Eagle Harp
Eagle Harp is a music commentary show with retro and more.
Episodes
December 1, 2025 • 4 mins
Story by: Gail Nobles
Cover Illus. by Gail Nobles
Keyboardist: Gai Nobles
Hello, I’m Gail Nobles. Welcome to EAGLE HARP. I got to tell you something. Have you ever looked for a song and couldn’t find ? For several years, I have been searching for a song titled "Superwoman," which I remember hearing on the radio between 1979 and 1980. I asked a DJ if he recognized it, but nobody I spoke to seemed familiar with it. I even tried singing ...
Cover Illus. by Gail Nobles
Keyboardist: Gai Nobles
Hello, I’m Gail Nobles. Welcome to EAGLE HARP. I got to tell you something. Have you ever looked for a song and couldn’t find ? For several years, I have been searching for a song titled "Superwoman," which I remember hearing on the radio between 1979 and 1980. I asked a DJ if he recognized it, but nobody I spoke to seemed familiar with it. I even tried singing ...
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May 3, 2025 • 2 mins
Intro by: Gail Nobles
Story by: Gail Nobles
First beat: Remixlive Pack
Usage: Free
Photo: Umusic - UmusicUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0
Today topic: Toni Braxton. I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to Eagle Harp.
Toni Michele Braxton, this ain't just your average singer, see? We're talkin' about a woman who's climbed the ladder, rung every bell, and snagged more awards than you can shake a stick at! Seven Grammys? NINE Billboard Music ...
Story by: Gail Nobles
First beat: Remixlive Pack
Usage: Free
Photo: Umusic - UmusicUsage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0
Today topic: Toni Braxton. I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to Eagle Harp.
Toni Michele Braxton, this ain't just your average singer, see? We're talkin' about a woman who's climbed the ladder, rung every bell, and snagged more awards than you can shake a stick at! Seven Grammys? NINE Billboard Music ...
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January 29, 2025 • 1 min
Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
Story by: Gail Nobles
Photo: Gage Skidmore
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0
Hello, I’m Gail Nobles and you’re listening to Eagle Harp. Today’s topic is Sugarhill gang the lover in you.
Alright, Let's talk about that classic jam from the Sugarhill Gang called "The Lover in You." This tune comes from their album "Rappin Down Town," which dropped in 1983. Now, this song has a smooth vibe that’s all about love and roma...
Story by: Gail Nobles
Photo: Gage Skidmore
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0
Hello, I’m Gail Nobles and you’re listening to Eagle Harp. Today’s topic is Sugarhill gang the lover in you.
Alright, Let's talk about that classic jam from the Sugarhill Gang called "The Lover in You." This tune comes from their album "Rappin Down Town," which dropped in 1983. Now, this song has a smooth vibe that’s all about love and roma...
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September 1, 2024 • 2 mins
Intro by: Gail Nobles
Piano: Gail Nobles
Background music: Pixabay.com
Photo: Raph_PH - GenesisO2260322 (32 of 42)
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Today we're turning up the volume on a band that's all about the magic of the moment. I'm talking about none other than the legendary Genesis. You might know them best by their hit That's All. It is a group composition and appears as the second track on the 1983 album Genesis. It was the album’s s...
Piano: Gail Nobles
Background music: Pixabay.com
Photo: Raph_PH - GenesisO2260322 (32 of 42)
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0
Today we're turning up the volume on a band that's all about the magic of the moment. I'm talking about none other than the legendary Genesis. You might know them best by their hit That's All. It is a group composition and appears as the second track on the 1983 album Genesis. It was the album’s s...
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July 27, 2024 • 1 min
Music intro by: Gail Nobles
Photo: John Mathew Smith
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0
T.S. Monk. (Thelonious Sphere Monk the third) is a jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is the sun of Jazz pianist Thelonias Monk.
By the dawning of the 1980s, he had formed his eponymous band, which featured him on drums and occasional lead vocals. The group's début album, 1980's House of Music, featured several hits that placed on the Billboard ...
Photo: John Mathew Smith
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0
T.S. Monk. (Thelonious Sphere Monk the third) is a jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is the sun of Jazz pianist Thelonias Monk.
By the dawning of the 1980s, he had formed his eponymous band, which featured him on drums and occasional lead vocals. The group's début album, 1980's House of Music, featured several hits that placed on the Billboard ...
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April 28, 2024 • 3 mins
Intro music and vocals: Gail Nobles
Story by: Gail Nobles
Photo: (C) John Mathew Smith
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Some people say Phyllis Hyman died not knowing how much she was loved. It is said she fought hard to overcome her demons. I don't think Phyllis Hyman was just fighting her demons if she had any demons at all. I think she was fighting demons coming from elsewhere. When the music business is hard, sometimes you can't be yo...
