Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday. You are, as they say, in the right place at the right time, just like our delightful jazz, pop and deeply soulful songstress was back in the day. But more on that in a sec. Did you know that today is National Chocolate Brownie Day? Isn't that delightful? Aren't you hankering for some now? Then make sure to head to the Manor's exclusive "Salty Glue" after hours club and dessertery, where DJ Li'l Cat will be spinning tunes by a songstress who's career was short, but impactful, and where "special" Alice B. Toklas-approved brownies will be served on a first-some-first-serve basis.  Meanwhile some gals know just how to style their hair:  Yes, it's the renown Brenda Holloway, who retired from showbiz...at age 22. Whaaaaat ? You are intrigued, no? Brenda was multitalented. As a youngster in Watts, LA, she played the piano, the flute, the violin, and later, wrote or cowr...

Greetings, Manor hors, and welcome to a brand-new week and a spanking new Monday just bursting with fresh tunes, all thanks to your favorite hot puss, DJ Li'L Scratch. Tonight, he's spinning at the Manor's exclusive club, "Basement Sex Couch." And yet he's not only spinning tunes, but singing the praises of ladies with big hair. You know the type. There's the always fashion-forward Ann Miller:  The perennially delightful Patti LaBelle:  And, of course, Monster: Which brings us to singer Linda Scott, who Li'l Scratch will be playing tonight for your listening and dancing pleasure. She first came to fame as a bubbly junior high school student when she wrote to Arthur Godfrey in 1959, asked for a singing spot on his wildly popular radio show - and to her surprise, he hired her as a regular guest star. It wasn't long before record label execs came knocking on her door.  And her hair? If you wonder "How big is too big?" wonder no more, because...