet Munro, Nataša Gollová, Eve Arden, Ida Lupino, Regina Linnanheimo, Sonja Henie, and Terry (what a good girl)

ROUND TWO BEAUTIES:

Evelyn Nesbit, Thelma Todd, Tura Satana, Helen Gibson, Maureen O'Hara, Rocío Dúrcal, Mary Nolan, Lois Maxwell, Maggie Smith, Zulma Faiad, Ursula Andress, Musidora, Delphine Seyrig, Marian Marsh, Leatrice Joy, Sharon Tate, Pina Menichelli, Teresa Wright, Shelley Winters, Lee Remick, Jane Wyman, Martita Hunt, Barbara Bates, Susan Strasberg, Marie Bryant, Diana Rigg, Jane Birkin, Rosalind Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Brigitte Helm, Gloria Grahame, Rosemary Clooney, Bebe Daniels, Constance Bennett, Lilian Bond, Ann Dvorak, Jeanette Macdonald, Pouri Banayi, Raquel Welch, Vilma Bánky, Dorothy Malone, Olive Thomas, Celia Johnson, Moira Shearer, Priscilla Lane, Dolores del Río, Ann Sothern, Françoise Rosay, June Allyson, Carole Lombard, Jeni Le Gon, Takako Irie, Barbara Steele, Claudette Colbert, Lalita Pawar, Asta Nielsen, Sandra Milo, Maria Montez, Mae West, Alma Rose Aguirre, Bibi Andersson, Joan Blondell, Anne Bancroft, Elsa Lanchester, Nita Naldi, Suchitra Sen, Dorothy Van Engle, Elisabeth Welch, Esther Williams, Loretta Young, Margueritte De La Motte, Ita Rina, Constance Talmadge, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Bedford, Josette Day, Stefania Sandrelli, Jane Russell, Doris Dowling, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Donna Reed, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Billie Burke, Kyōko Kagawa, Françoise Dorléac, Hend Rostom, Monica Vitti, Lilian Harvey, Marjorie Main, Jeanne Moreau, Lola Flores, Ann Blyth, Janet Gaynor, Jennifer Jones, Margaret Sullavan, Sadhana, Ruby Myers, Lotus Long, Honor Blackman, Marsha Hunt, Debbie Reynolds, Michèle Mercier, Irene Dunne, Jean Arthur, Judy Holliday, Tippi Hedren, Susse Wold, Vera-Ellen, Carmelita González, Nargis Dutt, Purnima, Harriet Andersson, Yvonne De Carlo, Miroslava Stern, Sheila Guyse, Helen, Margaret Dumont, Betty Grable, Joan Bennett, Jane Greer, Judith Anderson, Liv Ullman, Vera Zorina, Joan Fontaine, Silvana Mangano, and Lee Ya-Ching

ROUND THREE ELECTRIFIERS:

Jean Hagen, Sumiko Mizukubo, Mary Philbin, Ann-Margret, Margaret Rutherford, Claudia Cardinale, Eleanor Parker, Jessie Matthews, Theresa Harris, Brigitte Bardot, Alla Nazimova, Faye Dunaway, Marion Davies, Anna Magnani, Theda Bara, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis, Fay Wray, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Hideko Takamine, France Nuyen, Claudine Auger, Miriam Hopkins, Maylia Fong, Samia Gamal, Maude Fealy, Machiko Kyō, Sharmila Tagore, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Juanita Moore, Anna Fougez, Waheeda Rehman, Ruan Lingyu, Nina Mae McKinney, Ethel Waters, Nadira, Olivia de Havilland, Abbey Lincoln, Louise Beavers, Agnes Moorehead, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer, Maria Falconetti, Reiko Sato, Marie Doro, Clara Bow, Margaret Lindsay, Catherine Denueve, Madhabi Mukherjee, Rosaura Revueltas, Hu Die, Mary Pickford, Fredi Washington, Louise Brooks, Leonor Maia, Merle Oberon, Paulette Goddard, Vivien Leigh, Francine Everett, Savitri, Tita Merello, and Meena Kumari

ROUND FOUR STUNNERS:

Judy Garland, Dorothy Dandridge, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Marilyn Monroe, Irene Papas, Lupe Vélez, Pola Negri, Gene Tierney, Barbara Stanwyck, Gina Lollobrigida, Lena Horne, Nutan, Jean Seberg, Kim Novak, Gladys Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, Linda Darnell, Julie Andrews, Carmen Sevilla, Gloria Swanson, Glynis Johns, Anne Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Anita Ekberg, Toshia Mori, Deborah Kerr, Hazel Scott, Chelo Alonso, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Kwan, Devika Rani, Shima Iwashita, and Anouk Aimée

ROUND FIVE SMOKESHOWS:

Setsuko Hara, Pearl Bailey, Joan Crawford, Madhubala, Marpessa Dawn, Keiko Awaji, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly, Xia Meng, Suraiya, Natalie Wood, María Félix, and Mbissine Thérèse Diop

ROUND SIX SEXY LADIES:

Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Vyjyanthimala, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ingrid Bergman

QUARTER FINALIST GLAMAZONS:

Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Lauren Bacall

SEMIFINALIST ICONS:

Rita Moreno, Diahann Carroll

FINALIST FABULOSITY:

