Welcome to the SALections! April 2026 ******************************************* This month's SALections is dedicated to the Velvet Voice / none other than Luther Vandross Luther was born in April, 75 years ago in New York City in 1951. Little did they know then the impact he would have on the world as an iconic R& B soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He began his career in the late 60's and by the 70's he was singing background for the the likes of Roberta Flack, Todd Rundgren,...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud or shed a tear. Here we go. February 2026 is all LOVE SONGS **************************************** LOVE SONGS This is our 2nd annual LOVE SONG edition for February as we compiled a list of 14 LOVE SONGS in February 2025, so why not do it again. Luther / Bruno / Barbara / Sinatra / Barry / and Beyonce you could very well see them all on this years list. There are 14 Songs on...
4 months ago • 6 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud or shed a tear. Here we go. October 2025 **************************************** It's often called Rock-tober / It's a time for Fall Festivals /Family Events & Football. **************************************** When we talk about the South Philly String Band /// Is calling them a dynasty appropriate? The South Philly String Band has a rich tradition in the Mummers Parade on...
8 months ago • 7 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud or shed a tear. Here we go. July 2025 *************************************** CHEESESTEAKS So are you a WITH or WITHOUT? That's with friend onions or without. Just as long as you stay away from cheesewiz in my book A cheesesteak is a sandwich made from thinly sliced rib eye or top round beef with cheese on a hoagie roll that has it's roots in Philadelphia. Pat and Harry Oliveri...
11 months ago • 7 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud or shed a tear. Here we go. June 2025 *************************************** ICE CREAM When it comes to desserts, we get serious about them. Ice Cream was started by the ancient Chinese and brought to Italy by Marco Polo and to America by Thomas Jefferson. The Ice Cream industry has an 11.6 Billion impact on the US economy and supports 26,704 jobs. The majority of US ice cream...
about 1 year ago • 6 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud or shed a tear. Here we go. May 2025 ************************************************* PIZZA So it's a little dough, some sauce, cheese and toppings and we cannot get enough of it. Every day, more than 8 million pizza's are sold in the US and that doesn't count all the people who make it at home or buy frozen pizza in the supermarket. That boils down to 761 slices of pizza...
about 1 year ago • 7 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud or shed a tear. Here we go. April 2025 ************************************************* Tom Foolery So to celebrate April Fools day, we are celebrating one of the High Priests of High Jinks - none other than Steve Martin. Steve's first job was at Disneyland in 1960. Then he went onto write jokes for the Smothers Brothers. The poor bastard didn't learn to stay away from Martin...
about 1 year ago • 10 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud or shed a tear. Here we go. March 2025 ************************************************* The Hero for March 2025 is Gene Kapp Written by Mike Russell & Sal Urbano It was in the mid-1980’s that I would meet the finest man I’ve ever known. I didn’t know it at the outset but when Gene Kapp and I met in Norfolk at WTKR-TV, a forty-year friendship would began innocently enough over...
over 1 year ago • 16 min read
Welcome to the SALections! We hope you find this newsletter inspiring and just maybe it will make you laugh out loud. Here we go. February 2025 This edition is all LOVE SONGS ***************************************************** For the Love of You - Isley Brothers This song was recorded by the 5 Isley Brothers in 1975 on an album entitled, "The Heat is On." This is the extended mix version which runs 20 minutes. The song was also recorded by Whitney Houston, Regina Belle and Harold Melvin &...
over 1 year ago • 5 min read