Who Is: American Idol songwriter Jay Smith

When you first meet this unassuming young man Jay Smith, you don’t think of an emerging Country Music songwriter…but then like mama always says, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Short of Charlie Pride and Darius Rucker, it’s not a common thing to catch an African American who is in extremely huge demand in the Country scene…or I guess I should say, it’s just not common …

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The Oral History of Ghost Town DJ’s ‘My Boo’

As 2016 has re-confirmed, the only time when an artist’s song reappears on the Hot 100 decades after its release is usually immediately after the artist’s death. But Atlanta label So So Def’s mid-’90s group Ghost Town DJ’s (singer Virgo, DJ and producer Greg Street, producer Rodney Terry, and DJ Demp) have lived to see their hit “My Boo” surpass its original chart peak more than 20 …

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Cocoas Entertainment, Fredee Towles and Grammy nominated producer Dale Ramsey unite to laugh on new single

On Friday, February 5, 2016 Cocoas Entertainment to release new single “Laugh” by Fredee Towles featuring music producer,The Funk of Dale Phonics. Fred Towles professionally known as Fredee Towles, releases his first single in three decades. The new single “Laugh” features The Funk of Dale-Phonics. The single is distributed through Average Joes Entertainment Group’s Senior Vice President, Steven Johnson’s independent …

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