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* 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.
* Today in Black History - January 20 *
1895 - Eva Jessye is born in Coffeyville, Kansas. She will become an
influential choral director, working in King Vidor's "Hallelujah"
and the original production of George Gershwin's "Porgy and
Bess."
1954 - The National Negro Network is formed by W. Leonard Evans. Some 40
radio stations are charter members of the network.
1986 - The inaugural issue of "American Visions" magazine hits the
newsstands nationwide. The magazine is dedicated to exposing its
readers to African American contributions to history, literature,
music, and the arts.
* 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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