Hedy Lamarr

ULTIMATE CHAMPION OF THE HOT & VINTAGE MOVIE WOMAN TOURNAMENT:

Eartha Kitt

[billboard-hotties-tourney]

Okay, folks, the mini-tourney is inching closer to the finals, so I'm going to give a list of the competitors in the Miss Billboard Tourney in order to give everyone a chance to submit more propaganda. The nominees are:

Lale Andersen

Marian Anderson

Signe Toly Anderson

Julie Andrews

LaVerne Andrews

Maxene Andrews

Patty Andrews

Ann-Margret

Joan Armatrading

Dorothy Ashby

Joan Baez

Pearl Bailey

Belle Baker

Josephine Baker

LaVern Baker

Florence Ballard

Brigitte Bardot

Eileen Barton

Fontella Bass

Shirley Bassey

Maggie Bell

Lola Beltran

Ivy Benson

Gladys Bentley

Jane Birkin

Cilla Black

Ronee Blakley

Teresa Brewer

Anne Briggs

Ruth Brown

Joyce Bryant

Vashti Bunyan

Kate Bush

Montserrat Caballe

Maria Callas

Blanche Calloway

Wendy Carlos

Cathy Carr

Raffaella Carra

Diahann Carroll

Karen Carpenter

June Carter Cash

Charo

Cher

Meg Christian

Gigliola Cinquetti

Petula Clark

Merry Clayton

Patsy Cline

Rosemary Clooney

Natalie Cole

Judy Collins

Alice Coltrane

Betty Comden

Barbara Cook

Rita Coolidge

Gal Costa

Ida Cox

Karen Dalton

Marie-Louise Damien

Betty Davis

Jinx Dawson

Doris Day

Blossom Dearie

Kiki Dee

Lucienne Delyle

Sandy Denny

Jackie DeShannon

Gwen Dickey

Marlene Dietrich

Marie-France Dufour

Julie Driscoll

Yvonne Elliman

Cass Elliot

Maureen Evans

Agnetha Faeltskog

Marianne Faithfull

Mimi Farina

Max Feldman

Gracie Fields

Ella Fitzgerald

Roberta Flack

Lita Ford

Connie Francis

Aretha Franklin

France Gall

Judy Garland

Crystal Gayle

Gloria Gaynor

Bobbie Gentry

Astrud Gilberto

Donna Jean Godchaux

Lesley Gore

Eydie Gorme

Margo Guryan

Sheila Guyse

Nina Hagen

Francoise Hardy

Emmylou Harris

Debbie Harry

Annie Haslam

Billie Holiday

Mary Hopkin

Lena Horne

Helen Humes

Betty Hutton

Janis Ian

Mahalia Jackson

Wanda Jackson

Etta James

Joan Jett

Bessie Jones

Etta Jones

Gloria Jones

Grace Jones

Shirley Jones

Tamiko Jones

Janis Joplin

Barbara Keith

Carole King

Eartha Kitt

Chaka Khan

Hildegard Knef

Gladys Knight

Sonja Kristina

Patti Labelle

Cleo Laine

Nicolette Larson

Daliah Lavi

Vicky Leandros

Peggy Lee

Rita Lee

Alis Lesley

Barbara Lewis

Abbey Lincoln

Melba Liston

Julie London

Darlene Love

Lulu

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Barbara Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Vera Lynn

Siw Malmkvist

Lata Mangeshkar

Linda McCartney

Kate McGarrigle

Christie McVie

Bette Midler

Jean Millington

June Millington

Liza Minnelli

Carmen Miranda

Joni Mitchell

Liz Mitchell

Marion Montgomery

Lee Morse

Nana Mouskouri

Anne Murray

Wenche Myhre

Holly Near

Olivia Newton-John

Stevie Nicks

Nico

Laura Nyro

Virginia O’Brien

Odetta

Yoko Ono

Shirley Owens

Patti Page

Dolly Parton

Freda Payne

Michelle Phillips

Edith Piaf

Ruth Pointer

Leontyne Price

Suzi Quatro

Gertrude Rainey

Bonnie Raitt

Carline Ray

Helen Reddy

Della Reese

Martha Reeves

June Richmond

Jeannie C. Riley

Minnie Riperton

Jean Ritchie

Chita Rivera

Clara Rockmore

Linda Ronstadt

Marianne Rosenberg

Diana Ross

Anna Russell

Melanie Safka

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Samantha Sang

Pattie Santos

Hazel Scott

Doreen Shaffer

Jackie Shane

Marlena Shaw

Sandie Shaw

Dinah Shore

Judee Sill

Carly Simon

Nina Simone

Nancy Sinatra

Siouxsie Sioux

Grace Slick

Bessie Smith

Mamie Smith

Patti Smith

Ethel Smyth

Mercedes Sosa

Ronnie Spector

Dusty Springfield

Mavis Staples

Candi Staton

Barbra Streisand

Poly Styrene

Maxine Sullivan

Donna Summer

Pat Suzuki

Norma Tanega

Tammi Terrell

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Big Mama Thornton

Mary Travers

Moe Tucker

Tina Turner

Twiggy

Bonnie Tyler

Sylvia Tyson

Sarah Vaughan

Sylvie Vartan

Mariska Veres

Akiko Wada

Claire Waldoff

Jennifer Warnes

Dee Dee Warwick

Dionne Warwick

Dinah Washington

Ethel Waters

Elisabeth Welch

Kitty Wells

Mary Wells

Juliane Werding

Tina Weymouth

Cris Williamson

Ann Wilson

Mary Wilson

Nancy Wilson

Anna Mae Winburn

Syreeta Wright

Tammy Wynette

Nan Wynn

Those in italics have five or more pieces of usable visual, written, or audio propaganda already. If you have any visuals like photos or videos, or if you have something to say in words, submit it to this blog before round one begins on June 25th!

