David Nathan

Exciting news! The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame has moved from its previous online location to my website! A new poll is due to be launched in a few months and well let you know when! Meanwhile, a list of previous inductees can be found at the following link!

Unquestionably one of the greatest voices in contemporary music, Emily Cissy Houston (nee Drinkard) ascended on Monday, October 7th 2024 with an incredible musical legacy that began almost seventy years ago and was filled with accomplishment and acknowledgement for her contribution in the fields of ...

Now available through The Source: Were excited to announce the release of brilliant house remixes by legendary producer Paul Simpson of the mystical soundscapes created by Pharaohs Dream, featuring David Nathan and Aritra B.! Credits Written and produced by David Nathan and Aritra Bhattacharya ...

Photo Credits: Neal Preston (Courtesy of The Estate of Whitney E. Houston) I first met Whitney Houston when attending a performance by her mother, Cissy Houston at Reno Sweeneys, a popular Manhattan night club, circa 1978. Id seen Cissy at the venue a few times during the time period when she was...

I had the joy, privilege and honour to know James Mtume over many decades, starting in 1978 when we met up along with his friend and musical partner Reggie Lucas on the occasion of the then-impending release of the band MTUMEs first album for Epic Records. We forged a friendship that endured: w...

For much of my career (starting back with the formation of Soul City Records in 1966 with Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore), my work life has centred around the world of RB and soul music. The three books that I have authored Lionel Richie: An Illustrated Biography (1985), The Soulful Divas (1999) ...

Under the title, Thanks To All The Good People, penned at the end of my second year as the resident correspondent in New York for the British music magazine, Blues Soul, I looked back at some of the highlights. Seeing this now, in October 2024, as I begin to document the articles Ive written and in...

JUDY CLAY: GREATEST LOVE (ATLANTIC STAX RECORDINGS) A deep soul songstress of the first order, Judy Clay may best be remembered by the record-buying public for duets with Billy Vera (Storybook Children in 1967) and William Bell (Private Number in 1968); however her solo recordings (primarily for...

SoulMusic Records is proud to present In The Name Of Love, a musically masterful collection of five albums by the incomparable Grover Washington Jr, specifically covering his tenure with Elektra Records from 1979-1984. A 5CD deluxe set consisting of expanded editions of Grover Washington, Jrs El...

Available For The First Time Digitally, (2) Original Albums On Sussex Records And The RCA Anthology By Singer/Songwriter Zulema A truly talented unsung artist of the 70s and early 80s, Tampa, Florida-born Zulema Cusseaux (formerly a member of the group, Faith, Hope Charity, began her solo career...

On Sunday, November 21, 2021, David recorded a lively, informal conversation with six renowned publicists who worked with The Queen Of Soul between 1985-2018. You can check it out right here along with other videos now added to my revived YouTube channel

LOU JOHNSON: Soul Legend Digital Album Of All His Big Top/Big Hill Recordings Renowned for his original recordings of songs written by Burt Bacharach Hal David (a number of which were arranged and produced by Bacharach and featured background vocals from the likes of Doris Troy, Dee Dee Warwic...

The month of June seems like the perfect time to release a sumptuous 8CD box set through SoulMusic Records of the wonderful music by DENIECE WILLIAMS, whose birthname is in fact June and who celebrated her birthday on June 3rd! With (115) tracks covering Niecys tenure with Columbia and ARC Record...

ATLANTIC STARR 3-CD SET RELEASED ON SOULMUSIC RECORDS. May 25, 2021 Im proud to announce the release of a wonderful 3-CD due out on SoulMusic Records (SMR) this Friday (May 28th) from The SoulMusic Hall Of Fame inductees, Atlantic Starr. With stellar liner notes by Charles Waring, (including i...