musical excerpts, fyi. randye
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* Today in Black History - June 16 *
1939 - Chick Webb, famous jazz drummer and band leader joins the
ancestors. Webb discovered singer Ella Fitzgerald after she
won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater. She performed
with his band until his death. After his death, Ella will
take over the band until she starts her solo career in 1942.
1941 - Lamont Dozier is born. He will become part of the legendary
songwriting team of Holland, Dozier & Holland. Brian Holland,
Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland will write and produce many of
the songs that are most closely identified with Motown. These
include "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "You Can't Hurry Love"
(the Supremes), "Heat Wave" and "Jimmy Mack" (Martha and the
Vandellas), "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Baby I Need Your
Loving" (the Four Tops), and "Can I Get a Witness" and "How
Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" (Marvin Gaye). These classics
are only the tip of the iceberg, insofar as Holland-Dozier-
Holland's ten-year output at Motown is concerned. In their
behind-the-scenes roles as staff producers and songwriters,
Holland-Dozier-Holland were as responsible as any of the
performers for Motown's spectacular success. Dozier and his
team will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1995.
1942 - Eddie Levert is born in Canton. Ohio. He will become a singer
and will form the group, The O'Jays with William Powell,
Walter Williams, Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The group had
more than one name until they were named by Cleveland disc
jockey Eddie O'Jay. They will become a trio in 1971 without
Bill Isles and Bobby Massey. They will record many hit songs
including "Back Stabbers," "Love Train," "Put Your Hands
Together," "Time To Get Down," "For The Love Of Money," "Give
The People What They Want," "I Love Music," "Livin^=D2 For The
Weekend," "Message In Our Music," and "Use Ta Be My Girl."
Eddie will remain with the group for over forty years.
1971 - Tupac Shakur is born in Brooklyn, New York. He will move to
Baltimore, Maryland to attend the High School for Performing
Arts, where he will begin writing rap music. He will move to
Marin City, California, located near San Francisco, continuing
to write and record rap. He will release many albums, with
the album "All Eyez on Me" selling over 5 million copies.
Tupac will join the ancestors on Friday, September 13, 1996
after succumbing from wounds he will receive as a result of a
drive-by shooting.
1975 - Adam Wade hosts the nationally televised game show 'Musical
Chairs'. He is the first African American game show host.
1991 - Natalie Cole's album 'Unforgettable' is released. The album
consists of her rendition of 24 songs by her father, Nat King
Cole, and includes the title track, specially remixed to
include both father and daughter's voices. It will be her
most successful album, selling over 4,000,000 copies, and
will sweep the Grammy Awards ceremonies in 1992.
* Today in Black History - June 17 *
1871 - James Weldon Johnson is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He will
become a writer ("Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man"), poet, first
African American admitted to the Florida bar, diplomat, executive
secretary of the NAACP, and professor. He also will write the word=
s
and his brother J. Rosamond Johnson will write the music to "Lift
Every Voice And Sing", referred to as the "Negro National Anthem."
1969 - Jazz musician, Charles Mingus, comes out of a two-year, self-imposed
retirement to make a concert appearance at the Village Vanguard in
New York City.
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