Russ McBee

Here's a flashback to 1982: ''You Dropped A Bomb On Me,'' by the Gap Band: This is good for gettin' your groove on at 8:00 on Friday morning.

This week's ''Feel Good Friday'' is Parliament's ''Flashlight:'' Drop what you're doing, turn the speakers up, and get up and dance. George Clinton is without question the coolest man who ever lived.

James Brown left an indelible mark on modern music. Here's one of his classics, ''Sex Machine,'' performed live in France in 1976: Get on up!

Here are Koko Taylor and Little Walter performing ''Wang Dang Doodle:'' It isn't every day one has the opportunity to use the phrase ''wang dang doodle'' in the title of a blog post, so y'all celebrate that rare occasion by turning up the volume and shakin' that money maker.

This week's Feel Good Friday is B.B. King performing ''Better Not Look Down:'' This is a song about hope and maintaining the momentum of optimism, no matter what happens.

Via WhitesCreek at KnoxViews, this is one of the better political ads I've seen this election cycle: Just say ''no.''

Sister Cecilia Gaudette is a bit shocked at the media attention she's garnered over the last few days, but the attention is understandable. The 106-year-old nun, born in New Hampshire in 1902, has lived in a convent in Rome for the last fifty years, and she hasn't voted in a US Presidential election since 1952. This year, things are different: ...

From her 1979 debut album, here's Rickie Lee Jones singing ''Young Blood'': After nearly 30 years, that album holds up remarkably well, as does all of her music. She really is the Duchess of Coolsville.

Here's Phoebe Snow, probably my favorite singer of all time, singing her version of the Etta James classic ''At Last:'' I love Etta James, but Phoebe is impossible to beat. She's a force of nature.

By special request, this week's Feel Good Friday is ''Searchin,'' by The Coasters: Outstanding song.