OTIS REDDING,
How can you talk about good listening music and not say anything about OTIS REDDING,
OTIS RAY REDDING  was born in Dawson Georgia on September 9,1941 to gospel singer
OTIS REDDING SR, and housekeeper FANNIE REDDING ,OTIS Father worked as a 
sharecropper, then at Robins Air Force Base and as a part time preacher,
When OTIS was three, The family moved to Tildall Heights,a predominantly black public housing
project in nearby Macon , At the age of 15 OTIS abandoned school to help his family financially, His father had contracted tuberculosis and was often hospitalized,
Leaving his mother as the family`s primary financial provider .OTIS later worked as a well digger ,gas station attendant and guest musician, In 1958, OTIS joined Johnny Jenkins band ,

The Pinetoppers and touredthe southern United States as driver and musician,        
     
An unscheduled appearance ona stax recording session led to a contract and OTIS first

single,THESE ARMS OF MINE, In 1962 stax released OTIS debut album, PAIN IN MY HEART, The rest is history!!!

When you talk about listening to good music you can`t leave out  MONICA!!!
she has over the years that she is not one to give up ,
The lady dose have lasting power and a voice to match ,Speaking of a voice every time i hear the
song ANGEL OF MINE, i just can`t help but think of  North Wilkesboro  N.C

Why don`t you sit back and listen to ANGEL OF MINE,
Monica Denise Arnold was born October, 24 1980 in College Park, Georgia,Monica began performing
as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir , at age ten guided and developed by producers
Dallas Austin and Tim & Bob, Monica was signed with Arista Records at age thirteen and released her
debut album, Miss Thang,in1995
It`s first two singles Don`t Take it Personal" and Before you walk out of my life" made her the youngest
recording act to ever have two consecutive chart topping hits on the U.S. Billboard Top R & B singles chart,
In 1998, Monica Second album The Boy Is Mine earned her  major international chart success.
Pushed by it`s Grammy Award Winning number one hit title track, a duet with singer Brandy,
the album spawned two further chart toppers, The First Night" and  Angel of  Mine" and established
Monica position as one of the most successful of the urban R & B female vocalists to emerge in the mid to
late 90`s