If you don't see a name you submitted here, it's because most or all of their career was as a child/they were too young for the cutoff, their career was almost entirely after 1979, or music was something they only dabbled in and are hardly known for. There are quite a few ladies on the list whose primary career wasn't "recording artist" or "live musician," but released several albums or were in musical theater, so they've been accepted.

[justforbooks]

Alfa Anderson

American singer best known as a vocalist with the 1970s disco group Chic whose hits included Le Freak

Among the disco goddesses – the Donnas, Glorias, Evelyns, Gwens, Candis and Anitas – who serenaded the dancers of the hedonistic 1970s in such celebrated joints as New York’s Studio 54 and London’s Heaven, it seems likely that only Alfa Anderson’s destiny included leaving show business to resume her studies and eventually become a high school principal.

Anderson, who has died aged 78, had been one of the featured singers with Chic, the high-fashion disco ensemble whose chart-topping hits included Le Freak. Emerging from the ranks of backing singers in the Manhattan recording studios, she had been spotted by Luther Vandross, then a star-to-be, who introduced her in 1977 to the guitarist Nile Rodgers and the bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic’s ambitious young founders and songwriters.

The duo’s ambition was to create an upscale dance music blending funky dancefloor rhythms with the sophisticated style of an English band they much admired, Bryan Ferry’s Roxy Music. By comparison with their disco rivals, Chic were cool and restrained, their musicianship impeccable, their female singers conveying a matching sense of class.

On the sleeve of C’est Chic (1978), their second album, designed to look like the cover of a fashion magazine, it was Anderson who reclined in a white silk blouse and old-gold skirt against an expensive sofa in the garden room of a country house, while the other core members of the group struck suitably soigné poses. The message was unmissable: a dream of upward mobility which their audience was invited to share.

On another of their hits, I Want Your Love (like Le Freak, included in C’est Chic), Anderson took the solo lead, her voice finding a sinuous path between Edwards’s pulsing bass, Tony Thompson’s implacable drums, Rodgers’s flickering rhythm guitar, the cushion of strings, the syncopated trumpet figures and – in a typically imaginative touch – tubular bells prominently doubling the melody on the chorus.

The eldest of four children, Alfa Anderson was born in Augusta, Georgia, and named after the first letter of the Greek alphabet, its spelling varied to match the Christian name of her father, Alfonso Anderson, an employee of the US Postal Service. Her mother, Essie, was a social worker and Girl Scout troop leader.

Interested in music from a very early age, Alfa grew up singing in church and with the Girl Scouts, and learned the saxophone, flute and piccolo at Lucy C Laney high school. A degree in English at Paine College in Augusta was followed by a move to New York, where she settled in Harlem while studying for a master’s degree at the Teachers College at Columbia University and singing in the college choir.

She received her first significant public exposure through a role in Big Man, a play with music by the jazz saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and based on the legend of the Black railroad worker John Henry. Attending its sole performance at Carnegie Hall in 1976, her churchgoing mother was shocked to discover her daughter singing the part of a “whore” called Maggie.

Her next professional appearance was at Lincoln Center, singing a solo piece called Children of the Fire, written by the trumpeter Hannibal Marvin Peterson as a protest against US involvement in the Vietnam war.

She also appeared on the soundtrack album of the hit musical The Wiz, produced by Quincy Jones.

In the daytime she was teaching at Hunter College, the public university on Park Avenue, New York, and music was still a part-time occupation when she met the founders of Chic. Arriving early at the studio to sing background parts on their first album, she was discovered marking her students’ papers while waiting for the session to start, much to the other musicians’ amusement.

When the lead singer, Norma Jean Wright, left in 1978 to pursue a solo career, Anderson was invited to take her place. Giving her notice to Hunter College, she shared the lead role first with Diva Gray on Le Freak, which became a Studio 54 anthem, and then on the road and in the studio with Luci Martin.

Most memorably, her voice was also featured on At Last I Am Free, a spellbinding ballad tucked away on C’est Chic. It caught the ear of the English rock musician Robert Wyatt, who released his characteristically plaintive version as a single in 1980.

After Chic disbanded in 1983, Anderson toured with Vandross, whose solo career had taken off. Her session work included a contribution to Bryan Ferry’s Slave to Love, a hit single also featuring Rodgers on guitar, its success boosted by its appearance in the 1986 film 9½ Weeks.

While with Vandross she met his bass guitarist, Eluriel “Tinker” (sometimes “Tinkr”) Barfield, who became her husband. Leaving the road and the studios in 1987, she went back to college, taking a second master’s degree, in educational leadership, at Bank Street College of Education, before joining the El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice in Brooklyn, first as a teacher and then as principal.

Although Chic later re-formed with other singers, there were occasional musical reunions with Norma Jean Wright and Luci Martin.

