<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620</id><updated>2008-11-16T15:14:25.158-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Night Prowl Show</title><subtitle type='html'>Weeknights from 7-Midnight EST/4-9pm PST NATIONWIDE over XM Satellite Radio's 50s on 5.  Prowl around the back alleys of early rock n' roll and rhythm &amp; blues with Matt The Cat.  It's nothing like you've ever heard on radio before.</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/nightprowl.html'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mattthecat.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>336</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-8969185941427706566</id><published>2008-11-07T13:13:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T13:58:46.218-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Night Cat Fight - 11/7/08</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;This week's Friday Night Cat Fight is a clash of R&amp;amp;B titans....that crosses the Atlantic!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://mattthecat.com/AmericanFlag.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px" alt="" src="http://mattthecat.com/AmericanFlag.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;VS&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mattthecat.com/BritishFlag.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 116px" alt="" src="http://mattthecat.com/BritishFlag.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/FridayNightCatFight.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Vote now....HERE at MattTheCat.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/8969185941427706566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=8969185941427706566&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/8969185941427706566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/8969185941427706566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/11/friday-night-cat-fight-11708.html' title='Friday Night Cat Fight - 11/7/08'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-1528654046125515815</id><published>2008-10-30T23:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T00:01:26.423-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Halloween Friday Night Cat Fight On The Scary Web!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;The Halloween Friday Night Cat Fight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p class="style147" align="left"&gt;The Night Prowlers have spoken loud and clear. You want the Friday Night Cat Fight to continue on the web and so it shall. Thanks so much for your tremendous response to the Cat Fight's "test" week. I had over 600 hits to the Cat Fight web page and 241 votes. This was larger than any Cat Fight ever held on XM Radio. I am so thrilled that the Cat Fight continues to make prowlers happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="style147" align="left"&gt;This week's Friday Night Cat Fight highlights the greatest teenage tragedy song of them all and represents a first in Cat Fight history as I go out of the realm of the 1950s and early 60s. Every Halloween on The Night Prowl Show, I'd feature "Death By Teenage", my tribute to teenage tragedy songs. This Halloween, we may not have a Night Prowl Show and tons of teenage tragedy songs and ghost stories, but at least we have a Friday Night Cat Fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style147" align="left"&gt;Remember, the voting doesn't close on these new Cat Fights, so check back often to see who's in the lead. Vote any time you like (if you're a purist, you might wait til 10pm EST before voting like back in the old days). To see this week's Friday Night Cat Fight, please click &lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/FridayNightCatFight.html"&gt;HERE! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style147" align="left"&gt;Enjoy the segment and remember on Tuesday, November 4th to get out there and vote for the one you dig the most as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style147" align="left"&gt;Keep on prowlin', Cats n' Kittens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style151" align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Have a spooky, soulful, safe and Happy Halloween!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style147" align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matt The Cat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style147" align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mattthecat@mattthecat.com"&gt;Email Matt The Cat &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style98" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/1528654046125515815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=1528654046125515815&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1528654046125515815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1528654046125515815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/10/halloween-friday-night-cat-fight-on.html' title='Halloween Friday Night Cat Fight On The Scary Web!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-1994575890986194877</id><published>2008-10-24T17:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-24T17:11:21.348-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Night Cat Fight To Hit The Web!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Friday Night Cat Fight RETURNS...sort of!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to popular demand, I've decided to give the "world famous" Friday Night Cat Fight a try on the internet. If this "test" Cat Fight is successful, I'll consider doing Friday Night Cat Fights every week on the internet. We don't need XM to have a Friday Night Cat Fight, do we? I say, NO WAY! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One advantage to the internet version of the Cat Fight is that no one will be shut out due to the overloading of the phone lines, which was often the problem with the Satellite Cat Fight. So, click on this link, &lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/FridayNightCatFight.html"&gt;Friday Night Cat Fight&lt;/a&gt; and listen to the audio file of the 2 songs competing for your vote this week. After you listen to the audio file, go back to your web browser and choose the version of the song you dig the most, from the simple poll beneath the audio file link. Good luck and happy Cat Fighting. The voting doesn't end, so we'll keep a running tally as the days and weeks pass. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please let me know if you like this version of the Cat Fight and if I should continue doing it on the web each week? &lt;a href="mailto:mattthecat@mattthecat.com"&gt;Email here at mattthecat.com. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/1994575890986194877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=1994575890986194877&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1994575890986194877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1994575890986194877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/10/friday-night-cat-fight-to-hit-web.html' title='Friday Night Cat Fight To Hit The Web!