Rodney Franklin

About the artist

Rodney Franklin (born Rodney Thomas Franklin in Berkeley, CA, on 16 September 1958; died 8 July 2026) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Aged six, he took jazz piano lessons at the Washington Elementary School and was taught by Dr Herb Wong who was a jazz journalist, disc jockey and music teacher. In 1972 at the young age of 14 he led the funk-jazz band In One Piece (aka In One Peace) performing his first three recordings at a studio in Ray Dobar's House of Music in Berkeley, CA.

Top songs

  1. The Groove
  2. On the Path
  3. Endless Flight
  4. Windy City
  5. Vibrations
  6. Life Moves On
  7. Song For You
  8. Felix Leo
  9. You'll Never Know
  10. Theme From Hill Street Blues
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  1. The Watcher
  2. I Like The Music Make It Hot
  3. Theme For Jackie
  4. Destiny
  5. God Bless The Blues
  6. Stay on in the Groove
  7. In The Center
  8. The Theme from Hill Street Blues
  9. That's The Way I Feel 'Bout Your love
  10. Parkay Man
  11. Journey
  12. Dance Tonight
  13. Return To The Source
  14. Return
  15. Sailing
  16. Groove
  17. Fiesta
  18. Love Is the Answer
  19. Skydance
  20. Spanish Flight
  21. Enuff Is Enuff
  22. One From The Heart
  23. Mensaje De Dios (Message from God)
  24. Genesis/New Day/Nature's Way/Early Morning/Let There Be Light
  25. Marathon
  26. Benetta
  27. Broken Wings
  28. Mediterranean Shores
  29. Awakening
  30. Sonshine
  31. Festival - 1st Movement
  32. Hill Street Blues
  33. Creation
  34. Reflection Of A Dream
  35. Children
  36. Morning Light
  37. Don't Wanna Let You Go
  38. Yours
  39. Let's Talk
  40. Learning To Love
  41. Searchin' For
  42. Malibu Shuffle
  43. Shasta Wind
  44. Lumiere
  45. The Eagle And The Condor
  46. Cancion Para Mi Mama (Epilogue)
  47. Mensaje De Dios
  48. cancion para mi mama
  49. Rodney Franklin-The Groove
  50. Gotta Give it Up
  51. Sunrise - 2nd Movement
  52. Stop To Love
  53. The Groove (Edited Version)
  54. Woman Of The World
  55. Cancion Para Mi Mama (Song for My Mother)
  56. Motion
  57. Look What's Showing Through
  58. It Takes Two
  59. Enuff Is Enuff (Theme From The Film "One Down, Two To Go")
  60. Interlude
  61. Diamond Inside of You
  62. The Watcher ['Word Play']
  63. The Watcher (Used For "Word Play")
  64. Turn To Love
  65. Woogie
  66. May Lady - 3rd Movement
  67. In the Centre
  68. Rollin' In Our Love
  69. The Groove - Single Version
  70. The Groove 12''
  71. My Wish
  72. Let There Be Peace
  73. Genesis
  74. Love Dancin'
  75. The New Day
  76. It Never Rains (In Southern California)
  77. The Groove (Single Version)
  78. Man In The Mirror
  79. Motherland
  80. Festival
  81. Early Morning/Let There Be Light
  82. She's True
  83. On My Way
  84. Nature's Way
  85. THE GROOVE (INSTRUMENTAL)
  86. Love's Way
  87. Lumière
  88. I Like The Music
  89. Passion
  90. Bustin' Out

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