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Subject: 0322 - Today in Black History - March 22
1943 - George Benson is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He will begin
playing the guitar at age 8, will sing in nightclubs as a child
and form a rock group at age 17. He will move to New York City
in 1963 and join Jack McDuff's band but will leave in 1965 to
form his own group with Lonnie Smith, Ronnie Cuber, and Phil
Turner. He will become a session guitarist in the late 1960s,
working with such artists as Miles Davis, Ron Carter, and Herbie
Hancock and developing a reputation as one of the best jazz
guitarists. The release of his triple Grammy Award-winning
"Breezin'" in 1976, with its hit single, "This Masquerade," will
mark Benson's return as a vocal artist. His follow-up album, "In
Flight" (1977), and his double live set "Weekend in L.A." (1978)
will confirm his wide popularity. After "Livin' Inside Your Love"
(1979), he will release the equally popular "Give Me the Night"
(1980), his first collaboration with Quincy Jones, which will
garner an impressive sweep of five Grammy Awards. Later albums
will include "While the City Sleeps" (1986), "Twice the Love"
(1988), "Tenderly" (1989), and "Love Remembers" (1993).
1957 - Stephanie Mills is born in Brooklyn, New York. She will become
a singer and actress and be best known for her role as Dorothy in
the stage show of "The Wiz." She will win a talent show at the
Apollo Theater six weeks in a row at age nine. She will appear in
the Broadway play "Maggie Flynn," tour with the Isley Brothers,
and release her debut album in 1973. She will land the part of
Dorothy in 1975, recording an album for Motown during the show's
four-year run. In 1980, she will have a worldwide hit with "Never
Knew Love Like This Before," which rises to the Top Ten in the
U.S. She will be married for a short while to Shalamar's Jeffrey
Daniels and work with Teddy Pendergrass in 1981. In 1983, she
will land a daytime television show on NBC. She will also later
play Dorothy in a revival of "The Wiz."
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