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-1298657068358100168</id><published>2008-10-16T19:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T19:58:46.693-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Keep On Prowlin'!</title><content type='html'>Dear Night Prowlers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As many of you know, last night (Oct 15th) was my final Night Prowl Show with XM Satellite Radio's 50s on 5. I hosted the Night Prowl for 7 years and 4 months and it was the greatest experience of my life. Getting to know each of you and share some of the greatest music ever made was something that I will never forget. During the Night Prowl, we got to meet some of the legends of Rock n' Roll (Sonny Burgess, Dale Hawkins, Lloyd Price, Billy Vera etc) and share a lot of good times and great stories. We danced, we laughed and we cried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night as I was packing up the studio, I played some of Yum Yum's annual Christmas poems and even found some of Cross Country Kelly's old phone calls. Now, she's my wife and we are very happy together. Believe me, XM gave me as much as it gave you, if not a little more. I met my wife because of XM and it was XM that gave me the freedom to do what I do and to truly be myself. Every scream, every yell and every "Lawd have MERCY!" came from a real place deep down in my heart and soul. I meant everything I said. I felt it for real and in turn, I think you felt it too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But alas, all good things must come to an end and we did have a very good run. Sirius XM has had to make some serious cuts in staff and that is why they have let me go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honestly, I have no idea what I am going to do next. I'd love to end up in a major radio market somewhere and I hope syndication may also be an option someday soon. I've often told people that there is NOTHING like the feeling you get from being LIVE on the radio. It's an indescribable feeling. Thank you for being a part of that for so many years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please check my website often for updates. I will also keep this update list active, and will contact you all again when I have some good news. Now that I have some free time, I think I'm gonna update the website and add many new items, including complete playlists for every Harlem show that ever aired. Speaking of Harlem, I hear that XMX (Channel 2) will be running Harlem shows all weekend, but I'm not certain about that. Check it out as it will probably be your last chance to hear the show that was the light of my life. I have more pride for my Harlem shows than most everything else I've ever done. I'll also be adding more interviews to my online archive so check that often as well (&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/Interview.html"&gt;http://www.mattthecat.com/Interview.html&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's hard to say goodbye, so let me quote the great Neil Young when I say, "It's better to burn out than to fade away". Last night, we burned out (like a radio tube), but we will NEVER fade away. Keep your ears open and I'm sure you'll hear Matt The Cat yelling and howlin' from somewhere. Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for helping me to keep Rhythm &amp;amp; Blues, Rock n' Roll, Rockabilly and Doo Wop alive. You can't kill the good stuff. We shall meet again, my Prowlers, just never forget your "fury leader".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And remember, you got to keep PROWLIN' and don't EVER stop. Because the day you stop prowlin', will sho' enough be the day you die".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love and soul,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt The Cat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mattthecat@mattthecat.com"&gt;Email Matt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/MattatXM.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.mattthecat.com/MattatXM.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/1298657068358100168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=1298657068358100168&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1298657068358100168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1298657068358100168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/10/keep-on-prowlin.html' title='Keep On Prowlin&apos;!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-3868210363739465123</id><published>2008-09-26T01:43:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-26T01:44:55.167-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week of 9/29/08 - Atlantic Records Story: Pt. 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;We remember&lt;/span&gt; Atlantic Records &lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;co-founder&lt;/span&gt; Ahmet Ertegun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cccccc;"&gt;... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt; Atlantic Records &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#c0c0c0;"&gt;Story&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/upload/0/09/AtlanticTipitina.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/upload/0/09/AtlanticTipitina.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Part One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Atlantic Records&lt;/span&gt; was the most important R&amp;amp;B record label of all time. This week on Harlem, you'll get the back story on how &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Atlantic&lt;/span&gt; signed Ruth Brown, The Clovers &amp;amp; Professor Longhair through a vintage interview with the late &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Atlantic co-founder Ahmet Ertegun&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Atlantic&lt;/span&gt; began in late 1947 with a number of killer jazz releases before they scouted out and signed their R&amp;amp;B talent; Ray Charles, Chuck Willis &amp;amp; Ivory Joe Hunter. This is &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PART ONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of a two part series on &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Atlantic Records&lt;/span&gt;, only on &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HARLEM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Harlem airs on the 50s on 5:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;Monday 9/29 @ 1pm over Washington, DC&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday Night 9/30 at 9pm PST &amp;amp; midnight EST&lt;br /&gt;Friday 10/3 @ 6pm over Boston&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 10/5 @ 11am over NYC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/3868210363739465123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=3868210363739465123&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3868210363739465123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3868210363739465123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/09/harlem-week-of-92908-atlantic-records.html' title='Harlem - Week of 9/29/08 - Atlantic Records Story: Pt. 1'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-5888556453824657086</id><published>2008-09-22T11:23:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-22T11:51:32.910-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nappy Brown &amp; Earl Palmer - R.I.P.