#Leroy Burgess

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A-T-4 049 The Fantastic Aleems

The Fantastic Aleems were twins TaharQa Aleem and Tunde Ra Aleem, born Albert Allen and Arthur Allen. Their entry into the music business goes back to the 1960s when they sign to 'Fat' Jack Taylor's Rojac Record label in their native Harlem as The International GTO's. They didn't do much on the label but continued to have a friendship with Jack Taylor. Taylor would eventually open the Harlem World nightclub in 1978, the club would become synonymous with hip hop

I'm getting ahead of myself. Before Jimi Hendrix moves to England he's living and playing music with the Allen twins. Hendrix would visit when he was back in New York and suggested the Allen twins start a band called the Ghetto Fighters, they record with Hendrix and he's planning to produce their album but that is suddenly stopped short

By the time Prelude Records put out their eponymous album now as Prana People in 1977 the Allen twins had become the Aleem twins

In 1979 the twins began NIA Records. NIA put out their own records now as The Fantastic Aleems (usually with Leroy Burgess on vocals) as well as early influential hip hop, they produced the Harlem World Crew records and managed Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde and helped Marley Marl get started

It's 1984 and The Fantastic Aleems are now just Aleem and they put out Release Yourself which is a big hit for them. Leroy Burgess takes up lead vocals again and Marley Marl mixes the dub on the b-side. Paying respects to Tunde Ra Aleem after hearing of his death Marley Marl told the story how “Release Yourself” was his first venture into digital sampling on wax

Aleem - Release Yourself (Dub) For my middle aged UK audience, Electro 5

Aleem follow up Release Yourself with Get Loose. They are clearly similar and I've noticed Get Loose is fairly in the shade of Release Yourself nowadays. Get Loose was huge in the UK thanks to being released on Morgan Khan's Streetwave Records, it was written by Leroy Burgess and his cousin Sonny T Davenport

Aleem - Get Loose

Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets recorded a track that has some homophobic lyrics with the Aleems in 1984 as The Last Poet, it's called Super Horror Show - I prefer the instrumental which is ace just not on YouTube

The Last Poet - Super Horror Show

[johngarfieldtribute]

JULIE DOING "STUFF WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE (16th post in the series)

Julie and Ida Lupino are two dreamers who connect in THE SEA WOLF shown above. She WILL be into his vibe.

With Brenda Marshall in a scene from EAST OF THE RIVER. Brenda is NOT into him! Ugh!

In a scene from BETWEEN TWO WORLDS with Isobel Elsom. She is not into him as he is beneath her! Hmmpphh!

See! We didn’t always use plastic bags! Julie’s with Priscilla Lane and some groceries in DUST BE MY DESTINY. She IS into him.

Julie poses with Gloria Dickson in THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL. Of course. She is SO into him.

Julie with Frances Farmer in FLOWING GOLD. She flows hot and cold about being into him.

Looking over a script on the HUMORESQUE set with Joan Crawford and director, Jean Negulesco. Joan’s character is SUICIDALLY into him.

Last one! He is NOT into him. Julie is being given an ultimatum from Burgess Meredith in CASTLE ON THE HUDSON.

Julie and director, Anatole Litvak discuss a scene from CASTLE ON the HUDSON.

Find Julie (near left side) in this crowd celebrating at the first anniversary party for the Hollywood Canteen. Among those assembled for the photo along with Julie are Mervin LeRoy, Kay Keyser, Gracie Allen, George Burns, Bob Hope, Jane Wyman, and Hedy Lamarr. Where’s Bette Davis? Guess she took the photo. 😜

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Listen to Permutations 6/3/2023 byPermutations on hearthis.at

My WVUD playlist and stream, 6/3/2023

Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Renegades of Funk Aleem - Release Yourself feat. Leroy Burgess Two Sisters - Destiny Nevaris - Remedy Nicky Skopelitis - Proud Flesh Aïyb Dieng - Bôka Devotion Andrea Belfi - Exotica China Crisis - Feel to Be Driven Away Ferdi Schuster - Pulsing Gerardo Frisina - Gujarat ECHT! - Cheesecake Mandy, Indiana - Pinking Shears Skinny Pelembe - Oh, Silly George Modern Cosmology - Trauma Release Makes Free Nico Motte - The Burning sets The Selecter - Armchair Guevara Samuel Blaser - Chronicles Entoto Band - Tezalegn Yetentu VitcoRAMA - AfroRobot The Budos Band - Frontier's Edge Calibro 35 - Bolero! Root Soul - Solar Strut Speedometer - Minor Mirage Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Flute Salad

listen on Mixcloud listen on HearThis.at

[mikijamcf]

