and for some reason rea came to my mind and i thought you know we were not the one’s ( black folk ) to give her the title “queen of soul” there were many queens of soul so famous some not so famous, but when rea got hits on the white radio stations they called her the queen of soul because at one point because of her connection to atlantic records, rea was the only person of color being in heavy rotation on white stations..(.some of you kids don’t know that at one time there were black radio stations and white stations……)

They gave her the “queen of soul” moniker, now anybody over 50 think back, and you’ll remember, I remember seeing rea on a talk show and i remember her calling herself the “queen of soul” and i though you arrogant you know what ? since when ?, you might be famous because the white folk let you in, but there were many queens

for the youngsters
1. Linda Jones
2. AnnPeebles
3. Margie Joseph
4.Gladys Knight
5.Carla Thomas
6.Martha Reeves
7.Dee Dee Warwick
8.Diana ( da bitch ) Ross
8.Dionne (voo doo)Warwick
9.Gwen Guthrie
10.Brenda Holloway
11.Fontella Bass
12.Laura Lee
13.Mavis Staples
14.Bette Lavette

I’ll stop now, rea love yah to death, but we didn’t crown you they did, so take it up with them.

and here is where i’m going to run out the door, y’all didn’t choose obama either….bye…..