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The Whispers formed in 1964 in Watts, California. The original members included the twin brothers, Scotty (Wallace) and Walter Scott, along with Gordy Harmon, Marcus Hutson and Nicholas Caldwell. In 1973, Harmon was replaced by former Friends of Distinction member Leaveil Degree. Scotty Scott’s fluid, melodic voice is featured on virtually all of their hits.
The group scored many hits on the R&B and Billboard Hot 100 charts throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and they hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1980 with “And the Beat Goes On ” (not to be confused with Sonny and Cher’s “The Beat Goes On”) / “Can You Do the Boogie” / “Out the Box”. In 1987, they enjoyed a brief tenure in the Top 40 when “Rock Steady” became their first Top 10 success on the Hot 100 (it reached #7) while also capturing the #1 spot on the R&B chart.
Although they recorded mainly in Philadelphia in the early to mid 70s, most of their studio work has been in Los Angeles. Their most successful period was in the 1980s with Solar Records (Sound Of Los Angeles Records), run by their manager at the time, Dick Griffey. The Whispers later founded their own Black Tie record label.
Marcus Hutson left the group in 1992 due to illness. According to the Whispers’ website, when Hutson died in 2000 they vowed to never replace him, and now perform as a quartet.
Emergency reached #22 on the R&B charts in 1982.
The Diva in Ann Coulter

Nobody's Opinoin: What do Lady Gaga, Arianna Huffington, and Ann Coulter have in common besides wonderfully full and pretty hair? They are all DIVA's and you can't take any of them seriously.
Ann Coulter took that screaming angry conservative siren image ...the image that all the liberals have been claiming she actually is, to a whole new level this past last week. She attacked Joseph Farrah, the good editor of WorldNet Daily with such adolescent verbosity you would have thought she was Paris Hilton complaining about the dirty door mats inside her limo.
And why? Is there a DIVA virus going around?
Mr. Farrah has given MS Coulter a very high and wonderful throne in which to express her opinions, which are mostly about Washington politics. I know, that's where I discovered her.
The argument seems to be a "personal" one, in which she says, he says, who says, and it really doesn't matter at this point who's trust was betrayed, but what does matter, is the classless way in which Ann is handling the matter.
She went to the old liberal playbook of calling names. She called Mr. Farrah, a "Swine. Publicity Whore." and my personal favorite: "Fake Christian."
I never knew there was such a thing. So--- does that mean there are fake Muslims, fake liberals, fake conservatives, and fake intellectual female conservative pundits? I guess when all you do is contemplate fake patriotic politicians for so long, it rubs off on your DIVA psyche, and you can't tell a fake Christian (Obama) from a real Christian (Farrah) even if Jesus came down from the cross and pointed him out to you.
Ann's outrage from being canceled from Farrah's upcoming conference, "Taking America Back Nationally" was almost orgasmic. Evidently she saw nothing wrong with the fact that she would be hosting a big GOP-Gay festival, and in her opinion, that it was a Christian thing to do, and that it should not affect any future monetary engagements.
Ann argues that she has and will talk just about anywhere, therefore, what's the beef? Just book another gig there, Ms. Coulter.
Pretty stupid way to make a point for a woman of Ann's intelligence, so..what's going on? Is she really...gay? Does she, like Dick Chaney, have gay members of her family? Does she believe that gays should marry?
Then have the bag of tricks to say so. Say, "Mr. Farrah, I believe in gay marriage, but because you do not, I can see we have a problem...thanks anyway for the invitation."
Or say, "I am a proud member of the Republican Party, and this year we MUST embrace the gays, and I intend to tow the party line."
That's class. But, that's not...DIVA.
And why does she get so gaga over all the birthers? Seriously. I often wonder, if Ann is actually a constitutional Harvard lawyer. My God...is she faking it? I mean, here's a woman who spent almost a decade decimating the Clintons', and then, in the last election, she puts her vote behind the very villain she made millions off of...Hillary Clinton.
Where's the logic in that? She just erased every single thing she had said up to that point.
The American people are tired of flip-floppers. Mr. Farrah had a right to cancel her from the talk. He was trying to promote his agenda. It's his right. Ann, can say that she speaks everywhere, which pretty much makes her up for sale, and that's her right.
But for her to attack him with such melodramatic Diva-ness, means we must look for the reason: I think Joseph might know the answer.
He said it himself, on WND, in 1997:
"There's not a dime's worth of difference between the two major parties today, and that's a tragedy for our nation."
Joseph, is an American independent thinker. Ann...is a Republican, which means...she works for the boys in the global-market of selling politics.
It's a tragedy to the nation, when one of its most brilliant essayist makes a banana- head out of herself by attacking a good man with frivolous remarks.
Joseph Farrah is more close to the real Americans in this country. He has always stood by the constitution, and still has the decency to give Ann a format.
So--can a publicity whore fake an orgasm? Can Lady Ga-Ga hang from the ceiling without losing her hat? Can Arianna Huffington stop being such a idiot?