She and her husband also formed a group called Voices of Shalom, which released two albums of spiritual songs, Messages (1999) and Daily Bread (2005). Returning to secular music, in 2013 she released a single, Former First Lady of Chic, and in 2017 Barfield produced her solo album, Music from My Heart, featuring a song titled Perfectly Chic, which precisely recreated the sound of that most exquisite of disco ensembles.

She is survived by her husband and two stepsons.

🔔 Alfa Karlys Anderson, singer, born 7 September 1946; died 17 December 2024

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[randomvarious]

1996 Detroit Playlist (YouTube)

OK, my fellow eclectics, this week we're heading back to the year of 1996 in order to get a brief glimpse of some goodies that were coming out of the beautifully rich undergrounds of the city of Detroit. As the place that gave birth to the three very disparate sounds of Motown, punk rock, and techno in the 20th century, Detroit's played a deeply unique and outsized role in the history of music, and with this playlist here, we have a small crop of songs that can be viewed as a re-creation of a mixtape that a very open-minded college student might've put together while appreciatively soaking in all the culture that was there at the time. One night they're doing some eyes-closed grooving to deep house, another they're spilling their beer on to the already-sticky concrete floor at a punk rock haunt, the next night they're at a riot grrrl show, and then later they're on that dystopian afro-futuristic electro kick—all within the same week! 😎 No other city in the world could've really offered up a menu quite like this, and this 'mixtape' here is something that happens to be reflective of that very circumstance.

Now even though I'm an electronic music maniac first and foremost, I actually think my favorite tune on here so far is a garage-punk one by a band called The Detroit Cobras, whose "Slum Lord" really feels like it's paying tribute to its Motor City forefathers of The Stooges and MC5. This is a song with those fuzz-noisy slabs of raw rock & roll power that Detroit had once been particularly known for, and with a deep, tomboyish lead vocal that eventually enters to cut through it all, this blues-inflected beaut' lands as something that once had the chance to be contemporarily iconic, had a brand like Levi's ever caught wind of it in the mid-90s in the first place and then sent it international. The song was mistitled as "Ain't It a Shame" when it appeared on LA label Scooch Pooch's Their Original Sins comp in '96, but it's actually the far better B-side to the "Ain't It a Shame" 7-inch that it originally appeared on through Scooch Pooch itself. A terrific tune that deserves a whole lot more love and recognition, as it's currently only sitting at under 11,000 plays across a handful of uploads on YouTube.

And then on the electronic side of things, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that there are two versions of Norma Jean Bell's "I'm the Baddest Bitch" on here. As a veteran vocal house songstress, Norma Jean actually began her career in the 70s working alongside people and acts like Frank Zappa, Parliament, and Tommy Bolin, but in the 90s she made a bold transition towards house, and after appearing on fellow Detroiter Kenny Dixon Jr.'s Moodymann EP in '94, she launched her own record label, released her most famous single through it—"I'm the Baddest Bitch"—and then linked up with French DJ and musician Laurent Garnier to release a bunch of "Baddest Bitch" remixes on his own F Communications label too. So here we've got a deepest of deep house jazz version of it called "Cause You Belong to Me (Norma & Kenny Mix)," which manages to incorporate a sax melody from "My Favorite Things," and then a French remix by a duo called Motorbass, who manage to transform it into a steady and upbeat groove, allowing it to freely coast when it hits its rubber-bouncy extended instrumental portions, which themselves are built off the back of a short and cleverly used sample from Diana Ross—another Detroit native whom many might consider to be the 'baddest bitch' too 👀. "Cause You Belong to Me" has under 5,000 YouTube Plays, but the Motorbass remix has over 31,000.

Cool how I really brought that one full circle, huh? 🔁

This playlist is ordered as chronologically as possible.

Norma Jean Bell - "Baddest Bitch (Motorbass Mix)" The Detroit Cobras - "Slum Lord" Norma Jean Bell - "Cause You Belong to Me (Norma & Kenny Mix)" Motor Dolls - "Hangover" Aux 88 - "I Need to Freak" Posatronix - "Step Into My Groove" DJ Assault - "Shake It Baby" DJ Assault - "U Can't See Me" Da Sampla - "Digital System" Will Web - "Boomin'"

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So with this first iteration of this playlist, we start with 10 songs that clock in at 45 minutes. As I continue to slowly grow it, we might end up having enough to constitute a Spotify playlist, but at this point we're just not there yet.

90s deep house update next week!

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

Like what you hear? Follow me on Spotify and YouTube for more cool playlists and uploads!  

[thebonesofhoudini]

An excursion into deep sounds and atmospheres of all types. I hope you enjoy this one. I'm on Twitch.tv/temisanadoki Tuesday nights at 8pmMT/10pmEST.

As always, mixed by me on the 1s and the 2s with love and respect to the music. Enjoy.

