Sons of Soul is the third studio album by American R&B; group Tony!
Toni! Toné!, released on June 22, 1993, by Wing Records and Mercury
Records. The group recorded at several studios in California before
moving their sessions to the Caribbean Sound Basin studio in Trinidad,
where they wrote, recorded, and produced most of the album. They used
session musicians and vintage and contemporary recording equipment.
Incorporating live instrumentation and elements from funk and hip hop,
including samples and scratches, they also paid homage to their musical
influences, classic soul artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Lead singer and
bassist Raphael Wiggins wrote the music and quirky, flirtatious lyrics
for most of the songs. A commercial success, Sons of Soul charted for 43
weeks on the Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum in the US.
It was acclaimed by music critics and named the best album of 1993 by
The New York Times and Time magazine. With its success, Tony! Toni!
Toné! became one of the most popular R&B; acts during the genre's
commercial resurgence in the early 1990s.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Soul>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1633:
Galileo Galilei was forced to recant his heliocentric view of
the Solar System by the Roman Inquisition, after which, as legend has
it, he muttered under his breath, "And yet it moves."
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair>
1807:
The British warship HMS Leopard pursued and attacked the
American frigate USS Chesapeake in the belief that the latter had
deserters from the Royal Navy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake%E2%80%93Leopard_Affair>
1941:
World War II: As over 4.5 million Axis troops began their
invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an
uprising to liberate Lithuania from Soviet occupation and establish a
new government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Uprising_in_Lithuania>
1978:
Working at the US Naval Observatory, American astronomer James
W. Christy discovered Charon, then considered the sole moon of Pluto.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(moon)>
1986:
Argentine footballer Diego Maradona scored both the "Hand of
God goal" and the "Goal of the Century" against England during the
quarter-final match of the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_v_England_(1986_FIFA_World_Cup)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hoon:
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) A hooligan, a lout; specifically, a
person who drives excessively quickly, loudly or irresponsibly; a street
drag racer often driving heavily customized cars. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoon>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The true end of Man, or that which is prescribed by the eternal
and immutable dictates of reason, and not suggested by vague and
transient desires, is the highest and most harmonious development of his
powers to a complete and consistent whole.
--Wilhelm von Humboldt
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