22:(April 21, 1936 – August 21, 2015), was an American jazz radio disc jockey and Grammy-nominated spoken word recording artist. Holmes was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and after serving in the United States Navy, moved to Los Angeles. He was employed at the US Postal Service while attending the Don Martin School of Broadcasting, and after graduation he began his professional radio career at
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one track for each astrological sign. In smooth hip period DJ patter, Holmes declaims homilies as to how those born under each sign integrate both sex and love as part of their being. A cast of musicians, including
Cannonball, his brother Nat Adderley on cornet and
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on electric piano, backs Holmes' unctuous musings with sketchy fusion instrumentals, co-produced by David
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Radio 105.1 FM, in Los
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on the 12" single "Remember to
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