Tracklist:

Mos Def & Talib Kweli feat. Black Thought - Respiration (Flying High Remix) Black Star - Respiration (Pete Rock Flying High Instrumental REMIX) Reborn - Right To Be (Epic Mix) Part 2 - Wireless 2012 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself (Next Big Thing Mix) The Utopia Project - File #4 Red Sparrow- That's The Way Of The World Norma Jean Bell - Late Night Show (Theo Parrish Remix) Freestyle Man - Love Story Circulation - Patterins (Iz & Diz Ghosts In Detroit Wake Up Dub) Nick Holder - I Once Believed In U (DJ Q Remix) Break SL - Be Strong Trusme - W.A.R. Dub Boobjazz - Departure Kerri Chandler - Hexadecimal Tilman Tausendfreund - In My Dreams Coffee Shop Mike - 5am Terry Baldwin Housemaster - Groovin' (Club Mix) Boo Williams, Classic Fingers Hush Hush - Too High C.K - Speedstick Marcel Dettmann - Corebox Brotherhood - Memorial Smith (Daniels Buki Good Remix) Ron Trent & Anthony Nicholson - Soul Samba Express Taster's Choice - Instant Coco (Afro Conga Mix Pt. 1) Taster's Choice - Instant Coco (Slezzysmoothe Mix) Sun Children - Seduction Grant - Back Mind Lisa Shaw - Telling On Me (Restless Soul Mix) Free Energy - Happiness Boobjazz - Free Your Soul (Original) U.K.O. - Channeled

[northiowatoday]

OBIT: Norma Jean Bell

[wqbytop100]

wqbytop100

For the week ending May 4, 2025

Hopeful --Aname, Lydmor -2 --9weeks-- [1st.week@#1]

Opposites --Vicetone, Linney -1 -[1week@#1]

Act Of God --Layton Giordani, Linney, Sarah de Warren -4 --12weeks--

Cupid's Bow --Oly Alexander (Years & Years) -19 --7weeks--

Bleed --Malcolm Todd, Omar Apollo -25 --6weeks--

By Your Side (In My Mind) --Leony -6 --15weeks--(#6)

Gone --Shallou -5 --10weeks-- (#2)

Yesterday --Alan Walker, Ali Gatie -3 --15weeks-- [3weeks@#1]

Still Bad --Lizzo -12 --7weeks--

Toxic Til The End --Rose -10 --12weeks-- (#10)

Crash --Loud Luxury -17 --10weeks--

Party People --Rose Gray -18 --9weeks--

Too Much --Dove Cameron -7 --8weeks-- (#4)

Smoke The Pain Away --Calvin Harris -8 --7weeks-- (#7)

Play Pretend --Georgio Gee, SYMEO -22 --7weeks--

Dreamin --Dom Dolla, Daya -9 --7weeks-- (#8)

Burn --Jorvis Voorn, Tom Walker -11 --10weeks-- [2weeks@#1]

Radio ---Steve Aoki, Tripple Reid, Jessica Biao, KABU -21 --7weeks--

Strangers Town --Edlke Kleijn, Zoe Aska -30 --6weeks--

Highlights --Morgan Page, Phillip Strand -28 --5weeks--

No Bad Vibes --Jazzy, KILIMANJARO, jAYDA -24 -6weeks--

Meet Me --Ownboss, EME -20 -12weeks-- (#19)

Loveless --FAST BOY -14 --9weeks-- (#3)

Flex --Tiesto, Oscar L -13 --9weeks-- (#3)

Call My Name --AVAION --15 --16weeks-- (#15)

Love In Real Life --Lizzo -16 --9weeks-- (#12)

Into The Blue --Will Sass f/Kamille -27 --5weeks--

Angel Of Mine --Tobiah -37 --12weeks--

Is It Just Me --Mike Posner -26 --12weeks-- (#26)

Everything Changes (But I Won't) --Rose Gray -23 --14weeks-- [2weeks@#1]

Sweet Danger --Obonglayar -48 --4weeks--

It Can Be Better Now --Aname, Welt --3weeks--

Feel Again --TELYKAST, Moe Lisa -33 --12weeks--

Obsession --AYYBO, Taylr Renee -44 --2weeks--

Gotta Move --Bless You -35 --5weeks--

Garden Of Eden --Lady Gaga -32 --7weeks--(#32)

Imposter Syndrome --Let Down -29 --16weeks-- (#3)

Beautiful People --David Guetta, SIA -38 --4weeks--

Vanish Into You --Lady Gaga -34 --7weeks-- (#34)

Ban This Song --Moon Walker -40 --9weeks--

Blue Jean --Hazlet -45 --2weeks--

I Wish You Were Dead --Lucuna Coil -42 --8weeks-- (#33)

***Bullet --Diplo, VAVO, Priscilla Black -(new) --1st.week--

Autopilot --NiiKO & SWAE, Twin Diplomacy -31 --14weeks-- (#22)

Euphoria --Armin Van Buuren,, Alok, Norma Jean Martine, LAWRENT -47 --6weeks--

Underneath It All --Mike Posner -43 --9weeks-- (#32)

Creme Brulee --David Archuleta -39 --5weeks-- (#29)

Wrap Yourself Around Me --D.O.D , NORTH -49 --8weeks--

Next Summer --Damino David -52 --7weeks--

The Door --Teddy Swims -49 ---19weeks-- (#7)

Love Me To Heaven --Jonas Brothers -76 --3weeks--

Angels For Each Other --Martin Garrix, Arijit Singh -70 --4weeks--

Throwing Stones --Massano -83 --3weeks--

Stay --Fisher -56 --4weeks--

Somebody To Love --YOTTO, Eli & Fur -79 --3weeks--

TYSM --Cheat Codes, Salem IIese -44 --18weeks-- (#9)