Can a die-hard Grateful Dead fan actually claim tht she is a true conservative?
I'd say...she's faking it.
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For those of you new to B&R, we have been nominated in three categories as 2010 Black Weblog Awards Finalists and for that we thank our loyal readers (yes, that was a suck up).
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10 Days Left To Vote
For those of you new to B&R, we have been nominated in three categories as 2010 Black Weblog Awards Finalists and for that we thank our loyal readers (yes, that was a suck up).
The nominations:
BEST POLITICAL OR NEWS BLOG
BEST WRITING IN A BLOG
BLOG OF THE YEAR
Please visit the 2010 Black Weblog Awards Finalist Form.
Voting ends August 31; winners to be announced on September 1.
The B&R Saturday Edition

Leaked WH Memo Advises Dems How to Spin Obamacare
New Dem message: ‘Improve’ health care, don’t talk cost
The Democrat explanation when faced with their own bullshit: act like we didn’t catch it
Obama had facts wrong about visit here
This president is more fact-challenged than norm
Canadian Muslim alleges imam made threatening call
Muslims, threats? That would NEVER happen…
Musician John Legend Compares Disapproval Of Ground Zero Mosque To Opinions On Segregation in 1960′s
I sense a few iPod deletions will be made today
People who hate Obama are more apt to think he’s Muslim
Analyzing WH Spokesman Burton’s Statement on the President’s Faith
Unlike the sycophantic media, The People need more from Obama than just his word
Obama now blames poor job numbers on congressional inaction. Wait! His party runs Congress
Childish and stupid
‘Ground Zero’ imam on Mideast tour to make Islam ‘Americanized’
Just what we need, McMosques
As Russians Move In and Flourish, Resentment Follows
My consistent gripe that immigrants try and turn America into that which they fled
Murdoch gives $1 million to GOP; Let’s look at who gets campaign cash from NBC, CBS, ABC execs, shall we?
That’s an easy one
Scientists Simulate Boston Subway Terror Attack
And some media boneheads will make the results public
Barney Frank gets it, but does Obama?
I don’t think Frank really does ‘get it’. He just wants to save his own job
Why Political Sage Sees GOP Romp in November
Because Democrats and their left don’t ‘get it’ and are stuck with ‘it’
Lies to cover up crime often draw charges
Rod Blagojevich broke, so taxpayers would pay for defense in retrial
Again, who is Congress to investigate lies?
Possible Flaw Could Turn Clemens Case, Expert Says
The “flaw” is called politics
35 with ties to gangs arrested in Las Vegas area, face deportation
I wonder how many came from Arizona?
Gov’t: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban
Drop from that “jobs created” list
Clinton Administration’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
When Hillary starts stumping on national defense, let’s talk ChinaGate
Kenya calls U.S. asylum for Obama aunt an embarrassment
Kenyans Scoff At Obama Aunt’s Claim That She Fears For Her Life
Whole lot of scoffin’ goin’ on at this administration from those they diss
With consumers slow to spend, businesses are slow to hire
And few know what Obama has in store for them next
US turns up the heat over Megrahi as Scots turn against release decision
Maybe the US should have turned up the heat BEFORE he was freed…?
ShoreBank, praised by Democrats, closed Friday by regulators
Again calling into question just what politicians really know about finance
‘Butcher’ rumours rattle Baghdad
Didn’t a similar thing happen when we hastily withdrew from Vietnam?
Sheriff nixes $54M from feds in immigration flap
This administration was billed as “smarter”
Nurses bare all in recruitment campaign
When you’re all sickly, not looking your best in a hospital bed, why would you want a sexy nurse?
Prosecutors Eye WikiLeaks Charges
I’m not sure how much confidence we should have in federal prosecutors of late
This Week’s ‘Al Gore Jr. Award for Environmental Hypocrisy’ Goes To…
…Prince Charles, who is urging Britons to “snub the tub” and give up baths and instead take showers — very short showers.
That’s right — the man whose polo ponies farts are responsible more carbon emissions most of our cars give off in an entire year is lecturing about global warming again.
Here’s the Prince’s request, which does Al Gore proud:
He [Charles] said: ‘We must all strive, harder than ever before, to convince people that by living sustainably we will improve our quality of life and our health and by valuing nature’s resources properly, we will secure all our futures.’
[...]
Last year Charles, cut carbon emissions by 4 per cent at his four households and increased the use of renewable energy to 22 per cent.
Four percent at four homes? Whoa! Prince Charles’ argument is now “I’ve got a total of 22 bathrooms, 21 of which I’m never showering in on any given day — that’s a 99.1 percent cutback in usage. I hope you can give something back like I am!”
The jet-set Prince also seems to believe, in a fit of messianic delusion, that he was put on this earth to save the world from global warming. In fact, between Prince Charles and Sir Gore of Hypocrisia, they’re doing nothing but perpetuating a problem for which a solution must be sought — which all good scam artists do.
Blogo, Mezvinsky, Clintons: Fine Criminal Traditions…