Happy Birthday to Leroy Burgess - Singer, Songwriter, Keyboardist, and Music Producer. Member of the group Black Ivory 🎂

[graemepark]

THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 22MAR24

THIS IS GRAEME PARK:

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 22MAR24

In this week’s Long Live House Radio Show:

Kerri Chandler feat. Christopher Gate-ah McCray

Jimpster feat. KingCrowney

Yuksek feat. Voyou & Paula

MuSol

Serge Santiago

Todd Terry & Cherrelle

Donna Summer x Green Velvet

Kelly G. x Candi Staton

Aleem feat. Leroy Burgess

Change

Mtume

Inner Life and more.

LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 22MAR24

Title (Mix), Artist

Heaven, Kerri Chandler feat. Christopher Gate-ah McCray

The Messiah, Unknown Artist

Helfy Mission, A.B. Habibi

Rise, Emotive Technology

The Passion (Atjazz Remix), Jimpster feat. KingCrowney

Hyprasensorial (Club Mix), Yuksek feat. Voyou & Paula

See What I'm All About, MuSol

Limit, Serge Santiago

Affair (Remix 2.5), Todd Terry & Cherrelle

I Feel Little Pills (Super Disco Club Rework), Donna Summer x Green Velvet

Power Of One, Kelly G. x Candi Staton

Secret Sunday Lover, Ignition

New Kind Of Medicine, Ultra Naté

Get Loose, Aleem feat. Leroy Burgess

A Lover's Holiday (Jim Burgess 12" Mix), Change

So You Wanna Be a Star? (Dave Lee's Disco Reblend), Mtume     

Murphy's Law (Cosmodelica Remix), Róisín Murphy

Situation (US Dub), Yazoo

I'll Be Waiting (Red Zone Mix), Clive Griffin

Listen Up (Raw Dance Mix), Listen Up feat. Tevin Campbell, Siedah Garrett, Karen White, Ice-T, Al B. Sure!, The Winans, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Big Daddy Kane, Melle Mel & Ray Charles

Moment Of My Life (Dimitri From Paris DJ Friendly Classic Re-Edit), Inner Life

Let No Man Put Asunder (Dr Packer Rework), First Choice

[daddyd0nt]

whats your top 10 favorite books?

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things- Jt Leroy

Sarah- Jt Leroy

Try- Dennis Cooper

Beloved- Toni Morrison

The Girl Next Door- Jack Ketchum

Marabou Stork Nightmare- Irvine Welsh

A Clockwork Orange- Anthony Burgess

120 Days of Sodom- De Sade

Flowers In The Attic- Vc Andrews

It- Stephen King

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Respect

Rating: PG-13

Director: Liesl Tommy

Cast: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Mary J. Blige, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Tate Donovan, Skye Dakota Turner, Heather Headley, Leroy McClain, Lodric D. Collins, Brenda Nicole Moorer

Release year: 2021

Genres: history, music, drama

Blurb: Aretha Franklin rises from a child singing in her father's church choir to international superstardom.

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The Dumfries Man "of Some Means”

By: Lisa Timmerman, Executive Director

While archaeologists located the foundations of the Dumfries courthouse (active 1762-1822), speculation remained over the existence of a jail. Based on historical context and a photograph, it is very possible the jail nestled beside the courthouse.

(Lee Lansing sketched and identified this image as "Dumfries Jail." He based it on the actual photograph)

When the Work Progress Administration agent, Susan Morton, compiled the required Historical Inventory of the Town of Dumfries and the surrounding region in 1937, she included the inventory of John Murray. She identified him as the “Goal Keeper of Dumfries,” (Gaol Keeper?) along with other interesting history nibbles:

“…and a man of some means. He had no children, but numerous God-children whom he remembered in his will, and there were several instances where the gift of slaves to various friends were recorded.