Rebellion --R3HAB, Michael Patrick Kelly, Shaggy -36 --11weeks-- -[2weeks@#1]

Slow Motion --Marshmello, Jonas Brothers -46 --15weeks-- (#9) [OFF]

Neverland (From Japan) --ANYMA, BASET -60 --2weeks--

Unendlichkeit (rework) --Robin Schulz, OSWALD -69 --3weeks-

Look Back --ESSEL -63 --5weeks--

I Want You --Vandelux -64 --6weeks--

My Heart Goes --Sam Feldt, Oaks -65 --7weeks--

Last Night I Dreamt I Fell In Love --Alok, Kylie Minogue -42 --10weeks-- (#42) [OFF]

Never Walk Alone --BLOND:ISH, Stevie Appleton -72 --4weeks--

Lifeline --Jonas Blue, Izzy Bizu -73 --4weeks--

Secrets --Tiesto, KSHMR, Vassy -71 --5weeks--

Til The Last One Dies --Chris Young -79 --3weeks--

When I Got You --Cash Cash, Lovelytheband -66 --11weeks-- (#63)

Slow --VIZE -59 --9weeks-- (#34) [OFF]

A Life Worth Dying --Josiah Queen -74 --4weeks--

Brand New --Grace VanderWaal -86 --3weeks--

Above The Water --Blanke, CADMIUM, OSWALD -53 --7weeks- [OFF]

Delete Ya --DJO -51 --7weeks-- (#51) [0FF]

Another Way --Vikkstar, Syn Cole, KDH, Joe Jury -41 --9weeks-- [0FF]

Animal --Ship Wrek, Datti -89 --3weeks--

Dive In ---Vicetone, Welt -94 --3weeks--

Bell Bottoms Up --Lainey Wilson -80 --3weeks--[0FF]

Edge Of The World --MEDUZA, INNELLEA, GENESI, Nu-Lu -81 --6weeks--

Loose --ENHYPEN -93 --3weeks--

Love Let Me Go --Said The Sky, Dia Frampton -60 --8weeks-- (#19) [0FF]

Forever Yours --David Guetta, Alphaville, Ava Max -88 --3weeks--

Last Girls At The Party --The Beaches -91 --3weeks-- [OFF]

I Follow Rivers --Tiesto, Oaks -92 --3weeks--

Hot & Mysterious --Austin Millz & Kah-La -95 --3weeks--

Relax ---Surf Mesa, SACHI -96 --3weeks--

50/50 --Knox --87 --4weeks-- (#87) [OFF]

Hold Up I'm Doing Something --Emmit Fenn -90 --3weeks--

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***Fire Sign --S.G. Goodman -(new) --1st.week--

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***House Of Mirrors --Riva Starr, Harry Stone -(new) --1st.week--

***Bad --W&W, KSHMR -(new) --1st.week--

So Far --Shallou -78 --6weeks-- (#69) [0ff]

Push The Tempo --SUB FOCUS f/Katy B -83 --15weeks-- (#2) [0ff]

Out Of Time --Justin Mylo, RYOS, Alessia Labate -61 --8weeks -- (#40) [OFF]

***Mind Of A Warrior --Alan Walker, Sorana -(new) --1st.week--

***Work --ANYMA, Yeat - (new) --1st.week--

***No Joke --Josh Butler -(new) --1st.week-- [OFF]

10 NEW this week 5/4/2025 #43 Bullet #89 Holding On #90 Fire Sign #91 Follow The Waves #92 Run It Back #93 House Of Mirrors #94 Bad #98 Mind Of A Warrior #99 Work #100 No Joke

[zzsupersonic]

BANDCAMP ODYSSEY pt.1

[hotvintagepoll]

which streaming service has the most vintage movies? If you don't know, maybe your followers could answer? 🙏

Ooh hoo hoo you asked and I'll answer!!

I actually made a post like this for the hot men tournament, but I can't find it now so I'll do it again from scratch. The short answer is that I don't know of any one streaming service that has all the old vintage movies—but most streaming services have a "classics" genre category that can get you started. Here's a small selection of what you can find on different streaming services:

TUBI (free):

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Olivia de Havilland)

A Streetcar Named Desire (Vivien Leigh)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Jane Powell, Julie Newmar)

North by Northwest (Eva Marie Saint)

The Music Man (Shirley Jones)

The Women (Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, Paulette Goddard, several other hotties in small parts)

The Philadelphia Story (Katharine Hepburn, Ruth Hussey)

Notorious (Ingrid Bergman)

Bell, Book, and Candle (Kim Novak, Elsa Lanchester)

The Talk of the Town (Jean Arthur)

Dark Victory (Bette Davis)

Stray Dog (Keiko Awaji)

Some Like It Hot (Marilyn Monroe)

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Sophia Loren)

Dirty Girtie From Harlem USA (Francine Everett)

Passport (Madhubala)

Dark Passage (Lauren Bacall)

Sepia Cinderella (Sheila Guyse)

On The Town (Ann Miller, Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett)

The Bandwagon (Cyd Charisse)

Devar (Sharmila Tagore)

Reet-Petite and Gone (June Richmond)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (Lana Turner)

KANOPY (free through some libraries):

Dial M for Murder (Grace Kelly)

His Girl Friday (Rosalind Russell)

