musical excerpts, fyi. randye
* Today in Black History - September 11 *
1959 - Duke Ellington receives the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for his outstanding
musical achievements and contributions to the field of music.
1977 - Quincy Jones wins an Emmy for outstanding achievement in musical
composition for the miniseries "Roots". It is one of nine Emmys for
the series, an unprecedented number.
* Today in Black History - September 12 *
1944 - Barry White is born in Galveston, Texas. He will become a singer
and songwriter. Some of his hits will be "I'm Gonna Love You
Just A Little More Baby", "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe",
and "Love's Theme [with Love Unlimited Orchestra.
* Today in Black History - September 13 *
1948 - Nell Carter is born in Birmingham, Alabama. She will become a Broadway
sensation as a singer and actress in Broadway's "Bubbling Brown Sugar",
"Ain't Misbehavin' "(for which she will win a Tony), and for five
seasons in television's "Gimme a Break".
1996 - Rap artist Tupac Shakur joins the ancestors six days after being
the target of a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas at the age of 25.
* Today in Black History - September 14 *
1964 - Leontyne Price and A. Philip Randolph are among the recipients
of the Medal of Freedom awarded by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
* Today in Black History - September 15 *
1924 - Robert "Bobby" Short is born in Danville, Illinois. He will become
a singer and pianist and will be a long-time performer at the
Carlisle Hotel in New York City.
1928 - Julian Edwin Adderly is born in Tampa, Florida. He will be best
known as "Cannonball" Adderly, a jazz saxophonist who will play
with Miles Davis as well as lead his own band with brother Nat
Adderly and musicians such as Yusef Lateef and George Duke.
1943 - Actor and activist Paul Robeson acts in the 296th performance of
"Othello" at the Shubert Theatre in New York City.
* Today in Black History - September 16 *
1921 - Jon Carl Hendricks is born in Newark, Ohio. He will become an
influential singer in the jazz group, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.
1925 - Riley B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi. He will become
a blues great, known as B(lues) B(oy) King. Playing his guitar,
nicknamed 'Lucille,' King will have over 50 hit blues albums and
win a 1970 Grammy for "The Thrill Is Gone".
1933 - Emperor Jones, starring Paul Robeson as Brutus Jones, is released
by United Artists. It is Robeson's first starring movie role and
the first major Hollywood production starring an African American
with whites in supporting roles.
1953 - Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist, is born.
1965 - San Francisco's Grace Cathedral becomes the site of the first
concert of sacred music presented by Duke Ellington.
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