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.mattthecat.com/EarlPalmer.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nappy Brown&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;1929 - 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://mattthecat.com/Nappy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://mattthecat.com/Nappy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Napoleon Culp, better known to the world as Nappy Brown passed away over the weekend, just a few week's shy of his 79th birthday. Nappy was born on October 12, 1929 in Charlotte, NC and raised on the spiritual sound of gospel music. As a young man, he sang in the local Charlotte gospel group, the Heavenly Lights. He was signed to Savoy Records in 1954 and switched over to secular rhythm &amp;amp; blues. Nothing sounded like Nappy's "Don't Be Angry" when it hit the air in 1955. Nappy told me that Ray Charles didn't release his version of "The Right Time" until Nappy's version had "cooled" off. Ray's would become the standard, but it is heavily based on Nappy's interpretation of the song. I had the privilege of interviewing Nappy last October as he promoted his fantastic new album "Long Time Coming". Shortly after the album's release, Nappy became very sick and his health only deteriorated from there. I'll be playing back that interview as we honor the late, great Nappy Brown tonight on the Night Prowl Show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Earl Palmer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;1924 - 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mattthecat.com/EarlPalmer.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://mattthecat.com/EarlPalmer.jpg"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://mattthecat.com/EarlPalmer.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Billy Vera says of Earl Palmer, "... a good guy and maybe the greatest studio drummer of them all." That's a great way to sum up Earl Palmer in one sentence. He died in his Los Angeles home after a long illness on Friday, September 19 at the age of 84.&lt;br /&gt;He was a great studio drummer during the early to mid 1950s in New Orleans, playing on almost everything Fats Domino, Little Richard and Smiley Lewis cut. He worked on hundreds of sessions at Cosimo Matassa's famous J&amp;amp;M studios in New Orleans. By the mid-1950s, he decided to give LA a try, which he soon conquered. Palmer appeared on records by Eddie Cochran, Frank Sinatra, Ike &amp;amp; Tina's "River Deep, Mountain High" and even the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling". So, as you can see, Billy Vera was right on the money when he said that Earl Palmer may possibly be the greatest studio drummer of them all. Now, that's a backbeat I can dig. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earl was inducted into The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame as a sideman in 2000. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will feature some of Earl's best studio drumming on tonight's Night Prowl Show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/5888556453824657086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=5888556453824657086&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5888556453824657086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5888556453824657086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/09/nappy-brown-earl-palmer-rip.html' title='Nappy Brown &amp; Earl Palmer - R.I.P.'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-1539291685120423429</id><published>2008-09-17T22:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-20T10:12:41.116-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week of 9/22/08 - Savory Records Story w/ Billy Vera</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;This week Billy Vera co-hosts as Harlem features...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.colorradio.com/Pictures/MickeyAndSylvia/sylvia_little_boy_savoy.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.colorradio.com/Pictures/MickeyAndSylvia/sylvia_little_boy_savoy.gif" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The Savoy Records Story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;Savoy Records is primarily known as a jazz label (with such artists as Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus and Lester Young on its roster), however, Savoy made quite a contribution to 1950s R&amp;amp;B and Rock n' Roll as well. This week, music historian, singer and all around groovy guy, Billy Vera co-hosts the show with Matt The Cat to bring you the amazing story behind the story of this legendary record label.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Catch Harlem on the 50s on 5:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993300;"&gt;Monday 9/22 @ 1pm over Newark, NJ, where Savoy Records was founded.&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 9/23 @ 9pm over Dolphins of Hollywood and Midnight over Times Square Records&lt;br /&gt;Friday 9/26 @ 6pm over Augusta, GA&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 9/28 @ 11am over Charlotte, NC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/1539291685120423429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=1539291685120423429&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1539291685120423429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1539291685120423429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/09/this-week-billy-vera-co-hosts-as-harlem.html' title='Harlem - Week of 9/22/08 - Savory Records Story w/ Billy Vera'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-2887639104595330327</id><published>2008-09-11T14:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T14:45:19.704-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 9/15/08 - Nappy Brown!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Nappy Brown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Nappy-Brown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Nappy-Brown.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;Matt The Cat interviews one of rhythm and blues’ living legends, Nappy Brown. He was there for the rock n’ roll revolution and did his part with his mid-1950s hits for Herman Lubinsky’s Savoy Record Label. He tells the story behind the story of R&amp;amp;B classics like “Don’t Be Angry”, “The Right Time” (which he cut before Ray Charles), “Little By Little” and “Open Up That Door”, as well as some revealing tales of what it was like to tour in the 1950s and work with the miserly Lubinsky. Don’t miss Nappy Brown, all week on Harlem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs On The 50s On 5:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Monday 9/15 at 1pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 9/16 at 9pm PT – midnight ET&lt;br /&gt;Friday 9/19 at 6pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 9/21 at 11am ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/2887639104595330327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=2887639104595330327&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/2887639104595330327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/2887639104595330327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/09/harlem-week-of-91508-nappy-brown.