Ball of Fire (Barbara Stanwyck)

Black Orpheus (Marpessa Dawn)

Flower Drum Song (Reiko Sato, Nancy Kwan, Miyoshi Umeki)

Marriage Italian Style (Sophia Loren)

The Rose Tattoo (Anna Magnani)

Tokyo Story (Setsuko Hara)

War and Peace (Audrey Hepburn, Anita Ekberg)

Salt of the Earth (Rosaura Revueltas)

Metropolis (Brigitte Helm)

The Red Shoes (Moira Shearer)

HOOPLA (free through some libraries):

The Court Jester (Angela Lansbury, Glynis Johns)

Sunset Boulevard (Gloria Swanson)

A Place in the Sun (Elizabeth Taylor)

Barefoot in the Park (Jane Fonda)

The Barefoot Contessa (Ava Gardner)

Wings (Clara Bow)

YOUTUBE (has a lot of older movies that have slipped through copyright/are still up for some reason):

Charade (Audrey Hepburn)

Story Weather (Lena Horne)

Gilda (Rita Hayworth)

Rebecca (Joan Fontaine)

This entire playlist of Indian cinema that I just found (Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman, Nargis, Meena Kumari, etc.)

And that's just a small sample. There is also always your local library for physical DVDs, the Internet Archive, and....other methods.....if you know exactly what you're looking for.

I haven't seen all of these movies, so don't consider them personal recommendations—these are just famous movies with our hotties in them, so please be careful if you have content warnings. Good luck and have fun!

EDIT 5/16: Added a few more movies to the different sections, but this is still just a small selection of what the different streaming services have. Good luck!

[oneonenightwithphysics]

NORMA JEAN BELL LIZE

[flapperdame16]

list of the worst movies Ive seen in the 20th century

14 Hours (Fourteen Hours) 1951 (grace kelly paul, Douglas)

A Summer Place 1959

-Any wednesday 1966 (jane Fonda, jason robards, dean jones)

Affectionately yours 1941 (dennis morgan, rita hayworth)

Allegheny Uprising 1939 (John Wayne, Claire trevor)

Bandolero! 1968 (James stewart, Dean Martin, racquel Welsh)

Bell book and candle 1959 (James Stewart, kim Novak, Jack lemmon)

Blonde venus 1932 (dir josef von Sternburg; marlene dietrich, cary grant)

Blood alley 1955 john wayne Lauren bacall

Boomerang! 1947 (Dana Andrews)

Breezy 1973 (william holden, kay lenz)

Clash by Night 1952 (Barbara stanwyck, Marilyn monroe)

Cry of the city 1948

Desire 1936 (Gary cooper, Marlene dietrich )

Desire me 1947 Greer garson robert Mitchum

Destry rides again 1939 james Stewart, marlene dietrich)

Dream wife 1953 Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Walter Pidgeon

Every girl should be married 1948 (Cary Grant, betsy drake)

Father goose 1964 (cary grant)

Fifth avenue girl 1939 (ginger rogers)

Forty guns 1957 (barbara stanwyck)

Giant 1956 (Dir. George Stevens| Elizabeth taylor, rock hudson, james dean)

Green Fire 1954 (Grace Kelly, Stewart granger)

Green Mansions 1959 (Audrey Hepburn)

Houseboat 1958 Cary Grant Sophia Loren

Indecent proposal 1993 (Robert Redford)

Julia misbehaves 1948 (Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon, elizabeth taylor, Peter lawford)

Kangaroo 1952 Maureen O'Hara, peter Lawford

Legal Eagles 1986 (Robert redford)

Man of the west 1958 gary cooper

Midnight 1939

Moontide 1942

Ninitchka 1939

The Nun’s Story 1959 (Audrey Hepburn)

Peyton Place 1959

Platinum blonde 1931- Capra; Jean Harlow

Room for one more 1952 Cary grant betsy drake

Separate Tables 1958

Seven sinners 1940 Marlene Dietrich john wayne

Shane 1953 Jean Arthur

SOB 1981

Stuart little 1999

Streets of Laredo 1949 William Holden

Sylvia scarlett 1935 Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn

The burning hills 1956 Natalie Wood tab hunter

The chase 1966 Robert Redford, Jane Fonda

The Children’s Hour 1961 Audrey Hepburn

The Far country (1954) james stewart

The fighting kentuckian 1949 john wayne vera raltson

The girl he left behind 1956 (natalie Wood, tab hunter)

The grass is greener 1960 (cary Grant)

The Great race 1965 (natalie Wood)

the key 1958 (william holden Sophia Loren

The Lion 1962 (william Holden)

The lusty men 1952

The man from Laramie 1955 (James stewart)

The moonlighter 1953 (fred macmurray barbara stanwyck)

The Night of the Hunter 1955 (robert Mitchum)

the proud and the profane 1956 william holden deborah kerr

The rounders 1965 (henry fonda)

The strange love of Martha Ivers 1946

The toast of New York 1937 (Cary grant)

The Unforgiven 1960 (Audrey hepburn)

The Way We Were 1973 (robert Redford)

The wild Rovers 1971 (William Holden, Ryan O'Neal)

The Window 1949

The women 1939 (norma shearer, Joan crawford, rosalind russell)

They all laughed 1981 (Audrey hepburn)

