We're taking a moment to remember the life of soul singer Brenton Wood. He died earlier this month. He was 83. Many of his songs helped define, what these days are called, lowrider oldies. In this big ...

He is perhaps best known for his 1967 hit “The Oogum Boogum Song,” which rose to No. 19 on the Billboard R&B charts. Variety noted that the song “found new audiences” throughout the years ...

Brenton was also responsible for the hit songs Oogum Boogum Song, Gimme Little Sign and Baby You Got It. When Brenton joined us in 2023 he was still going on tour well into his 80s.

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As the summer of 1967 approached, things did not look auspicious for 29-year-old Etta James, who had spent recent times detoxing at the USC County Hospital and also had spells at Sybil Brand, the ...

Perhaps it was the unfamiliar rawness of 'You' that prevented it from going higher than No.34 in the pop market, ...