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Duke Fakir, Last Surviving Member of the Four Tops, Dies at 88 He sang tenor on hits like “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).”

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It ain't the holiday season until you get your seasonal fix of this, the PS22 Chorus Christmas performance to end all, featuring our beloved friend, @leslieodomjr! So yeah, NOW it's official!! Happy Holidays, and stay tuned for some great new holiday performances from our new 2024 crew!! SONG: "The First Noel" Christmas Traditional FILMED BY: Ms. Lisa #leslieodomjr #thefirstnoel #PS22 #ps22chorus #christmas2023countdown #christmassongs

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He is in the same frame as his brother Xiao Qi, whom he talks about every day. The joy from two little brothers💕#dance #fpy 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞🌟 𝐂𝐫:𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 #chinakid #chineseboy #douyin #tiktokchina #tiktok #tiktokdance #tiktokchallenge #coolboy #cool #cute #fyp #trending #explorepage #viral

Solid combination…Usher & Jung Kook a remix.

Jungkook on TikTok with Usher Raymond #bts #jungkook #StayTuned #taekookzone

The greatest living pianist…

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임윤찬 신드롬의 시작점인 2022년! 전 세계 음악계의 유망주가 모인 반 클라이번 콩쿠르 현장을 생생하게 담아낸 월드클래스 클래식 무비 메인 예고편 공유 #EVENT ✨ 개인 SNS에 필수 해시태그와 함께 공유한 후, 댓글로 링크를 달아주세요! 추첨을 통해 전용 예매권(1인 2매)을 드립니다! 🎹 이벤트 기간:12/5(화) ~ 12/11(월) 🎹 이벤트 발표: 12/12(화) 개별 DM 발표 🎹 필수 해시태그: #크레센도 #크레센도_예고편이벤트 #crescendo #반클라이번 #임윤찬 #yunchanlim #헤더월크 #월드클래스클래식무비 #음악영화 #12월20일대개봉 #영화추천 #클래식음악 #피아노공연 Reposted from @audcine

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The amazing @sofrolimsky photographed in London for @deccaclassics few more to come from this shoot, but this one was released for the signing announcement! 📸 @holephoto Styling: @abenaofei Lights: @bradleypolkinghorne Digi: @maxcatterall 2nd: @lucyvealephoto MUA: @chloerosemakeupartist Retouch : @milkandmetalstudio Reposted from @holephoto #임윤찬 #yunchanlim @sofrolimsky

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more concerto w @xavierfoleybass at St. Paul Chamber Orch :) #bass #duet #solo

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“It’s not the pressure to mold into something, but it’s the pressure to build something, to be the potential for a blueprint.” @siphenovember shares how it feels to break the mold of what a ballet dancer traditionally has looked like and the immense pressure that comes with that. The four-part series #SwanSong is available to stream now on @cbcgem. 🔗Link in bio. #cbcarts #swansong #ballet #ballerina #dancer #dancing #instadance #dancers #pointe #choreography #flexible #dancelife #pointeshoes #balletdancer #instaballet #flexibility #dancefloor

The Golden One
Jung Kook of BTS
Worldwide Success

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If you have never heard of BTS my guess is you live a very sheltered life.

BTS is the most significant boy band ever assembled in the world. The number 7 is important to them because they are 7 in number.

The young men of BTS have been together performing to sold out stadiums around the globe. Hundreds of awards for the band as a unit and to individual band members for their unique talents from song writing, dancing, producing, vocals, rapping and covering music genres, soul, R&B, jazz, and rapping.

Jung Kook pictured here is the youngest member of BTS and has broken records with his new album Golden.

Up for numerous awards the album includes no less than 4 number one hits, 7, 3D, Standing Next to You and Don’t Change.

Jung Kook has made appearances on GMA, the Today Show, Jimmy Fallon and a free concert in Times Square.

Standing Next to You is a breakaway hit with a video that plays homage to Michael Jackson with a flawless performance by Jung Kook and his backup dancers.

