musical excerpts, fyi. randye
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* Today in Black History - June 7 *
1958 - Prince Rogers Nelson is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He
will become a singer and prolific songwriter and producer
known to the public as "Prince." An incurable movie fan, he
will have a passion for drama (and comedy). His own films
will include "Purple Rain," "Under the Cherry Moon,"
and "Grafitti Bridge." "Purple Rain" (1984) will be hailed
by some critics as the best rock movie ever made and earn
Prince an Oscar for best original song score and soundtrack
album. Because of his desire to have complete artistic control
over his music, he will endure several years of a contract
dispute with his label, Warner Brothers, which results in him
appearing in public with the word SLAVE written on his face.
In 1993, he will change his name to "The Artist Formerly Known
As Prince" (TAFKAP or The Artist). He will come out of the
Warner Brothers conflict happily. He will establish a new
relationship with EMI Records that will allow him to record
and produce whatever he wants to release.
* Today in Black History - June 9 *
1934 - Jackie Wilson, entertainer who will be known as "Mr. Excitement,"
is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1983 - Scott Joplin, noted jazz musician and composer of ragtime music,
is the sixth African-American depicted in the U.S. Postal
Service's Black Heritage USA commemorative series of postage
stamps.
* Today in Black History - June 10 *
1910 - Chester Arthur Burnett is born in Aberdeen. Mississippi. He will be
better known as 'Howlin Wolf', a delta bluesman whose recordings
will inspire English rock bands to adopt his style and material.
1940 - The famed Cotton Club in Harlem closes. Home to some of the most
important jazz talents of their day, including Duke Ellington, Lena
Horne, and many others, the club falls victim to changing musical
tastes and poor attendance.
1972 - Sammy Davis, Jr. earns his place at the top of the popular music
charts for the first time, after years in the entertainment
business with his first number one song, "The Candy Man". The song
stayed at the top for three consecutive weeks and stayed on the pop
charts for 16 weeks.
* Today in Black History - June 11 *
1920 - Hazel Dorothy Scott is born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. A child
prodigy, she will enroll at New York City's Juilliard School of
Music and star in nightclubs, Broadway shows, and films. A
fixture in jazz society uptown and downtown in New York, most
notably for her jazz improvisations on familiar classical works,
she will be credited with putting the "swing in European
classical music."
* Today in Black History - June 12 *
1935 - Ella Fitzgerald records her first record for Brunswick Records.
The songs on the record were "Love and Kisses" and "I'll Chase
the Blues Away". She is featured with Chick Webb and his band.
Ella is 17 years old at the time and will conduct the Webb
band for three years following his death in 1939.
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