If you’re like me on a Friday night, you’re probably sitting in a bar somewhere, sipping on lukewarm cheap beer and hoping you don’t get so drunk that you punch some obnoxious college kid in the head. Hopefully, you’re not like me and you have a hot date on the average Friday night. If your date is of the female persuasion (or if you like your dates to cross-dress), then hopefully you’ll get the chance to ask her to put […]
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The 5ive at 5: Top 5 Songs Featuring Kenny G. (#2)
“Duotones” was the album that turned Kenny G. into a legitimate pop star. Although instrumental pop hits were becoming a rarity, there was still enough love for “Songbird” to turn it into Kenny’s first (and I believe, only) Top 10 hit. For the follow-up, Kenny enlisted former Tower of Power vocalist Lenny Williams for “Don’t Make Me Wait for Love”. It became his second Top 40 hit on the pop chart and made a respectable showing on the R&B listing […]
The 5ive at 5: Top 5 Songs Featuring Kenny G. (#4)
Believe it or not, Kenny G. was not always a purveyor of bland elevator music. His first couple of albums had a little bit of bounce to them. They were more in line with the dance-flavored R&B music that was poppin’ on the radio and the clubs, thanks to collaborators like writer/producer Kashif (more on him in a more recent column). I didn’t hear “Hi, How Ya Doin’?” for the first time until checking it out on a compliation a […]
The 5ive at 5: Top 5 Songs Featuring Kenny G.
I told you we were gonna start this series with a doozy. Welcome to the first installment of the 5ive at 5. I’m gonna try to post a different Top 5 list every week…and as the title should make clear, this is going to run at 5 PM, Monday through Friday. We’re kicking it off with a celebration of the musical legacy of Mr. Kenneth Gorelick. Yes, folks…we’re talkin’ ’bout that stringy-haired, sax-blowin’ guy that they call Kenny G. The […]