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 9/15/08 - Nappy Brown!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-3398466993341938147</id><published>2008-09-05T13:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-05T13:03:25.353-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 9/8/08 - Nashville R&amp;B!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Harlem Takes A Trip...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Nashville Rhythm &amp;amp; Blues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/wlac/images/excello.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.geocities.com/~jimlowe/wlac/images/excello.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Nashville has always been known as the home of country music, but this week HARLEM turns Music City into a rhythm &amp;amp; blues mecca. After all, Nashville was the home of one of R&amp;amp;B's greatest labels, Excello Records. You'll dig great sides from Arthur Alexander, Rudy Green and Gene Allison just to name a few. It's Nashville like you've never heard it before, this week on HARLEM. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs on the 50s:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Monday 9/8 @ 1pm and noon in Nashville&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 9/9 @ 9pm over LA &amp;amp; Midnight over NYC&lt;br /&gt;Friday 9/12 @ 6pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 9/14 @ 11am EST&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/3398466993341938147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=3398466993341938147&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3398466993341938147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3398466993341938147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/09/harlem-week-of-9808-nashville-r.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 9/8/08 - Nashville R&amp;B!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-3598600493366979989</id><published>2008-09-03T13:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-05T12:57:36.992-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dale Hawkins on Night Prowl!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/DaleHawkins.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.mattthecat.com/DaleHawkins.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Lvq1G-hR9Gc/SAa6aMnbNYI/AAAAAAAAIN4/S6r7prRJCqY/filename53.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"&gt;DALE HAWKINS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;The great Dale Hawkins joins Matt The Cat for an incredible Night Prowl Show on Tuesday, September 9th at 8pm ET. Dale will share stories about the wild days of early rock n' roll and what it was like recording iconic classics like "Suzie Q", "Don't Treat Me This Way", "Cross-Ties" and "La Do Dada" just to name a few. The Rock &amp;amp; Roll Tornado, Dale Hawkins blows into the Night Prowl Show this Tuesday! Don't miss it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/3598600493366979989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=3598600493366979989&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3598600493366979989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3598600493366979989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/09/dale-hawkins-on-night-prowl.html' title='Dale Hawkins on Night Prowl!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-5596125716619771545</id><published>2008-08-29T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-29T12:35:05.640-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 9/1/08 - Jesse Belvin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;The Smooth!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Soulful!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Man Behind The HITS "Goodnight My Love" and "Guess Who"!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;c&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Great!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jesse Belvin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/c&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/JBelvin-760364.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/JBelvin-754003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;He's one of the greatest songwriters of all time, but you'd never know since he sold most of his copyrights for a couple of hundred dollars in quick cash. This week, Matt The Cat brings you the story behind the story on the late, great Jesse Belvin. We'll dig deep in the vaults to pull out records he did with Marvin Phillips (who would go on to form Marvin &amp;amp; Johnny) and Eugene Church (as The Cliques). He's the heart and soul of LA R&amp;amp;B and this week, he's on HARLEM!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs on XM 50s on 5:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;Monday 9/1 @ 1pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 9/2 @ 9pm in LA &amp;amp; Midnight in NYC&lt;br /&gt;Friday 9/5 @ 6pm in Baltimore&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 9/7 @ 11am in Miami&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/5596125716619771545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=5596125716619771545&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5596125716619771545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5596125716619771545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/08/harlem-week-of-9108-jesse-belvin.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 9/1/08 - Jesse Belvin'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-2492941974437363488</id><published>2008-08-21T13:08:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-21T13:09:33.138-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 8/25/08 - King Records Story, Pt. 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;KING RECORDS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Story&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/kingpt2-767839.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/kingpt2-766540.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Matt The Cat finishes his review of &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The King Records R&amp;amp;B Story&lt;/span&gt; with part 2 of 2 on this week's Harlem. We'll dig deep in the vaults and shine the spotlight on the great vocal groups, band leaders and blues shouters that came out of the &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;King&lt;/span&gt; label before the rock n' roll "explosion" of the mid-1950s. You'll hear Little Willie John, Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris, Roy Brown, The "5" Royales, The Swallows and many more. Only &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;King Records&lt;/span&gt; spin on my turntable this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs on XM-5:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Monday, 8/25 @ 1pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, 8/26 @ 9pm PST &amp;amp; midnight EST&lt;br /&gt;Friday, 8/29 @ 6pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, 8/31 @ 11am EST</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/2492941974437363488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=2492941974437363488&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/2492941974437363488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/2492941974437363488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/08/harlem-week-of-82508-king-records-story.