The sets, lighting, costumes and concept are fresh blending genera’s seemlessly with a performance by Jung Kook that has hearts a flutter, his smooth strength, the ease with how he moved across the floor makes grown straight men swoon.

Jung Kook turns heads and has you dancing in your seat. His homage to Michael Jackson is respectful with his own stamp on it that has the viewer wanting more. Wanting not just to watch him dance, because watching him dance is such a sensual joy. However, he lets us see more of who he is when he’s not moving sensuously.

Jung Kook the man has grown up before our eyes and the videos and performances brought through Golden have brought him full circle from teenage boy to a complex, educated, entertainment business and singing, dancing, composing professional.

Sometime this month Jung Kooks life will be turned over to the armed services where he will be in the employ of the South Korean government.

The saddest part of all of this is he has personally reached a height so high there is no other artist in history that has achieved this as an individual in such a short time. Golden dropped in November and it’s already Platinum. All this to say he won’t be able to tour the world now because of his service.

We will wait for Jung Kook and BTS to come back. I can assure you the Army (fans) will keep them safe in their hearts and will continue to listen to their music watch the videos and greet them with love at every opportunity.

BTS and the machine- organization that produces them has accomplished the extraordinary. There is so much to learn about each member of the band. How they have lived together, attended school and worked on their craft along with solo activities and hobbies to make them well rounded individuals.

The band is generous and has given to a multitude of charities around the world including social justice groups like several million dollars to Black Lives Matter.

Back to the status of the music right now…

Jung Kook’s “Standing Next to You” soars in at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. songs charts (dated Nov. 18). He achieves the third solo leader for a BTS member on each survey, following his own “3D” with Jack Harlow, and “Seven” featuring Latto.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Jung Kook in Good ‘Standing’ Atop Global 200, Beatles Top 10

Jung Kook’s “Standing Next to You” starts at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 81.6 million streams and 121,000 sold worldwide Nov. 3-9, following its Nov. 3 release. (In addition to its original version, seven mixes of the song arrived Nov. 6: its Future Funk, Holiday, Latin Trap, PBR&B and Slow Jam remixes and its Band Version and instrumental version.)

Jung Kook, from South Korea, earns his third Global 200 No. 1, and the third solo leader for a BTS member; it’s the first with no accompanying acts. Here’s a rundown, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 10 Global 200 top 10s outside the act, with BTS as a group having tallied 11 top 10s, including seven No. 1s:

“Standing Next to You,” Jung Kook, No. 1 (one week to date), November 2023
“3D,” Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, No. 1 (one week), October 2023
“Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (seven weeks), July 2023
“Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2, April 2023
“Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023
“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 5, July 2022
“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 5, May 2022
“Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
“Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 9, December 2022
“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 10, November 2022
Jung Kook’s “Seven” rebounds 10-2 on the Global 200; Tate McRae’s “Greedy” returns to its No. 3 high from No. 7; Taylor Swift’s “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” falls to No. 4 a week after it debuted at No. 1; and Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” rises 8-5 after four weeks at the summit.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

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full orchestra in a living room is crazy 😍 this part 💔 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 ❤️‍🔥 2nd movement sunday dec 3 with @marte__official symphony orchestra and @gyu_mae in Changwon Sungsan Art All 🔥 . . #classicalmusic #rachmaninoff #piano #orchestra #romantic #music #concerto #rehearsal

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Que Talento Mas Bonito 😍 Comenta del 1 al 10 Cuanto te gusto ❤ Recuerden Seguirnos 🌟@latino_music_ Nuestro hastag para cover y reels. 🌟 #Latinomusicfamily 🌟 . . . #latinovocesfamily #familiavdm #talent #thegoodvoice #vocals #omgvoices #voice #hotvocals #singing #15secondcover #singingcover #musiclovers #instacover #1minutecover #musicianofinstagram #musicianlife #instamusician #musicislife #singerofinstagram #60secondcover #ilovemusic #brilliantmusicians #favoritesong #topvoices #bestvocals #talented #talentshow #lavoz

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"Groovy Seniors" - Forever Young! #ForeverYoung #GroovySeniors" "Proving age is just a number, these two are rewriting the Bingo rules with some funky moves to Kool & the Gang's classic hit! 🎶💃🕺 ...

