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* Today in Black History - September 5 *
1972 - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway win a gold record -- for their duet,
"Where is the Love". The song gets to number five on the pop music
charts and is one of two songs for the duo to earn gold. The other
will be "The Closer I Get To You" (1978).
* Today in Black History - September 7 *
1930 - Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins, jazz saxophonist, is born in
New York City. Rollins will grow up in a neighborhood where
Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins (his early idol), and Bud Powell
were playing. After recording with the latter in 1949, Rollins
begins recording with Miles Davis in 1951. During the next three
years he composes three of his best-known tunes, "Oleo," "Doxy,"
and "Airegin," and continues to work with Davis, Charlie Parker,
and others. Following his withdrawal from music in 1954 to cure a
heroin addiction, Rollins re-emerges with the Clifford Brown-Max
Roach quintet in 1955, and the next four years prove to be his most
fertile. He will be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972.
1934 - James Milton Campbell, Jr. is born in Inverness, Mississippi. He
will becomes a blues guitar artist better known as "Little Milton."
He started his career playing in blues bands when he was a teenager.
His first recording was accompanying pianist Willie Love in the
early 50s. He then appeared under his own name on three singles
issued on Sam Phillips' Sun label under the guidance of Ike Turner.
His vocal style will be in the mould of Bobby "Blues" Bland and
"T-Bone" Walker. His hits will include "We're Gonna Make It,"
"Who's Cheating Who," "Grits Ain't Groceries," and "That's What
Love Will Do."
1937 - Olly Wilson is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He will become a
classical composer whose works will be played by the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, Oakland City Philharmonic, San Francisco
Symphony Orchestra, and many others.
1949 - Gloria Gaynor is born in Newark New Jersey. She will become a singer
and will be best known for her 1979 hit, "I Will Survive". The hit
tops the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
1972 - Curtis Mayfield earns a gold record for his album, "Superfly", from
the movie of the same name. The LP contained the hits, "Freddie's
Dead" and "Superfly" -- both songs were also million record sellers.
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