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 8/25/08 - King Records Story, Pt. 2'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-9205531666594637553</id><published>2008-08-15T12:20:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-15T12:48:56.251-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jerry Wexler - R.I.P.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://mattthecat.com/JerryWexler.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://mattthecat.com/JerryWexler.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;Jerry Wexler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;1917 - 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Jerry Wexler was one of those rocks in our business. It was like he was always there and now at age 91, the great record man, producer, journalist Jerry Wexler has left this Earth. In the 1940s he was an accomplished music journalist for Billboard Magazine, coining the phrase "rhythm and blues" to describe black recordings. Up to this point, Billboard referred to its black records chart as "race records" or even worse, "sepia records". Jerry found a phrase that was not only more musically descriptive, but also far less insulting and divisive. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder of Atlantic Records brought Jerry Wexler in to replace his departing partner, Herb Abramson in the early 1950s. Under Wexler and Ertegun, the label continued to thrive as Ray Charles hit his creative peak and R&amp;amp;B slowly turned into soul music. During the mid-1960s, Ertegun began to focus more on signing the rock n' roll acts (Cream, The Young Rascals, Led Zeppelin) while Jerry stayed true to his R&amp;amp;B/Soul roots. He produced some of the greatest soul records of all time for the likes of Aretha Franklin and worked closely with the musicians of Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL and Stax in Memphis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;He published one of the greatest books on the music biz in "Rhythm &amp;amp; The Blues: A Life In American Music". Jerry Wexler was a true American music pioneer and should always be remembered for his great contribution to the art form we love so much. I bet Ray Charles is filling Jerry in on all that's gone on as they jam in that place where all the great spirits go. Jerry Wexler, R.I.P.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-Matt The Cat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/9205531666594637553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=9205531666594637553&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/9205531666594637553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/9205531666594637553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/08/jerry-wexler-rip.html' title='Jerry Wexler - R.I.P.'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-1780609687591155426</id><published>2008-08-14T15:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T15:13:28.845-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 8/18/08 - King Records Story - Pt. 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KING RECORDS STORY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/King5Royales-785373.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/King5Royales-785373.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Part 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/King5Royales-789143.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Syd Nathan launched &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;KING RECORDS&lt;/span&gt; in 1944 as a country &amp;amp; western label in his native Cincinnati. He controlled every aspect of the business from recording, record pressing, album jacket printing and even distribution. He got into the R&amp;amp;B market in 1947 with the signing of Bull Moose Jackson. For the next 2 weeks, Matt The Cat digs deep into the satellite vaults to feature the hit, misses and influence of this "&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;king&lt;/span&gt; of all labels". There will be vocal group sounds from The Midnighters, The Swallows, The Dominoes and the "5" Royales as well as down-home R&amp;amp;B from Bull Moose, James Brown, Little Willie John and Freddy King. This is part 1 of a 2 part special on &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The King Records Story&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Harlem Airs on the 50s on 5:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Monday 8/18 @ 1pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 8/19 @ 9pm PST and midnight EST&lt;br /&gt;Friday 8/22 @ 6pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 8/24 @ 11am EST&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/King5Royales-788302.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/1780609687591155426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=1780609687591155426&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1780609687591155426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1780609687591155426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/08/harlem-week-of-81808-king-records-story.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 8/18/08 - King Records Story - Pt. 1'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-8939756698580635683</id><published>2008-08-07T14:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T14:16:54.358-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://mattthecat.com/ElvisEarly.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://mattthecat.com/ElvisEarly.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ELVIS IN HARLEM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;It took a white hep cat singing rhythm and blues to launch rock n’ roll into the mainstream, but Elvis didn’t come out of nowhere. H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;is R&amp;amp;B influences run deep. Matt The Cat brings Elvis’ influences to the surface on “Elvis In Harlem” as we commemorate "Elvis Week". You’ll hear the original R&amp;amp;B versions of the songs that Elvis made famous as well as rare interview footage of Elvis on his musical influences. Before he was King Of Memphis, Elvis WAS “Harlem”. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday 8/11 at 1pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 8/12 at 9pm PT – Midnight ET&lt;br /&gt;Friday 8/15 at 6pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 8/17 at 11am ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/8939756698580635683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=8939756698580635683&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/8939756698580635683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/8939756698580635683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/08/elvis-in-harlem-it-took-white-hep-cat.html' title=''/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-2077447104591223985</id><published>2008-07-31T12:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T12:57:08.038-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 8/4/08 - NYC R&amp;B Vocal Groups!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Harlem Takes It To The Streets...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New York City R&amp;amp;B Vocal Groups&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Harptones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Harptones.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Matt The Cat features some of the most important Doo Wop groups to come out of the New York City scene during the 1950s. Hear what The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and of course HARLEM have to offer, including great records by The Cadillacs, The Crests, The Dubs, The Chantels and so much more. New York City Doo Wop, all this week on HARLEM; The Soul That Came Before Rock n' Roll.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;HARLEM airs on the 50s on 5:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Monday 8/4 @ 1pm over Harlem&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday Night 8/5 @ 9pm over LA &amp;amp; Midnight over Jamaica, Queens&lt;br /&gt;Friday 8/8 @ 6pm over Coney Island&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 8/10 @ 11am over The Bronx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/2077447104591223985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=2077447104591223985&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/2077447104591223985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/2077447104591223985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/07/harlem-week-of-8408-nyc-r-vocal-groups.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 8/4/08 - NYC R&amp;B Vocal Groups!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-8782945381698990427</id><published>2008-07-27T11:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T11:55:01.179-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 7/28/08 - T-Bone Walker!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Father Of Modern Blues Guitar...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T-Bone Walker&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/tbone_walker_splits_30-725786.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.mattthecat.com/uploaded_images/tbone_walker_splits_30-725783.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;He is probably the most influential post WWII guitarist, having effected the styles of everyone from B. B. King and Chuck Berry to Jimi Hendrix, who mimicked his antics on-stage. This week’s HARLEM will look at T-Bone’s beginnings with Capitol Records and move into his heyday with the Black &amp;amp; White and Imperial labels during the late 1940s into the early 1950s. Rock n’ Roll guitar work owes a lot to this often overlooked legend. Matt The Cat uncovers the essential T-Bone Walker, this week on HARLEM.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs on the 50s on 5:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Monday 7/28 @ 1pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 7/29 @ 9pm PT – Midnight ET&lt;br /&gt;Friday 8/1 @ 6pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 8/3 @ 11am ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/8782945381698990427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=8782945381698990427&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/8782945381698990427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/8782945381698990427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/07/harlem-week-of-72808-t-bone-walker.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 7/28/08 - T-Bone Walker!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-5289861965720991538</id><published>2008-07-18T12:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T12:41:07.812-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week of 7/21/08 - Floyd Dixon Remembered!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.joeblues.host.sk/foto/f_dixon.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#660000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Floyd Dixon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://panther1.last.fm/proposedimages/sidebar/6/1048072/528143.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://panther1.last.fm/proposedimages/sidebar/6/1048072/528143.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;Two years ago on July 26th, we lost one of R&amp;amp;B's most beloved and influential artists; Floyd Dixon. Bill Wax from XM's Bluesville and Matt The Cat had the privilege to speak to Floyd only a few months before he died. This week, "Harlem" looks back on the amazing career of Floyd Dixon with many of Floyd's stories told in his own words. From the original "Hey Bartender" (covered by The Blues Brothers) to "Dallas Blues" and "Call Operator 210", Floyd was a blues original. His story airs this week on "Harlem".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Harlem Airs on the 50s on 5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Monday 7/21 @ 1pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 7/22 @ midnight ET - 9pm PT&lt;br /&gt;Friday 725 @ 6pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Sun 7/27 @ 11am ET&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;This one’s for Floyd! &lt;p&gt;Matt The Cat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/5289861965720991538/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=5289861965720991538&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5289861965720991538'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5289861965720991538'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/07/harlem-week-of-72108-floyd-dixon.html' title='Harlem - Week of 7/21/08 - Floyd Dixon Remembered!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-3206185457078211000</id><published>2008-07-08T22:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-13T12:09:35.334-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week of 7/14/08 - Elmore James</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Elmore_James.gif/220px-Elmore_James.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Elmore_James.gif/220px-Elmore_James.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"I'm gonna get up in the morning and I believe I'll dust my broom"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Robert Johnson may have said it first, but it's Elmore James' 1951 recording of "Dust My Broom" on Trumpet Records that will live forever as the definitive version. Few people have said more with such few lines.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#000099;"&gt;This week on HARLEM...