Gone to soon…

Radcliffe Bailey, Artist Who Found Black History in the Everyday, Dies at 55 Using his family’s archive, piano keys, and more, he summoned his community’s past, present, and future.

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Rate their amazing performance 0-10🤩🤩🤩 All credits belong to the artist

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🎭✨🎭✨ @juliopannook 🚪🎞️ THE MIRROR by Alexandre Desplat Choreography by Travis Wall Performers: @robertroldan_ & @jt_church Via @instatituss #endorfinart #dancetheatre #contemporarydance #physicaltheatre #physicaltheater #performingarts #brechadereferencias #pesquisacontínua #biodance #danzaterapia #ecstaticdance #contactimprovisation #contactimprovisacion  #jam #paris #danzacontemporanea #pantomima #art #artistas #clown #monahatoum #artperformance #performenceart #postminamilism #politicalart #palestinianartist #palestinianart

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jean Knight, a New Orleans-born soul singer known for her 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff,” has died at 80.

Family, friends, fans and veterans of the music world mourned the loss of the Grammy-nominated singer who was considered a musical powerhouse and an integral part of New Orleans’ cultural legacy.

Knight died Wednesday of natural causes in Tampa, Florida, where she was living, said family representative Mona Giamanco. She confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Monday afternoon.

Jean Knight’s legacy is not just a musical one; it is a testament to the enduring love between an artist, her hometown and the fans who adored her,” the singer’s family said in a statement.

Knight got her start by singing in her cousin's New Orleans bar shortly after graduating from high school. In the early '70s she recorded “Mr. Big Stuff" — a sassy and soulful chart-topping anthem that became known for the infectious refrain of “Who do you think you are?”

The song reached No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 pop chart, earning Knight a Grammy nomination for best female R&B vocal performance in 1972. The Stax Museum of American Soul Music said in a news release that Knight was Stax Records' top-selling female artist.

Knight got her start by singing in her cousin's New Orleans bar shortly after graduating from high school. In the early '70s she recorded “Mr. Big Stuff" — a sassy and soulful chart-topping anthem that became known for the infectious refrain of “Who do you think you are?”

Following the success of “Mr. Big Stuff,” Knight went on to record several more albums — including ones that featured songs “(Don’t Mess With) My Toot Toot” and “Bill" — and formed her own label, Comstar.

Reginald Toussaint was an engineer for one of Knight's albums and even helped mix a song that his father — musical legend Allen Toussaint — wrote for it. Reginald Toussaint went on to become friends with Knight, whom he described as a “wonderful woman.”

“She was genuinely a nice person with a gentle spirit ... whenever I saw her she was always smiling,” said Toussaint, the executive director of production for the New Orleans Jazz Fest and Essence Music Festival.

Knight spent years touring and performing locally, both on large festival stages and in more intimate French Quarter venues.

In addition to her soulful, sassy and joyful performances, among family and friends she was known as a mother and grandmother who loved cooking Creole dishes and celebrating Mardi Gras.

Information about her funeral arrangements was not immediately available.

