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* 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."
* Today in Black History - March 23 *
1953 - Yvette Marie Stevens is born in Great Lakes, Illinois. She will
become better known as Chaka Khan, lead singer of the rock group
Rufus (winner of a 1974 Grammy) and a three-time Grammy-winning
soloist.
1985 - "We Are The World", by USA for Africa, a group of 46 pop stars,
enters the music charts for the first time at number 21.
* Today in Black History - March 24 *
1944 - Patricia Louise Holt is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She
will become a singer best known as Patti Labelle. As a teenager,
she and Cindy Birdsong (later a member of the Supremes) will
sing with the Ordettes. When two girls leave the group, Nona
Hendrix and Sarah Dash will sign on and Patti LaBelle and the
Bluebells will be born in 1961. By the next year, they will have
their first multimillion seller, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman."
With other hits, including "All Or Nothing" and "You'll Never Walk
Alone," the group will develop a strong following worldwide.
After years of success and being "Rocked and Rolled out," as Patti
describes it, the group will disband on good terms in 1977. She
will continue to perform as a solo artist and will release top-
selling albums. She will receive numerous awards including
Philadelphia's Key to the City, a medal from the Congressional
Black Caucus, a citation from Congress on her 20th anniversary in
the music business, another citation from President Reagan, a
cable ACE, the B'nai B'rith Creative Achievement Award, two NAACP
Entertainer of the Year Awards, the NAACP Image Award for three
consecutive years, the Ebony Achievement Award, the Martin Luther
King Lifetime Achievement Award, three Emmy nominations, eight
Grammy nominations and a 1992 Grammy Award for Best R&B Female
Vocal Performance for her album "Burnin."
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