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;The story, the legacy of the great&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ELMORE JAMES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Harlem airs on the 50s on 5:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;Monday 7/14 @ 1pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 7/15 @ 9pm PST - Midnight EST&lt;br /&gt;Friday 7/18 @ 6pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 7/20 @ 11am EST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-MTC</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/3206185457078211000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=3206185457078211000&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3206185457078211000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3206185457078211000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/07/harlem-week-of-71408-elmore-james.html' title='Harlem - Week of 7/14/08 - Elmore James'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-5017712409364628658</id><published>2008-07-01T17:30:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T11:21:12.707-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week of 7/7/08 - Harlem Hits The Road!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;THIS WEEK...Harlem warms up the BBQ and hits the shore...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;HARLEM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6633ff;"&gt;HITS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;THE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;ROAD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#993399;"&gt;This week, Matt The Cat gets away for Summer Vacation as HARLEM takes to America's highways, skyways and oceans. We're featuring an hour of 1950s R&amp;amp;B songs about cars (Rocket 88), trains (The Train Kept A-Rolling), Boats (The Ship Of Love) and of course flying in a satellite (My Satellite by Jesse Belvin). It's all about gettin' to where you're going (Destination Love) and beyond. I just hope we don't get stuck (Flat Tire). So enjoy your Summer Vacation on the road with HARLEM on the 50s on 5.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;HARLEM airs on the 50s:&lt;br /&gt;Monday 7/7 @ 1pm in the East&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 7/8 @ 9pm over LA &amp;amp; Midnight over The Bronx&lt;br /&gt;Friday 7/11 @ 6pm over Cape Cod&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 7/13 @ 11am over Pensacola, FL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Harlem prefers its burgers medium rare.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;-MTC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/5017712409364628658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=5017712409364628658&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5017712409364628658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/5017712409364628658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/07/harlem-week-of-7708-harlem-hits-road.html' title='Harlem - Week of 7/7/08 - Harlem Hits The Road!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-1744139518622123456</id><published>2008-06-26T14:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T14:34:01.903-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem: Week Of 6/30/08 - Big Joe Turner!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Boss Of The Blues&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIG JOE TURNER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=4796&amp;amp;rendTypeId=4"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=4796&amp;amp;rendTypeId=4" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;This week Harlem takes a look at one of R&amp;amp;B and Rock n' Roll's biggest single influences. Joe Turner came up from the pre-war boogie woogie underground and became a post-war blues shoutin' success. The late 1940s were very good to Joe, but it was the 1950s that would prove to be his career highlight. Even though he was already in his 40s, Big Joe's music became an early proponent of rock n' roll. This Harlem show is accented through interviews with music historian Billy Vera and the late Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records. Find out why Big Joe Turner is the true "Boss Of The Blues", this week on Harlem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Harlem Airs on the 50s on 5:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Monday at 1pm ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Tuesday at 9pm PT - Midnight ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Friday at 6pm ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Sunday at 11am ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-MTC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/1744139518622123456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=1744139518622123456&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1744139518622123456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1744139518622123456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/06/harlem-week-of-63008-big-joe-turner.html' title='Harlem: Week Of 6/30/08 - Big Joe Turner!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-7780144082635211912</id><published>2008-06-16T22:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T13:59:16.005-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 6/23/08 - The Cleftones</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Cleftones&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.doowop.com/cleftones.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.doowop.com/cleftones.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This week, Matt The Cat talks to two original members of one of New York's greatest '50s vocal groups; The Celftones. You'll hear lead singer &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Herbie Cox&lt;/span&gt; and sometimes leader and songwriter &lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;Berman Patterson&lt;/span&gt; speak about segregation, touring with Alan Freed's Cavalcade of Stars and recording for mobster Morris Levy. It's the most revealing HARLEM ever!! We'll dig deep into the vaults to pull out some great, almost forgotten Cleftones sides as well, so don't miss HARLEM, all week on the 50s on 5.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs On The 50s on 5:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Monday, 6/23 @ 1pm ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Tuesday, 6/24 @ 9pm over LA - Midnight over NYC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Friday, 6/27 @ 6pm ET&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Sunday, 6/29 @ 11am ET&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/7780144082635211912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=7780144082635211912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/7780144082635211912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/7780144082635211912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/06/harlem-week-of-62308-cleftones.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 6/23/08 - The Cleftones'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-3005116669089673598</id><published>2008-06-12T18:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-12T18:25:58.091-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 6/16/08 - Clyde McPhatter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/466667_clydemc_200x200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/bio/466667_clydemc_200x200.