RISE UP. GOOD BREAD ALLEY. THE PARTY'S NOT AT THE DIPLOMAT. A FIGHT I HAD IN THE BUCKET O' BLOOD. A MILLION DOLLARS OFF SHOTGUN SHACKS. A DANCE THAT SHOOK AT SOUL'S PLACE. DROP YOUR PISTOL. LIFT YOUR SHOE. ANKLE CHARM ON THE RIGHT ANKLE. MARY ELIZABETH LOVES YOU TOO. LORD CALVERT. BOLITA NUMBER. DIRTY COPPER. GOOD POLICE. JUDGEMENT DAY. EVERY SATURDAY. JUDGE JOHNNY JOHNSON. COURTSIDE SEATS. A WESTERN I SAW AT OLYMPIA THEATER. FLORIDA CRACKERS. MIKASUKI'S. ORANGE BLOSSOM CLASSIC SPECIAL. THE ROUSE BROTHERS. VIOLIN MOVIE. SHAKE DANCERS. TROPICAL STYLE. VANILLA WILLIAMS FOUGHT FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS. TO TAKE IT OFF. GET FULLY NAKED. AND DANCE FOR MONEY. IN A SPOTLIGHT. HENRY STONE SHOWED UP TO TOWN. SAID DISTRIBUTION IS EVERYTHING. A HIT RECORD IS A HIT RECORD. PEOPLE. THEY DO EVERYTHING. RADIO TO RADIO. ORIGINAL. COMMUNICATION. BUTTERBALL ON THE AIRWAVES. REACHED EVERY CARIBBEAN NATION. NASSAU FUNKY. PARTY CHARTER. SOUL REVUE. BABALU. SILAS GREEN FROM NEW ORLEANS. FLORIDA CITY. HOMESTEAD. GOULDS. LADY SAX. AT THE HARLEM GARDENS. IN OPA LOCKA. WITH STRACHAN TOO. WILDMAN. STEVEN GALLON. SOLD MORE RECORDS THAN PRYOR, FOOL. COCAINE AND HEROIN. METH NEEDLE. LENNY BRUCE. ON SEVEN NINE. HE GOT ARRESTED. AND BEAT THE CASE. CAUSE HE HAD TO. REVEREND THEODORE GIBSON. WENT TO JAIL. FOR ME AND YOU. FOR FIGHTING OFF THE FBI. THE CONSTITUTION WAS HIS TOOL. HALLOWEEN EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. PRESENTED LIVE. BY PHIL HARRIS. CHICKIE HORNE. FLIPPED FLIP WILSON. TO GERALDINE. LIKE A FRENCH HEIRESS. PATTI LABELLE AND THE BLUE BELLES. WHO DID YOUR HAIR? LA LA FRENCHIE. CROSS BURNERS, AND DYNAMITERS, WITH KLAN HOODS IN LIBERTY CITY. CLUB PROMOTER. FRANK LEGREE. BOUGHT A HOUSE. IN ORCHARD VILLA. HID BEHIND A BURNING BUSH. TO HELP ARREST THE GHOSTS THAT DID IT. THE RACIST WALL. ON TWELFTH AVE. GUN SHOTS. HOLEY WALL. LIKE JERICHO. AROUND MIAMI. ONE DAY. IT WILL SURELY FALL. SOUL AND FUNK. OFFAL TRUTH. OF A GUT BUCKET. THAT'S OVER FULL. WHAT'S THE OVER UNDER. ON A TRIFECTA. FOR AN UNDERDOG. TO HAVE WON TOO. CASSIUS CLAY IN BROWN SUB. MUHAMMAD ALI ON SEVENTH AVE. BOUGHT A DUPLEX. UP ON FOUR SIX. RAN FROM SEVEN ONE TO FIFTH AND BACK. SUGAR RAY. MARRIED EDNA MAE. DROVE A PINK CONVERTIBLE. CADILLAC. AND BLOWFLY. WALKED DOWN FROM GEORGIA. GOING DIRTY DIRTY. FOR THE BIG LAUGHS. TREE TOP. CHICAGO BLUES. NIGHT IN NASSAU. BAHAMA RED. LOBSTER SALAD. RUTH BROWN. CUNK IT UP. SHAKE THE BED. CALYPSO. BONGO. GOOMBAY. THE HULLY GULLY. THE CHICKEN SCRATCH. HANK BALLARD AND THE MIDNIGHTERS. SANG DO THE TWIST. ON 8TH AVE. JAMES BROWN. SAID PLEASE, PLEASE. IN HALLANDALE. FOR COLD CASH. GWEN MCCRAE, CHAIR STILL ROCKIN. BETTY WRIGHT. GREW UP FAST. WILLIE CLARKE GOT WITH CLARENCE REID. AND WILLIE HALE. THE GUITAR MAN. LATIMORE IN THE HALL OF FAME. TIMMY THOMAS AND DRAKE, DAMN. GEORGE MCCRAE STILL GOT LIFTED. BY KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND. THE OCEAN LINERS. DID IT FIRST. KING SPORTY. SESSION BLAST. SAM COOKE LEFT THE SOUL STIRRERS. HE SAID A CHANGE IS GONNA COME. YOU SEND ME TOPPED THE POP CHARTS. WITH A BULLET. ON THE ONE. SAM AND DAVE. SAID HOLD ON. CAUSE I'M COMING. I'M A SOUL MAN. STEVE ALAIMO AT THE TALENT SHOW. TOLD ATLANTIC. TO RECORD THAT. RAY CHARLES SHOT GOOD DOPE. RECORDING TRACKS. FOR THE MONEY GRAB. IN OT. WITH A BOLD VISION. FOR R&B. AS A PIANO MAN. KING COLEMAN. YELLED MASH POTATOES. NAT KENDRICK. THE SWANS TOO. SIR JOHN. KNIGHT BEAT. ROCKLAND PALACE. INTERLUDE. KING OF HEARTS. RENO LOUNGE. RED TOP. ZEBRA ROOM. DOUBLE DECKER. ISLAND CLUB. HAMPTON HOUSE. JAZZ TUNES. SAM EARLY AND ALBURY. DIZZY JONES AND WILLIE JOHN. IKE AND TINA TURNER, BABY. RESPECT TO THOSE WHO ARE DEAD AND GONE. FRANK WILLIAMS AND THE ROCKETEERS. DINAH WASHINGTON. WYNONIE TOO. CROWN PRINCE. AND JOCKEY JACK. ON THE SOUL DIAL. FOR ME AND YOU.
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(Poem based on fifteen years of research, interviews, and conversations with people who want me to continue to write about and share the stories of the true history of the real Miami. More on the way). This just a drop in the bucket, there is so much more you have no idea. Jacob Katel