Story by: Gail Nobles
Photo: (C) John Mathew Smith
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0
Some people say Phyllis Hyman died not knowing how much she was loved. It is said she fought hard to overcome her demons. I don't think Phyllis Hyman was just fighting her demons if she had any demons at all. I think she was fighting demons coming from elsewhere. When the music business is hard, sometimes you can't be yo...
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January 18, 2024 • 2 mins
Story by: Gail Nobles
Intro by: Gail Nobles
The hardest working man James Brown. His songs made hits and now they are beyond hits. His songs are still being played. There is music in his name as I speak it. I can still sense the sound of him. It’s hard to say that his songs are oldies because everybody keeps on listening. They keep on listening to that sound of James Brown. I can still hear the cheering crowd. There are still people ...
Intro by: Gail Nobles
The hardest working man James Brown. His songs made hits and now they are beyond hits. His songs are still being played. There is music in his name as I speak it. I can still sense the sound of him. It’s hard to say that his songs are oldies because everybody keeps on listening. They keep on listening to that sound of James Brown. I can still hear the cheering crowd. There are still people ...
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November 29, 2023 • 1 min
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Story by: Gail Nobles
James Ingram - I heard James Ingram say that he came up in the word of God and in gospel music. He said he was a musician and started playing around 12 years old. James and Michael McDonald wrote the song Yah Mo B There. I heard James say that a lot of people to this day didn't know that they we...
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Story by: Gail Nobles
James Ingram - I heard James Ingram say that he came up in the word of God and in gospel music. He said he was a musician and started playing around 12 years old. James and Michael McDonald wrote the song Yah Mo B There. I heard James say that a lot of people to this day didn't know that they we...
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August 30, 2023 • 5 mins
Music intro: By Gail Nobles
This Podcast features music created using Drum Pad Machine. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drum-pad-machine-beat-maker/id1057968965.
Today's topic is the Isley Brothers. I'm Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to Eagle Harp. Celebrity and music news. I'm going to talk to you today about a family musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio that began as a vocal trio consisting of...
This Podcast features music created using Drum Pad Machine. Available on the App Store, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/drum-pad-machine-beat-maker/id1057968965.
Today's topic is the Isley Brothers. I'm Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to Eagle Harp. Celebrity and music news. I'm going to talk to you today about a family musical group originally from Cincinnati, Ohio that began as a vocal trio consisting of...
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March 31, 2023 • 3 mins
Music: Passion HiFi
Usage: Free
https://soundcloud.com/thepassionhifi
Giant Wings Flapping: Pixabay.com
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/flap/
Usage: Free
Photo: Wikipedia Public Domain
Voice Actor: Gail Nobles
Hello! I’m Gail Nobles. I’m going to take you into Retro News. Today’s topic: Redd Foxx. A stand up comedian & actor who left us at age 68.
Voice actor: I’m 65!
You remember Comedian Red Foxx who played a crabby junk man ...
Usage: Free
https://soundcloud.com/thepassionhifi
Giant Wings Flapping: Pixabay.com
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/search/flap/
Usage: Free
Photo: Wikipedia Public Domain
Voice Actor: Gail Nobles
Hello! I’m Gail Nobles. I’m going to take you into Retro News. Today’s topic: Redd Foxx. A stand up comedian & actor who left us at age 68.
Voice actor: I’m 65!
You remember Comedian Red Foxx who played a crabby junk man ...
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March 20, 2023 • 1 min
Hello! I’m Gail Nobles & I want to talk to you today about how this podcast, “Eagle Harp”, got its name. The podcast name has the name Eagle Harp because it’s a podcast about music. But there’s a bird called the Harpy Eagle. It is a very large eagle. A bird that is as tall as a person. When I first saw the Harpy Eagle in pictures, I had to look very closely to see if the bird was really real. Well, the bird is real and also bea...
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March 14, 2023 • 3 mins
Music intro: by Gail Nobles
All vocals by: Gail Nobles
Song: I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Song by: Andy Gibb
I Just Want To Be Your EVerything is a song recorded by Andy Gibb released in 1977. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting on the week ending 30 July 1977, and again for the week ending 17 September 1977. It was Gibb's first single released in the United Kingdom and United States.
“I Just W...
All vocals by: Gail Nobles
Song: I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Song by: Andy Gibb
I Just Want To Be Your EVerything is a song recorded by Andy Gibb released in 1977. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting on the week ending 30 July 1977, and again for the week ending 17 September 1977. It was Gibb's first single released in the United Kingdom and United States.
“I Just W...
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December 6, 2022 • 2 mins
Music: Samplefocus.com
Usage: standard license
Hi! I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to Eagle Harp. Today’s topic is Sugar Hill Records. The Hip Hop Label founded in 1979 by Sylvia Robinson.
The label's first record was "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by The Sugarhill Gang, which was also the first top 40 hip hop single. The Sequence was the first female hip-hop trio signed to the Sugar Hill Records label in the late 1970s and Early 1980s...
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Hi! I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to Eagle Harp. Today’s topic is Sugar Hill Records. The Hip Hop Label founded in 1979 by Sylvia Robinson.