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"Clyde McPhatter's high tenor takes off like a guided missile. It soars higher and higher until it hits its target...dead center and explodes...blowin' you mind"&lt;br /&gt;-Matt The Cat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLYDE McPHATTER &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Clyde McPhatter should be remembered as one of the most influential of the early '50s R&amp;amp;B singers. His sweet, angelic tenor was first put to gospel singing, but in 1950, it turned to secular music when Clyde joined Billy Ward &amp;amp; The Dominoes. After scoring numerous hits with The Dominoes, McPhatter left to form his OWN group, The Drifters. Depression, alcoholism and the changing sound of R&amp;amp;B would eventually ruin his career and his life, but this week HARLEM remembers one of the true great, CLYDE McPHATTER.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;HARLEM airs on the 50s on 5:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Monday 6/16 @ 1pm over NYC&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday 6/17 @ 9pm PST - midnight EST&lt;br /&gt;Friday 6/20 @ 6pm EST&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 6/22 @ 11am over Boston &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/3005116669089673598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=3005116669089673598&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3005116669089673598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/3005116669089673598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/06/harlem-week-of-61608-clyde-mcphatter.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 6/16/08 - Clyde McPhatter'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-953292095344044172</id><published>2008-06-05T18:13:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-05T18:19:53.618-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Harlem - Week Of 6/9/08 - Bo Diddley Remembered!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bo Diddley&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;1928 - 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5821/bodiddley5gf.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5821/bodiddley5gf.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This week Harlem pays respect to the true originator of rock n’ roll, Bo Diddley. When Ellas McDaniel burst on the scene as Bo Diddley in 1955, he took the entire world by surprise. No one looked or sounded like that in the mid 1950s. Matt The Cat tells Bo’s story and plays some Diddley classics you’ve never heard before, such as the original “Love Is Strange”, which was written and originally recorded by Bo (a year before Mickey &amp;amp; Sylvia would have a #1 hit with it). Let’s remember Bo for what he was; a creator, a trailblazer and a man who wasn’t afraid to be himself and sound different. We get behind the beat, this week on Harlem.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Harlem Airs on The 50s on 5:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Monday, 6/9 @ 1pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, 6/10 @ 9pm PT – Midnight ET&lt;br /&gt;Friday, 6/13 @ 6pm ET&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 6/15 @ 11am ET &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;-Matt The Cat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/953292095344044172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=953292095344044172&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/953292095344044172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/953292095344044172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/06/harlem-week-of-6908-bo-diddley.html' title='Harlem - Week Of 6/9/08 - Bo Diddley Remembered!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804620.post-1919741073194175947</id><published>2008-06-03T21:05:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-03T21:11:29.036-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Best Summer Song Poll!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="style91" align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;The Night Prowl Show's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style69 style92" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Best Summer Song Of All-Time POLL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style73" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Help us choose the &lt;span class="style92"&gt;Official Night Prowl Summer Song&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style73" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Thanks to all the Night Prowlers who nominated summer songs over the past week. Now it's time to vote for the Night Prowl's Summer Song of 2008! Go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mattthecat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=373"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Plattah Chattah Forum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; (click the link) and voice your choice for best summer song. The songs were nominated by you and now the winner will be chosen by you. The poll will be open until Saturday, June 7th at 23:59 ET.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style73" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;...and the nominees are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style73" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"One Summer Night" - The Danleers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Summer Song" - Roy Orbison&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Summertime" - Sam Cooke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The Long Hot Summer" - Jimmie Rodgers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer" - Nat King Cole&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Under The Boardwalk" - The Drifters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Summertime, Summertime" - The Jamies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Summertime Blues" - Eddie Cochran&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Summer's Gone" - Paul Anka&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Now That Summer Is Here" - The Videls &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style69" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VOTE NOW!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="style69" align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/1919741073194175947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13804620&amp;postID=1919741073194175947&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1919741073194175947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13804620/posts/default/1919741073194175947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.mattthecat.com/2008/06/night-prowl-shows-best-summer-song-of.html' title='Best Summer Song Poll!'/><author><name>Matt The Cat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11488967814208444035</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>