musical excerpts, fyi. randye
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Subject: 0606 - Today in Black History - June 06
1936 - Levi Stubbs is born. He will become a rhythm and blues singer and
a member of the group, "The Aims." The group will start as a
backup group for Levi's cousin, Jackie Wilson. The group will
change their name to "The Four Tops" in 1956, to avoid confusion
with a band. Berry Gordy will sign the group in 1963 and launch
their first hit, "Baby, I Need Your Loving." The group will stay
together over forty years, longer than any other popular group, with
the original personnel intact.
1939 - Gary Anderson is born in Jacksonville, Florida. He will be raised
in Norfolk, Virginia where he will become a singer as a teenager,
with a group called The Turks. He will solo as Gary "U.S." Bonds
in 1960 recording the hit "New Orleans." His name will be inspired
by a poster in a Norfolk shop urging Americans to "Carry U. S.
Bonds." In 1961 when Bonds records his version of a local group's
song, "A Night with Daddy G.," it will be re-titled "Quarter to
Three" and will be a huge hit. He will record three additional hits
in the next year. After a twenty year decline in his career, he
will make a comeback after his fan, Bruce Springsteen, begins to
use "Quarter to Three" as his encore.
1973 - Barry White is awarded a gold record for "I'm Gonna Love You Just a
Little More Baby". It is his first hit and his first of five,
number one, million sellers. White will begin recording in 1960.
He will form the group, Love Unlimited, in 1969 and marry one of
the group's singers, Glodean James. He will also form the 40-piece
Love Unlimited Orchestra which will have the number one it, "Love's
Theme."
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