The label's first record was "Rapper's Delight" (1979) by The Sugarhill Gang, which was also the first top 40 hip hop single. The Sequence was the first female hip-hop trio signed to the Sugar Hill Records label in the late 1970s and Early 1980s...
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November 15, 2022 • 2 mins
Song: Jam
Song by: Michael Jackson
Photo credit: Luiz Fernando Reis
Usage: CC BY 2.0
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Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Music by: Gail Nobles
Jam is a single by singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. The song is the fourth single from his 1991 album Dangerous, where it is the opening track. It also appears as the second track on his 2009 This Is It compilation album. "Jam" is a new jack swing song whose bridge features a rap...
Song by: Michael Jackson
Photo credit: Luiz Fernando Reis
Usage: CC BY 2.0
https://flic.kr/p/9N7gaH
Podcast vocals: Gail Nobles
Music by: Gail Nobles
Jam is a single by singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. The song is the fourth single from his 1991 album Dangerous, where it is the opening track. It also appears as the second track on his 2009 This Is It compilation album. "Jam" is a new jack swing song whose bridge features a rap...
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October 21, 2022 • 2 mins
Song: Ready or Not
Song by: The Jackson Five
Music by: samplefocus.com
https://samplefocus.com/samples/cello-mixed-melody-drama-terror
Usage: Standard license
Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
Piano and Hard Rock Guitar
Vocals: Gail Nobles
Photo credit: Brownpatricks - Own work
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0
Today’s topic: The Jackson Five. Ready or Not Hear I Come ( Can’t Hide From Love). It’s one of The Jackson 5 songs in the album, Third Album. It’...
Song by: The Jackson Five
Music by: samplefocus.com
https://samplefocus.com/samples/cello-mixed-melody-drama-terror
Usage: Standard license
Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
Piano and Hard Rock Guitar
Vocals: Gail Nobles
Photo credit: Brownpatricks - Own work
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0
Today’s topic: The Jackson Five. Ready or Not Hear I Come ( Can’t Hide From Love). It’s one of The Jackson 5 songs in the album, Third Album. It’...
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October 17, 2022 • 1 min
Music: No Limit Jean Terrell
https://samplefocus.com/samples/no-limit-jean-terrell-loop-soul-chop
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License: Standard License
R&B and Jazz singer Jean Terrell. She replaced Diana Ross as the lead singer of The Supremes in Jan. 1970. She is the sister of the former WBA heavyweight boxing champion Ernie Terrell, who fought Muhammad Ali. Jean was guided by her family to sing, and it was in the late 1960s that she and ...
https://samplefocus.com/samples/no-limit-jean-terrell-loop-soul-chop
Usage: Samplefocus.com
License: Standard License
R&B and Jazz singer Jean Terrell. She replaced Diana Ross as the lead singer of The Supremes in Jan. 1970. She is the sister of the former WBA heavyweight boxing champion Ernie Terrell, who fought Muhammad Ali. Jean was guided by her family to sing, and it was in the late 1960s that she and ...
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October 13, 2022 • 2 mins
All voices by: Gail Nobles
Music: deep swirl sound - Samplefocus.com
Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
Photo credit: Daniel Åhs Karlsson - Own work
Usage: CC BY 3.0
Voice 1: Hello!
Voice 2: Hello!
Voice 1: Todays topic
Voice 2: The Weather Girls
Martha Wash and Izora Armstead. They were known as the Weather Girls singing, Its Raining Men. Formed in 1976 in San Francisco California. The Weather Girls began their musical career as Two Tons O’ Fun, th...
Music: deep swirl sound - Samplefocus.com
Keyboardist: Gail Nobles
Photo credit: Daniel Åhs Karlsson - Own work
Usage: CC BY 3.0
Voice 1: Hello!
Voice 2: Hello!
Voice 1: Todays topic
Voice 2: The Weather Girls
Martha Wash and Izora Armstead. They were known as the Weather Girls singing, Its Raining Men. Formed in 1976 in San Francisco California. The Weather Girls began their musical career as Two Tons O’ Fun, th...
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October 12, 2022 • 1 min
Music by: Samplefocus.com
I remember when Donna Summer was the hottest performer.
She said, “ Mahalia Jackson is the. Person that I really molded myself behind as a child.”
Yes, Donna was a great singer, and I wish I could have seen her in more movies. One of the movies that she starred in was “Thank God It’s Friday” in 1978. It was an American musical disco comedy film directed by Robert Kline and produced by Motown Productions and ...
I remember when Donna Summer was the hottest performer.
She said, “ Mahalia Jackson is the. Person that I really molded myself behind as a child.”
Yes, Donna was a great singer, and I wish I could have seen her in more movies. One of the movies that she starred in was “Thank God It’s Friday” in 1978. It was an American musical disco comedy film directed by Robert Kline and produced by Motown Productions and ...
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