They Live by Night 1948

Tom Dick and Harry 1941 (ginger Rogers)

Vera cruz 1954 (Gary Cooper, burt lancaster)

Winchester 73 (1950) (James Stewart) Dir Anthony mann

The brave little toaster 1987

The gay bride 1934 carole lombard

Red headed woman 1932 jean harlow

ET 1986

all dogs go to heaven 1989

Home alone 3 1998

Babe 2 pig in the city 1998

Mr hobbs takes a vacation 1962 maureen o'hara, James stewart

[motherofdragonseeker]

Jambalaya

This jambalaya recipe originates from my in-laws Chuck Mattingly and Norma Jean Clayton Mattingly and their prawn harvests (yes, they raised and sold prawns for a time). Norma would put the jambalaya together in a slow cooker in the barn so that it was done by the time the harvest was complete and the sales began. It was always delicious!

We no longer get to eat fresh prawns and the recipe is not nearly as good without them, but still good eats!

Ingredients

2 c onions, finely chopped

2 T olive oil

1 ½ c celery, finely chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

2 c green bell pepper, chopped

½ c red bell pepper, chopped

2 bay leaves

½ t thyme, fresh

1 can diced tomatoes with onions and green peppers

½ c parsley

Salt and pepper to taste

16 oz chicken broth

3 c rice, cooked

2-3 lbs meat (shrimp, ham, smoked sausage, chicken), all small bite sized and precooked

In a Dutch oven or other large pot, cook onions over medium high heat until translucent, about 2 minutes.

Add celery, garlic, bell pepper. Cook for another 3-5 minutes to soften celery.

Add meat (except shrimp), bay leaves, thyme, tomatoes, parsley, salt, pepper. Cook 4-6 minutes stirring frequently for even cooking.

Add chicken broth and simmer for 8-10 minutes.

Add rice while still hot and combine.

Add shrimp.

Cook for another 10-15 minutes, stirring to cook shrimp through.

Add more chicken broth if needed to keep moist. Remove bay leaves and serve.

Note: I usually add the shrimp at the same time as the other meat as I prefer the “overcooked” texture of the shellfish. When shellfish is just cooked, I find it rubbery and unappetizing.

[randomvarious]

1996 Paris Playlist (YouTube)

Man, I really love putting together these city-based playlists, because while they give people a sonic taste of what a specific location was up to at a certain point in time, they also have a chance to be *very* eclectic too. And if you've been following me long enough, you know that I am one hell of an eclectic motherfucker when it comes to all this music 😁.

So, bienvenue à Paris, gens! Today, I've got a brand new playlist that'll take you back to the year of 1996 inside of this vibrantly bustling metropolis. We're starting out all electronic, but we've got a little bit of an array within that scope, with some downtempo and trip hop, some house and deep house, and a little bit of techno too; and it's all pretty lightly treaded underground stuff as well!

Now, while some people on this playlist are pretty well-known entities when it comes to Parisian electronic music—like DJ Cam, Pépé Bradock, and Dimitri From Paris—the artist who currently has the most tracks on this thing is someone who is far more obscure: the versatile Chaotik Ramses. On this 1996 Paris playlist, Ramses has three separate songs: a dark and intense, synthesizer-heavy, psychedelic downtempo pupil expander called "On the Way to Paris," which only has a little under 3,800 YouTube plays and has only ever appeared on a compilation called Musiques Pour Les Plantes Vertes (Music for the Green Plants); "No Way Out," a piece of downtempo/trip hop with a little under 1,000 plays that really seems to reflect a uniquely French feeling of deep isolation and ennui, and is topped up with some sweet blues guitar; and a live techno performance of "Crying 202," which was recorded from a set that Ramses played in the Swiss border city of Lausanne, at a venue called MAD Club. That one comes with some lusciously cinematic strings laid over acid pulses and ticking hats, and it currently has over 900 plays.

And ultimately, it's hard to pick an absolute favorite among this set, but at the risk of sounding repetitive—because I posted about this song just last week in an update on a French deep house playlist too—I think it's probably Dimitri From Paris' "Free Ton Style." The fullest version of this song is kind of rare, because it's only ever appeared on an unmixed triple-vinyl release of Dimitri's brilliant 1997 mix, Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House of Funk, but thankfully, a YouTube channel called Classic House & A Little More uploaded it 10 years ago so we could all experience it in its extended glory. A spectacular deep house tune with some really satisfying sections of jazzy synthesizer improvisation 😌. Currently at under 3,800 plays.

This playlist is ordered as chronologically as possible.

Norma Jean Bell - "Baddest Bitch (Motorbass Mix)" DJ Cam - "Life" Chaotik Ramses - "On the Way to Paris" Shazz - "Le Marais" Chaotik Ramses - "No Way Out" DJ Deep - "Signature" Dimitri From Paris - "Just About Right (Full Length)" Chaotik Ramses - "Crying 202 (Live at the M.A.D. - Lausanne)" Cheesy D - "Broken House (3 At Mosco's)" Bradock - "Last" Dimitri From Paris - "Free Ton Style (Monsieur D's Classique Extension)"

And this playlist is also on YouTube Music.

So with the inauguration of this playlist, we kick off with 11 songs that come in at a total of 79 minutes.

Next week we'll be digging into some house jams!

Enjoy!

More to come, eventually. Stay tuned!

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