He owned a house on Hedgman Street, Dumfries. He had a brother, Hugh to whom he left fifty pounds, besides other property, and he also left the same amount to his God-children: Jane Carr Chapman, Jesse Ewell Carr, Leroy Ewell and Charlotte Ewell.”

While she provided the inventory, HDVI’s archives can provide a fuller picture of John Murray in a series of snapshots from his legislative and legal actions.

Assuming this is the same John Murray, he petitioned the Virginia House of Burgesses in the early 1760s, for his militia service.

“A petition of John Murray setting forth that in the year 1755, he was sent out with the militia drafted from the co. of P.W. & employed by their commanding officer as a blacksmith for the time he continued in that service which was 93 days, for which by the laws then in force he was entitled to 50lbs of tobacco per day, but that when the accounts of the milita of that county were settled by a late assembly, he was allowed only as a common solider.”

Although the House referred the petition to a committee, it was ultimately rejected. In the early 1770s, he appears again after devastating rains, floods and even fires, ravaged tobacco warehouses in Henrico, Chesterfield, Falmouth, and Quantico. By 1779, amendments to “An Act to continue and amend the act for staple of tobacco and preventing frauds” noted “…new warehouses shall be erected on the lots numbered 171 & 172 the property of John Murray, in the said town of Dumfries” with an order to “erect, build, and completely finish” in a year “so many strong, close and substantial houses, as shall be sufficient to contain at least a thousand hogshead of tobacco, at the said inspection of Dumfries…”

We next meet him in court on 11/03/1764, when he arranged a deed with Isaac Davis and William Tyler, both from PWC.

“…lease unto the said Isaac Davis & William Tyler during the term of two years from the tenth day of Oct. past his ordinary in the town of Dumfries now in their possession, together with the kitchen, meathouse, billiard Tables balls & the garden now pailed in together with the stable yard or horsepen adjoining thereto also the pasture now fenced in excepting & reserving  to the said John Murray his heirs sufficient ground for a garden for himself also hround for a garden convenient to the house now rented by Nathan White. No other ordinary shall be erected on said Lotts or tenement & that Murray shall have liberty of putting what horses or calves he keeps for his necessary use into the said pasture during the said term.”

The following year, he appeared in a deed with Matthew Gregg re: the deceased John Gregg’s property,

“and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien and confirm unto the said John Murray his heirs and assigns one certain tract or parcel of land containing Nine hundred and sixty seven acres being the whole devised to him by the last will and testament of John Gregg dec’d with all houses, edifices, buildings, gardens, orchards, woods, underwoods, ways, waters, watercourses, easements, profits, commodities, tenements and appurtenances…”

In the will of John Murray, 10/18/1782, he forcibly assigned his enslaved persons to relatives. His wife, Elizabeth Murray, received “Sall & her child Betty”. His brother, Hugh Murray, received “2 Negro man: Toney & Sharper after the term for which Solomon Ewell hath hired them.” Besides for people, he also noted his lands and specific items. “to John Murray, after death of my wife, the lands whereon my plantation is 820 acres. To William Gunyon the debts due from his father estate and he receive board, clothes, schooling from my estate until he arrives at age of 18 years.” In a codicil dated the same, he also noted “I desire that my exors. shall make a deed to John Shute for the two lotts which he purchased from me in Dumfries as he shall have fully paid up the sum for same. To David Forbes my estate in Maybole in Scotland provided my brs. Robert or William have not got possession thereof.”

Turning to his inventory, transcribed by Morton, ca. 1783, we can visualize some of the items in his possession at the time of death. His clothing included coats, waistcoats, jackets, shirts, and breeches. Notably, he preferred or had access to wine colored coats, shirts, and breeches along with owning blue breeches. Presumably his “two wigs” were white and not wine colored. Silver teapots decorated his home, along with a collection of books. He owned a Bible, Blackstone’s commentaries, Bailey’s Dictionary, Guthridge Grammar, Stark’s Justice, Virginia Laws, Earth Explained, History of George the Second, Letters on Patriotism, Traders Guide, Swift’s Works, and a “parcel of old books.”