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Mr. Big Stuff

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Lyrics

Oh, yeah
Ooh
Mr. Big Stuff
Who do you think you are
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love
Now because you wear all those fancy clothes (oh yeah)
And have a big fine car, oh yes, you do now
Do you think I can afford to give you my love (oh yeah)
You think you're higher than every star above
Mr. Big Stuff
Who do you think you are
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love
Now I know all the girls I've seen you with
I know you broke their hearts one after another now, bit by bit
You made 'em cry, many poor girls cry
When they try to keep you happy, they just try to keep you satisfied
Mr. Big Stuff, tell me, tell me
Who do you think you are
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love
I'd rather give my love to a poor guy that has a love that's true (oh yeah)
Than to be fooled around and get hurt by you
'Cause when I give my love, I want love in return (oh yeah)
Now I know this is a lesson Mr. Big Stuff you haven't learned
Mr. Big Stuff, tell me
Who do you think you are
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna break my heart
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna make me cry
Mr. Big Stuff, tell me
Just who do you think you are
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna break my heart
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna make me cry
Mr. Big Stuff, tell me, tell me
Just who do you think you are
Mr. Big Stuff
You're never gonna get my love
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Carrol Washington / Ralph Williams / Joseph Broussard
Mr. Big Stuff lyrics © Malaco Music Co., Caraljo Music, Peermusic Iii Ltd

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The future is bright #jazzdance #jazzteacher #soproud 🥹

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We've compiled some of the best opera songs for you! Which opera is your favorite on this list? Comment below, please! 1- Queen of the Night • Diana Damrau 2- Nessun dorma • Luciano Pavarotti 3- O mio babbino • Maria Callas 4- Tra le procelle assorto • Samuel Mariño 5- Largo al factotum • Michael Spyres 6- Habanera • Anna Caterina Antonacci 7- Flower Duet • Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa Enjoy the music! ❤️ #opera #classicalmusic #operasinger #operalover #operasingers #operamusic #operasingersofinstagram

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Funk fusion improvisation in D minor, did you improvise today?

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Sometimes I just can’t believe this is really my life😆 I can not express how excited I am for this upcoming show with the @minnorch 🤩🤩🤩 I have done a lot of wild things with this music dream of mine but playing along side a grammy winning full symphonic orchestra is one of the most AMAZING 💖 This is going to be something incredible Do Not Miss This Show 🤘🏾 Grab your tickets here! (Or link in my bio) https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/live/nur-d/#performance-list 🎼 “Brighter Day” by Nur-D (me) prod. By Tone Jonez #nurd #nurdclub #mnorchestra #mn #mnmusic #mnmusicscene #mnhiphop #minneapolis #upandcomingartist #upandcomingrapper #hiphop #blackboyjoy

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HAITIAN DANCE "Yanvalou" choreographed by Ruth Beckford. Ruth Beckford toured professionally with the Katherine Dunham African Caribbean Dance Company at age 17 and was the first black student at the Anna Halprin/Welland Lathrop Dance Studio in San Francisco. She founded and directed the first city-funded recreational dance program in Oakland, worked with the Oakland Ensemble Theatre and has written or co-written three plays as well as a biography of Katherine Dunham. Yanvalou is the name given to a form of dance associated with Haitian Vodou, but it was originated in Benin, West Africa. In Haiti, Yanvalou is performed in a group as a prayer, invoking deities and moving the dancers to lose consciousness and enter into a state of trance. The dance movements can include wild spinning, undulation of the spine with the hands placed on bent knees.  [crudem.org] #blackdancehistory #ruthbeckford #haiti #haitiandance #yanvalou #historicaldance #blackdancearchives

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7-year-old Edward Yudenich conducts The student Orchestra of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. Do you all realize that he's memorized the score? For those that don't know, it means that he knows every note that everyone plays. He'a also a violinist and pianist! ✨ 🎼 "The Bat: Overture" by Johann Strauss #kidconductor #7yearsold #edwardyudenich #orchestraconductor #conductor #littlemusician #musicworld

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A visual and emotional connection to a modern artist paying tribute to MJ that is warm, generous and a very special treat for fans of Jung Kook and BTS. MMLA is a fan and is delighted to share this video.

Congratulations to Jung Kook and his team for making a fantastic debut album. The melding of jazz, R&B, RAP and K-POP is seamless and sensational. The choreography is exciting, dreamy and sophisticated with sexuality and grace.

Enjoy!

Audacy Live: Jung Kook Get ready to feel 'Golden'! Jung Kook is joining us for a very exciting Audacy Live to celebrate his new album 💜✨ Your new audio home for all the music, new...

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