#AprilAcrossAmerica concludes in #Delaware.

#CabCalloway mixed jazz and vaudeville like no others in the 1930s. A leading exponent of scat singing, inspiration for the current hip-hop scene, and one of the greatest bandleaders of any era. He died in Delaware in 1994.

Here's "The man from Harlem", a tale of a mystery man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5uABQpH12c

And so we finish where we started, with a song about New York. If you have been, thank you for listening.

#AprilAcrossAmerica reaches #Maryland.

Yes, it's #ToniBraxton. Signed along with her sisters, Toni went solo in 1993, with three genre-defining R&B albums before the end of the century.

Financial and health concerns have limited Toni's work since, and she's had to slum it on competition shows to make some dough.

From 2020's album "Spell my name", here's "Gotta move on", a stately anthem about getting over a failed relationship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PREVbXxH3go

#AprilAcrossAmerica meets #Virginia.

#PharellWilliams - close friends get to call him #Pharell, because he's just cooler than hell - was 50% of The Neptunes, leading R&B producers of the early aughts. He's worked with all the 21st century stars, and made an inescapable hit of his own, "Happy".

And he was on the ubiquitous summer hit of 2013, "Get lucky" with #DaftPunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHdMIEGaaM

#AprilAcrossAmerica reaches #Tennessee.

These days, #BillyRayCyrus is best known as the father of #MileyCyrus. He had a recording career of his own, including this tale of lost possibilities.

Unlike Tiffany's similarly-named song from a few years earlier, "Could've been me" has a measure of spite, dissing the new man in his bride's life.

"Springsteen-esque", said one contemporary review; "at least as good as his big hit", says me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9tfNx1M1E

#AprilAcrossAmerica in #Tennessee

#TinaTurner sang from 1958 until retiring in the early 2000s, She initially worked with real-life husband Ike Turner, but they separated - both domestically and professionally - in 1978.

"Private Dancer" was rejected by Dire Straits, with a solo by Jeff Beck. It perfectly fits Tina's voice, tells a story we can totally believe, and is emblematic of her mid-80s career revival.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4QnalIHlVc