musical excerpts, fyi.  includes additional notation on jester hairston.
randye

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*                 Today in Black History - January 17                *

1990 - The Four Tops, Hank Ballard, and The Platters are inducted into
        the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


*                Today in Black History - January 18                 *

1989 - Otis Redding, The Temptations, and Stevie Wonder are inducted into
        the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

2000 - <Composer and actor> Jester Hairston, who appeared on radio and
        TV's "Amos 'n' Andy," but who was better known to younger fans as
        the wise old church member Rolly on the sitcom "Amen," joins the
        ancestors in Los Angeles, California at the age of 98.  <Hairston
        also composed numerous works for chorus as well as the song,
        "Amen," which he dubbed for Sidney Poitier in the 1963 film,
        "Lilies of the Field.">


*                Today in Black History - January 21                *

1941 - Richard "Richie" P. Havens is born in Brooklyn, New York.  He
        will grow up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community, the eldest of
        nine children.  He will become a folk singer, influenced in his
        early days by Nina Simone.  It will be as a live performer,
        that he will first earn widespread notice.  Richie will play
        the 1966 Newport Folk Festival, the 1967 Monterey Jazz Festival,
        the January 1968 Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert at Carnegie
        Hall, the December 1968 Miami Pop Festival, the 1969 Isle of
        Wight Festival, and of course, the 1969 Woodstock festival in
        upstate New York.

1950 - Billy Ocean is born in Jamaica.  He will become a popular singer
        and be known for his releases of "Suddenly," and "Caribbean Queen."

1982 - Blues guitar singer B.B. King donates his entire record collection
        to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of
        Southern Culture. The collection includes about 7,000 rare blues
        records he played when he worked as a disc jockey in Memphis.
        Born Riley B. King, he called himself the "Beale Street Blues
        Boy," later shortened to B.B.  B.B. King is considered one of the
        most influential blues musicians in history.

1990 - Quincy Jones is awarded the French Legion of Honor for his
        contributions to music as a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and
        record producer.

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