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* Today in Black History - February 20 *
1937 - Nancy Wilson is born in Chillicothe, Ohio. She will become a
well-known jazz and pop singer, singing with Cannonball Adderly,
George Shearing, Art Farmer and Chick Corea, among others. She
will make more than 50 albums, including "With My Lover Beside
Me," featuring the lyrics of Johnny Mercer and the music of
Barry Manilow.
1991 - African Americans win Grammys including Mariah Carey for
Best New Artist and female pop vocal, Anita Baker for female R&B
vocal, Luther Vandross for male R&B vocal, Living Colour for
best hard rock performance, M.C. Hammer for best rap solo and
best R&B song for "U Can't Touch This," and Chaka Khan and Ray
Charles for best R&B vocal by a duo or group. Quincy Jones
becomes the all-time non-classical Grammy winner when he wins
six awards at these 33rd annual Grammy Awards, including album of
the year, "Back on the Block."
* Today in Black History - February 21 *
1933 - Eunice Waymon (Nina Simone) is born in Tryon, North Carolina.
She will begin her entertaining career in 1954 and bolstered by
critical praise for her 1959 recording of "I Loves You, Porgy,"
she will tour in the U.S. and Europe during the 1960's and early
1970's. Returning to the concert stage and recording studio in
1977, she will be called the "High Priestess of Soul." She will
record rarely in the 1970's and 1980's, but will experience a
career comeback in the United States with her 1993 album release,
"A Single Woman."
1976 - Florence Ballard, one of the original Supremes, joins the
ancestors in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 32. Ballard had
said that she never received a royalty check prior to 1967 for
any of her work with the Supremes, who featured Diana Ross and
included Mary Wilson.
* Today in Black History - February 24 *
1982 - Quincy Jones wins five Grammys for "The Dude," including
'Producer of the Year.'
* Today in Black History - February 25 *
1992 - Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, Lisa Fischer, Luther Vandross, B.B.
King, Boyz II Men, and James Brown, among others, win Grammy
awards in ceremonies hosted by Whoopi Goldberg.
* Today in Black History - February 26 *
1928 - Antoine "Fats" Domino is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He
will be a pioneering Rhythm & Blues pianist whose hits will
include "Ain't That A Shame" and "Blueberry Hill."
1930 - "The Green Pastures" opens on Broadway at the Mansfield Theater
with Richard B. Harrison as "De Lawd."
1985 - At the 27th Grammy Awards, Best Album of the Year for "Can't Slow
Down", is presented to Lionel Richie. Tina Turner is a big
winner with Best Song, Best Record and Best Pop Vocal
Performance by a Female for "What's Love Got to Do with It."
* Today in Black History - February 27 *
1897 - Marian Anderson is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She
will become the first modern African American to win
international renown as an opera singer and will be
considered one of the great operatic voices of the
century. Singing at a time of great social upheaval for
African Americans, Anderson's professional career will
contain many operatic and civil rights milestones and
recognition, including Kennedy Center Honors in 1978. The
Kennedy Center will hold a gala in observance of the 100th
anniversary of her birth in 1997. Many sources, including
the "Encyclopedia Britannica" and "Africana" have her
birth year as 1902 or 1900. In a Kennedy Center interview with
her nephew (with whom she lived until her death), he indicated
that when she became the first African American to sing a
principal role with the Metropolitan Opera, her publicist
thought her age should be reduced by five years. The media
therefore, establishes her birth year erroneously as 1902.
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