(Rabbit Hole Moment: I could not definitively determine the author or full title of the book labeled “Earth Explained.” Many books on this topic appear in the decades following Murray’s death. However, James Hutton, a Scottish scientist known for his influential works on geology, is a possible contender as his treaties may have circulated before his more active publications commenced in 1785. Clarendon Press at Oxford published William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765-1770, were important to political theory and understanding as the four books were written to be read by more people than just very specific scholars. You can read The Right of Persons, The Right of Things, Of Private Wrongs, and Of Public Wrongs here! The Bible could also be a fantastic source to look through as people tended to write their lineages and family mementoes in them).

Murray probably appeared in other court records as he owned land and resources in PWC. However, these records show how divided information can be when researching family history. HDVI’s archival files added a layer of richness and complexity to the tapestry of Murray’s life, including the enslaved persons noted in his will. All the sources contribute a vital aspect to his life and the lives he impacted, whether through family connections, friends, or forced servitude. The information should aways be accessible and available if we want to continue uncovering new leads into the people living in and around the town of Dumfries.

Please Note: HDVI files only had transcribed copies of the original records. I was unable to examine the originals.

May Members First: Feel like taking an evening stroll in Dumfries with a refreshing cup of Italian Ice? Then join me on 05/27 at 6:30pm as we take a brief walk to the cemetery and courthouse with a focus on the Revolutionary War! Free but tickets required. Click here for the ticket link! We welcome all current and prospective members – no commitment to join!

(Sources: HDVI Archives; PWC Clerk’s Loose Papers, Vol 1., Selected Transcripts, 1741-1826, transcribed by Ron Turner, 2004)

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🛼#ArtIsAWeapon

NYC SKATERS & DANCERS @flippers.world community night relaunches with two legends - @louievega and #LeroyBurgess - next Tuesday, April 18.

Reserve your time to skate at www.flippers.world/skate/new-york#/date/2023-04-18/time//

Reposted from @flippers.world COMMUNITY NIGHT LAUNCH

Community night is back for season 2 with a very special opener featuring #NYC dance music legend, Louie Vega, who's dj career was inspired and influenced by his days rollerskating as a teenager going to Empire Roller Disco. He will be joined by special guest & legendary singer, Leroy Burgess, playing open to close from 6-10pm.

#Skaters #RollerJams #FlippersRollerBoogiePalace #RockefellerCenter #LouieVega #RollBounce

[queenbrittonelite]

Posted @withregram • @starsoulhalloffameawards Happy Soul Legend Birthday Stuart Bascombe / Black Ivory The group features songwriter and prolific disco producer Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe, and Russell Patterson. They were managed by Patrick Adams, an executive at the Today/Perception record company. Burgess was the lead voice of the majority of their hits in the early 1970s. With Today/Perception being a small label, the promotion of Black Ivory's singles scarcely got beyond the East Coast. This lack of exposure, coupled with the rise of disco and the fact Adams was beginning to branch out into other projects, caused Black Ivory to lose steam. Early in their career, Black Ivory's songs were covered by other artists on Today/Perception, a common practice with the label. Label-mates J.J. Barnes, The Eight Minutes, Debbie Taylor, and Lucky Peterson all covered Black Ivory tunes. The group recorded several uptempo songs in the disco vein, such as "Big Apple Rock," "Walking Downtown (On A Saturday Night)", "What Goes Around (Comes Around)" and, later, "Mainline" but, not being known for the style, they were unable to compete when disco became the dominant music style. While he was with Black Ivory, Burgess frequently collaborated with Adams in writing songs. He also wrote the groups' hit, "Mainline," which featured Russell Patterson on lead and was recorded while he was on hiatus from the group. In the last few years, the group has returned to the stage on the Oldies circuit, featuring all three original members, with Stuart Bascombe during most of the leads. In December 2011, they released a new CD called Continuum. #stuartbascombe #BlackIvory #StarSoulHallOfFameAwards https://www.instagram.com/p/CntAzdEN_ZX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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A-T-2 435 The True Meaning Of Leroy Burgess

Only my second Leroy Burgess post (A-T-2 053) I'm surprised! The tracks are classics of the highest order though

