Greetings fellow hussies, and welcome to another kickin' edition of Manor Music Monday. I say "kickin'' cause DJ Li'l Scratch will be playing some fantastic tunes to get you movin' and grovin' tonight at our exclusive after-hours "Love Hole Lounge." Hold on tight - wheeeee! - 'cause were speeding straight to the heart of Memphis soul with a songstress who was born in Missouri. Confused? Don't be. But be prepared to be wowed. Yes, it's the invincible Ann Peebles. Born in Missouri to a family of 11 children, she started singing as a wee one in the choir of her father's church - and also with the family's group, The Peebles Choir, who were often the opening act for touring gospel stars like Mahalia Jackson and the Soul Stirrers. It wasn't long before she was stepping out as a solo performer, and in the 1960s, she was slaying with her own brand of gritty, deeply felt R&B at clubs in St. Louis, then Memphis. It was in Memphi...

Leave it to Aretha to have two of everything - including two handwritten Wills. In terms of the later, a trial on Monday will determine which will be honored and which of her four sons, along with a mess of grandchildren, will cash in on her recording catalog and royalties and an estate worth 80 million smackers.  One of her handwritten Wills, I kid you not, was found stuffed in her couch cushions (amidst a mound of tater chips, fermented Werther's and enough candied pecans to choke every citizen in Detroit. Twice) (I keed, I keed). Sadly, if this goes on for any length of time, the only ones making any money will be the lawyers. I'm sure Aretha has an opinion about this, but then she famously had an opinion about everything.  Somewhere in Heaven Land, Aretha's nemesis Tina Turner is cackling, because you know Tina took care of her business before she left this mortal coil - and used a lawyer with an actual computer and a printer.  But then Aretha famously didn't give t...