Well this one is Fonda Rae's Over Like A Fat Rat, written with Leroy Burgess's regular collaborators, his cousin Sonny T. Davenport and adopted brother James Calloway. It was produced by Bob Blank of Blank Tapes. Fonda Rae had been lead vocalist for the Patrick Adams' group Rainbow Brown

Fonda Rae - Over Like A Fat Rat

This post would be another dedicated to Burgess, Davenport, and Calloway if it wasn't for this record. Leroy Burgess had collaborated with the twin Aleem brothers on the incredible Hooked On You Love in 1979, NIA Records first release. I've posted another Aleem track here, Cosmic Glide by Captain Rock A-T-2 299. The Aleems write and produce Get Down Friday Night, and that sounds like Patrick Adams on the keyboard. It would be 1984's Release Yourself that goes stratospheric (in the UK at least) for Leroy Burgess and Aleem

The Fantastic Aleems featuring Leroy Burgess - Get Down Friday Night

Convertion were a Leroy Burgess studio group with the afore mentioned Sonny T. Davenport and James Calloway with Burgess's Renee J.J. Burgess and Dorothy Terrell adding background vocals, Greg Carmichael produces. Their first record Let's Do It for Sam Records is one of my favourites and a massive hit. Leroy Burgess talks about Convertion in his Red Bull Music Academy interview, I think. The same group recorded as Logg for Salsoul Records. Fonda Rae's Over Like A Fat Rat (above) was recorded for Vanguard, Vanguard also wanted a Conversion record and they got Sweet Thing. Apparently it was a favourite with Frankie Knuckles

Convertion - Sweet Thing

Weekend was originally recorded by Patrick Adams Presents Phreek in 1978. The track was written by Leroy Burgess and James Calloway and produced by Patrick Adams. The Class Action version came out in 1983 but Christine Wiltshire is the only original member involved with that recording. I think the Bad Girls version is the case, it's Began Cedric, percussionist Bashiri Johnson, and Tee Scott mixing like many other Began Cedric cover versions

Bad Girls featuring Best Scott - Weekend

This is another Leroy Burgess associated track. He has nothing to with the track itself but it's here (because it's ace) because Kleeer is the Patrick Adams/Leroy Burgess/Greg Carmichael associated act the Universal Robot Band who had the 1982 Leroy Burgess/Sonny T. Davenport/James Calloway written hit Barely Breaking Even. BBE has Leroy Burgess on lead vocals. As I've said though Kleeer was a non Adams/Burgess/Carmichael project, same musicians led by Woody Cunningham. Taste The Music was their fifth studio album.

Kleeer - Taste The Music

It's just been announced Leroy Burgess's uncle Thom Bell has passed away. I've shared a track from the Denice Willams album Bell worked on in 1982 here A-T-2 343. Not only was Them Bell one of the cornerstones of the Philly sound but (like Curtis Mayfield) he was loved by Jamaicans and there are a lot of reggae versions of his records. Break Up To Make Up originally recorded by The Stylistics, in JA by Junior Byles and The Heptones recorded versions and in 1982 Delroy Wilson records his version

Delroy Wilson - Make Up To Break Up

This is a rarity, released in Malaysia in 1982 it's an album of covers including Dee Dee Bridgewater's Thom Bell penned and produced Lonely Disco Dancer

[landhoe-norris]

What the actual fuck is wrong with Leroy Burgess in the comments?

"that mclaren is illegal." no it isn't. lando just has the skills. if ur driver has a skill issue just say that 🤷‍♀️

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(1979, Buddah Records, DSC 132)

[mikijamcf]

Russell Patterson

HAPPY 69th BIRTHDAY Russell Patterson, singer and founding member of the R&B group Black Ivory. The group features Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe, and Russell Patterson. The group had a number of hits in the 1970s, including "Don't Turn Around", "You and I" (which featured Larry Blackmon from Cameo on drums), "I'll Find a Way (The Loneliest Man in Town)", "Spinning Around", "What Goes Around (Comes Around)", "Will We Ever Come Together", and "Mainline" which featured Russell Patterson on lead and was recorded while he was on hiatus from the group